Google CEO Sundar Pichai has sent an internal memo to staff, stressing the Gemini errors are "completely unacceptable" after the artificial intelligence (AI) app embroiled the company in controversy. The tech giant suspended its image creation function on Gemini in recent days after it generated offensive and historically inaccurate results....
Researchers have developed an AI model that can tell a person's sex through brain scans alone. Working at a level of 90% accuracy, the study arguably settles a long-running controversy over physiological differences. But before you ask, the answer is 'no' — that doesn't mean men are automatically smarter than...
According to reported data, Apple has regained the top position from Samsung in the European smartphone rankings. Market research provider Canalys shows Apple is at the summit after the 2023 holiday season reporting, with Samsung trailing behind. Canalys analyst Runar Bjørhovde said, "High-end smartphones took a record share of the...
OpenAI, the company behind the large language model (LLM) artificial intelligence (AI) ChatGPT, has announced Sora, a new text-to-video AI. Sora can "create realistic and imaginative scenes from text instructions," according to OpenAI and it's already got the internet talking. Reactions online have been highly varied, with some X users...
Social media platform X has been accused of possibly breaking US sanction law by granting subscription perks to terrorist groups and others banned in the United States. Campaigners from the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) have claimed that Elon Musk's X gave blue check marks to accounts associated with Lebanese Shia...
Smog ($SMOG) is a brand new meme coin soaring after its recent decentralized exchange listing on Jupiter. $SMOG token holders can earn airdrop prizes and high staking rewards on this new ecosystem. Our Smog price prediction guide forecasts the potential token price throughout 2024 - 2030. We review analysts’ opinions,...
Three students share the grand prize for using artificial intelligence (AI) to translate Pompeii scrolls found by an eighteenth-century Italian farmer. The $700,000 Vesuvius Challenge grand prize was awarded by an international team of papyrologists (ancient paper specialists) to students Luke Farritor from the U.S., Youssef Nader from Egypt, and Julian...
Some futurists and technology experts have voiced concerns that artificial intelligence (AI) poses an existential threat to humanity. Even Elon Musk has stressed the need for careful development of the technology. Movies and TV shows where genocidal AI bids to wipe out its organic creators is not a new premise,...
Tesla has agreed to a $1.5 million settlement to resolve a California lawsuit alleging improper hazardous waste management at its facilities. The suit was filed by 25 counties across the state last week, claiming Tesla unlawfully dumped toxic materials like batteries, solvents, and electronic waste at local landfills and transfer...
A new study has ranked the countries of Europe by the average speed of their mobile networks. A recent report from internet insights firm Opensignal analyzed mobile download speeds across the continent in 2023. The results showed substantial improvements across most markets, with analysis looking at 34 countries including Denmark,...
That tape over your webcam might not be enough -- the hackers are watching; it might be the right time to install another privacy shutter. In a report just published in Science Advances, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) emphasized the risks to imaging privacy that ambient light...
A US neurotech start-up has announced an artificial intelligence (AI) system named Morpheus-1 designed to induce lucid dreams. A lucid dream is when you're aware you're dreaming and can control or influence the dream's content. Imagine realizing you can fly, walk through walls, or conjure up any scenario imaginable. Well,...
Tesla's fourth-quarter earnings were released on Wednesday after the closing bell. The results surprised Wall Street and sent shares down more than 5% in extended trade. The giant in electric vehicles had a 3% gain in revenue to $25.17 billion, according to LSEG figures, but fell short of the $25.62 billion...
Tesla wants to commence production of a new mass-market electric vehicle in 2025 to provide more competition to cheaper gasoline-powered cars as well as rival EVs. According to an exclusive Reuters report citing four well-placed sources, Elon Musk's company has informed suppliers it wants to get production going at the...
The world's biggest YouTuber, MrBeast, has confirmed a video he posted on X has generated over $250k in ad revenue. The 25-year-old, who boasts 234 million YouTube subscribers having risen to fame with videos of audacious challenges and huge cash giveaways, recently announced he was curious to see how much...
X is rolling out audio and video call capability to Android users, after it was introduced for iOS users in October 2023. The news was let slip by an X engineer working on the project who relayed that the release would be available on Android after an app update. Any...
Spotify has fired a scathing response at Apple after the tech giant set out new commission fees of up to 27% in the United States. Apple confirmed it would allow app developers to sell products outside its store, as long as a significant transaction fee was paid. The streaming heavyweight...
Nostalgia is rising for the grounded, acrobatic, and often intense combat scenes that once enthralled viewers. As streaming platforms take over entertainment, audiences revisit beloved classics and uncover lesser-known treasures featuring masterful fight choreography. This newfound appreciation for skillfully choreographed fight sequences has increased demand for martial arts films and...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for restraint by big tech firms in their development of AI during a special address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. On Wednesday (Jan.17), Guterres warned that unrestricted development of generative AI could result in “serious unintended consequences,” and condemned companies...
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has stated the live-streaming platform is not profitable, just days after news broke on significant job cuts impacting around 500 employees. The Amazon subsidiary is also pulling out of South Korea as financial pressures continue to mount against the embattled company. Last month, "prohibitively expensive" costs...
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