In addition to new features like a squeeze gesture, gyroscope, and Find My support, it turns out that the Apple Pencil Pro has a fun packaging twist. As noted by Arun Maini and Nikias Molina, Apple has created five different box designs for the Apple Pencil Pro, each with the word “Pro” in a unique … Read more
Automattic, the company behind popular web management system WordPress, has purchased Beeper and will absorb Beeper’s 27 employees. Beeper made headlines back in December for Beeper Mini, an app that brought iMessage to Android devices. Beeper Mini used reverse engineered iMessage protocols and encryption, taking advantage of Apple’s own iMessage servers to let Android users … Read more
The UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) have issued a stark warning about the rapid growth in e-waste, which has outpaced how quickly we can recycle and safely dispose of unwanted products. According to the 2024 Global E-waste Monitor (GEM) report, the world generates around 2.6 million … Read more
Building an atlas of all the cell types that make up the body typically requires multinational collaborations and massive budgets. But a technique that can analyse the genetic activity of hundreds of thousands of individual cells at a time has allowed one small team to produce a time-lapse atlas of an embryonic mouse’s cells over … Read more
Michael Stonebraker has developed several influential database management systems over the years, including Ingres, PostgreSQL, and VoltDB. Matei Zaharia is the creator of Apache Spark and co-founder and CTO of Databricks. Working with a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University, the pair have created a revolutionary prototype operating system called DBOS … Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) is swiftly becoming a powerful force in the world of science and technology. This isn’t just about machines getting smarter; it’s about how they’re helping us make leaps in understanding and innovation that were once thought impossible. AI is not just a buzzword; it’s a tool that’s reshaping how we approach complex … Read more
In a groundbreaking move, Oxide Computer Company has unveiled the world’s first commercial Cloud Computer, a revolutionary development in the field of on-premises cloud computing. This innovation is a rack-scale system that melds hardware and software into a unified whole, designed to bring the benefits of the public cloud to on-premises environments. The launch of … Read more
The development and evolution of language models have been a significant area of interest in the field of artificial intelligence. One such AI model that has garnered attention is Llama 2, an updated version of the original Llama model. Meta the development team behind Llama 2 has made significant strides in improving the model’s capabilities, … Read more