Two killed in experimental hybrid car crash
Ironically part of a Life-Save project
Two people are dead after the experimental hybrid electric car in which they were travelling exploded on a Naples highway.
AI used to deal with cold callers
Zero pity
Cold and automated callers are suddenly facing a hard time from AI software and voice cloners which are simulating victims and who are willing to keep them on the phone forever.
Valve banning Steam games featuring AI-created art
Developers must prove they have paid for it
Valve has reportedly started banning Steam games featuring AI-created art assets, unless developers can prove they have rights to the IP used in the data set that trained the AI to create them.
FTC takes on Amazon
A major anti-trust battle
The Federal Trade Commission is preparing to file a major antitrust lawsuit accusing Amazon of "using its power to reward online merchants that use its logistics services and punish those who don't."
Google pulls plug on AR glasses
Will leave the ground to others
While the Tame Apple Press thought that their favourite companies very late arrival onto the AR scene would spur others to "copy it" it would appear that one of the bigger players has decided to give up.
Brave will shut down port scans
Stop website snooping
The Brave browser will crack down on websites that snoop on visitors by scanning their open Internet ports or accessing other network resources that can expose personal information.
Oracle adapts database to work with Ampere chips
x86 has reached its limits
Oracle said that it has modified its flagship database software to work on a new category of computing chip, starting with chips from Ampere Computing.
Iceland has the best Internet in Europe
Least Borjked
Research by VPS Server has found that Iceland has the best internet in Europe.
Suppliers should buy chips sold to blacklisted Yangtze Memory Technologies back
Do the right thing
Blacklisted Yangtze Memory Technologies Co has asked its suppliers to buy back the chips and equipment it is forbidden to use.
Micron thinks AI will save it from China crisis
Reporting a huge third-quarter loss but sees light at end of tunnel
Micron reported a third-quarter loss and a 57 per cent drop in revenue yesterday, but its Chief Executive Sanjay Mehrotra said that things could only get better.