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Intel has approached Apple about a possible investment and closer collaboration, following recent multibillion-dollar deals with Nvidia, the U.S. government, and SoftBank to stabilize the struggling chipmaker. Reuters reports: The iPhone maker and Intel have also discussed how to work more closely together, the report said, adding that the talks are at an early stage and may not lead to an agreement. Shares of Intel closed 6% higher after the news. [...] Striking lucrative partnerships and persuading outsid
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Former "GMA3" co-anchors Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes sparked controversy after their relationship became public. Read more ›
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The new 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M5 chip does not include a charger in the box in European countries, including the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway, and others, according to Apple's online store. In the U.S. and all other countries outside of Europe, the new MacBook Pro comes with Apple's 70W USB-C Power Adapter, but European customers miss out. Apple is still generous enough to... Read more ›
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Kobo announced an official remote control for its e-readers, allowing you to turn the page easily even when you don’t have the e-reader to hand. While it won’t quite allow you to read ebooks hands-free, it will help if you’re trying to read while your hands are otherwise occupied by cooking or cats, or when […] Read more ›
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Unlike other Apple devices, the original Vision Pro with the M2 chip is not available for trade-in. The original Vision Pro with the M2 chip launched in February 2024 and was discontinued upon the announcement of a new version with the M5 chip earlier today. Most high-end Apple devices, such as the Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, and Mac, become available for trade-in upon the release of a new model, allowing... Read more ›
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I've been to both the Blue Lagoon and the Sky Lagoon in Iceland, but there's only one I'd go back to again and again. Read more ›
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When liberals denounce Donald Trump’s authoritarianism, they often cast his immigration agenda as a case in point. Back in June, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee decried the president’s “mass deportation operations” as the “stepping stone” to his “radical attempts to seize absolute power.” In the same statement, they condemned the administration’s deportation of noncriminal […] Read more ›
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Apple today announced the next-generation iPad Pro, featuring the M5 chip. The M5 chip features a next-generation GPU with Neural Accelerator in each core, allowing the new iPad Pro to deliver up to 3.5x the AI performance than the previous model. Apple says that performance gains and breakthrough improvements over iPads with the M1 chip are "staggering". In addition to the M5 chip, the cellular versions of the new iPad... Read more ›
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Apple today introduced a new 14-inch MacBook Pro base model with an M5 chip. The new 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M5 chip is available to pre-order starting today, and it will begin arriving to customers and launch in stores on Wednesday, October 22. In the U.S., pricing starts at $1,599, for a configuration with 512GB of storage and 16GB of RAM. Today's announcement does not include higher-end 14-inch and... Read more ›
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A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all. Read more ›
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Pallets of RTX 5090 GPUs from MSI had been spotted on Reddit a few days ago, sparking concern and curiosity over export controls. The White House has barred China from receiving most high-end GPUs, so these cards arrived via illegal channels, as MSI clarifies and denies any involvement in a press release. Read more ›
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Target market for Erebor will be businesses that are part of America’s ‘innovation economy’ Read more ›
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Apple today released a new version of the Magic Keyboard for iPad Air in black. Previously, the Magic Keyboard for iPad Air was only available in white. It is based on the older Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro and iPad Air, which was available in both black and white, and was replaced by a redesigned version with a aluminum top case, backlighting, and a trackpad with haptic feedback last... Read more ›
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It took two years for Threads to get messaging, but you thankfully don't have to wait that long to be able to start group DMs. Meta has started rolling out group chats for the app, which lets you add up to 50 of your followers to a single conversation. Just start a new message and add anybody who follows you on Threads. The company says that you'll also be able... Read more ›
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Apple's MacBook Pro lineup is getting a refresh, with the 14-inch model now equipped with the company's new M5 chip. Most of the specs remain unchanged, but so does the price, and the main focus is on AI improvements under the hood with M5. It's up to 3.5x more powerful in AI workflows, while still carrying a 24-hour battery. Read more ›
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When I traveled from the US to Mexico for a friend's wedding alone, I was nervous about feeling bored without a date. However, the trip was great. Read more ›
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Apple today updated its Vision Pro headset with its next-generation M5 chip and a more comfortable Dual Knit Band. The updated Vision Pro is available to pre-order starting today, and it will begin arriving to customers and launch in stores on Wednesday, October 22. More details to follow.Related Roundup: Apple Vision ProBuyer's Guide: Vision Pro (Don't Buy)Related Forum: Apple Vision ProThis article, "Apple Updates Vision Pro With M5 Chip and... Read more ›
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Apple today announced the M5 chip, its next-generation chip for the MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro. From Apple's press release: Built using third-generation 3-nanometer technology, M5 introduces a next-generation 10-core GPU architecture with a Neural Accelerator in each core, enabling GPU-based AI workloads to run dramatically faster. The GPU also offers enhanced graphics capabilities and third-generation ray tracing that combined deliver a graphics performance that is up to... Read more ›
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On Wednesday, the largest US group of unions called on employers and policymakers to join in an effort it’s calling the “workers first initiative on AI.” Functionally, the effort by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) amounts to strengthened collective bargaining in the workplace and advocating for regulations to limit […] Read more ›
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"Winning" means prioritizing independence from outside influence over being right. Read more ›
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Engineer Denis Stetskov, writing in a blog: The Apple Calculator leaked 32GB of RAM. Not used. Not allocated. Leaked. A basic calculator app is hemorrhaging more memory than most computers had a decade ago. Twenty years ago, this would have triggered emergency patches and post-mortems. Today, it's just another bug report in the queue. We've normalized software catastrophes to the point where a Calculator leaking 32GB of RAM barely makes... Read more ›
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"I'm here to say we have to give these AI bubble predictions a rest," says Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sozzi. First of all, AI is a real technology being deployed in real ways inside of Corporate America. Second, this technology is requiring more physical assets in the ground — which are being built to support AI's real-world application. What Zach Dell (son of Michael Dell) is working on at... Read more ›
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says Internet service providers shouldn't have to list every fee they charge. From a report: Responding to a request from cable and telecom lobby groups, he is proposing to eliminate a rule that requires ISPs to itemize various fees in broadband price labels that must be made available to consumers. The rule took effect in April 2024 after the FCC rejected ISPs' complaints that listing every... Read more ›
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I uploaded a photo on my phone to Microsoft's "OneDrive" file-hosting app — and there was a surprise waiting under Privacy and Permissions. "OneDrive uses AI to recognize faces in your photos..." And... "You can only turn off this setting 3 times a year." If I moved the slidebar for that setting to the left (for "No"), it moved back to the right, and said "Something went wrong while updating... Read more ›
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"Next time Amazon hypes its Prime Days savings, remember this: The prices during the sale aren't always better," writes a Washington Post technology columnist. "I've got the receipts to prove it." I would have saved, on average, almost nothing during Amazon's recent fall "Prime Big Deal Days" — and for some big-ticket purchases, I would have actually paid amore. For the sale that took place Oct. 7 and 8, my... Read more ›
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Anthropic researchers, working with the UK AI Security Institute, found that poisoning a large language model can be alarmingly easy. All it takes is just 250 malicious training documents (a mere 0.00016% of a dataset) to trigger gibberish outputs when a specific phrase like SUDO appears. The study shows even massive models like GPT-3.5 and Llama 3.1 are vulnerable. The Register reports: In order to generate poisoned data for their... Read more ›
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Doug Whitney carries a genetic mutation that guaranteed he would develop Alzheimer's disease in his late forties or early fifties. His mother and nine of her thirteen siblings died from the disease. His oldest brother died at 45. The mutation has decimated his family for generations. Whitney is now 76 and remains cognitively healthy. The New York Times has a fascinating long read on Whitney and things happening around him.... Read more ›
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A Meta executive in charge of building the company's metaverse products told employees that they should be using AI to "go 5X faster," according to an internal message obtained by 404 Media. From the report: "Metaverse AI4P: Think 5X, not 5%," the message, posted by Vishal Shah, Meta's VP of Metaverse, said (AI4P is AI for Productivity). The idea is that programmers should be using AI to work five times... Read more ›
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Climate change has pushed warm-water coral reefs past a point of no return, marking the first time a major climate tipping point has been crossed, according to a report released on Sunday by an international team in advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP30 in Brazil this November. From a report: Tipping points include global ice loss, Amazon rainforest loss, and the possible collapse of vital ocean currents.... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader hackingbear writes: Following U.S. lawmakers' call on Tuesday for broader bans on the export of chipmaking equipment to China, China dramatically expanded its rare earths export controls on Thursday, adding five new elements, dozens of pieces of refining technology, and extra scrutiny for semiconductor users as Beijing tightens control over the sector ahead of talks between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. The new rules expands controls... Read more ›
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