Google TV's core issues revolve around advertising, the financial engine for most smart TV platforms. Historically, Google followed the standard industry model: publishers seeking inclusion on Google TV had to give up a portion of their advertising inventory, allowing Google to sell those ad slots directly. This model, similar to......
Tesla shuts down Dojo supercomputer project, will focus on new AI chip development
Dojo project head Peter Bannon is reportedly leaving Tesla, along with several key engineers and chip designers, to join a startup called DensityAI. The new company was founded last year by former Dojo lead Ganesh Venkataramanan and ex-Tesla employees Bill Chang and Ben Floering. Read Entire Article
HBO Max plans stricter enforcement on password sharing
HBO Max is officially shifting gears in its effort to make password sharing a thing of the past. The Warner Bros.-owned streaming service (formerly known simply as "Max") will soon take a more aggressive stance against users accessing the platform with someone else's credentials, according to JB Perrette, president of......
Roblox open-sources AI tool to detect child endangerment risks online
Roblox, which reports more than 111 million monthly active users, says the AI has already helped flag hundreds of potential child exploitation cases to law enforcement. Matt Kaufman, Roblox's chief safety officer, told The Associated Press that while the company has long used "filters … for doing things like blocking......
Diabetes patient produces own insulin after gene-edited cell transplant – without anti-rejection drugs
In December 2024, a 42-year-old Swedish man with type 1 diabetes received 17 injections of donated islet cells. They had been genetically modified via CRISPR to avoid the need for immunosuppressive medicine. Read Entire Article
Silicon Motion sets the stage for PCIe 6.0 SSDs with Neptune controller
The new controller, called Neptune, is designed for the PCIe 6.0 x4 interface. Upon release, it's expected to deliver sequential read speeds exceeding 25 GB/s and support up to 3.5 million IOPS for random read operations. Compared to current SSDs using PCIe 5.0, this marks a substantial leap forward in...
Uber defends safety record after 400,000 sexual misconduct reports in five years surface
The figures come from documents that are part of a class-action lawsuit filed against Uber, which saw over 1,600 cases merged into one earlier this year. It includes claims that the company was lax when it came to driver background checks, failed to report sexual violence to police, and allowed......
OpenAI releases GPT-5 to the masses in push for AI dominance
GPT-5 is now the flagship model powering ChatGPT for all kind of users, including the free tier. Pro subscribers and enterprise clients get GPT-5 Pro, a beefier variant with deeper reasoning and parallel compute for research, law, and other multi-step problem spaces. GPT-5 Mini and Nano are stripped-down siblings: Mini......
PlayStation 5 surpasses 80 million units: keeping pace with PS4, devastating Xbox Series
Sony's PlayStation 5 has shipped 80.3 million units worldwide, the company confirmed in its latest financial report. That includes 2.5 million units in its first quarter, slightly ahead of FY2024 Q1. The PS5 matches the sales pace of the PlayStation 4 set during the same stage of its lifecycle. It......
Ebuyer could be next major UK PC parts retailer to shut down
At the time of writing, the Ebuyer website remains active and it is still apparently possible to place orders. It is unclear, however, whether these orders will be fulfilled and, if not, how buyers will receive refunds. The company has not yet released a statement on the matter. Read Entire...