The first GPT-4-class AI model anyone can download has arrived: Llama 405B (arstechnica.com)
Unreal Engine supervisor at ModelFarm blasts 50% failure rate with Intel chips — company switching to AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X, praises single-threaded performance (www.tomshardware.com)
Sonos CEO apologizes for disastrous rollout of new app (www.theverge.com)
I mean, he’s not wrong that the app wasn’t ready. Which begs the question why they didn’t un-roll-it-out. >.>
To what extent, if at all, would have CrowdStrike's faulty update have been easier to deal with with an immutable distro?
There is no fix for Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs — any damage is permanent (www.theverge.com)
Researchers discover battery-free technology which harvests power from radio and Wi-Fi signals for low-powered devices (www.tomshardware.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18426215
Bing has been revamped to prioritize AI search results – whether you like it or not (www.techradar.com)
Microsoft has just announced a huge update to Bing that overhauls the search engine to put AI-powered answers first....
Google and Brave The Only Search Engines Able To Index Reddit (www.webpronews.com)
at least we have competitions
We finally know what caused the global tech outage - and how much it cost (www.cnn.com)
Dog-like robot jams home networks and disables devices during police raids — DHS develops NEO robot for walking denial of service attacks (www.tomshardware.com)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it has developed a four-legged robot designed to jam the wireless transmissions of smart home devices. The robot was revealed at the 2024 Border Security Expo and is called NEO. It is built using the Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Q-UGV) and looks a lot like the...
ISPs seeking government handouts try to avoid offering low-cost broadband (arstechnica.com)
Elon Musk claims he is training “the world’s most powerful AI by every metric” (arstechnica.com)
Samsung delivers 600-mile solid-state EV battery as it teases 9-minute charging and 20-year lifespan tech (www.notebookcheck.net)
cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/3524209...
New Samsung phones block sideloading by default (www.androidauthority.com)
New youtube layout? (lemmy.world)
Hey, I was browsing youtube in private mode, and out of nowhere it started looking like this, I really hope this doesn’t go through lolol…...
Tesla’s profits sank sharply in the second quarter of 2024 | The company’s revenue increased by 2 percent compared to last year, but profits are down 45 percent year over year (www.theverge.com)
Tesla published its second quarter earnings report, in which the company said it earned $1.48 billion in net income on $25.5 billion in revenue. That represents a 2 percent increase year over year compared to $24.9 billion in revenue in Q2 2023 but a 45 percent drop in net income....
Google Pixel 9 Pro XL Packs a Punch with New Specs Unveiled in Latest Leak (www.techtimes.com)
Google packed the Pixel 9 Pro XL with a punch, as evidenced by its latest leaked specs.
Reddit changes have blocked all search engines except Google amid AI 'misuse' [U] (9to5google.com)
Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal (www.404media.co)
Google cancels plans to kill off cookies for advertisers (www.cnbc.com)
AI models collapse when trained on recursively generated data (www.nature.com)
Trump Bitcoin Conference fundraiser tickets top out at $844,600 for Nashville soiree (cbnumy.blogspot.com)
How the American war on porn could change the way you use the internet (www.bbc.com)
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says too many carmakers are copying Tesla (www.theverge.com)
Wearables linked to ‘pathologic’ heart disease symptom monitoring (mhealthintelligence.com)
AFib patients using wearable devices are more likely to engage in high rates of symptom monitoring and experience anxiety than non-users, a study shows.
