Power delivery in passenger vehicle drivetrains hasn’t changed much since the introduction of the constant velocity (CV) joint in the 1930s. Most electric vehicles still deliver power via the same system used by internal combustion cars. Hyundai/Kia has now revealed a system they think will provide a new paradigm with their Universal Wheel Drive System
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Apple is currently experiencing a slump in iPad, Mac, and wearable sales. A report claims Apple may fight against this slump by launching a new MacBook Air and two refreshed iPads. The new iPads are said to be scheduled to launch around late March. Apple may be feeling pressure
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: MIT spinoff Liquid AI, which aims to build AI systems powered by liquid neural networks, emerges from stealth with a $37.6M seed at a $303M post-money valuation — An MIT spinoff co-founded by robotics luminary Daniela Rus aims to build general-purpose AI systems powered by a relatively …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google has a solution for the sync issue that caused files to disappear for some users on Drive for desktop. Unfortunately, it’s not as simple as a one-click update, but Google has posted a list of steps you can take to recover your files. After downloading and opening
Read MoreDiane Bartz / Reuters: In a US appeals court, the FTC argues that a federal judge held the agency to too high a standard when she ruled that Microsoft’s $69B Activision deal was legal — U.S. antitrust enforcers will argue on Wednesday that a federal judge got it wrong when she ruled that Microsoft’s (MSFT.O)
Read MoreKif Leswing / CNBC: Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, and OpenAI say they plan to use AMD’s new Instinct MI300X GPU; Microsoft plans to offer access to the chips through Azure — – Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft said they will use AMD’s newest AI chip, the Instinct MI300X — a sign that tech companies want alternatives …
Read MoreBig Mac meets machine learning. | Illustration: The Verge McDonald’s is partnering with Google to deploy generative AI beginning in 2024, when “thousands” of stores will get hardware and software upgrades. Along with updates to other systems including ordering kiosks and the company’s mobile app, McDonald’s will be able to use generative AI on massive
Read MoreEmma Roth / The Verge: Google posts instructions for restoring files in Google Drive for desktop, after users reported last week that some of their files disappeared from the service — Google has a solution for the sync issue that caused files to disappear for some users on Drive for desktop.
Read MoreImage: HBO The second season of HBO’s The Last of Us will debut in 2025. A new teaser dropped by Max confirmed the date and also offered a glimpse into its 2024 lineup. The news comes after showrunner Craig Mazin revealed production will start on February 12th, 2024, which is later than originally planned because
Read MoreWe all have good intentions when starting a new project, but then again, we all know where those lead. Such is the case with [RealCorebb]’s BBAir project, a completely transparent air bubble display. Although the plan was to spend about three months on it, the months slowly added up to a full year of tinkering.
Read MorePaul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: AMD launches Instinct MI300X and MI300A AI accelerators and claims the MI300X delivers up to 1.6x more performance than Nvidia’s H100 HGX in inference workloads — AMD’s chiplet strategy comes to fore. — AMD launched its Instinct MI300X AI accelerator and the Instinct MI300A …
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Apple’s iMessage service is being spared from regulation in the European Union. An investigation found that the service isn’t popular enough among business users in the EU to be deemed an “important gateway.” The EU still plans to investigate Apple’s other services like the App Store, Safari, and more.
Read MoreImage: PaulSakuma.com AMD wants people to remember that Nvidia’s not the only company selling AI chips. It’s announced the availability of new accelerators and processors geared toward running large language models, or LLMs. The chipmaker unveiled the Instinct MI300X accelerator and the Instinct M1300A accelerated processing unit (APU), which the company said works to train
Read MoreYou can try out Gemini, Google’s rival to ChatGPT, for free. It’s super easy to access right inside Bard.
Read MoreWe all have good intentions when starting a new project, but then again, we all know where those lead. Such is the case with [RealCorebb]’s BBAir project, a completely transparent air bubble display. Although the plan was to spend about three months on it, the months slowly added up to a full year of tinkering.
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority A teardown of the OnePlus 12 has revealed the components within the handset. The teardown shows that the OnePlus 12 has a massive cooling chamber hiding inside of it. While the OnePlus 12 is not yet globally available, it is available right now in China. As expected, it didn’t
Read MoreGameStop’s current promo takes $25 off Nintendo’s latest holiday bundle as long as you’re willing to visit a brick-and-mortar store. | Image: Nintendo Unsurprisingly, Black Friday and Cyber Monday brought a flurry of discounts on the Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5, and all three iterations of the Nintendo Switch. Some of those deals have since dried
Read MoreWhile the Xbox 360 was initially something of a disaster — given how many units suffered the “red ring of death” — it’s now considered one of the best consoles ever made, with a lineup of classic games that are often still being played in one form or another — just look at Grand Theft
Read MoreMat Honan / MIT Technology Review: An interview with Sundar Pichai on Gemini, AI benchmarks, making AI helpful for everyone, the legal landscape around AI, and more — In an in-depth interview, Pichai predicts: “This will be one of the biggest things we all grapple with for the next decade.”
Read MoreMaintainX, a leading operations software platform, has announced a $50 million funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures, which has delivered a $1 billion valuation for the company. There was fresh participation from existing investors, Bessemer Venture Partners, Amity Ventures, August Capital, and Ridge Ventures in Maintain, who can count on the likes of McDonald’s,
Read MoreImage: A24 Indie powerhouse A24 has a new home for its theatrical releases — both new and old. The production company has inked a multiyear exclusive deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to bring its entire slate of new releases to HBO, Max, and Cinemax after they leave theaters. On top of that, the two companies
Read MoreApple Inc. has quietly released new machine learning frameworks and model libraries, MLX and MLX Data, signaling a growing interest in pursuing generative AI applications, according to a recent The Verge report. The releases come as a surprise given Apple’s historically conservative approach to AI technology. MLX is a machine learning framework optimized to run
Read MoreBinance’s settlement requires it to offer years of transaction data to US regulators and cops, exposing the company—and its customers—to a “24/7, 365-days-a-year financial colonoscopy.”
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta detailed a bunch of updates to its Meta AI tools today in a blog post, including some new features for its AI image generators. One that caught my eye was a tool that will let you remix AI-generated images your friends share in a Messenger or Instagram
Read MoreCredit: Google Welcome to the fourth edition of What’s New in AI, our weekly update where we bring you all the latest AI news, tools, and tips to help you excel in this new brave new AI-driven world. AI in the news: Google releases a new LLM, and so much more This week was as
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