Cape Town authorities had effectively asked for public comment on a draft AI bill that contained hallucinated sources. Read Entire Article
This $88 retro gaming handheld has a screen that rotates on a hinge, because why not
The handheld is powered by a Unisoc Tiger T618 octa-core CPU alongside a Mali G52 GPU ticking along at 850MHz. The combo is paired with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of eMCP storage, and supports expansion via TF card slot. WiFi 5 comes standard, as does Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, and......
The chip industry is booming again, but only for companies building AI infrastructure
A recent report by Semi's Silicon Manufacturers Group found that the silicon wafer industry is growing once again. The quarterly analysis confirmed that global shipments for silicon wafers increased 13.1% compared to the same quarter a year earlier, rising from 2,896 million square inches (MSI) to 3,275 MSI. Shipments declined......
3DMark tests CPU and GPU performance with modern graphics workloads
3DMark is a widely used benchmarking tool that measures GPU and CPU performance using a range of graphics tests, including modern ray tracing workloads, making it useful for everything from quick system checks to in-depth performance comparisons across different hardware configurations. Read Entire Article
AMD Ryzen AI Halo mini PC is coming in June with 128GB of unified memory and a focus on local AI workloads
The Redditor, who claims to have attended the event, posted photos of Huynh holding the device on stage, along with what appear to be key specifications displayed on a background screen. Huynh reportedly confirmed that the Halo will launch in June, but did not provide any details on pricing. Read...
Trivia: What was the population of the Death Star?
In a galaxy far, far away, the Death Star wasn't just a weapon... it was a monumental achievement of (fictional) engineering and human resource management. Read Entire Article
Next-gen MRDIMM standard nears completion targeting 12,800 MT/s DDR5 transfer rates for AI and data center workloads
JEDEC's latest announcement provides an updated timeline for the future of MRDIMM, a relatively new memory standard introduced a few years ago to support bandwidth-intensive data workloads. Multiplexed Rank DIMM technology uses a multiplexing register and buffers to allow two memory ranks to operate simultaneously on a single DIMM, effectively......
The Oscars just declared that AI actors and AI-written scripts can’t win awards
The Academy clarified rules for two categories related to AI, writes Vanity Fair. The first states that the only acting roles eligible for Oscar nominations are those "demonstrably performed by humans with their consent." Screenplays, meanwhile, must be human-authored to be eligible. Read Entire Article
Police ask for help in Texas shooting that killed 2 teens, wounded 10
Two people opened fire at an apartment complex at about 2 a.m. Saturday.
Agent hit by buckshot from the gun of man charged in correspondents’ dinner attack, prosecutor says
Authorities have determined that buckshot from the gun of the man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in an attempt to kill President Donald Trump struck a Secret Service agent