Google’s latest AI model has a lot of work to do. Like every other company in the AI race, Google is frantically building AI into practically every product it owns, trying to build products other developers want to use, and racing to set up all the infrastructure to make those things possible without being so… Read more
read more...Google launched Gemini 2.0, its new AI model for practically everything
By: The Verge
Google is testing Gemini AI agents that help you in video games
By: The Verge
Google just announced Gemini 2.0, and as part of its suite of news today, the company is revealing that it’s been exploring how AI agents built with Gemini 2.0 can understand rules in video games to help you out. The agents can “reason about the game based solely on the action on the screen, and… Read more
read more...Google’s new Jules AI agent will help developers fix buggy code
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Google has announced an experimental AI-powered code agent called “Jules” that can automatically fix coding errors for developers. Jules was introduced today alongside Gemini 2.0, and uses the updated Google AI model to create multi-step plans to address issues, modify multiple files, and prepare pull requests for Python and Javascript coding tasks in GitHub workflows…. Read more
read more...It sure sounds like Google is planning to actually launch some smart glasses
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Google is working on a lot of AI stuff — like, a lot of AI stuff — but if you want to really understand the company’s vision for virtual assistants, take a look at Project Astra. Google first showed a demo of its all-encompassing, multimodal virtual assistant at Google I/O this spring and clearly imagines Astra as… Read more
read more...Wallace & Gromit studio Aardman is working on a Pokémon project
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Aardman Animation, the studio behind the Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, and Shaun the Sheep, and Chicken Run franchises, is working with The Pokémon Company International on a mysterious new project. In a surprising turn of events, TCPi and Aardman announced today that they’re teaming up for “a special project” that’s set to be released… Read more
read more...Sony PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 now natively supports Arm64 architecture — including Raspberry Pi 5
By: Tom's Hardware
This week, developers behind the PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 announced that RPCS3 had now achieved stable, native Arm64 architecture support for Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms— Arm64 architecture support so definitive that it even includes the Raspberry Pi 5, of all devices, utterly pushing the limits of emulation believed possible on the Raspberry Pi 5…. Read more
read more...ARCTIC P12 PWM PST A-RGB 120 mm Fan Review
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1 Packaging & Closer Examination » Introduction ARCTIC, previously known as Arctic Cooling, has been around for nearly 25 years now with physical offices in North America, Europe, and Asia and a vast retail network spread across more than 65 countries. The company is known for good quality products offering high value to end users, and… Read more
read more...We asked our staff for their 2025 predictions
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We asked our staff for their 2025 predictions / Looking to everything from AI agents and PCs to smart doors. Dec 11, 2024, 3:00 PM UTC Share this story 2024 had some stand-out moments in tech: from AI-generated images to TikTok’s near ban, to beigecore, Windows BSOD, the best smart ring of them all, and… Read more
read more...BadRAM attack breaches AMD secure VMs using a Raspberry Pi Pico, DDR socket, and a 9V battery
By: Tom's Hardware
Researchers have described the BadRAM attack, which is claimed to facilitate the breaching of processor security “via rogue memory modules” (h/t The Register). Specifically, the research team has outlined a successful attack on AMD’s cutting-edge Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) using a $5 Raspberry Pi Pico connected to a DDR socket and powered by a 9V… Read more
read more...AMD shares 30×25 progress: New AI machines are 28.3 times faster than 2020 machines
By: Tom's Hardware
Performance efficiency is key to rapid performance increase of AI and HPC processors, so AMD and other companies are fighting for it fiercely with every new product generation. Back in 2021, the company set itself a goal of 2025 to increase the energy efficiency of its EPYC processors and Instinct accelerators by 30 times compared… Read more
read more...YouTube is a hit on TVs — and is starting to act like it
By: The Verge
YouTube just released some new stats that show how the service is being consumed on televisions, and the numbers are enormous. Watch time on TV for sports content was up 30 percent year over year; viewers watched more than 400 million hours of podcasts on their TVs every month. This is YouTube we’re talking about,… Read more
read more...Marvell develops custom HBM solution that offers higher performance in a smaller physical space
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: Marvell) Marvell has announced custom high-bandwidth memory (CHBM) solution for its custom XPUs designed for AI applications at its Analyst Day 2024. Developed in partnership with leading memory makers, CHBM promises to optimize performance, power, memory capacity, die size, and cost for specific XPU designs. CHBM will be compatible with Marvell’s custom XPUs… Read more
read more...TSMC founder says Intel has neither a strategy nor a CEO
By: Tom's Hardware
It’s still arguably too early to confidently state how successful Intel’s 18A process technology (1.8nm-class) will be. But in about a year, we should know if Pat Gelsinger’s five nodes in four years plan was a success. That said, Intel’s failure to offer a competitive AI processor is evident even today, which gives Morris Chang,… Read more
read more...iOS 18.2 is out now, adding ChatGPT integration and more Apple Intelligence tools
By: The Verge
Apple has released iOS 18.2, and the update adds a bunch of new Apple Intelligence features, including Image Playground, Genmoji, and integration with ChatGPT. With Image Playground, users can generate an image from a prompt or make something based off of one of Apple’s suggestions. However, Image Playground seems to opt for cartoony or stylistic… Read more
read more...Boox Note Air4 C review: Only subtle upgrades
By: Pocket-Lint
Tablets Sign in to your Pocket-lint account I’m still a sucker for taking handwritten notes in a lot of situations. For some reason, it helps me focus more on what I’m taking notes on than if I were to type notes. Because of that, I really enjoyed the Boox Note Air3 C . It provided… Read more
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