Jennifer Doudna Believes Crispr Is for Everyone
Pioneering biochemist Jennifer Doudna sat down with WIRED’s Emily Mullin to talk about the future of Crispr.
Read MorePioneering biochemist Jennifer Doudna sat down with WIRED’s Emily Mullin to talk about the future of Crispr.
Read MoreDan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers unveil LogoFAIL, an attack that defeats UEFI boot protections in nearly all Windows and Linux computers and can be remotely executed in many cases — UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images. — Hundreds of Windows and Linux computer models …
Read MoreIt’s possible you’ve picked up a new laptop and smartphone in the recent Black Friday sales without considering how to keep them juiced while on the go. The Anker Prime 20,000mAh Power Bank is the ideal charging solution, and thanks to an on-page coupon deal, you can save 20% on the hardware for the first
Read MorePhoto by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Electric vehicles with batteries that contain minerals and materials sourced from China won’t be eligible for the $7,500 federal EV tax credit starting on January 1, 2024, according to guidelines recently released by the Internal Revenue Service. That means a lot of EVs are about to lose their
Read MoreThe Verge / Photo by Steve Jennings, Getty Images Dream Scenario’s Nic Cage wants you to know that there’s a difference between maximalism and pushing the boundaries of filmmaking as an art. Continue reading…
Read MoreAlthough we often regard our own bodies and those of the other multicellular organisms around us as a singular entity, each cell that makes up our body is its own, nano-robot. One long-existing question was whether these cells can be used for other tasks — like biological robots — after they have specialized into a
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Now that Apple has released a preview of the next iOS update, Anker says its upcoming Qi2-compatible wireless chargers will provide faster 15W charging for iPhone 13, iPhone 14, and iPhone 15 devices. Apple has not responded to a request for comment, but presumably, this support will extend
Read MoreJonny Evans / Computerworld: Apple’s machine learning research team quietly releases MLX, an array framework to train and deploy ML models on Apple silicon, available on GitHub — Apple’s machine learning (ML) teams quietly flexed their muscle with the release of a new ML framework developed for Apple Silicon.
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Read MoreGovernments can access records related to push notifications from mobile apps by requesting that data from Apple and Google, according to details in court records and a US senator.
Read MoreCredit: Google Google has officially launched Gemini, its multimodal AI architecture. Gemini 1.0 will come in three different sizes: Gemini Ultra, Gemini Pro, and Gemini Nano. Gemini Pro and Nano are rolling out today across a range of Google products. Back in May 2023, Google revealed it was taking two of its research teams —
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Meta rolls out its 28 AI characters across WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram in the US, and plans to experiment with “long-term memory” for several characters — Earlier this year, Meta introduced a set of AI characters, including those based on real-life celebs including …
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Meta debuts Imagine with Meta, a standalone text-to-image generator on the web powered by its Emu model that generates four images per prompt, free for US users — Not to be outdone by Google’s Gemini launch, Meta’s rolling out a new, standalone generative AI experience on the web …
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Meta’s virtual assistant Meta AI gets support for Reels, a feature called “reimagine” that lets users generate AI images using prompts in group chats, and more — Alongside other AI updates announced today, Meta AI, the company’s generative AI experience, is gaining …
Read MoreMark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans a revamped iPad Pro with an OLED screen, iPad Airs with 10.9″ and 12.9″ screens, 13″ and 15″ MacBook Airs with M3, and more for early 2024 — – New models follow an unprecedented drought in iPad releases — Vision Pro, larger iPhones and new AirPods also coming
Read MoreThe holiday sales are the ideal time to pick up a new Samsung tablet, and that doesn’t mean a large outlay. The Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite is the budget offering from the brand, which is more in line with the pricing of the Amazon Fire tablets, but with Samsung engineering. A 34% price drop
Read MoreHulu now has its own tile on Disney Plus for bundle subscribers. | Image: Disney Disney is rolling out the beta version of its combined Disney Plus and Hulu experience today. The new hub, called Hulu on Disney Plus, puts content from both services on the Disney Plus app. If you’re subscribed to a Disney
Read MoreIs Mk really flat? Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0. From where I am sitting, the earth is flat. The floor that runs the length of the unit my hackerspace sits in is flat, the concrete apron behind it on which we test our Hacky Racers is flat, and a few undulations in terrain notwithstanding, it remains
Read MoreThe Qi2 magnetic wireless charging standard is here and support is coming to these old iPhone models soon.
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Bloomberg’s Apple reporter, Mark Gurman, says Apple has some big changes coming for 2024 in the form of a bigger iPad Air joining the existing smaller size and the previously rumored iPad Pro with an OLED screen. In addition to that, the company will release an updated MacBook Air using Apple’s new
Read MoreDavid Pierce / The Verge: Google updates Bard to use its Gemini Pro model, which the company says represents Bard’s “biggest and best upgrade yet” and can match and even exceed ChatGPT — While OpenAI’s ChatGPT has become a worldwide phenomenon and one of the fastest-growing consumer products ever …
Read MoreCredit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority Microsoft has announced an Extended Security Update program for Windows 10 for businesses and individuals. Under this program, the company will provide critical security updates monthly through an annual subscription, likely to be available per seat. The license can be renewed for three years. Pricing has not been disclosed
Read MoreThe European Commission is leaning towards letting Apple’s iMessage off the DMA hook, according to a new report.
Read MoreCasey Newton / Platformer: Q&A with Google CEO Sundar Pichai and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on Gemini, digital agents, changing search’s UX, the pace of AI development, coding, and more — CEO Sundar Pichai and DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis talk to Platformer about the promise — and product roadmap — of their answer to GPT-4
Read MoreSquid Game: The Challenge gets a second season. | Image: Netflix In the least surprising move ever, Netflix has greenlit its popular Squid Game: The Challenge for a second season and is recruiting contestants right now. The company also mentioned it’s making a video game “in the Squid Game universe” — missing an opportunity to
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