We were talking about [Christopher Barnatt]’s very insightful analysis of what the future holds for the Raspberry Pi single board computers on the Podcast. On the one hand, they’re becoming such competent computers that they are beginning to compete with lightweight desktop machines, instead of just being a hacker curiosity. On the other hand, especially
Read MorePatrick McGee / Financial Times: With AR/VR startup funding from October 2022 to March 2023 falling 74% YoY to $800M, per PitchBook, the industry hopes Apple’s MR headset could lure back VCs — Frenzy over iPhone maker’s longed-for launch of mixed reality headset has reached ‘fever pitch’
Read MoreThe Pixel 7 Pro isn’t much smarter than it was at launch, but not for lack of trying. I revisited the Google Pixel 7 Pro half a year after it launched to see if it’s any smarter. It is — but not exactly in the ways that Google wants it to be. Continue reading…
Read MoreApple has been known to redesign its most successful products – but which changes were the most striking?
Read MoreWelcome to The Weekly Authority, the Android Authority newsletter that breaks down the top Android and tech news from the week. The 247th edition here with some news about the Pixel 8’s wireless charging, the launch of the Motorola Razr and Razr Plus, a confirmed launch location for the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 and
Read MoreScientists are worried about the effect this change could have on orbiting satellites, the ozone layer, and Earth’s weather.
Read MoreDid that image or document you just downloaded to your phone disappear? Here’s how to find it.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Two years ago, Google introduced Tensor — its first custom SoC for smartphones. Thanks to an enduring partnership with Samsung’s semiconductor division and its own engineering talent, we’re now on our second generation unique Tensor chip, the latest of which powers the Pixel 7 series. Even though the project
Read MoreClive Cookson / Financial Times: Scientists and DNA sequencing startup Illumina identified 4.3M genetic variants in ~800 primates and then used AI to predict genetic health risks in 454K humans — Scientists apply deep learning to expanded DNA database to help identify disease-causing mutations in humans
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Read MoreThe option to choose the algorithms that power your feed is taking off on Bluesky—and there’s a good chance it will catch on elsewhere too.
Read MoreCriminals may use artificial intelligence to scam you. Companies, like Google, are looking for ways AI and machine learning can help prevent phishing.
Read MoreIn The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Guardians are a primitive form of sentry turret that tracks the player with a watchful eye. Inspired by this, [npentrel] decided to whip up one of his own in the real world. The build relies on a Raspberry Pi kitted out with its usual camera for
Read MoreDavid D. Kirkpatrick / New Yorker: A look at India’s hacking-for-hire industry, which has a tacit alliance with the government and is unusually brazen, with firms publicly touting their services — The country has developed a lucrative specialty: cyberattacks for hire. — In the summer of 2020, Jonas Rey …
Read MoreOpinion post by Dhruv Bhutani I have a love-hate relationship with even the best Android tablets. While most of my working hours are spent chained to my large-screen monitor, I usually grab my M1-powered iPad Air to catch up on magazines and RSS feeds or to pull up guitar tabs every few days. Lately, however,
Read MoreErin Woo / The Information: Sources: Zume, which used robots to automate pizza-making, shuts down and is undergoing liquidation; the startup raised $375M from SoftBank and $445M in total — Zume, which raised $375 million from SoftBank to automate pizza-making with robots before switching to developing sustainable packaging, has shut down.
Read MoreSaritha Rai / Bloomberg: Harvard’s popular MOOC CS50 plans to use AI to grade assignments, teach coding, and personalize tips, and is testing a virtual TA to give feedback to students — The world’s most popular online learning course, Harvard University’s CS50, is getting a ChatGPT-era makeover.
Read MoreBen Cohen / Wall Street Journal: A profile of Nvidia, including how Jensen Huang, Curtis Priem, and Chris Malachowsky started the company at Denny’s and placed early bets on “$0B markets” — AI made Nvidia the world’s most valuable chip maker. So did three guys sipping diner coffee and planning to conquer markets that barely
Read MoreMaking a traditional glass lens requires a lot of experience, skill, and patience grinding a piece of glass to the required shape, and is not for the casual experimenter. Making a glass Fresnel lens with its concentric rings requires even more work, but as the ever-resourceful [Robert Murray-Smith] shows us, a Fresnel lens can be
Read MorePhoto: James Bareham / The Verge The starting price of a Tesla Model 3 — after federal tax credits — may once again be below the fabled $35,000 mark. Tesla’s website now claims every new Model 3 is eligible for the full $7,500 federal tax credit in the United States, after those credits were previously
Read MoreThe mammalian retina is a complex system consisting out of cones (for color) and rods (for peripheral monochrome) that provide the raw image data which is then processed into successive layers of neurons before this preprocessed data is sent via the optical nerve to the brain’s visual cortex. In order to emulate this system as
Read MoreChatGPT, powered by GPT 3.5 and GPT 4, has become one of the most popular Large Language Models (LLM), due to its ability to hold passable conversations and generate large tracts of text. Now, that very tool is available on the Commodore 64 via the Internet. Obviously, a 6502 CPU with just 64 kilobytes of
Read MorePhoto: James Bareham / The Verge The starting price of a Tesla Model 3 — after federal tax credits — may once again be below the fabled $35,000 mark. Tesla’s website now claims every new Model 3 is eligible for the full $7,500 federal tax credit in the United States, after those credits were previously
Read MoreTodd Spangler / Variety: Vimeo plans to end support for its TV apps on June 27, 2023, saying video-casting will give customers a “better ongoing experience” — Vimeo is ending support for its existing TV apps — with the video management and hosting provider telling customers they’ll have a …
Read MoreFoo Yun Chee / Reuters: Sources: telecom ministers from 18 EU countries either rejected or criticized a push by European telcos to force Big Tech to help fund 5G and broadband rollout — A majority of EU countries have rejected a push by Europe’s big telecoms operators to force Big Tech to help fund the
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