September 27, 2024

Major AI updates from Meta and Google—and a new era for AI-designed chips?

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 News about Gemini updates, Llama 3.2, and Google’s new AI-powered chip designer.  [[{“value”:” Enlarge / There’s been a lot of AI news this week, and covering it sometimes feels like running through a hall full of danging CRTs, just like this Getty Images illustration. (credit: Grandfailure via Getty Images) It’s been a wildly busy week …

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Can Meta’s Orion true AR glasses replace your VR headset?

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 “A lot of people have said this is the craziest technology they’ve ever seen,” Zuckerberg boasted during his keynote speech about the Orion true AR glasses. On Wednesday, at Meta Connect 2024, Meta revealed its biggest bet, which is still..  [[{“value”:” “A lot of people have said this is the craziest technology they’ve ever seen,” …

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Falcon 3 EVO Clamshell Overlanding Tent with Hybrid ABS by Roofnest on Gadget Flow

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 The Falcon 3 EVO takes your overland adventures to the next level with a redesigned, rugged, and spacious tent built for serious explorers.   –Built for Tough Terrain: The top shell is made from sturdy ABS and reinforced with Line-X..  [[{“value”:” The Falcon 3 EVO takes your overland adventures to the next level with a …

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Meta pays the price for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext

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 Company failed to follow one of the most sacrosanct rules for password storage.  [[{“value”:” Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Officials in Ireland have fined Meta $101 million for storing hundreds of millions of user passwords in plaintext and making them broadly available to company employees. Meta disclosed the lapse in early 2019. The company said that …

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Man tricks OpenAI’s voice bot into duet of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby”

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 OpenAI doesn’t want its chatbot to sing, but sometimes the ability slips through.  [[{“value”:” Enlarge / A screen capture of AJ Smith doing his Eleanor Rigby duet with OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode through the ChatGPT app. (credit: AJ Smith / Getty Images) OpenAI’s new Advanced Voice Mode (AVM) of its ChatGPT AI assistant rolled out …

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Samsung Odyssey OLED G8: 32″ 4K UHD Monitor for Gaming and Multitasking on Gadget Flow

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 Get a premium gaming experience with the Samsung Odyssey OLED G8, a sleek 32-inch 4K UHD monitor designed for seamless multitasking. Featuring innovative features, it’s all you need for both gaming and work.   –4K UHD Display: Enjoy crisp visuals..  [[{“value”:” Get a premium gaming experience with the Samsung Odyssey OLED G8, a sleek 32-inch …

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Ars in San Jose recap: Infrastructure, sustainability, AI, cocktails

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 We came, we saw, we talked, we schmoozed, we toured the Computer History Museum!  [[{“value”:” Enlarge / Dr. John Timmer, Jeff Ball, Joanna Wong, and Lee Hutchinson discussing infrastructure and the environment. (credit: Kimberly White/Getty Images) Last week, Ars Technica Editor-in-Chief Ken Fisher and I made the westerly trek to sunny San Jose to kick …

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University researchers flag cislunar space debris concerns

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 [[{“value”:”GOLDEN, Colorado — The increased amount of space hardware flying through cislunar space and around the moon is, among experts, a growing worry. Even one fragmentation event can have calamitous The post University researchers flag cislunar space debris concerns appeared first on SpaceNews.”}]]  [[{“value”:” GOLDEN, Colorado — The increased amount of space hardware flying through …

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Robot Talk Episode 91 – John Leonard

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 Claire chatted to John Leonard from Massachusetts Institute of Technology about autonomous navigation for underwater vehicles and self-driving cars. John Leonard is a Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a member of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). His research addresses the problems of navigation and mapping …

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