Author: Zach_Wilson
The jury finally hears from Sam Bankman-Fried
It is honestly kind of incredible to watch a man torpedo his own credibility on direct testimony. We’re not even at the cross yet, and the judge has already instructed him to answer the question he’s being asked by his own lawyer. The jury is watching all of this intently. …
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Humane’s Ai Pin could cost $1,000 — and require a subscription
The Ai Pin, the new gadget / wearable device / projector / thing from the secretive startup Humane, might cost as much as $1,000 and may require a monthly subscription for data, according to The Information. The mysterious device has been in development for years, but we got our first…
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This GPU server packs up to eight Nvidia RTX GPUs, 192 AMD EPYC cores — but it’s not meant to play Cyberpunk 2077
A plethora of boutique vendors have over the past few months released powerful GPU servers based on AMD’s EPYC 9000 series – these are essentially beefed-up workstations. Velocity Micro is the latest one to join the fray with its ProMagix G480a GPU which can take up to eight dual-slot Nvidia…
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Google’s Bard chatbot now responds in real time — and you can shut it up mid-sentence
Google’s Bard AI chatbot can now reply to your questions in real time, as spotted earlier by 9to5Google. Bard previously only sent a response when it was complete, but now you can get a glimpse at your answer as it’s getting generated. If you don’t want Bard to respond to…
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Meta wants Threads to be the ‘de facto platform’ for online public conversations
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri has high ambitions for Threads: he wants it to become the “de facto platform for public conversations online,” he said on Friday. Big statement to make on the one-year anniversary of Elon Musk taking over Twitter! Meta’s aspirations came up as part of a question Mosseri…
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iOS 17.1 finally resolves a three-year-old bug that may have compromised your privacy
As part of the iOS 17.1 update, Apple is rolling out a fix for the iPhone’s Private Wi-Fi Address feature, finally allowing it to function as intended. Because as it turns out, it hasn’t been working properly ever since it was introduced three years ago. To give some background, Private…
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