While certain dystopian visions of the future have humans power the grid for AIs, Microsoft and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) set a machine learning system on the path of better solid state batteries instead. Solid state batteries are the current darlings of battery research, promising a step-change in packaging size and safety among other
Read MoreThe update adds security measures when an iPhone is away from familiar locations to prevent thieves from accessing important data or changing settings on the device. Read more: iPhones get Stolen Device Protection to guard vital data
Read MoreThe New York-based company focuses on designing digital products and the acquisition will help boost Deloitte Digital capabilities. Read more: Deloitte snaps up software company Giant Machines
Read MoreAuthentication and authorization rank among the top priorities for application developers today. While they’re often used interchangeably, they actually represent two very different things. Yet in order to ensure a secure and seamless experience for users, both must work in concert. To illustrate the distinction between authentication and authorization, I often use the example of taking your family to Disneyland. Authentication is
Read MoreAT&T, Google and Vodafone are investing a total of $206.5 million in AST SpaceMobile, a satellite manufacturer that plans to be the first space-based network to connect standard mobile phones at broadband speeds. Fierce Wireless reports: AST SpaceMobile claims it invented the space-based direct-to-device market, with a patented design facilitating broadband connectivity directly to standard,
Read MoreOracle’s plans to evolve Java in 2024 involve OpenJDK projects ranging from Amber, for developing smaller, productivity-oriented features, to Babylon, for extending Java to foreign programming models such as GPUs, to Valhalla, for augmenting the Java object model with value objects to eliminate longstanding performance bottlenecks. In a video posted January 18, Oracle Java developer
Read MoreI’m often taken aback by how the press frames cloud computing failures. For instance, headlines like “The Cloud Fails to Deliver.” Those might get clicks, but they are misleading. Cloud technology has always delivered on what was promised. The issue is that human error is the core cause of cloud failures, which has not changed across
Read MoreElevenLabs claims to have hit unicorn status thanks to the latest funding round, while A16z continues to focus on AI investments. Read more: A16z co-leads $80m round into AI voice generator ElevenLabs
Read MoreNew owners of the Apple Vision Pro may be disappointed by the selection of native apps at launch, with claims that roughly 150 have been developed with experiences made for the headset. Apple’s visionOS menu system Apple opened up a version of the App Store for the Apple Vision Pro on January 16, giving developers
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Google is now rolling out Photo Stacks on Google Photos for Android more widely. The feature has been available to some Android users since its launch last November. It seems Google is adding Photo Stacks to the Google Photos Android app through a server-side update. After announcing the Photo
Read MoreNASA announced Friday that it finally got a canister of asteroid dust open, four months after it parachuted down through the Earth’s atmosphere into the Utah desert. The Guardian reports: The space administration announced Friday that it had successfully removed two stuck fasteners that had prevented some of the samples collected in 2020 from the
Read MoreDCU researcher Asma Slaimi gives an insight into her work in AI and machine learning for water management systems. Read more: Using AI to revolutionise water management
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Google Pixel users are once again reporting a storage bug. The problem seems to be linked to the January Play System update. Users say they cannot access the internal storage on their Pixel phones after the update. Google Pixel users are facing a new storage issue after updating
Read MoreCredit: OnePlus Today, January 23, 2024, is the day OnePlus will finally bring its latest flagship — the OnePlus 12 — to the global markets. We’ve already witnessed the launch of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 phone in China, the company’s home market. So what we really have to look forward to at today’s event
Read MoreHere in 2024, writing new games for the venerable Atari 2600 game console is easier than ever, with plenty of emulators and toolchains to convert your code into ready-to-load ROMs. Yet what is easier than diving straight into 6502 assembly code without even having to download or set up a toolchain? That’s where [Henry Schmale]’s
Read MoreStolen Device Protection is a feature Apple hopes will prevent the total loss of an Apple ID if an iPhone and passcode are stolen. Here’s how to get it set up. How to use Stolen Device Protection Previously, a thief could learn a person’s passcode through social engineering or spying, steal the person’s iPhone, and
Read MoreLooking at a wind turbine from first principles, it’s essentially a set of wings that generate lift in much the same way an airplane wing does. Putting the wings on a rotor and calling them “blades” is not a huge step away from that. But there’s no reason the wing has to rotate, or for
Read MoreThose who pre-ordered the Apple Vision Pro for February 2 home delivery already see activity in their delivery tracking apps. Apple Vision Pro Apple Vision Pro ships to customers on February 2, with some picking it up in-store and others getting home delivery. Those waiting for their headsets at home can begin tracking their shipments
Read MoreImage: The Verge After last year saw over 9,000 layoffs in the video game industry, 2024 is continuing the trend, and League of Legends maker Riot Games is the latest example. On Monday night, the company announced that “we are refocusing on fewer, high-impact projects to move us toward a more sustainable future,” which means
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from ABC News: Doctors are now being encouraged to consider more blood testing for PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” according to guidance released (PDF) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The federal agency is recommending providers have a discussion with their patients regarding consumer and
Read MoreA 14-year-old with acute altitude sickness was kept stable through the night by being monitored via an Apple Watch with blood oxygen detection. Apple Watch Series 9 Apple Watches with blood oxygen detection have been banned from import to the United States, but the feature is still active on devices already sold to users. Despite
Read MoreKevin Purdy reports via Ars Technica: Sometimes, a great song can come from great pain. The Game Boy Advance (GBA), its software having crashed nearly two hours ago, will, for example, play a tune based on the game inside it. And if you listen closely enough — using specialty hardware and code — you can
Read MoreSelect Honda Accord models with CarPlay will be eligible for a wireless CarPlay upgrade later in 2024, but upgrade pricing is unknown. CarPlay Wireless CarPlay has existed since 2017, but it only became more widely available in recent years. Honda is offering customers the chance to upgrade their CarPlay experience to wireless via an in-shop
Read MoreSony has scrapped plans for a $10 billion merger of its Indian unit with Zee Entertainment, “ending a deal that could have created one of the South Asian nation’s biggest TV broadcasters,” reports Reuters. From the report: The collapse of the deal in content-hungry India creates more uncertainty for TV broadcaster Zee in particular as
Read MoreThomas Claburn reports via The Register: A security researcher in Germany has been fined $3,300 for finding and reporting an e-commerce database vulnerability that was exposing almost 700,000 customer records. Back in June 2021, according to our pals at Heise, an contractor identified elsewhere as Hendrik H. was troubleshooting software for a customer of IT
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