Month: July 2024
Delta is preparing a major damages lawsuit against CrowdStrike and Microsoft
Delta Airlines has enlisted legal help to seek damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft after a significant outage earlier this month (via CNBC). The incident, which happened on July 19, stemmed from a software update by CrowdStrike that led to the widespread failure of Microsoft systems across major industries, such as…
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Wear This AI Friend Around Your Neck
The latest attempt at an AI-powered wearable is an always-listening pendant. But it doesn’t help you be more productive, it just keeps you company. Source
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Unravelling code inefficiencies to optimize CPU
In today’s ever-evolving coding landscape, where efficiency, performance and sustainability are paramount, the impact of inefficient code on CPU utilization is a constant debate among software developers. Businesses are constantly looking for new ways to be more sustainable and optimize their compute power usage. With the increased focus being placed…
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Meta’s Quest 3 ‘Layout’ app lets you take measurements in mixed reality
Meta is launching an app for its Quest 3 headsets that lets you take measurements and visualize changes in your home. The utility app, called Layout, will appear in the Quest 3 library as part of the v68 update. Meta says you can use Layout to measure furniture around your…
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The history of Roku and the fight over CarPlay
Before Roku was a leading player in the streaming wars, with that ubiquitous purple screensaver and a library of original content and practically every streaming app you could possibly imagine, it was a Netflix gadget — the first Netflix gadget, for that matter, and the one that helped start a…
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Perplexity will put ads in its AI search engine and share revenue with publishers
When people type a question into Perplexity, the two-year-old search engine scours the internet and uses information from multiple sources, including online publishers, to synthesize an answer using AI. Soon, Perplexity will start sharing revenue with some publishers as part of an advertising platform it plans to launch around the…
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