Microsoft has published the culmination of 20 years of research into subatomic particles, known as Majorana fermions, which it aims to use to build a million-qubit quantum computer. The research has involved developing topological qubits, which Microsoft research anticipated would offer more stable qubits, requiring less error correction. A research paper on the property of…
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Apple was reportedly planning to introduce an AI-powered upgrade for Siri in iOS 18.4, but that might no longer be in the cards for the company. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that due to numerous engineering problems and software bugs involving the AI-enhanced Siri, Apple might have to delay the launch to a future update.Sources told…
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Apple’s iPhone 16 delivers great battery life, as we’ve seen in various tests and reviews performed after Apple unveiled the phone in September. The iPhone 16 Pro Max, which rocks the largest battery capacity of the four models, also delivers the best battery life.Now that the Galaxy S25 phones are out, the obvious battery life…
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Cumbrian nuclear facility Sellafield is still under scrutiny for cyber security problems, despite the regulator’s clean bill of health for its physical security. The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has returned the Sellafield site to a “routine regulatory regime for physical security after a period of enhanced oversight”, according to a government statement. The ONR’s…
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The smarter AI programs like ChatGPT and Gemini become, the more we’ll want to use them as the virtual assistants they can be. For that to happen, we’ll need the AIs to access information about us from all sorts of apps and remember details about us. We’ll also need to be able to trust companies…
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Just as the US and UK refused to sign an international statement about AI safety at the AI Action Summit earlier this week, an AI study out of China revealed that AI models have reached a “red line” humans should be aware of: The AI can replicate itself, which sounds like one of the nightmare…
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AMD’s RX 9070 GPUs have witnessed spillage around their specs and possible performance levelsPower-wise the RX 9070 XT looks a bit hungrier than expected, but the vanilla 9070 is pitched at a more comfortable levelThe benchmarks paint a shakier picture of performance than previous leaks – but there are good reasons not to worry here,…
The M4 MacBook Air was expected to be Apple’s first launch of 2025. However, the company seems to have other plans, as the new iPhone SE will likely be the first release from Cupertino this year.Still, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman has reported that the M4 MacBook Air could launch anytime. After saying this machine could have…
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More last-minute rumors are swirling about low stock for Nvidia’s RTX 5090 and 5080Launch day stock for the RTX 5090 is claimed to be very thin on the groundThe RTX 5080 situation sounds better, but stock looks to be only about half of that seen with the RTX 4080 launch, which still isn’t greatWant more…
Tim Cook teased the “newest member of the family” last week on X, seemingly confirming what the leaks have been saying. The iPhone SE 4, Apple’s cheapest new iPhone, will be unveiled on February 14th. It should generate plenty of interest in the coming months.Cook might not have named the product launching this week, but…
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