Legendary hacker Keven Mitnick logs off early
But what a life
Legendary hacker Kevin Mitnick has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 59.
Meta’s Llama 2 on Qualcomm chips
Qualcomm and Meta make an agreement
Qualcomm and Meta will enable the social networking company’s new large language model, Llama 2, to run on Qualcomm chips on phones and PCs starting in 2024, the companies announced today.
Logitech snaps up Loupedeck
Wants a foot in the door in the streaming market
Logitech has written a cheque for an undisclosed amount for Loupedeck- the company behind the self-titled editing console beloved by streamers and creative professionals.
SEC worried about AI’s influence on financial markets
This could make life even more volatile
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has expressed concern about generative AI’s impact on financial markets and fears that traders who rely on the tech could make a real mess of things.
Asian countries are ignoring the EU’s AI lead.
We don’t want full disclosure.
The European Union is lobbying Asian countries to follow its lead on artificial intelligence in adopting new rules for tech firms that include disclosure of copyrighted and AI-generated content but is finding that they are less interested.
Outsourced Indian programmers will lose their jobs
Replaced by AI
Most outsourced programmers in India will see their jobs wiped out in the next year or two, Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque said.
US court allows violation of Indian sacred land
Yeah, yeah bury my heart at Wounded Knee Custer wants smartcars now
Showing it has learnt nothing in the last 400 years, a US appeals court has denied a last-ditch legal effort to block the construction of what’s expected to be the largest lithium mine in North America on sacred Native American land in Nevada.
Amazon and Apple fined for being pains in Spain
Reigning on the plain
Spain’s antitrust watchdog imposed fines worth a total 194.1 million euros on Amazon and Apple for colluding to limit the online sale of devices from Apple and competitors in Spain.
Su sets rumour mill turning with Taiwan visit
Suggests she might be interested TSMC's 3-nanometer process
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn that AMD boss Lisa Su is not in Taiwan to collect an honorary doctorate but wants to see Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s 3nm process and do some secret deals.
Intel’s 15th generation shows compatibility changes
Performance increases but cooler "bombshell"
While the leaks of Intel's 15th Gen Arrow Lake CPUs look promising in terms of performance, there are some concerns that there might be a few compatibility issues.