When I was a kid, my mom and auntie would retreat into the bathroom, hands wrapped in latex gloves, newspaper covering the counters and floor as they mixed together a dark, foul-smelling paste in a plastic bowl. For hours, they’d alternately gossip and brush the paste into each other’s hair. When the monthly ritual was… Read more
read more...L’Oréal Colorsonic review: shades of gray
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US to patch loopholes that allow China to buy banned AI GPUs from other countries — new regulations include national quotas on GPU exports and a global licensing system
By: Tom's Hardware
Chinese entities have obtained advanced Nvidia GPUs for AI and HPC applications despite U.S. restrictions through an advanced underground smuggling network from third-party countries. The U.S. government is unhappy about this, so it plans to implement new regulations to limit Chinese companies from acquiring these AI GPUs from intermediary countries. The rule will purportedly go into effect… Read more
read more...TSMC shares deep-dive details about its cutting edge 2nm process node at IEDM 2024 — 35 percent less power, or 15% more performance
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: TSMC via IEDM) TSMC revealed additional details about its N2 (2nm-class) fabrication process at the IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) earlier this month. The new production node promises a 24 to 35% power reduction or 15% performance improvement at the same voltage, and 1.15X higher transistor density than the prior-gen 3nm process…. Read more
read more...Qualcomm fires back at Intel’s claims of high laptop return rates — the company says Snapdragon X PCs are within ‘industry norm’ for returns
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Late on Friday, Qualcomm reacted to a claim by an interim Intel co-CEO that the return rates of Qualcomm Snapdragon X-based PCs were high as customers were unsatisfied with their systems due to software incompatibilities. Qualcomm (via CRN) denied the claim and said that return rates of Snapdragon X-powered computers are within industry norms, saying customers are happy with… Read more
read more...Meta asks the US government to block OpenAI’s switch to a for-profit
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Meta is asking California Attorney General Rob Bonta to block OpenAI’s planned transition from a non-profit to for-profit entity. In a letter sent to Bonta’s office this week, Meta says that OpenAI “should not be allowed to flout the law by taking and reappropriating assets it built as a charity and using them for potentially… Read more
read more...ChatGPT Projects are fancy folders for your AI chats
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OpenAI is rolling out a feature called “Projects” to ChatGPT. It’s basically a folder system that makes it easier to organize things you’re working on while using the AI chatbot. As shown in a demo video, your list of Projects will show up in the sidebar. If you make a new project, you can do… Read more
read more...Peak Design denies snitching on Luigi Mangione
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When the first grainy images of the UnitedHealthcare shooting suspect emerged, some viewers noticed a seemingly small detail: he looked like he was wearing a Peak Design Everyday V1 backpack. Now, on platforms like Threads and TikTok, a recurring accusation has circulated: Peak Design “traced” the bag owner using the backpack’s serial number. However, the company says… Read more
read more...Texas sues New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills via telemedicine
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Texas is suing a New York doctor for prescribing mifepristone and misoprostol — the pills used for medication abortion — to a Texas resident via telemedicine, an alleged violation of the state’s strict abortion law. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit against Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter, founder of the Abortion Coalition for Telemedecine, in… Read more
read more...A Gemini-boosted Google Assistant is now available on some Nest speakers
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Google has slowly started rolling out a Gemini-powered Google Assistant to some Google Home users on select Nest smart speakers. The company first teased a smarter Google Assistant for the home in August and is starting with Gemini-powered answers to your general knowledge questions. The regular Google Assistant will still handle things like smart home… Read more
read more...Apple’s AI summary mangled a BBC headline about Luigi Mangione
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Apple’s AI summary mangled a BBC headline about Luigi Mangione / The BBC is complaining after Apple Intelligence rewrote one of its headlines to falsely claim the UnitedHealthcare suspect shot himself. By Umar Shakir, a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years… Read more
read more...The Nintendo Switch 2, as described by Dbrand
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Nintendo is inching ever closer to its promised deadline to reveal the Switch’s successor before April 2025. But new leaks from case manufacturers appear to reveal exactly what the Nintendo’s next console could look like, and a few notable upgrades it might have over the original Switch. We were inspired to write this article in… Read more
read more...Amazon is shipping the Kindle Colorsoft again, but it’s unclear if it’s fixed
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Amazon is shipping the Kindle Colorsoft again, but it’s unclear if it’s fixed / You can order a Colorsoft and have it delivered before Christmas, but some customers are still reporting the yellow discoloration issue. By Andrew Liszewski, a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2011, but has… Read more
read more...OpenAI just dropped new Elon Musk receipts: ‘You can’t sue your way to AGI’
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The lawsuit between Elon Musk and OpenAI is really heating up. OpenAI just dropped a new blog post defending itself against Musk that outlines some new text messages between cofounders Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and former board member Shivon Zilis. “You can’t sue your way to AGI,” the OpenAI blog post… Read more
read more...Leak: Lenovo’s larger Legion handheld adds OLED and keeps the detachable mouse
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Earlier today, Evan Blass revealed an unannounced Lenovo Legion Go S handheld gaming PC with an extremely intriguing twist: a Steam button that suggests it could be the first third-party SteamOS handheld, and thus the first true competitor to the Steam Deck. But that handheld gaming PC apparently won’t be alone: Blass just provided The… Read more
read more...Intel tempers expectations for next-gen Falcon Shores AI GPU — Gaudi 3 missed AI wave, Falcon will require fast iterations to be competitive
By: Tom's Hardware
Having dumped its Xe-HPC GPU accelerators in favor of Gaudi, and still missing its own sales goals with its Gaudi 3 AI accelerator, Intel is pinning its AI hopes on its next-gen Falcon Shores GPU platform. However, interim co-CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus said this week that Falcon Shores will be a new start requiring fast iteration, rather than… Read more
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