Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen Huang shows off the new Blackwell GPU chip (left) at an 18 March event in San Jose, California.Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty The rapid advance of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked a global technological race to produce computer chips that power the models. A US ban on selling … Read more
Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule, which has been and cost overruns amounting to roughly $1.5 billion, is about to take its first flight with humans on board. Boeing was chosen 10 years ago alongside SpaceX to develop a spacecraft that could ferry astronauts from US soil to the International Space Station (ISS), thus allowing NASA to … Read more
The webcams with the XPS 14 and 16 are surprisingly good, better than most other built-in web cams I’ve tested this year. Photograph: Scott Gilbertson Pretty Pricey Dell is selling a number of configurations between these two sizes, but I absolutely do not recommend the base model. The problem with the base model is the … Read more
Sometimes, a weekend comes along that’s so stacked with new movies and TV shows to stream, we have a hard time narrowing down our list of recommendations to seven entries. This weekend is one of those weekends, so rather than tease our chosen titles in today’s introduction, we thought we’d rattle off the four series … Read more
Paris-Saclay University formed from a merger of several institutions.Credit: Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty The board of directors of Paris-Saclay University, one of Europe’s biggest research campuses, has failed to elect a president after three rounds of voting. The result reflects an ongoing row over the leadership and management structure of Paris-Saclay, which was formed by … Read more
The iPhone 16 Pro is set to succeed 2023’s iPhone 15 Pro, introducing over 25 new features and improvements to Apple’s high-end smartphones. With many users adopting two-year upgrade cycles, plenty of iPhone 14 Pro owners will be looking to upgrade to the iPhone 16 Pro later this year, so this guide breaks down every … Read more
Last updated: May 3rd, 2024 at 14:37 UTC+02:00 Samsung’s unexpected Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 2024 refresh is slowly reaching more markets. The company has just launched the tablet in Malaysia, and it is now available for just over $315. The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024) was announced in March, but global availability varies by market. … Read more
It’s hard not to smile while unboxing Crave’s latest semi-incognito sex toy, the Tease Ring. The small, textured black box bears the company’s name on the lid in silver gilt letters like a formal invitation to a ball. Inside, the ring rests on a soft pillow of felt-textured foam, and against the black background, the … Read more
Former business smartphone company turned security firm, Blackberry, has lifted the wraps of its new AI-driven threat detection and response tool. CylanceMDR, the company’s new Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solution, is set to be powered by Cylance AI platform together with security operations center analysts in order to provide round-the-clock coverage. The newly introduced … Read more
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth Zoë Schlanger Harper (2024) During the COVID-19 pandemic, while people were tucked away in their homes, a love for house plants spread at the same time as the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Journalist Zoë Schlanger was one of the … Read more