NorthPole inspired by the brain 

A brain-inspired computer chip that could supercharge artificial intelligence by working faster with much less power has been developed by researchers at IBM.

Jumps from the bath and scares the neighbours 

Nvidia Research announced today that it has developed a new AI agent, Eureka, powered by OpenAI's GPT-4 and can autonomously teach robots complex skills. 

BitLocker encryption issue

A default setting in Windows 11 Pro robs as much as 45 percent of the speed from SSDs as it forces processors to encrypt and decrypt everything.

For some reason US politicians did not think about that one

China has unveiled plans to restrict exports of graphite -- a mineral crucial to the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) -- on national security grounds.

2023 was the year of Linux on the desktop -- at least for one Torvalds

After Linus Torvalds admits he bought a Dell XPS-13 with Ubuntu Linux for his daughter, Dell Technologies' Developer Community manager Barton George has told the Linux/open-source conference All Things Open that Linux on the desktop does have a future.

We did all the work

Newspaper publishers are demanding that tech companies like Open AI hand over cash for all the articles that they stole to build their AI databases.

Listening to AM/FM radio still state of the art

AM/FM radio is still a thing among car drivers, according to a new report from  Edison Research.

If they do not eat everything

Killer robo goats armed with rocket launchers soon to be saving US Marines on the battlefield if they can be kept from eating everything.

And he quits 

The fruity cargo cult Apple appeared so concerned about what Jon Stewart might say about China and AI that it tried to censor him from talking about the subject on Apple TV+. Now it appears he has walked away from the channel.

Slowing 5G demand

Finnish telecoms giant Nokia is to axe between 9,000 and 14,000 jobs by the end of 2026 to cut costs.