Microsoft Has a New Trick To Improve Laptop Battery Life On Windows
Summary Microsoft is testing a new adaptive energy saver mode in Windows 11 that switches energy saver on or off based on system workload, rather than just battery percentage. This…
US Defense Department Awards Contracts To Google, xAI
US Defense Department Awards Contracts To Google, xAI The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded contracts worth up to $200 million each to OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and xAI to scale…
Meta’s Superintelligence Lab Considers Shift To Closed AI Model
Meta’s Superintelligence Lab Considers Shift To Closed AI Model Meta’s Superintelligence Lab is contemplating a significant change in its AI strategy by potentially moving from their open-source model, Behemoth, towards…
Hugging Face Is Hosting 5,000 Nonconsensual AI Models of Real People
Summary Hugging Face, a popular platform for AI tools, is currently hosting over 5,000 AI models that imitate real people’s likenesses. These models were migrated from Civitai, which had to…
Candy Crush-Maker King Lays Off 200 Staff, Replacing Many With AI Tools They Built
Candy Crush-Maker King Lays Off 200 Staff, Replacing Many With AI Tools They Built Candy Crush-maker King has announced the layoff of around 200 employees, with many positions being replaced…
Microsoft Uses Chinese Engineers To Maintain Defense Department Systems Under Minimal US Oversight
Microsoft Uses Chinese Engineers To Maintain Defense Department Systems Under Minimal US Oversight Microsoft employs engineers in China to help maintain Defense Department computer systems, with U.S. citizens serving as…
CoreWeave Data Center To Double City’s Power Needs
CoreWeave Data Center To Double City’s Power Needs CoreWeave is expanding a data centre that is projected to double the electricity needs of a city near Dallas, highlighting the increasing…
Japan Sets New Internet Speed Record, Surpassing Average US Broadband Speeds By 4 Million Times
Japan Sets New Internet Speed Record, Surpassing Average US Broadband Speeds By 4 Million Times A Japanese research team has set a new world record for internet speed, achieving an…
LIGO Detects Most Massive Black Hole Merger to Date
Summary The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration has made an unprecedented observation, detecting the most massive black hole merger recorded to date. The merger, identified as GW231123, resulted in a final black hole…
Perplexity CEO Says Tech Giants ‘Copy Anything That’s Good’
Perplexity CEO Says Tech Giants ‘Copy Anything That’s Good’ Perplexity’s CEO, Aravind Srinivas, cautions budding entrepreneurs about the fierce competitive landscape, claiming that tech giants have a habit of emulating…