AMD: Increasing compute efficiency by 30x is nice, but what about 100x?
Big quote: The high energy demands for GenAI and other LLMs are accelerating the need for more power-efficient systems. AMD's CEO Lisa Su is confident that the company is on…
Use Glue To Stick Cheese To Your Pizza: Says Google AI Overview
Several users have shared screenshots that show Google AI overview displaying incorrect results to search queries. A Google spokesperson has called it a deliberate attempt from users to sabotage the…
PSNI could be fined £750,000 over data breach
3 days agoKevin Sharkey,BBC News NIBBCUK Information Commissioner John Edwards revealed the potential fine could have been £5.6mThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) could be fined £750,000 for a…
HMRC boosts data scientist numbers
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has significantly increased its spending on data science expertise, according to figures revealed by a Freedom of Information (FoI) request. The FoI findings have been analysed…
Comcast’s streaming bundle is $15/month for Netflix, Peacock, Apple TV+, and ads
Enlarge / Comcast/Xfinity's new bundle of streaming services harkens back to a much earlier era.Getty Images Disaggregation is so 2010s, so Comcast, facing intense pressure from streaming services, is bringing…
NYT Mini Crossword today: puzzle answers for Sunday, May 26
Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for! A bite-sized version of the…
South Korea looks beyond NAND, wants tech companies to increase their focus on processors
The big picture: South Korean tech giants like Samsung and SK Hynix have dominated memory manufacturing for decades. However, the country's president thinks the competition in the processor market, where…
350,000 Ethereum (ETH) Options with $3,200 Max Pain Point to Expire Today
Given Ethereum’s ongoing price trajectory, the approval of spot Ethereum ETFs in the US Yesterday, May 23, seems like a buy-the-rumor, sell-the-news scenario. With Ethereum down over 4%, approximately 350,000…
‘I was misidentified as shoplifter by facial recognition tech’
Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, has filmed the police on numerous facial-recognition deployments. She was there the night Shaun Thompson was picked up by police. "My experience, observing…
How the next government could rewire the state
The delivery of government services is fundamentally an information processing challenge. Consider the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), which administers benefits for millions of UK citizens. To determine eligibility…