Author: Zach_Wilson
Walmart bought Vizio
After announcing plans to acquire Vizio in February, Walmart officially owns the company after the $2.3 billion transaction closed on Tuesday. The retail giant says the acquisition will help bolster its advertising business, as Platform Plus — the TV-maker’s advertising and data division — “accounts for all the company’s [Vizio’s]…
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MSI’s new Claw gaming handhelds have Lunar Lake processors and nondescript ‘AI’ powers
MSI has two new versions of the MSI Claw after the original landed with a thud earlier this year. The company’s $900 MSI Claw 8 AI+ and $800 Claw 7 AI+ have Lunar Lake Intel processing, better battery life and quality-of-life improvements like redesigned sticks, bumpers and triggers. The previous…
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Two data brokers banned from selling ‘sensitive’ location data by the FTC
Misrepresenting how it collects, maintains, uses, deletes or discloses consumers’ personal information, and the extent to which consumers’ location data is deidentified. Using, transferring, selling and disclosing sensitive location data from health clinics, religious organizations, correctional facilities, labor union offices, LGBTQ+-related locations, political gatherings and military installations. Source
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“It’s actually quite difficult to build a really good generative AI application” – Amazon CEO outlines its AI vision, and challenges
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks at AWS re:Invent 2024 opening keynote Jassy outlines Amazon AI work, and what it has learned Amazon priority is “technology that really matters for customers” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has outlined some of the company’s biggest challenges when it comes to using AI. Speaking as…
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17 Best Housewarming Gifts for Any New Home
Make a house into a home with these gifts, whether they’re moving into their first house or a great new apartment. Source
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In-memory processing using Python promises faster and more efficient computing by skipping the CPU
In-memory processing hardware exists, but software is lacking Researchers created PyPIM to enable in-memory computation Python commands translated into memory-executable instructions While processor speeds and memory storage capacities have surged in recent decades, overall computer performance remains constrained by data transfers, where the CPU must retrieve and process data from…
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