Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has made a bold claim that his company’s AI chips are advancing faster than historical rates set by Moore’s Law. According to Huang, Nvidia’s latest data center superchip, the GB200 NVL72, is 30 to 40x faster at running AI inference workloads than Nvidia’s previous best-selling chips, the H100. This performance jump…
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Elon Musk’s AI-powered chatbot, Grok, is set to receive an “Unhinged Mode” that will provide responses intended to be objectionable, inappropriate, and offensive. This move is seen as an attempt to deliver on Grok’s original vision as an edgy, unfiltered, and anti-“woke” chatbot. The mode is not yet live, but it may signal a shift…
Kombucha, a fermented tea drink, is experiencing a surge in popularity as consumers seek gut-friendly beverages. To address the challenges of home brewing, a San Francisco-based startup, Kombu, has introduced The Fermenstation, an at-home kombucha brewer that streamlines the process and provides consistent results. The device is now available for preorder and is set to…
A new lawsuit has been filed against PayPal, alleging that its browser extension Honey is cheating creators out of money. The lawsuit claims that Honey is systematically diverting commissions from rightful earners, undermining the affiliate marketing system. The extension, which automatically presents users with relevant coupon codes as they shop, is accused of substituting its…
SpaceX has been allowing employees to cash out some of their shares by selling to company-authorized outside investors. A recent internal document reveals that investors paid $70 per share to employees, a significant bargain compared to the share prices in primary rounds. The document also shows that only a handful of investors were named as…
Elon Musk has made several promises for Tesla in 2024, including the development of a $25,000 EV, the start of production on the Cybercab, and the launch of a robotaxi service. However, these promises have been met with skepticism due to Musk’s history of missed deadlines and overpromising. Despite this, Tesla continues to push forward…
A recent incident in Los Angeles has raised concerns about the liability of autonomous vehicles in the event of a collision. A Waymo robotaxi and a Serve Robotics sidewalk delivery robot collided at an intersection, highlighting the need for clear guidelines on who is responsible in the case of damage. The companies involved have confirmed…
Apple has announced that its streaming service, Apple TV+, will be available for free from January 3 to 5, allowing anyone to access its popular TV shows, including “Severance” and “Slow Horses.” This move is seen as a promotional strategy to attract new subscribers and increase its market share in the competitive streaming industry. Forecast…
US telecom giants AT&T and Verizon have secured their networks after being targeted by the China-linked Salt Typhoon cyberespionage group. The group, which has been linked to China, compromised the networks of several US phone and internet companies to gather intelligence on US citizens. While the scale of the breach is not yet known, AT&T…
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, has released an “open” AI model, DeepSeek V3, which has been found to misidentify itself as ChatGPT, a rival AI-powered chatbot platform. The model’s training data distribution has been questioned, with some speculating that it may have been trained on outputs from rival AI systems, potentially leading to hallucinations and…
