Los Amazon Fire TV cargarán libremente la plataforma de streaming en Boost para BBC e ITV

Los Amazon Fire TV cargarán libremente la plataforma de streaming en Boost para BBC e ITV

De forma gratuita, el nuevo servicio de streaming respaldado por la BBC, ITV y otras emisoras públicas británicas estará disponible en Televisores Amazon Fire Las dos empresas dijeron el lunes, tras un “acuerdo histórico” con el gigante tecnológico estadounidense. El acuerdo es una victoria para la BBC, ITV, Channel 4 y Channel 5, cuya empresa … Read more

Major AlphaFold upgrade offers boost for drug discovery

Major AlphaFold upgrade offers boost for drug discovery

An AlphaFold3 model of a bacterial enzyme bound to a chemical.Credit: Isomorphic Labs Since the powerhouse artificial intelligence (AI) tool AlphaFold2 was released in 2021, scientists have used the protein-structure-prediction model to map one of our cells’ biggest machines, discover drugs and chart the universe of every known protein. Despite such successes, John Jumper — … Read more

The UK’s quest to boost digital surveillance in 2024 isn’t over

The UK’s quest to boost digital surveillance in 2024 isn’t over

The King officially gave his final approval: the controversial reform to the UK’s Investigative Powers Act (IPA) is all set to become law. The government seeks to widen its digital surveillance capabilities “to protect the British people” in spite of technological change. Technologists and digital rights experts foresee a rather different outcome, however, reminiscent of … Read more

Superconductivity hunt gets boost from China’s $220 million physics ‘playground’

Superconductivity hunt gets boost from China’s 0 million physics ‘playground’

On the outskirts of Beijing sits a set of unassuming buildings marked ‘X’, for ‘extreme’. Inside the Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facility (SECUF), researchers from all over the world are pushing matter to its limits with extreme magnetic fields, pressures and temperatures, and examining it in new ways with extremely precise resolution in time. One … Read more

“Doing more with less”: NetSuite founder on AI — and why it might actually go a long way to helping boost traditional industries such as accounting

“Doing more with less”: NetSuite founder on AI — and why it might actually go a long way to helping boost traditional industries such as accounting

As AI becomes more of a common presence in my companies and organizations across the world, questions are inevitably being asked about the effect the technology will have on human jobs. With its core task of taking large and complex sets of data, analyzing it to find trends or anomalies, and creating detailed reports, accountancy … Read more

The Nothing Ear and Ear (a) earbuds are set to get a Transparency Mode boost

The Nothing Ear and Ear (a) earbuds are set to get a Transparency Mode boost

The Nothing Ear and Nothing Ear (a) are the latest wireless earbuds from Nothing, unveiled earlier this month – and the updates are already getting underway, with an upgrade to the Transparency Mode coming soon. That’s the word from Nothing CEO Carl Pei, who says the improvements will be “noticeable”. He’s also asked for users … Read more

Microsoft Edge gets some Grammarly-style AI upgrades to boost your writing chops

Microsoft Edge gets some Grammarly-style AI upgrades to boost your writing chops

Edge, Microsoft’s default web browser in Windows 11, is getting new text editing capabilities, including Copilot-assisted rewriting, improved clipboard functionality, and support for handwritten text in forms and web pages via a stylus.  Windows Copilot is the AI assistant that Microsoft has been busy integrating into Windows 11 and various other products, including Microsoft Edge. … Read more

Canadian science gets biggest boost to PhD and postdoc pay in 20 years

Canadian science gets biggest boost to PhD and postdoc pay in 20 years

Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau and finance minister Chrystia Freeland hold copies of the 2024 federal budget.Credit: David Kawai/Bloomberg via Getty Researchers in Canada got most of what they were hoping for in the country’s 2024 federal budget, with a big boost in postgraduate pay and more funding for research and scientific infrastructure. “We are … Read more

iPhone 15 just got a big repairability boost and it’s good news for future models, too

iPhone 15 just got a big repairability boost and it’s good news for future models, too

Apple is easing up its self-repair policy, allowing iPhone owners to fix their devices with used parts instead of forcing them to buy new replacements. The tech giant told The Washington Post the update will apply to screens, batteries, and cameras among other things. Apple states in its announcement post that they have plans to … Read more

Sony’s new ULT Bluetooth speakers are bringing back the ’90s bass boost button

Sony’s new ULT Bluetooth speakers are bringing back the ’90s bass boost button

Sony just announced a trio of new speakers in a new line of audio products called the ULT Power Series. This is an attempt by the company to reduce some of the clutter involved with its naming conventions, so and XE-Series products. Both lines are being wrapped up into the ULT Power Series branding. To … Read more