Apple Enlists Veteran Software Executive To Help Fix AI and Siri An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Apple executive Kim Vorrath, a company veteran known for fixing troubled products and bringing major projects to market, has a new job: whipping artificial intelligence and Siri into shape. Vorrath, a vice president in charge of program management, was moved to Apple's artificial intelligence and machine learning division this week, according to people with knowledge of the matter. She'll be a top deputy to AI chief John Giannandrea, said the … Apple Miami Worldcenter opens Friday, January 24, in downtown Miami Apple Miami Worldcenter offers a new destination for customers to discover and buy their favorite Apple products — all in one place. These LED monitor lamps are the finishing touch your desk needed TL;DR: This adjustable LED Lamps clip onto flat monitors, and they’re only $34.99 (reg. $59). A little ambience goes a long way. These LED Monitor Lamps are a quick and dramatic way to turn a regular desk into your favorite place to be. Whether you’re adding a vibrant backsplash for a gaming rig or need light to read by, these adjustable LED lamps deliver, and they’re only $34.99 (reg. $59). Thes… Navigating The Challenges Of Modern Open-Source Authoring: Lessons Learned Alvaro Saburido delves into the current state and challenges of Open-Source authoring, sharing lessons learned from both community- and company-driven initiatives. Scientists Recreate the Conditions That Sparked Complex Life Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the first time, biologists made it happen in the lab. ‘The reign of terror is over’: my weird weekend partying with the triumphant tech right As Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg gathered for Trump’s inauguration, crypto diehards and members of the Paypal Mafia celebrated a new era for the Magaverse On Inauguration Day, fans of the All-In Podcast gathered in a billiards room in Washington DC to watch Donald Trump’s swearing-in – and a few miles away, the podcast co-host and PayPal Mafia alum David Sacks prepared to ascend to his role as Trump… 6 Reasons Why Your Engine Oil May Smell Like Gas (And What To Do If It Does) If you check your oil and find it smells like gas, then it's something that shouldn't be ignored. Here are the most likely culprits and the actions to take. EMS Watch: Chinese firms surpass Taiwanese rivals in top EMS/ODM rankings According to a survey, the global EMS/ODM industry is becoming increasingly important due to the relocation of global supply chains. However, their 2024 revenues diverged due to differing trends in the AI and smartphone markets. OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank team up on multibillion-dollar AI project President Trump unveiled the AI initiative on Tuesday alongside the executives of OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank. |
Bill Gates Began the Altair BASIC Code in His Head While Hiking as a Teenager Friday Bill Gates shared an excerpt from his upcoming memoir Source Code: My Beginnings. Published in the Wall Street Journal, the excerpt includes pictures of young Bill Gates when he was 12 (dressed for a hike) and 14 (studying a teletype machine). Gates remembers forming "a sort of splinter group" from the Boy Scouts when he was 13 with a group of boys who "wanted more freedom and more risk" and took long hikes around Seattle, travelling hundreds of miles together on hikes as long as "seven … Puppet open source fork OpenVox arrives The Vox Pupuli collective group has announced the first release of OpenVox , a community-maintained open source implementation of the Puppet configuration management system. Introduced January 21, the OpenVox automation framework is designed to be a drop-in replacement for Puppet, but currently comes with a caveat: “Be aware, of course, that even though you can type the same commands, use all the… As demand for data centers soars, real estate companies look to become energy developers Brendan Wallace has a lot on his mind lately. Wallace is the co-founder of Fifth Wall Ventures, a nine-year-old proptech venture firm with $3.2 billion in assets under management. He’s also a homeowner in L.A., which continues to battle raging wildfires. While his place remains intact, many of his friends haven’t been so lucky. Wallace […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use … How the New York Times Website Got Its URL The Times wanted to go online in 1996 with nytimes.com. But the domain was already owned — by a Times reporter. JavaScript, React and object-oriented programming Ready to dive into the React framework? This tutorial shows how to mix JavaScript and React with object-oriented programming to lessen the learning curve. CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab, but agency has low confidence in its own finding The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a laboratory Meta wants everyone to know that it, too, is investing a lot in AI Not to be outdone by its close rival OpenAI, Meta has announced its plans to spend $60 to $65 billion on AI infrastructure this year, and is building a data center almost as big as Manhattan. In a Facebook post , Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his company’s intent to build a 2GW data center, bring roughly 1GW of compute online in 2025, and end the year with more than 1.3 million GPUs. Include… Biz tax rises, inflation and high interest. Why fewer UK tech firms started in 2024 And the government thinks that AI and taking shackles off big tech will help? God help Britain For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the number of tech firms incorporated in the UK has declined, with a shrinking economy, as well as high inflation and interest rates causing a slump in business confidence.… |
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