AI helps Imran Khan campaign from behind bars
Could be useful for a lot of politicians
AI allowed Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan to campaign from behind bars, with a voice clone of the opposition leader giving an impassioned speech on his behalf.
Apple pulls smartwatches
Borrowed technology and made it less effective
Fruity cargo cult Apple has pulled two of its smartwatches after the International Trade Commission ruled that it didn’t invent some of the features in the devices.
Nikola founder jailed for securities fraud
Four years
Trevor Milton, the founder and former CEO of electric truck startup Nikola, was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for securities fraud.
Big Blue gets bigger
Snaps up Software AG enterprise integration platforms
IBM is buying Software AG's enterprise integration platforms for 2.13 billion euros to bolster its artificial intelligence and hybrid cloud offerings.
JPL stream cat videos from deep space
It's what Jack Parsons would have wanted
JPL has tested its Deep Space Optical Communications network by live streaming an HD cat video from 19 million miles away.
US plays down Huawei's advanced chip development
No threat to us
The US doubts whether Huawei Technologies Co. can produce the advanced chip in its new smartphone at the scale or performance threshold necessary to meet market demand.
Apple will bring its OLED screens to iPads and MacBooks
Foldable tablets vapourware talked about
The Tame Apple Press has been waxing large about how Apple will bring advanced OLED screens to iPads and MacBooks and is considering introducing foldable tablets.
ByteDance may have nicked OpenAI's tech
Developed its own competing large language model (LLM)
TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, has been accused of using OpenAI's technology to develop its own competing large language model (LLM).
Boffins control electromagnetic waves with software
Advanced 6G antenna on the way
A team of boffins from the City University of Hong Kong developed a special antenna that can control all five essential aspects of electromagnetic waves opening the way for future advanced systems.
Microsoft releases Phi-2 small language model
Better than a Llama
Microsoft Research has announced the release of its Phi-2 small language model (SML), a text-to-text AI programme that is "small enough to run on a laptop or mobile device."