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Update: Microsoft’s services are back online after a downtime of more than four hours as of January 25, 2023, at 7:15 PM IST. To reflect that, the headline has been altered. The company stated on the website for its Azure cloud service, “We determined that a change made to the …

Fiber optic cables are used in effective cable communication to send data. The maximum theoretical transmission efficiency of light sent through them is 92 percent. These fibers have drawbacks, but airborne laser signal transmission is incomparable to it. Researchers have been attempting to do the same across the air, though, …

Apple has revived the larger HomePod with a second-generation model that boasts improved sound quality in addition to improved intelligence and computing abilities. Pre-orders for the new HomePod, which has a suggested retail price of $299, are now open. On February 3, in-store sales and shipping will start in the …

The most recent Atlas humanoid robot demo was just released by Boston Dynamics. The robot’s feet allowed it to traverse rough terrain while running and jumping. Now, the robot actually has hands. The robot is given new life by these simple grippers. The Atlas suddenly transforms from a quick pack …

Sam Altman, the former CEO of Y Combinator and, as of 2019, the co-founder and co-CEO of OpenAI, the company he famously co-founded with Elon Musk and numerous others in 2015 to develop artificial intelligence for the “benefit of humanity,” spent an hour with this editor late last week in …

The most recent states to prohibit TikTok on government-owned smartphones include New Jersey and Ohio due to national security concerns In doing so, the two have joined at least 20 other states. The decision was made in response to worries that data collection could be used by the Chinese government …

According to a report from CNBC on Friday, Marc Benioff complained about the lack of productivity among newer employees on the company’s Slack channel. He questioned whether working from home since COVID, a lack of training, and a lack of the sharing of tribal knowledge that used to be a …

After adding a function that enables users to create gorgeous digital portraits of yourself in modern art styles, the Lensa photo and video editing software has gained social media notoriety in recent weeks. For a little cost and the effort of uploading 10 to 20 different pictures of oneself, it …

According to recent study, scientists claim to have developed a brand-new kind of battery that does not lose capacity after charging cycles. The positive electrode material may pave the way for new electric vehicle batteries that do not have one of the biggest issues these vehicles currently experience, which is …

The U.S. National Security Agency has issued a warning that hackers supported by the Chinese government are using two widely used Citrix networking products’ zero-day vulnerabilities to break into targeted networks. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-27518, affects the widely used remote access tool Citrix Gateway as well as the application …