With its Pragyan rover analyzing the Moon’s surface composition near the south pole, India’s Chandrayan-3 lunar mission is a scientific and technical success. Because the area being studied is near future bases, the data returned is more valuable than from previous crewed and robotic missions. However, the mission has not …
Read More »Twitterific’s Easter eggs live on in Ollie’s Arcade
The Iconfactory, which made wallpaper app Wallaroo, puzzle game Frenzic, and Twitterific, released Ollie’s Arcade today. The new iOS app offers mini-games reminiscent of arcade or electric handheld games to give users a retro gaming experience. The debut lineup includes “Ollie Soars,” a Flappy Bird-like game where you fly around …
Read More »Google’s artificial intelligence chatbot will be integrated into GM’s OnStar service
GM has found a new way to join the generative AI revolution. The automaker now handles non-emergency OnStar features with Google Cloud’s Dialogflow chatbot. GM announced the partnership Tuesday during Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai’s Google Cloud Next 23 keynote. Since 2022, GM’s OnStar in-car concierge has used Google Cloud’s conversational …
Read More »Finally, Meta avatars have legs (in beta)
Meta’s greatest innovation since the News Feed—legs—is ready for beta testing. Meta Quest headsets can now download an update that lets you walk on two feet like Ardipithecus ramidus, an early hominid that achieved bipedality 4.4 million years ago. Now it’s complete. Meta launched its virtual reality social products with …
Read More »On September 12th, Apple will reveal the iPhone 15 to the public
The rumors were accurate again. September 12 is Apple’s next iPhone event. The company sent out invites for the event at Apple Park in Cupertino again. Spoilers: the invite has a Thanos snap-like graphic and “Wonderlust” [sic]. The big show will likely feature the iPhone 15. Given its big deal …
Read More »Generative AI is coming to Google security tools
Today at Google Cloud Next, the company announced several new generative AI enhancements to its security product line to make it easier to find information from massive security data by asking plain language questions. These new capabilities are designed to do more with less, according to Google cloud security UX …
Read More »Google Cloud expands Duet AI, its AI assistant suite
Duet AI, Google’s generative AI features for text summarization, data organization, and more, is expanding to Google Cloud products and services. At its annual Cloud Next conference, Google announced that Duet AI, still in preview with general availability later this year, can now help with code refactoring, or improving code …
Read More »Industrial manufacturing troubleshooting platform ControlRooms.ai raises $10M
A recent report found that industrial manufacturers experience 800 hours of unplanned downtime per year, or more than 15 hours per week. Unexpected troubleshooting costs $50 billion annually and lowers productivity and revenue. Most companies manually troubleshoot, but Austin, Texas-based ControlRooms.ai wants to change that. The company’s AI-powered analytics app …
Read More »BigQuery Studio is a new data-working tool from Google
Data mining for insights is becoming more valuable to companies. According to NewVantage, 97.6% of global corporations are investing in big data and AI. Big data analytics faces obstacles. A recent poll found that 65% of organizations have “too much” data to analyze. Google’s BigQuery Studio, a new service within …
Read More »First NFT enforcement case settled, SEC fines LA media company $6M
The SEC is suing a non-fungible token project for selling unregistered NFTs for the first time. The SEC order stated that Impact Theory, a Los Angeles-based media company, “encouraged potential investors to view the purchase of Founder’s Key [the company’s NFT project] as an investment into the business, stating that …
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