Google spent $2.7 billion to bring back a former employee
Google paid $2.7 billion for licenses for the technologies of the AI startup Character AI, which was created in 2021 by former employee of the IT giant Noam Shazeer. According…
Samsung gets off with $7,900 fine for exposing workers to radiation
A South Korean regulator has found that Samsung Electronics violated safety regulations regarding radiation sources, exposing workers at its semiconductor plant to radiation. The company was given a modest fine,…
Intel released x86S instruction set version 1.2 – it lost many 16- and 32-bit features
Intel has introduced a new version of the lightweight x86S instruction set, which is not backward compatible with older software – it only supports 64-bit OS and software. In version…
Sony tried to justify the high cost of the PlayStation 5 Pro: players will get a new experience
The announcement of the PlayStation 5 Pro caused a mixed reaction in the gaming community. Many felt that the $700 price tag for the new product was too expensive for…
StarCraft: Remastered and the StarCraft 2 trilogy will appear on Game Pass – the release date of the legendary Blizzard strategies in the Microsoft subscription
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer announced from the virtual stage of Tokyo Game Show 2024 that a Game Pass subscription will soon be replenished, which will delight fans of the…
The resolution of the world’s largest radio telescope FAST will be increased 30 times
Having completed the construction of the FAST radio telescope in 2016 with a solid “dish” with a diameter of 500 m, China received the world’s best instrument for observing the…
LG TVs started showing ads on screensavers
LG announced that it is starting to display advertising on the screensavers of its TVs. In other words, advertising becomes an inevitable companion to television viewing – even when the…
Intel customizes Xeon Granite Rapids processors to work with NVIDIA AI accelerators
Intel, according to HPC Wire, is optimizing its latest 6th generation Xeon Granite Rapids server processors specifically for systems that use NVIDIA AI accelerators. Thus, Intel expects to increase sales…
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Used smartphones are gaining popularity around the world – the secondary market grew by 12.4% in value last year
IDC specialists analyze the market not only for new smartphones, but also for used ones. In a new report, analysts reported sales on the secondary market at the end of…
Westinghouse ready for mass production of eVinci nuclear microreactors
Westinghouse Electric has completed the operations necessary to begin mass production of its advanced eVinci nuclear microreactors. She submitted a package of documents to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)…