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Nvidia Neuralangelo: A faster path to the industrial metaverse
Unlike the consumer metaverse, which was largely backed by Facebook and was effectively dead on arrival, the commercial metaverse is doing rather well. Nvidia is currently the darling of Wall Street and is the primary driver for the commercial metaverse. But creating...
Asana adds news AI capabilities, outlines company’s product principles
Work management platform Asana has announced a new set of AI-based product capabilities designed to accelerate decision-making and improve productivity.The new capabilities are underpinned by the company’s new AI offering, Asana Intelligence, and come three months...
Microsoft launches Apple community for IT admins
Apple founder Steve Jobs loved Bob Dylan, who sang, “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” Microsoft seems to have listened to Dylan’s advice and has launched an Apple tech community for IT professionals.Welcome to Microsoft Mac Admins The...
Who wants a regular laptop with a 100-in. screen?
Here comes an entirely new kind of computer.Events like this don’t happen often. So, we should all stop and marvel at the emergence of what I call the ARPC — the “augmented reality PC.”The “form factor” solves the decades-old desire to maximize screen size while...
Q&A: Experts say stopping AI is not possible — or desirable
As generative AI tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard continue to evolve at a breakneck pace, raising questions around trustworthiness and even human rights, experts are weighing if or how the technology can be slowed and made more safe.In March, the...
US working on new laws to ban investments in Chinese tech firms
The US is working on drafting new regulations that would prohibit investments and transfer of technology to Chinese firms working on developing advanced semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing, a US Treasury official said Wednesday.The new...
Amazon workers walk out to protest return-to-work policy, climate change
Several hundred tech and administrative workers at Amazon’s main headquarters in Seattle staged a walkout today, urging the technology and retail giant to adopt more climate-friendly policies and do away with rules mandating in-office work.Several speakers at an event...
WWDC: Apple gets back to the Mac in PC sales attack
What do you need to go with a new cutting-edge mixed reality product? Computers to create virtual worlds on. That seems to be what Apple plans to introduce at WWDC next week.Is Apple about to turn AR hype into happening? All eyes are on Apple in the prelude to the...
20 seconds to smarter Chromebook multitasking
If you love finding hidden software treasures as much as I do, Google's ChromeOS operating system is a productivity playground like no other.ChromeOS is in a constant state of evolution, y'see, with new releases landing every four weeks and fresh 'n' fancy features...
The metaverse: Not dead yet
The metaverse has been described as the next phase of the internet: interconnected and persistent 3D spaces where we will work, play, and, so it seems, purchase virtual real estate. But metaverse-related technologies have failed to keep up with the considerable hype,...
EU officials to meet OpenAI CEO again in June over AI laws
Just days after trading remarks over the implementation of AI laws in Europe, European Union’s industry chief Thierry Breton is set to meet OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in June to discuss AI regulations further, according to a Reuters report.The meeting, which is most likely...
ChatGPT creators and others plead to reduce risk of global extinction from their tech
Hundreds of tech industry leaders, academics, and others public figures signed an open letter warning that artificial intelligence (AI) evolution could lead to an extinction event and saying that controlling the tech should be a top global priority.“Mitigating the...