US govt banned NSO’s Pegasus, but said to buy rival spyware Paragon Graphite
The US government banned the use of NSO’s Pegasus spyware 18 months ago, but a new report today says that at least one government agency is using very similar malware from a rival company: Paragon Graphite. Graphite reportedly has the same capabil.....»»
Elon Musk to meet President Macron, other leaders at France conference
Elon Musk will meet Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire to discuss newly announced tax credits for green investments that have been unveiled to rival the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act......»»
Apple suppliers BOE & Samsung dueling in China court over stolen patents
Apple supplier BOE Technology Group has sued rival Samsung Electronics and alleged it stole its technologies for OLED iPhone displays.BOE files patent-infringement lawsuits against SamsungBOE, headquartered in Beijing, along with two of its subsidiar.....»»
What is Google Bard? Everything you need to know about the ChatGPT rival
Google has announced Bard, a potentially transformative ChatGPT rival that'll be released to the public soon......»»
China homegrown autonomous driving chips gaining ground in domestic market
China's automotive-grade chip suppliers Horizon Robotics Technology and Black Sesame Technologies are in a position to rival Nvidia and Texas Instruments (TI) in both high- and low-computing power autonomous driving processors required by their domes.....»»
Privoro collaborates with Samsung to protect customers from spyware attacks
Privoro announced a new partnership with Samsung to provide a security capability for mobile devices. The new capability provides a critical shield against the invisible threat posed by modern cyberweapons via high-assurance control over the radios,.....»»
Mobile peripheral chips expect weak recovery with lack of optimism from both MediaTek and Qualcomm
After MediaTek issued a negative outlook regarding the 2023 mobile phone market, Qualcomm, MediaTek's top rival, also admitted during its latest earnings call that the weak demand situation of the mobile phone market is far more severe than previousl.....»»
India EV-only Uber rival raises $42 million in BP-led round
BluSmart Mobility, an Indian ride-hailing startup that uses only electric vehicles, has raised $42 million as it intensifies its battle against the two dominant operators, Uber Technologies Inc. and Ola Cabs......»»
New tusk-analysis techniques reveal surging testosterone in male woolly mammoths
Traces of sex hormones extracted from a woolly mammoth's tusk provide the first direct evidence that adult males experienced musth, a testosterone-driven episode of heightened aggression against rival males, according to a new University of Michigan-.....»»
Researchers find long-banned pollutants in the very deepest part of the ocean
I was part of a team that recently discovered human-made pollutants in one of the deepest and most remote places on Earth—the Atacama Trench, which goes down to a depth of 8,000 meters in the Pacific Ocean. The presence of polychlorinated biphenyls.....»»
OpenAI gives in to Italy’s data privacy demands, ending ChatGPT ban
Italy requested a PSA showing users how to opt out of ChatGPT data sharing. Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket) In March, an Italian privacy regulator temporarily banned OpenAI's ChatGPT, worried th.....»»
Top Twitter influencers flee to Bluesky amid Musk’s continued debasing
Bluesky's CEO clarified: "Twitter does not own us." Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto) Yesterday, Twitter rival Bluesky experienced its biggest spike in users yet. Between Wednesday and Thursday, Bluesky.....»»
ChatGPT accessible again in Italy
The chatbot was banned in Italy at the start of April over privacy concerns......»»
Telegram founder says app may leave Brazil as it has been banned again by local court
Telegram is one of the most popular messaging apps, and it became known for offering end-to-end encrypted chats long before some of its competitors. However, Telegram has already faced a lot of problems with different governments due to its policy o.....»»
Google releases security LLM at RSAC to rival Microsoft’s GPT-4-based copilot
Google Cloud announces the release of Security AI Workbench, a new security tool that uses the Sec-PaLM LLM to identify malicious activity. Google Cloud announces the release of Security AI Workbench, a new security tool that uses the Sec-PaLM LL.....»»
Electroplating 3D Prints with Graphite Paint
Since the dawn of 3D printing, folks have wanted to produce nicer finishes than simply the raw plastic with layer lines. Many methods have surfaced and re-surfaced over the years but electroplating seems to be the one that has the biggest transforma.....»»
HTC Vive XR Elite Review: Quest Pro Gets A High End VR Headset Rival
The HTC Vive XR Elite aims to be the most comfortable and versatile VR headset in the world today -- but can it compete with the Meta Quest Pro? The HTC Vive XR Elit.....»»
Google Bard just took a big step toward being a proper ChatGPT rival
The Google Bard chatbot now has an update that allows it to generate, debug, and explain code......»»
Google’s AI panic forces merger of rival divisions, DeepMind and Brain
Alphabet's two AI groups, which reportedly don't get along, are merging. Enlarge / Google DeepMind will presumably be getting a rainbow logo, but for now here's the old DeepMind logo. (credit: Deepmind) Google's 'Code R.....»»
Polestar will use site of former Saab plant to extend R&D footprint
The EV maker will carry out powertrain development for the Polestar 5, a Tesla Model S rival, and the Polestar 6 roadster in Trollhattan, Sweden......»»
Examining the flow of thermal energy in purified ribbons of graphite
Scientists from the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo studied the flow of thermal energy in purified ribbons of graphite and showed that heat can move more like a liquid, rather than diffusing randomly, under certain conditio.....»»