While most major American tech companies have much to lose in a global trade war, Apple – the world's largest by market cap – is the most vulnerable of the so-called "Magnificent Seven" due to its heavy reliance on China. Most of Apple's products, including its best-selling iPhone models, are......
Weighing the Internet: A thought experiment that keeps getting lighter
The first serious attempt to quantify the internet's weight came in 2006, when Harvard physicist Russell Seitz made headlines with his calculation. By estimating the mass of the energy powering servers at the time, Seitz concluded that the internet weighed about 50 grams, or roughly the same as a couple...
Frontier sets fluid dynamics speed record, cutting simulation time from 38.5 to 1.5 hours on AMD GPUs
Ansys, a simulation software company, used its Fluent software to simulate a complex turbine system on one of the world's most powerful supercomputers. By running the task on AMD Instinct GPUs instead of traditional CPU cores, the company cut simulation time by 96 percent. Ansys says this is just the......
Humanoid robots like Digit and Apollo are expanding beyond Amazon warehouses
GXO Logistics signed a multi-year agreement with Agility Robotics last year to begin deploying Digit in its operations. Digit, you may recall, is the 5-foot 9-inch, 140-pound humanoid robot that Amazon first introduced into its warehouses in 2023. Read Entire Article
World’s first 128GB DDR5 RAM with 8,000 MT/s speeds just happens to come in a luxurious golden body
This isn't just a superficial makeover of basic RAM – beneath that exterior lies top-of-the-line specs. These sticks hit blistering speeds of 8,000 MT/s at CL44 and consist of two 64GB modules that are the first high-capacity modules of their kind to reach such clock rates. This takes the maximum......
Apple fights UK government over iCloud backdoor as tribunal rejects secret hearing
The UK government demanded that Apple create a backdoor in its iCloud services earlier this year following years of pressure. Read Entire Article
Trump delays TikTok ban another 75 days after China stalls divestment deal following tariffs
President Trump recently signed an executive order to extend the delay on TikTok's US ban for another few months as negotiations to sell the Chinese-owned social network to American investors continue. The President claimed that the deal had seen "tremendous progress," but his recent sweeping "Liberation Day" tariffs reportedly pushed......
New research shows your AI chatbot might be lying to you – convincingly
That's the unsettling takeaway from a new study by Anthropic, the makers of the Claude AI model. They decided to test whether reasoning models tell the truth about how they reach their answers or if they're quietly keeping secrets. The results certainly raise some eyebrows. Read Entire Article
Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti launch rumored for April 16, pre-built desktops appear starting at $1,149
A tipster on Board Channels claims that Nvidia plans to launch the RTX 5060 Ti on April 16, aligning with prior rumors indicating a mid-April debut. The 8 GB and 16 GB variants might carry the same price tags as the 4060 Ti, $400 and $500. Read Entire Article
Microsoft’s Copilot gains the ability to complete web tasks on your behalf
Copilot Actions uses simple chat prompts to allow you to offload things like booking travel arrangements, ordering flowers, and even scheduling a ride after an event through existing online services. Microsoft has partnered with Expedia, Booking.com, and Kayak for travel arrangements, OpenTable for restaurant reservations, and 1-800-Flowers for floral deliveries.......