After a couple of years without much happening, smart displays are in the news again. Aside from smart TVs, consumer screens that connect to the Internet have never reached a mainstream audience. However, there seems to be a resurgence to make smart displays more popular. The approaches that some companies are taking are better than […]
November 22, 2024 | Amazon, Apple, Google, Monitors, Smart Home, Tech | No comments
The law also says the NTIA may not “regulate the rates charged for broadband service,” and Republicans claim the NTIA is violating this restriction. A July 23 letter sent by over 30 broadband industry trade groups also alleged that the administration is illegally regulating broadband prices. ISPs pointed to NTIA guidance that “strongly encouraged” states […]
November 22, 2024 | access, and Deployment program, Broadband Equity, Policy, ted cruz | No comments
Anthropic, founded by former OpenAI executives Dario and Daniela Amodei in 2021, will continue using Google’s cloud services along with Amazon’s infrastructure. The UK Competition and Markets Authority reviewed Amazon’s partnership with Anthropic earlier this year and ultimately determined it did not have jurisdiction to investigate further, clearing the way for the partnership to continue. […]
November 22, 2024 | AI, Amazon, Anthropic, Biz & IT, ChatGPT, chatgtp, Dario Amodei, large language models, LLMs, machine learning | No comments
Harrison-Buck and her colleagues calculated that at its peak, the system could have produced enough fish each year to feed around 15,000 people. That’s based on modern estimates of how many kilograms of fish people eat every year, combined with measurements of how many kilograms of fish people in Zambia harvest with similar traps. Of […]
November 22, 2024 | aerial archaeology, ancient people did stuff, Archaeology, fisheries, indigenous americans, Maya, Pre-Columbian civilizations, Science | No comments
But even without knowing the actual values of all those variables present in the Drake equation, one thing was certain: The more stars you had at the beginning, the better the odds for life were. So Sorini’s team focused on stars. “Our work is connected to the Drake equation in that it relies on the […]
November 22, 2024 | astronomy, cosmology, dark energy, Dark Matter, drake equation, Science, Star formation | No comments
Users will be asked to reauthenticate with Windows Hello every time they access their Recall database. Credit: Microsoft Microsoft has now delayed the feature multiple times to address those concerns, and it outlined multiple security-focused additions to Recall in a blog post in September. Among other changes, the feature is now opt-in by default and […]
November 22, 2024 | copilot, microsoft, recall, Tech, windows 11, windows 11 24h2, windows insider program, windows recall | No comments
She found herself wanting to build something more modern. Looking across the Atlantic, she drew inspiration from what SpaceX was doing with its reusable Falcon 9 rocket. She watched humans launch into space aboard Crew Dragon and saw that same vehicle fly again and again. “I have a huge admiration for what SpaceX has done,” […]
November 22, 2024 | europe, Science, Space, the exploration company | No comments
DirecTV CEO Bill Morrow indicated his company wasn’t willing to change the deal to satisfy Dish bondholders. “We have terminated the transaction because the proposed Exchange Terms were necessary to protect DirecTV’s balance sheet and our operational flexibility,” Morrow said. AT&T still selling DirecTV stake AT&T owns 70 percent of DirecTV but plans to sell […]
The Oreshnik missiles strike their targets at speeds of up to Mach 10, or 2.5 to 3 kilometers per second, Putin said. “The existing air defense systems around the world, including those being developed by the US in Europe, are unable to intercept such missiles.” A global war? In perhaps the most chilling part of […]
November 22, 2024 | ICBM, IRBM, Military, missile, russia, Science, Space, Ukraine | No comments
Smith testified before the US Senate in September that Russia, China, and Iran had stepped up their digital efforts to interfere in global elections this year, including in the US. However, Microsoft’s own security standards have come under fire in recent months. A damning report by the US Cyber Safety Review Board in March said […]
November 22, 2024 | china, cybersecurity, Fancy Bear, hacking, microsoft, russia, Security, syndication | No comments