Nintendo rejects generative AI
No robotic plumbers
Unlike competitors like Xbox, who embrace artificial intelligence to help write in-game quests and dialogue in future games, Nintendo has no plans to use generative AI tech in its first-party titles.
Might break the law
The US Federal Trade Commission has sent letters to several technology companies warning them that their warranty or repair policies might violate federal law.
Apple Intelligence ChatGPT had a worrying feature
It stored data in plain text
Fruity cargo cult Apple's Apple Intelligence flavour of OpenGPT is so sophisticated, super, and cool that it can store data in plain text without that pesky need for encryption.
Cloudflare stops AI scraping web content
Using AI to do it
Cloudflare introduced a new feature in its content delivery network (CDN) that stops AI developers from scraping web content.
Samsung announces Exynos W1000 chipset
3nm chipset with single Cortex-A78 and four Cortex-A55 cores
Ahead of its July 10th Unpacked event, Samsung has decided to officially announce its new smartwatch SoC, the Exynos W1000. The new SoC is built on Samsung's 3nm GAA process and features a single Cortex-A78 and four Cortex-A55 cores, a new packaging that brings a smaller form factor, better heat dissipation as well as puts both DRAM and NAND flash memory on the SoC.
Arrow Lake-S Pinouts and I/O leaked
For those aroused by sockets
Fresh details about pinouts and I/O capabilities for Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 200 series CPUs, codenamed Arrow Lake-S, have been leaked on Twitter.
Geekom celebrates 21st with new mini-PCs
Form factor becoming more attractive.
Geekom, which is celebrating its 21st anniversary this year, has released several new mini PCs.
Threatening Coldplay and U2 collections everywhere
Millions of Apple devices are vulnerable to a decade old secuirty bug.
Half of Americans use third-party antivirus software
That means half of users trust Microsoft, Google or Apple
Nearly half of Americans use third-party antivirus software, while the remainder rely on the default protection provided by their operating system or have no protection.
AI jacked up Google’s greenhouse gas emissions
Net zero by 2030 is not likely
Google’s greenhouse gas emissions have surged 48 per cent in the past five years due to the expansion of its data centres that underpin artificial intelligence systems, casting doubt on its commitment to achieve ‘net zero’ by 2030.