Meta Begins to Dig Itself Out of ‘Year of Efficiency’ Hole
Meta has had a lot to prove about its future ambitions. First it was all about the “metaverse,” but now it’s AI. Before, the company could sit back and let…
This OLED Touchscreen Has Pop-Up Buttons Your Fingers Can Actually Feel
The literal flexibility of OLED screen technology has allowed us to create everything from tablets that fold in half, to TVs that disappear into furniture. But researchers from Carnegie Mellon…
AI-Generated Amazon Reviews Are Beginning to Spread
Image: maxuser (Shutterstock) From Republican smear campaigns against Biden to a collaboration between The Weeknd and Drake going viral, it feels like AI is coming for every part of our…
This Experimental Laptop Design Has a Foldable Wrist Rest
For those who find it impossible to sleep while crammed into an airplane seat, a long flight is a good chance to get some work done, although plopping a giant…
Parler’s New Owner Is in It for the Money, Not the Politics
Last week, the right-wing social network Parler was sold to a media conglomerate called Starboard. The company shut Parler down indefinitely to “undergo a strategic assessment.” It marks the end…
Call Me ‘DeepBrain’: Google Smushes DeepMind and Brain AI Teams Together
Talk about a meeting of the minds. In another bid to add some NOx to its sputtering AI development, Google announced late Thursday that it plans to combine its two…
Researchers Are Turning Taxidermied Birds Into Drones
A reliable approach to creating a machine that can walk, run, swim, or fly like an animal is to simply copy Mother Nature’s work. There’s a good reason Boston Dynamics’…
Military Tech Execs Tell Congress an AI Pause Is ‘Close to Impossible’
Military tech executives and experts speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday said growing calls for a “pause” on new artificial intelligence systems were misguided and seemed “close to…
The Makers of Stable Diffusion Now Have Their Own AI Language Model
It seems like everybody and their mother has a large language model these days. Stability AI, one of the companies that made a name for itself early in the AI…
Samsung Finally Enables the Temperature Sensor on the Galaxy Watch 5
Samsung finally enabled temperature tracking on a smartwatch launched nearly nine months ago. The Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro now offer detailed menstrual tracking by measuring your…