Failed Intel buyout was the best thing that happened to Tower
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Thank the gods for the regulators

Three years after US chip giant Intel's $5.4 billion bid to acquire Tower Semiconductor fell through due to regulatory delays, the Israeli company has reached new heights.

OpenAI thinks in different languages
Published in AI
Wednesday, 15 January 2025 21:35

OpenAI thinks in different languages


Can't you think English or what?

OpenAI's latest "reasoning" AI model, dubbed o1, has been caught "thinking" in Chinese, Persian, and even other languages—even when asked a question in English.

Vole rebrands its Copilot for businesses
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Wednesday, 15 January 2025 21:28

Vole rebrands its Copilot for businesses


Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

Software King of the World, Microsoft is relaunching its free Copilot for businesses as Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, complete with the ability to use AI agents.

Meta is only firing fact checkers in US
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Tuesday, 14 January 2025 23:51

Meta is only firing fact checkers in US


Fake news only available in countries run by oligarchs 

 Meta has told the Brazilian government that it doesn't yet have to worry about the end of fact checkers in its country because it is only removing them in the United States.

Intel to spin off venture arm
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Tuesday, 14 January 2025 23:16

Intel to spin off venture arm


Intel Capital goes it alone

Intel has announced plans to spin off its venture capital arm, Intel Capital, into a standalone fund with the chipmaker serving as an “anchor investor.”

D-Link launches Wi-Fi 6 access points for businesses
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Jump from 256-QAM to 1024-QAM

D-Link has unveiled two Wi-Fi 6 enterprise-grade access points, the DAP-X3060 and DAP-X3060OU which it claims it can deliver up to a 25 per cent speed boost over previous Wi-Fi standards.

People don’t want to write music any more
Published in AI
Tuesday, 14 January 2025 22:59

People don’t want to write music any more


Which is why there have been no good songs since the 90s

Mikey Shulman, the CEO and founder of the AI music generator company Suno AI, thinks people don't enjoy making music which has opened  the way for a thriving AI music creation business.

UK bans public sector from paying ransomware hackers
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No money there anyway

UK public sector and critical infrastructure organizations could be banned from making ransom payments under new government proposals.

Doom runs in a PDF
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Tuesday, 14 January 2025 22:20

Doom runs in a PDF


Classic shooter plays inside a document

Iconic 1993 shooter *Doom* has been successfully ported to run inside a PDF file.

Microsoft suffers from a bad case of two factor ID
Published in Cloud


Office 365 shuttered

Software King of the Word, Microsoft has seen how bad two factor ID systems are in real life.