For datacentre use

VMware and Nvidia have developed a new set of software tools for businesses which want to develop generative artificial intelligence in their data centres rather than the cloud.

Could be the end of the older coders

For decades the rapidly ageing COBOL developer population has been kept in work looking after mainframes with legacy code so old they make Enigma look like a spring chicken.

He then switched off Ukraine’s satellite communications

Despite denying it, Elon [look at me] Musk confirmed to the US military that he did indeed have a conversation with that nice Mr Putin about a "peace plan" for the Ukraine war before switching off Ukraine’s Starlink satellites.

Photos, Snipping Tool, and Paint will get it

Microsoft might be bringing AI capabilities to a handful of Windows 11 apps, including Photos, Snipping Tool, and Paint.

Dimensity platform 9300 works with Llama 2

MediaTek has announced that it is teaming up with Meta to bring on-device generative AI to its next Dimensity platform.

After everyone in the world said it was OK

The red-faced UK Competition and Markets Authority has made a rare move to put Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision Blizzard acquisition back on the table.

But wants to achieve them with low investment 

UK government thinks it can recover from its Brexit fiasco on the back of the rise of AI and it is willing to put its money wear its mouth is -- all $127 million.

At least for now

While the US acted aggressively last year to limit China's ability to develop artificial intelligence for military purposes, blocking the sale there of the most advanced US chips used to train AI systems it seems that the Chinese are getting on very well with what is legal.

Need for speed

Google claims that the latest update to the Android Runtime (ART) has resulted in app startup time improvements of up to 30 per cent on some devices.