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Philips Hue smart light simulates a radiant sunrise called “Twilight”
According to leaked information, Philips Hue’s next smart night light will be called “Twilight”. This lamp has two control buttons on the top to turn the light on/off, select lighting mode, and set an automatic sleep timer. In addition, the lamp also has LED bulbs on the back to create a sunrise or sunset effect, […]
Temporarily suspending AI testing to take orders at McDonald’s
If you’ve recently had a problem with your AI orders at McDonald’s, there’s good news: the program is temporarily closed. According to Restaurant Business magazine, McDonald’s has notified franchise stores that it will end its partnership with IBM on the automated voice ordering system “on or before July 26, 2024.” More than 100 restaurants testing […]
The Voyager 1 spacecraft is back in full operation after months of problems
Voyager 1, the farthest human-made spacecraft from Earth, has all four scientific instruments operational again! This good news was announced by NASA this week. This means the agency is once again receiving data on plasma waves, polar fields and particles in space from Voyager 1. Previously, in November, Voyager 1 stopped sending accurate data. Troubleshooting […]
Chrome Android: Listen to news and articles just by voice
Google Chrome on Android is about to have a feature to read web pages out loud! This feature called “Listen to this page” allows you to listen to the content of articles on the web right in your browser. It works like music and podcast applications, with control buttons such as pause, change reading speed, […]
Acer officially launched GoogleTV screens, OLED gaming and AI laptops at Computex 24
Acer has just launched a series of new products at the Computex 2024 exhibition, including monitors, laptops and Chromebooks, focusing on advanced features, modern design and smart user experience. Screen: Google TV integrated screen: DA1 and Nitro GA1 series with sizes of 31.5 and 27 inches, allowing to watch movies, Youtube, Netflix, Disney+,… and play […]
MrBeast officially usurped the YouTube throne from T-Series
After a period of intense competition, MrBeast, an American YouTuber, has finally officially surpassed T-Series, a giant Indian record label, to become the YouTube channel with the most subscribers in the world. This is a historical milestone, marking a change in the balance of power on the largest video sharing platform on the planet. Since […]
Hugging Face detects unauthorized access to the AI model hosting platform
Late Friday, a time companies often use to announce bad news, artificial intelligence (AI) startup Hugging Face said its security team had detected “unauthorized access” to Spaces – Hugging Face’s platform for building, sharing, and hosting AI models and resources. In a blog post , Hugging Face said that the intrusion involved “space secrets” – […]
Google admits that AI Overviews have many limitations, and users play an important role in improving them
Google admits its new AI Overviews feature has problems. After a series of false and humorous information appeared on social networks, Google officially apologized. Instead of providing accurate information, AI Overviews sometimes give meaningless or misleading answers. Google explains that the system does not “invent” information, but makes mistakes due to “misinterpreting search context, misunderstanding […]
AI training is expensive: Only technology “giants” can afford it?
Researchers say data is key to creating more intelligent and capable AI systems. The article takes the example of two text generation models, Llama 3 from Meta and OLMo from the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) to illustrate. Although it has almost the same structure, Llama 3 is trained on a larger amount of […]
Lego launched the giant Lego Barad-dûr set for Lego Insiders
The giant Lego Barad-dûr set, simulating Sauron’s turret, has officially hit shelves since June 1 for $459.99. This is a great gift for those who are passionate about both Lego and this famous movie. In particular, members of the Lego Insider program will also receive an exclusive Fell Beast set, including JRR Tolkien’s fantasy mount […]