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Bottom line: More than four years after Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook as Meta to chase his metaverse vision, the company has poured tens of billions into the effort – with little to show for it. The ongoing losses have raised serious doubts about the strategy and its long-term viability. Insiders say the metaverse project has … Read more
Jessica Murphy BBC News, Toronto Getty Images US President Donald Trump has granted TikTok a second 75-day extension to comply with a law that requires the hugely popular video app to either sell its US operation or face a ban in the country. “We do not want TikTok to ‘go dark’,” Trump wrote on Truth … Read more
Global toy manufacturer Mattel has revealed details of how its technology tie-up with Google Cloud is allowing the firm to respond to customer feedback in real time and accelerate its product innovation and development processes. During the opening keynote of the Google Cloud Next partner and customer conference in Las Vegas, Mattel CEO Ynon … Read more
In its larger incarnation, Google’s Ironwood pods can generate a staggering 42.5 Exaflops of inference computing. Each chip has a peak throughput of 4,614 TFLOPs, which Google claims is a substantial improvement over previous chips. Google has also boosted memory for the new TPUs, with each chip sporting 192GB, which is six times more than … Read more
The Nintendo Switch 2 editions of both Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will work with a new app called Zelda Notes, and the app has been extensively discussed. It introduces tons of new features like navigation help, auto-build sharing, and much more, but you can … Read more
In context: Some industry experts boldly claim that generative AI will soon replace human software developers. With tools like GitHub Copilot and AI-driven “vibe” coding startups, it may seem that AI has already significantly impacted software engineering. However, a new study suggests that AI still has a long way to go before replacing human programmers. … Read more
X is bringing in stricter rules around parody accounts. From 10 April, accounts which impersonate another user or person must use key words such as “fake” or “parody” at the start of their account names. The platform will also require parody account holders to use different images to the X accounts belonging to those they … Read more
During the Second World War, there were an estimated 250 signals intelligence (Sigint) sites across the UK from as far south as Cornwall to as far north as the Orkneys. Many important sites are now in danger of disappearing, either being demolished for housing or simply being left to decay, and their significance is … Read more
Framework is opening US preorders for its new Laptop 12 today, a couple of months after announcing the system at an event in February. Framework’s DIY edition of the laptop, which is missing RAM, an SSD, a USB-C charger, and an OS and requires some assembly, will start at $549. A fully assembled pre-built version … Read more
What does it take to get OpenAI and Anthropic—two competitors in the AI assistant market—to get along? Despite a fundamental difference in direction that led Anthropic’s founders to quit OpenAI in 2020 and later create the Claude AI assistant, a shared technical hurdle has now brought them together: How to easily connect their AI models … Read more
