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Global electricity generation from clean sources crossed a major threshold in 2024, with renewables and nuclear power contributing more than 40 per cent for the first time, according to new data.
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Sam Altman isnât known for understatement, but even by his own standards, what he said on stage at OpenAIâs DevDay conference earlier this month was pretty problematic. Read more âș
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Wow, who woulda thought the Looney Tunes would be popular on streaming if you just didn't make it a hassle to watch them. Read more âș
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Apple Maps could feature integrated ads as soon as next year, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. In his latest "Power On" newsletter, Gurman said that Apple's plan to bring more ads to iOS is moving "gaining traction," with the Maps app being next in line. The project will apparently give restaurants and other businesses the option to pay to have their details featured more prominently in search. The system is said... Read more âș
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Counterpoint Research data shows a massive jump in Mac sales in the same quarter that support for Microsoft Windows 10 ended. Read more âș
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Ontario's ad criticizing tariffs aired during the World Series, hours after President Donald Trump said he'd slap new tariffs on Canada. Read more âș
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The GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is Nvidiaâs flagship GPU, but one repair technician says it comes with a hidden flaw that makes it one of the worst designs heâs seen. Read more âș
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Scientists have found that mushrooms can act as organic memory devices, mimicking neural activity while consuming minimal power. The Ohio State team grew and trained shiitake fungi to perform like computer chips, capable of switching between electrical states thousands of times per second. These fungal circuits are biodegradable and low-cost, opening the door to sustainable, brain-like computing. Read more âș
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Altman tapped a handful of in-house dealmakers over his bankers and lawyers to design huge web of infrastructure agreements Read more âș
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US and Chinese trade negotiators say theyâve reached a framework agreement that, if approved by both governments this week, would roll back proposed 100% tariffs on Chinese imports and pause Beijingâs escalating export restrictions on rare-earth materials. Read more âș
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The adrenaline-pumping rising intensity of Taitoâs arcade classic was not due to genius level coding but an Intel 8080 bottleneck. Read more âș
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Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram. Read more âș
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Data centers were typically "hulking, chilly buildings lined with stacks of computing gear and bundles of wiring," writes the Washington Post. But "AI experts say that the hubs for computers that power AI are different from the data centers that deliver your Netflix movies and Uber rides. They use a different mix of computer chips, cost a lot more and need a lot more energy. "The question is whether it's... Read more âș
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Adobeâs computational photography app, Project Indigo, had a bit of trouble adapting to the new square-format selfie sensor in the iPhone 17 series. For the last month or so, the app simply didnât support Appleâs latest phones at all. Adobe was working behind the scenes to get things up and running, and posting occasional updates [âŠ] Read more âș
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The Hercules Graphics Card, released in 1982, was revolutionary for its time because it combined two popular video modes used in IBM PCs across the corporate world. It could display both sharp text and graphics quickly, thanks to its 32KB frame buffer, offering the best of both worlds in an era when compromise led the conversation. Read more âș
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The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android was published this week, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift with official tooling and making it easier to share code across iOS and Android. The SDK enables Android apps to be built in Swift using officially supported tooling rather than community workarounds. In June, it was announced that Apple's Swift programming language would be officially extended to support... Read more âș
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New Yorker Erin Smith, 47, didn't expect to like living in Canada. But after moving there for her husband's job, she's surprised at how happy she is. Read more âș
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Apple is planning to bring an iPhone 17 Pro-style vapor chamber to the iPad Pro, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In the latest edition of his "Power On" newsletter, Gurman explained that with increasingly powerful chips, Apple is planning to bring vapor chamber cooling to the âiPad Proâ. The new feature could arrive as soon as with the next generation, which will likely feature the "M6" chip made with TSMC's... Read more âș
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Netflixâs quarterly earnings reports have lately lacked the drama that once made the updates a must-watch for investors and reporters. For the past eight quarters, the video streamer has routinely posted quarterly revenue growth averaging around 15%âhardly hypergrowth but a big improvement on the 2% to 4% growth rate it recorded between late 2022 and late 2023. Nowadays the results are so predictable that it would be easy to tune... Read more âș
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Even with 38 ways to buy it, Taylor Swiftâs fans arenât living for The Life of a Showgirl. When Swift dropped her 12th studio album earlier this month, people were already primed to hate it. As part of her rollout, she released a concerning amount of products around the release. From âThe Shiny Bug Vinyl [âŠ] Read more âș
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Services of Snapchat, Canva, Signal, Perplexity, Duolingo, and Open AI âused by millions every day across the worldâ are down across the world. The disruption appears to be linked to an outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Read more âș
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After experiencing trouble for hours on Monday, services such as Snapchat, Canva, Fortnite and more are now operating normally. This problem was caused by an outage of Amazonâs computing services unit, Amazon Web Services. Hereâs what exactly happened and why it affected millions of people worldwide Read more âș
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OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Atlas, its first-ever AI-powered web browser, designed entirely around the ChatGPT interface. With features like conversational search, memory recall, and autonomous 'Agent Mode', Atlas aims to revolutionise web navigation and challenge Google Chromeâs long-held dominance Read more âș
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After roughly three hours of disruptions, systems were gradually coming back online as of 6:00 am ET (1000 GMT), with AWS saying it was seeing "significant signs of recovery" for some impacted services Read more âș
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Hassabis said that on the one hand Google's Gemini models equipped with DeepThink is capable to win gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad, it "still makes simple mistakes in high school maths" on the other Read more âș
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Researchers showed that AI assistants can be hijacked via ordinary interactions, allowing attackers to manipulate devices and access files without consent Read more âș
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Sean Duffy, Nasa's acting chief, has said that SpaceX, which has a $2.9 billion contract to provide the lunar lander, is thwarting Washington's efforts to take humans to the moon before China beats it Read more âș
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What should be the ideal size of your mobile phone? Do the big ones create difficulty or the pocket friendly ones are portable. Read more âș
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Dubbed as "one of the best features", ChatGPT Atlas boasts of having a remarkable memory that makes the browser âmore personalised and more helpful.â Another feature that OpenAI executives have raved about is the "agent mode" Read more âș
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Elon Musk has criticised acting Nasa administrator Sean Duffy after remarks that SpaceX is âbehind scheduleâ on the Artemis III lunar mission Read more âș
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