Meta revealed its in-house infrastructure for AI workloads, including generative AI like that used in its recently unveiled ad design and creation tools, at a virtual event this morning. Meta tried to show its superiority by adopting AI-friendly hardware systems, which has slowed its progress compared to Google and Microsoft. …
Read More »1% of Chrome users will have third-party cookies disabled in Q1 2024
Google’s Privacy Sandbox lets users manage their interests and form cohorts based on browsing behaviors to replace third-party cookies. After years of debate and testing, the online advertising industry is ready to shift. Today, Google stated it will transfer 1% of Chrome users to the Privacy Sandbox and disable third-party …
Read More »OpenAI releases iOS ChatGPT
Mobile ChatGPT. After months of questionable apps on the App Store, OpenAI launched an official iOS app for their popular AI chatbot today. The company says the new ChatGPT app will be free, ad-free, and allow voice input, but only for U.S. customers at launch. Like its desktop counterpart, the …
Read More »Telly, the “free” smart TV with ads, raises privacy concerns
Yesterday, we looked at Telly, a new hardware startup giving away half a million smart TVs. The 55-inch smart TV has a second display that shows ads while you watch. This new startup collects massive amounts of data about you in exchange for a free TV because ads pay for …
Read More »Elizabeth Holmes is done
Elizabeth Holmes may be imprisoned after years of high-profile court proceedings. Real this time. The former Theranos CEO was found guilty of defrauding investors last January, but she has delayed and appealed her sentencing to avoid prison. The infamous biotech entrepreneur is appealing her 11-year sentence, but a Ninth Circuit …
Read More »Virgin Galactic plans a May crewed flight
Virgin Galactic hopes to resume crewed flights later this month, nearly two years after its first and only flight in July 2021. The space tourism company announced Monday that it will launch four people in late May. The mission validates the spaceflight system and “astronaut experience” before commercial service begins …
Read More »Zoom announces Claude chatbot partnership with Anthropic
Zoom is considering LLM partnerships as generative AI has taken center stage. The company announced a partnership with Anthropic to use its Claude chatbot on Zoom Contact Center today. In March, Zoom announced a partnership with OpenAI to add more generative AI functionality to its products. After two decades of …
Read More »Sanctuary AI’s new 5’7″ humanoid robot lifts 55 lb
Since Tesla announced its intention to build one in the summer of 2021, humanoid robots have been emerging. Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporate (or Sanctuary AI) just reached a major milestone. Phoenix, a form factor from Vancouver, British Columbia, was unveiled. The 5’7′′, 155-pound bipedal robot aims to augment (or replace) …
Read More »Europe gets Logitech G Cloud gaming handheld
Logitech is launching its cloud-gaming handheld console in Europe. Logitech G Cloud software updates continue after this release. The Logitech G Cloud will cost €359 or £329 in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland from May 22 to June 22. It usually sells for $299 …
Read More »This UK startup wants to revolutionize COPD measurement
In 1846, London surgeon John Hutchinson invented the spirometer, which doctors ask asthmatics to blow hard into to measure lung volume. Simple concept. Despite that, technology has barely changed. Modern spirometers don’t measure CO2 expelled by the lungs, a crucial COPD indicator. A Cambridge, UK, startup has developed a revolutionary …
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