Gates says AI risks manageable
Published in AI
Monday, 17 July 2023 10:36

Gates says AI risks manageable


It is not as grim as all that 

Software King of the World Sir William Gates III said that life under our AI overlords will not be as bad as all that. 

Sony agrees to ten year Call of Duty deal with Microsoft
Published in Gaming


Game over for the legal teams

Sony has agreed to a 10-year deal for Call of Duty with Microsoft to keep the franchise on PlayStation after the proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition.

AMD quietly sneaks out budget Zen 3 quad-core processor
Published in PC Hardware


Previously unannounced and still unseen in the wild

AMD has released a budget-focused quad-core processor based on Zen 3.

Li-Fi becomes a standard
Published in Network
Friday, 14 July 2023 11:46

Li-Fi becomes a standard


Light to give connectivity

Li-Fi was just made into a standard, IEEE 802.11bb — and it harnesses the power of light to give connectivity.

Microsoft kills off Calibri
Published in News
Friday, 14 July 2023 11:33

Microsoft kills off Calibri


Replaced with Aptos

Microsoft is replacing its Calibri default font with Aptos, a new sans-serif typeface that's inspired by mid-20th-century Swiss typography known as Bierstadt.

Mac users fear their desktops are looking like their phones
Published in News


You can’t take this seriously

The Mac community is starting to mutter about the fact that Apple appears to have run out of design ideas for their expensive desktops and is just turning them into giant expensive iPhones.

After turning to the light side, anime site makes a bomb
Published in Gaming


Crunchyroll now owned by Sony

Crunchyroll, which started out life as a pirated-video site in the mid-2000s is now making a fortune as a legit site for its new owner Sony.

Bungie wins $500,000 in damages from a Destiny 2 player
Published in Gaming


Taunted community manager and his wife 

Bungie has won almost $500,000 in damages from a Destiny 2 player who harassed one of its community managers and his wife with abusive, racist, and distressing calls and messages, and sent an unsolicited pizza order to their home in a manner designed to intimidate and frighten the couple.

Hollywood actors told the studios own their images
Published in AI


You will continue working after you are dead

During today's press conference in which Hollywood actors confirmed that they were going on strike, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA's chief negotiator, revealed a proposal from Hollywood studios that sounds ripped right out of a Black Mirror episode.

Gelsinger asks Chinese to allow Tower takeover
Published in News


Amid frosty politics 

Intel boss Pat [kicking] Gelsinger has gone to China to kowtow to  the regulator to approve his company’s takeover of foundry Tower Semiconductor.