Month: October 2024
Huawei is dodging advanced chip sanctions through suppliers, claims US Select Committee
Despite the US’s best efforts to sanction chip exports to Chinese companies, Huawei is reportedly still accessing components through strategic partnerships. Companies like Pengzinzu, SwaySure Technology, Qingdao Si’En and “potentially many others” are suspected of being part of a “clandestine network” of organizations supporting Huawei to maintain its access to…
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Ferrari’s F80 uses ‘Boost optimization’ to give drivers more power where they need it
Ferrari’s new F80 hypercar can record the track it is driving on and will boost the driver at the right time during the next lap. The “Boost Optimization” feature reads the straights and curves of the circuit and, with no further action from the driver, delivers more power to its…
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Instagram adds more guardrails to protect teens against sextortion
Instagram is launching several new features designed to protect teens from sextortion scams, which occur when scammers threaten to share intimate images of victims unless they receive a payment or more photos. One guardrail that’s rolling out soon will prevent people from screenshotting or screen recording disappearing images or videos…
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ChatGPT is judging you based on your name, and here’s what you can do about it
A new study by OpenAI has identified that ChatGPT-4o does give different responses based on your name in a very small number of situations. Developing an AI isn’t a simple programming job where you can set a number of rules, effectively telling the LLM what to say. An LLM (the…
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Ableton Move Review: A Perfect Tool for Traveling DJs
Ableton’s new stand-alone instrument has its limitations, but it’s an immensely fun musical sketch pad. Source
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A $105,000 robot arm nobody needs cooked me a delicious lunch
London’s W1 is somewhere to go if you’ve got too much money to spend on something. Within minutes of each other, you can visit the city’s priciest private doctor, buy a Steinway and a pair of designer glasses that cost more than my mortgage. Wigmore Street is also where the…
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