Despite its 31 days, December is a short month. Announcements and events other than corporate parties are difficult to attract attention. To counteract this trend, OpenAI has made a series of announcements: the “12 Days of OpenAI”. Not wanting to be outdone, Google responded with a flurry of announcements, including the Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking […]
There are a few things to consider when buying USB sticks and we also have some tips for using them. capacity: To determine the capacity you need, first check the size of the folders or files you want to copy. Each USB drive in our guide has a listed capacity, but the usable storage will […]
Support independent journalism that matters – Become a Vox member today. Editor’s Note, December 21, 10:20 a.m. ET: Shortly after midnight Saturday, the Senate passed a bill that would fund the government and prevent a shutdown. The bill did not provide for the suspension or abolition of the debt ceiling as demanded by Donald Trump. […]
Subscribe to our daily and weekly newsletters to receive the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI reporting. Learn more My goodness, how quickly the tables are changing in the tech world. Just two years ago, AI was being hailed as the “next transformational technology to rule them all.” Ironically, instead of reaching Skynet […]
In the meantime, here are three technologies that we wanted to include on the 2025 list but ultimately decided not to use anymore. Even though these nominees didn’t make the cut this year, they’re worth keeping an eye on. We definitely will be. Virtual power plants Virtual power plants are energy systems that combine many […]
Lawyers for tech billionaire Elon Musk have filed for an injunction against OpenAI, several of its co-founders, and its investor and close associate Microsoft, to prevent OpenAI and other named defendants from engaging in what Musk’s lawyer claims are anti-competitive conduct. The motion for a preliminary injunction, filed late Friday in the U.S. District Court […]
Even if you didn’t fly anywhere this summer, you’ve probably heard about the massive IT outage that affected computers running both Crowdstrike and the Windows operating system. The failure rendered these devices unusable, leaving employees at hospitals, banking institutions, airlines and other businesses unable to perform basic work tasks. It was chaos. Airlines experienced several […]
The best-known British player in the eVTOL market is Vertical Aerospace. The Bristol-based company was founded in 2016 by businessman Stephen Fitzpatrick, who also founded OVO Energy. Its distinctive VX4 design utilizes eight large propellers mounted on slim aircraft wings to generate lift. Mr Fitzpatrick has made ambitious claims about the aircraft, claiming it is […]
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos collected from your friends at IEEE Spectrum Robotics. We also publish a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Humanoids 2024: 22-24 November 2024, NANCY, FRANCE Have fun with today’s videos! We’re hoping to […]
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