TECHNOLOGYCasio’s CasioNaut G-Shock could reshape affordable watch designIn what appears to be a follow-up to the mighty “CasiOak,” the rugged Japanese watch brand is expected to release an all-new luxury homage.Wired·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYHow inference bottlenecks are reshaping AI hardware designThe era of AI inference has arrived. Imagine a healthcare system analyzing millions of data points in real time to accelerate life-saving medical research, or an intelligent assistant instantly resolving thousands of complex customer needs at once. These real-world breakthroughs rely on advanced infMIT Technology Review·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYGoPro’s $285 million sale signals the end of its independence struggleGoPro CEO Nick Woodman said in a letter to customers that making cameras is still his company's "core DNA," after a proposed $285 million acquisition by Starman was announced earlier this week. He claims the merger puts GoPro in a better position to continue developing its content creation tech, aftThe Verge·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYX’s rebranding effort may have surrendered the Tweet trademarkA federal judge temporarily barred an X rival from using the Twitter name, but found that X was likely to have abandoned the “Tweet” trademark and bird logo. The startup has since relaunched as Tweet.app.TechCrunch·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYRoland balances AI adoption with its legacy as a musician’s tool companyIt's not quite the "push button; get song" of Suno, but Roland's new Melody Flip tool marks the company's foray into generative AI music. Available as a plug-in for your digital audio workstation (DAW), Melody Flip offers around 250 "Palettes," which are essentially themed collections of musical ideThe Verge·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYTesla’s Cybercab launch exposes the regulatory gap in autonomous vehiclesThe US government is investigating whether the Cybercab, which lacks a steering wheel and pedals, meets vehicle safety standards.Wired·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYLarge language models are forcing a reckoning on machine consciousness that technology wants to avoidWhile philosophers ponder AI consciousness, the models have ideas of their own.Wired·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYHow AI is quietly reshaping written language through feedback loopsThis is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Data from drones in Ukraine is fueling a new Wild West marketplace —Cory Alpert, a researcher at the University of Melbourne studying AI’s impacMIT Technology Review·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYUkrainian drone data becomes training ground for Western AI weapons systemsBattlefields in Ukraine are littered with the remnants of drones, which are now firmly established as a critical weapon of modern warfare. But behind all that wreckage, there’s a new gold mine for the defense sector. The data drones generate will far outlast the wars in which they are used to fight,MIT Technology Review·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYWhy AI food photography is alienating restaurant customersWhile restaurant owners might look to generative AI as a shortcut to sprucing up their menu, customers can viscerally sense that something is wrong with the food.TechCrunch·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYModders forced Nvidia’s hand on DLSS 5 access to older GPUsOfficially, Nvidia's controversial DLSS 5 AI rendering was supposed to launch this evening with only a single game, only on Nvidia's latest RTX 50 GPUs, and with developers in full control of their artistic vision. But unofficially, modders have already ported a leaked version of DLSS 5 to run on juThe Verge·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYCrusoe’s $30B valuation hinges on Jane Street’s bet on computing sovereigntyThe round came together after the data center developer reportedly secured a $13 billion contract with Jane Street.TechCrunch·3w ago
