Author: Zach_Wilson
Japanese firm behind ubiquitous MSG is ramping up production of key material in semiconductor packaging
Ajinomoto is best known for MSG but it also makes semiconductor material It dominates production of the ABF insulating film used in GPUs and CPUs The company plans 50 percent capacity boost with more investment by 2030 Ajinomoto is a Japanese company best known for producing MSG, or monosodium glutamate…
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Microsoft Copilot is putting eyes on your screen, and I don’t mind it – as long as it stays private
Microsoft followed at least one part of my wishlist for its Copilot event when it announced Copilot Vision will be embedded in Windows 11 and the mobile app. Copilot Vision will let the AI actually see what’s on your screen and the world around you. Microsoft first toyed with the…
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Meta AI gets two new models as Meta releases Llama 4
Meta has announced the release of Llama 4, its newest collection of AI models that now power Meta AI on the web and in WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram Direct. The two models, also available to download from Meta or Hugging Face now, are Llama 4 Scout, a small model capable…
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Meta introduces Llama 4 with two new AI models available now, and two more on the way
Meta has released the first two models from its multimodal Llama 4 suite: LLama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick. Maverick is “the workhorse” of the two and excels at image and text understanding for “general assistant and chat use cases,” the company said in a blog post, while the…
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More than 1,200 rallies rally worldwide protest Trump and Musk
People are gathering in cities all over the United States and globally to protest an “illegal, billionaire power grab” by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. They’re being put on by over 150 different organizations, including civil rights groups, labor unions, and LGBTQ+ advocates, and span more than 1,200 locations.…
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Microsoft has created an AI-generated version of Quake
Microsoft unveiled its Xbox AI era earlier this year with a new Muse AI model that can generate gameplay. While it looked like Muse was still an early Microsoft Research project, the Xbox maker is now allowing Copilot users to try out Muse through an AI-generated version of Quake II.…
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