2023

Strike over? US actors may return to work with top-tier ‘progressive AI protections’ 14/11/2023 at 00:17 By Katyanna Quach Producers will need OK from performers, will pay them to create digi-personas SAG-AFTRA, the union representing actors and media professionals, is set to end its near-four-month strike after reaching a tentative deal with TV and film […]

Aurora dawns late: Half-baked Entry secures second in supercomputer stakes 13/11/2023 at 23:32 By Tobias Mann Half the machine, quadruple the anticipation for all-Intel super SC23  After years of delays, Argonne National Laboratory’s all-Intel “Aurora” supercomputer has finally graced the Top500 ranking of the world’s most powerful supercomputers — just not where many had hoped

Want a Cybertruck? You’re stuck with it for a year, says Tesla 13/11/2023 at 22:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo Waiting buyers could face $50k fine for ignoring updated terms and conditions Thinking about buying a Cybertruck? Well, be sure you want it: Tesla is threatening to sue anyone who tries to sell theirs within the first

HPE and Nvidia offer ‘turnkey’ supercomputer for AI training 13/11/2023 at 21:47 By Dan Robinson If you can afford it – pricing’s not out yet SC23  HPE and Nvidia say they are giving customers the building blocks to produce a mini version of Bristol University’s Isambard-AI supercomputer to train generative AI and deep learning projects.…

AWS staffer shows off the workplace that used to be a prison 13/11/2023 at 20:47 By Lindsay Clark Panopticon design gains new meaning for the all powerful cloud platform With advent of the pandemic-induced work from home new normal, you may have thought office envy was a thing of the past. But an Amazon staffer

Ubuntu for Arm64 laptops (plus RISC kit) 13/11/2023 at 19:47 By Liam Proven Did you know there’s an Asahi flavored Ubuntu? And Debian, too Ubuntu Summit 2023  A subthread of the Ubuntu Summit was Ubuntu on Arm and RISC-V kit: a fast-growing area of interest for many people.… This article is an excerpt from The

YMTC accuses Micron of ‘freeriding’ on its 3D NAND patents 13/11/2023 at 18:47 By Dan Robinson Comes after US memory maker labeled security threat by China Micron is having more China-related problems after YMTC launched legal proceedings over allegations that the US memory maker is infringing on patents relating to 3D NAND technology.… This article