Month: May 2024
AMD is finally ending branding headaches: Strix Point CPUs might use ‘Ryzen AI’ from here on out
According to a new report, AMD may streamline its mobile CPU brand names by discontinuing the HS, H, and U designations for its 15-45W TDP (Thermal Design Power) chips. Instead, the designation will be changed to the ‘Ryzen AI’ name starting with the upcoming Zen 5 Strix Point processor generation,…
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Another nasty Mac malware is spoofing legitimate software to target macOS users
Cybersecurity researchers from Intego have discovered new variants of the dreaded Cuckoo malware that targets macOS users. For those unfamiliar with the name, Cuckoo is an infostealer targeting Mac devices running both on Intel and ARM silicon. Intego’s researchers now say they have found a new variant that was pretending…
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OpenAI researcher resigns, claiming safety has taken ‘a backseat to shiny products’
Jan Leike, a key OpenAI researcher who resigned earlier this week following the departure of co-founder Ilya Sutskever, posted on X Friday morning that “safety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny products” at the company. Leike’s statements came after Wired reported that OpenAI had disbanded the team…
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REI’s anniversary sale is slashing prices on some of the best Garmin watches
Here at The Verge, our deal writers spend a lot of time covering the latest discounts at Amazon, Best Buy, and other retailers that happen to sell the tech we cover. Admittedly, REI is often not one of them, but the company’s anniversary sale — which runs through May 27th…
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New video of ‘revolutionary’ ceramic storage technology emerges — Cerabyte’s improved prototype gives me hope that affordable Exabyte-class storage racks are coming sooner than expected
Storing huge amounts of data poses is increasingly posing serious challenges, such as escalating costs, increased complexity in data management, potential security breaches, and difficulty in quickly accessing or analyzing the accumulated data. It also poses considerable environmental concerns due to energy consumption, but startup Cerabyte has a solution to…
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Innovation and revenue growth to be the focus of AI use rather than lowering costs and optimization according to business leaders (but they’re not sure how)
TCS reveals that 69% of companies see AI as a tool to spur innovation and increase revenue over being used to reduce costs and optimise processes and that eight out of ten senior business leaders have already used AI to enhance or create new revenue streams. The study, one of…
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