Robotaxis are the latest place to have sex
Published in News


Drivers  never interrupt

San Franciso’s robotic taxis are becoming a place for couples to have sex according to the the San Francisco Standard.

Judge allows Apple to pay up in phone throttling case
Published in Mobiles


After a long-running court battle

A US court has signed off on a deal where Apple pays money to owners of older iPhones in what was dubbed as one of the "one of the largest consumer frauds in history."

Quantum computers could turbo-charge AI
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Monday, 14 August 2023 10:30

Quantum computers could turbo-charge AI


Give it the muscle it needs

Quantum computing could turbo-charge AI into something "massively, universally transformative," according to the South China Morning Post.

Big Tech mulls leaving the UK
Published in News
Monday, 14 August 2023 10:27

Big Tech mulls leaving the UK


Too much post Brexit regulation

Big Tech is considering leaving the UK because they are being swamped with more regulation than they see in the EU.

SanDisk silent as portable SSDs blasted
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Friday, 11 August 2023 11:30

SanDisk silent as portable SSDs blasted


Extreme-series portable SSDs wipe data and become unmountable

The tech press is getting considerably tetchy as SanDisk refuses to comment on the fact its Extreme range portable SSD’s wipe data and become unmountable.

Virgin Galactic put half a dozen primarily rich people into space
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They landed safely  

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity, the reusable rocket-powered space plane carrying the company's first crew of tourists to space, successfully launched and landed on yesterday.

CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE form OpenELA
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Friday, 11 August 2023 11:23

CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE form OpenELA


Taking revenge on Red Hat

CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE have formed the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA).

Universal Music Group and Google want to dig up dead pop stars with AI
Published in AI


Keep cutting tracks long after the singer is dead

Universal Music Group and Google are considering developing a tool that people can use to create AI-generated music using popular artists' voices and melodies.

Supermarket AI app starts offers recipes to kill Kiwis
Published in News


Why don’t you make some nice mosquito-repellent roast potatoes?

A New Zealand supermarket’s AI-based App seems to be doing its bit for eugenics by killing off the less intelligent hobbits in Middle Earth.

China spends big on Nvidia chips
Published in AI
Friday, 11 August 2023 11:00

China spends big on Nvidia chips


Wants them for its generative AI systems

China's internet giants have ordered more than $5 billion of high-performance Nvidia chips to build generative AI systems.