Musk claims AI will outsmart humans by next year
Published in AI


He probably just means Tesla buyers

Elon [look at me] Musk predicted during an interview with Nicolai Tangen, the chief executive of Norges Bank Investment Management, that new AI models will outsmart humans by the end of next year.

Musk’s AI started a war on X
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Claimed Iran had carried out a heavy missile attack on Israel

Elon [look at me] Musk's platform, X, had a bit of a 'mare on 4 April 2024. A headline popped up claiming Iran had lobbed a few heavy missiles at Tel Aviv which caused quite a kerfuffle among users worldwide.

AMD open sauces MES
Published in News
08 April 2024

AMD open sauces MES


Unexpected move

AMD has decided to open source its Micro Engine Scheduler (MES) firmware for GPUs and is handing users the keys to the Radeon graphics cards kingdom.

Apple’s privacy settings are a dog’s dinner
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It seems the EU has not read them yet

The Jobs Mob's been caught with its pants down over privacy settings about as clear as a London fog.

Voyager 1 has a memory problem
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Happens with age

NASA's Voyager 1, the grand old duke of space probes, has been sending gobbledygook instead of pristine space secrets since last November, and now NASA has found the source of the problem.

SK Hynix to build memory plant in the home of XXX hamburgers
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Do you want chips with that?

SK Hynix has announced it will build a huge memory packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, which is otherwise known for its hamburgers.

Volish Boffins patent new form of sound recognition
Published in AI


Can hear the sound of one hand clapping

The boffins over at Microsoft have patented a newfangled sound recognition AI.

Suicide Squad Hackers unleash chaos and skins
Published in Gaming


Wall to wall DMCAs

The live-service blaster, "Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League," is up to its neck in hacker hijinks.

Apple's Titanic trouble
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More than 700 about to be let go

Fruity cargo cult Apple has decided that there are instead a lot of members of his sect who are surplus to requirements after all.

Sinking Fujitsu axed from UK flood warning system
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Post office scandal has knock-on effects

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has given Fujitsu the old heave-ho from providing a flood warning system to the UK, just two months after signing an extension of up to 12 months.