From PC Mag: Soon you might be paying a fee to use Amazon’s Alexa.
Amazon is reportedly looking to release a new subscription-based version of Alexa this summer with generative AI support.
“Alexa Plus” would offer more AI capabilities than the free version of the assistant, Business Insider...
From PC World: CPU-Z is one of those little programs that has become a staple of the computer nerd world, never making waves, but showing up everywhere from the lowliest forum posts to the most in-depth review benchmarks. That said, it’s surprising that it hasn’t supported ARM-based processors —...
When it comes to favorite colors, there are people who have favorite colors and people who like purple. I never really thought much about my favorite color, because it has honestly changed throughout the years. I used to be a blue person, but it did not really matter what shade or what type of blue. However, because a lot of things are tricky to find in blue, or cheaper to find in the typical shades, I generally am okay with anything else. My...
From ExtremeTech: It's been widely reported that Microsoft plans to launch a new version of Windows in 2024. Microsoft's next OS is expected to be the company's first effort to tie in all its advancements in generative AI from the get-go, so it'll arrive with AI everywhere instead of being kind of...
From ComputerWorld: TSMC, the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world, will delay the opening of the second of its two US-based foundries, the company announced today during its quarterly earnings call.
The first such foundry, announced in 2020, has already been delayed past its initial...
From TechCrunch: As Amazon initiates job cuts across its entire business, including its streaming division, the e-commerce giant is now laying off employees within its Buy with Prime segment.
“We regularly review the structure of our teams and make adjustments based on the needs of the business and...
From The Verge: TikTok has launched many songs that have gone viral over the years, but now it’s testing a feature that lets more people exercise their songwriting skills… with some help from AI.
AI Song generates songs from text prompts with help from the large language model Bloom. Users can...
From Tom's Hardware: Intel's fab near Magdeburg, Germany, will not only be the most advanced semiconductor production facility in Europe, but, according to CEO Pat Gelsinger, the most advanced fab in the world when it comes online. The fab will process wafers using post-18A process technologies and...
From ExtremeTech: The hard drive world is about to enter unchartered territory as the first 30TB heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) drives have finally arrived. Seagate has been locked in a race to 30TB with its rival Western Digital for years and has now eclipsed it by a hair as WD announced...
From PC Mag: Mark Zuckerberg plans on acquiring 350,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs to help Meta build a next-generation AI that possesses human-like intelligence.
Zuckerberg mentioned the figure today as he announced his company’s long-term effort to develop an artificial general intelligence (AGI), or an...
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