Bill Peebles, head of the Sora project at OpenAI, announced the achievement on X on Friday. In the post, he said his team is listening to feedback and iterating fast, and promised that more invite codes would be sent soon. Read Entire Article
TSMC slashes EUV power use nearly in half: without hurting yields
TSMC has launched a new initiative to rein in the massive electricity demands of its most advanced production lines. The company last month began deploying a Dynamic Energy Saving Program that targets its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems – among the most power-hungry machines in the semiconductor industry. Read Entire...
Amazon drone deliveries resume in Arizona after two crash into a crane
At around 10am local time on Wednesday, two of Amazon Prime Air's MK30 drones crashed into a crane in Tolleson, Arizona, near Phoenix, according to the FAA. Read Entire Article
Modder turns Lego Game Boy into a fully working console
Nintendo and The Lego Group never intended for the recently released Lego Game Boy kit to play real Game Boy games, but a self-taught modder made this feat possible – and less than 24 hours after the Lego set's release. Users will soon be able to acquire the customized printed......
Elon Musk’s xAI will pay $100 an hour for video game tutors to train Grok
xAI advertises the Video Games Tutor role as specifically being for an AI tutor specialized in video games. The candidate will be training and refining Grok to excel in video game concepts, mechanics, and generation. Read Entire Article
AI fighter jets, drone swarms, and $250K warships: the new defense economy
Governments worldwide are committing trillions of dollars to retool their militaries for a rapidly evolving era defined by high-tech threats and new modes of warfare. Nowhere is this transformation more evident than in Europe, where the war in Ukraine has become a testing ground for fresh approaches – and where......
Modder attaches SSD coolers to iPhone 17 Pro Max for unprecedented benchmark results
A Redditor recently shared photos of his iPhone 17 Pro Max with several SSD heatsinks attached to the back. The added cooling pushes the phone's 3DMark test results far beyond similar benchmarks on unmodified units. Read Entire Article
Final Fantasy XI’s continued popularity leads to another server lock
In July, Fujito revealed that the Asura World – the most populated Final Fantasy XI server – had stopped accepting new player registrations due to an "unexpected" surge in popularity. Now, the Bahamut World is facing the same challenge. Since Square Enix "closed" Asura to new players, Bahamut became the......
Perplexity’s AI browser Comet is now available for download
Comet combines traditional web browsing with an AI assistant in the sidebar. Built on Chromium, it supports familiar extensions and introduces features such as instant page summarization, contextual answers, task automation, and smart tab management. Comet is now free for everyone to use. Read Entire Article
Apple delays next Vision Pro, bets on Meta-style smart glasses
Apple is shifting resources away from a planned overhaul of its Vision Pro headset to accelerate the development of smart glasses, according to people familiar with the matter. The move highlights the company's push to catch up with rivals such as Meta in a product category that could eventually replace......