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This AI claims to predict crimes before they happen based on real-time CCTV analysis
Posted on Sunday September 15, 2024
Dejaview uses machine learning to analyze patterns and identify signs of impending crimes. It considers factors like time of day, location, past incident records, and other variables to assess the risk of something suspicious occurring.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Nvidia CEO: "We can't do computer graphics anymore without artificial intelligence"
Posted on Sunday September 15, 2024
AI, in its current primitive form, is already benefiting a wide array of industries, from healthcare to energy to climate prediction, to name just a few. But when asked at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco last week which AI use case excited him the most,...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
No One Is Buying AMD Zen 5 CPUs, So What's Going On?
Posted on Sunday September 15, 2024
Zen 5 sales have not gone well and AMD is struggling to sell Ryzen 9000 CPUs. Let's analyze the flow-on effects this is having across the rest of the CPU market.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
The U.S. government is encouraging the likes of Nvidia and Apple to tap Intel foundry for AI chip needs
Posted on Saturday September 14, 2024
Ever since Intel announced plans to open up its manufacturing capabilities beyond in-house CPUs, the company has targeted TSMC as its top competitor in the global foundry market. Nonetheless, it's been a source of frustration that fellow U.S. companies rely so heavily on TSMC for most of their semiconductor manufacturing...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Study suggests SEC visits as tracked by following mobile location data may be tipping off insiders
Posted on Saturday September 14, 2024
New research around stock behavior led by professors from universities across the Midwest took a novel approach. The academics used commercially available mobile phone location data to track devices spending significant time around SEC offices. They then traced those devices traveling to corporate headquarters in the year before the Covid...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AMD FSR 4 will transition to pure AI upscaling, following DLSS and XeSS
Posted on Saturday September 14, 2024
Jack Huynh, senior vice president of AMD's Computing and Graphics Business Group, recently announced that FidelityFX Super Resolution 4.0 (FSR 4) will use AI. This marks a significant departure from previous versions but potentially opens more questions than the confirmation answers.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft gets smart about HDD recycling with robots that extract valuable metals
Posted on Saturday September 14, 2024
A staggering amount of e-waste is generated by hard drives every year, with up to 70 million of them mindlessly shredded in their entirety. This results in the loss of valuable metals like neodymium, aluminum, and stainless steel. Microsoft aims to change that with this new technique.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
With 2nm yields at 10-20%, Samsung delays production at Texas plant
Posted on Saturday September 14, 2024
Samsung is facing ongoing challenges with 2nm chip yields, prompting the company to withdraw personnel from its $17 billion Taylor, Texas plant, which was designed to be a hub for mass production of advanced processes below 4nm. This decision, first reported by Business Korea, comes amid repeated delays in the...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Sony says the PS5 Pro uses next-gen AMD ray tracing tech – likely RDNA 4
Posted on Friday September 13, 2024
In a detailed interview with CNET following the reveal of Sony's PlayStation 5 Pro console, designer Mark Cerny confirmed rumors that the device's ray tracing capabilities are built on an architecture not yet available in AMD's PC graphics cards. While Cerny didn't explicitly name RDNA 4, no other viable candidates are known.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Google rolls out Android tablet desktop mode in developer preview
Posted on Friday September 13, 2024
Mountain View recently confirmed that a consumer desktop mode is still happening, and devs can test out the new functionality on the Pixel Tablet using the latest developer preview. Google is implementing desktop windowing using "freeform" windows that can be resized and moved at will.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »