Author: Zach_Wilson
Microsoft launches its first in-house AI models
Microsoft announced its first homegrown AI models on Thursday: MAI-Voice-1 AI and MAI-1-preview. The company says its new MAI-Voice-1 speech model can generate a minute’s worth of audio in under one second on just one GPU, while MAI-1-preview “offers a glimpse of future offerings inside Copilot.” You can try MA1-Voice-1…
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Beats just teased Powerbeats Fit – these are the 3 key upgrades I want to see in the new Beats Fit Pro earbuds
Beats is no stranger to teasing forthcoming hardware – think earbuds or speakers – on its social channels, and earlier today, the Apple-owned brand did just that. This team is teasing the Powerbeats Fit, which looks to be the next generation of the popular Beats Fit Pro earbuds, and simultaneously…
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Our Favorite GoPro Is $150 Off
Share your adventures with the world and save some cash on the GoPro Hero 13 Black. Source
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Talk about hard labor – a US prisoner complains he has to rely on floppy disks for appeal documents, and there’s a bizarre reason why
NJ prisoners get only twenty 1.44MB floppy disks, barely enough for appeals Lawyers must transfer files from flash drives back to floppy disks, complicating the process Authorities say the ban on flash drives is a matter of security A prisoner at New Jersey State Prison has publically voiced frustration at…
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US warns Chinese tech firms may have ties to notorious cyber espionage group which hit hundreds of firms
Security agencies issue joint statement warning Chinese tech firms may be indirectly collaborating with Salt Typhoon Salt Typhoon is a hacking group behind multiple high-profile attacks Group is thought to have serious links to Chinese government A new joint cybersecurity advisory from the National Security Agency (NSA) and other agencies…
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Kiwi storage startup uses proprietary 144TB SSD to hit 230TB storage per 42U rack – but it will cost well over $2 million to get such a system
Novodisq claims 230PB rack capacity using proprietary 144TB SSDs Novoblade integrates compute, networking, and storage in dense blade servers Novodisq promises 95% lower power compared with conventional arrays At the recent Flash Memory Summit, a new name from New Zealand surfaced in a bid to cause waves in the enterprise…
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