D-Wave creates Advantage2 Quantum Processor
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 19 November 2024 09:24

D-Wave creates Advantage2 Quantum Processor


25,000 times faster than predecessor

Quantum computing outfit D-Wage has been whipping its quantum cats into shape and lifted the kimono a new 4,400-plus-qubit quantum processing unit (QPU) named Advantage2.

Intel's Battlemage GPU set for December reveal
Published in Graphics


At least that is the rumour

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that the troubled Chipmaker Intel is unveiling its Battlemage GPU next month.

ChatGPT defeats the quacks
Published in AI
Monday, 18 November 2024 11:14

ChatGPT defeats the quacks


Doctors who use it are better than those who don’t

A new study has found that quacks who used ChatGPT to diagnose illnesses were better at it than those who relied on their experience.

Elon Musk's 'Apocalypse-Proof' cybertruck faces sixth recall
Published in Transportation


After the end of the world, Tesla will run repair shops

Elon [Look at me] Musk's so-called "apocalypse-proof" Cybertruck is once again in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.

NSO Group operates Pegasus Spyware
Published in News
Monday, 18 November 2024 10:33

NSO Group operates Pegasus Spyware


It wasn’t its government customers after all

Legal documents released during the ongoing US litigation between NSO Group and WhatsApp have revealed that the Israeli cyberweapons maker’s customers do not do dirty work.

Diamonds are chip’s best friend
Published in News
Monday, 18 November 2024 10:15

Diamonds are chip’s best friend


Chip cooling sparkles

Akash Systems has secured a "non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms" for $18.2 million in CHIPS Act funding to scale up the production of its diamond-cooled semiconductors.

Google AI chatbot threatens student
Published in News
Monday, 18 November 2024 09:34

Google AI chatbot threatens student


Please die. Please

Google's AI chatbot, Gemini, threatened a Michigan college student during a  conversation about the challenges and solutions for aging adults,

Project 2025 writer Brendan Carr new FCC Chairman
Published in News


Expected to be Trump’s revenge on the IT industry and online media

President-elect Donald Trump has named Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as the agency's new chairman responsible for regulating broadcasting, telecommunications, and broadband.

Qualcomm's 5G RAN finally hits the market in Vietnam
Published in News


Four years after launch

Four years after entering the radio access network (RAN) market, Qualcomm has achieved its first commercial deployment in Vietnam.

HPE unveils revolutionary supercomputer for AI
Published in News


Making the Crays more powerful  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), the former maker of expensive printer ink, has announced an impressive array of supercomputing solutions designed to power intense AI language and multi-modal model training workloads.