Leben (Life aka misc)
A SiriusXM Update Sent Some Audi Screens Into a Forced-Reboot Loop For Months
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Drive: This week, a reader wrote to us sharing that the infotainment in their 2020 Audi A4 had been “rebooting every five minutes all year.” It looks like the problem was caused by a compatibility issue with a SiriusXM app update. Audi Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Detection Firm Finds 82% of Herbal Remedy Books on Amazon Written By AI
With gingko “memory-boost tinctures,” fennel “tummy-soothing syrups” and “citrus-immune gummies,” AI “slop” has come for herbalism, a study published by a leading AI-detection company has found. Originality.ai, which offers its tools to universities and businesses, says it scanned 558 titles published in Amazon’s herbal remedies subcategory between January and September Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc)
Overshooting 1.5C Climate Target ‘Inevitable’: UN Chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says it is now clear that efforts to cap global warming at 1.5C above pre-industrial levels will fail in the short term. AFP: Before next month’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil, Guterres said going beyond 1.5C would result in “devastating” yet predictable impacts. “One thing is Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology The Planet (on, and off)
AI Energy Gap Will Not Be Closed in Our Lifetime
The amount of energy required to supply the data centers powering AI is so vast that meeting that need may be more than a lifetime away. The gap between what AI is demanding and what we have everywhere in the world on the grid in terms of generation and transmission Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Trump Eyes Government Control of Quantum Computing Firms
Donald Trump is eyeing taking equity stakes in quantum computing firms in exchange for federal funding, The Wall Street Journal reported. At least five companies are weighing whether allowing the government to become a shareholder would be worth it to snag funding that the Trump administration has “earmarked for promising Read more…
Technology
Google’s Quantum Computer Makes a Big Technical Leap
Google announced Wednesday that its quantum computer achieved the first verifiable quantum advantage, running a new algorithm 13,000 times faster than a top supercomputer. The algorithm, called Quantum Echoes, was published in the journal Nature. The results can be replicated on another quantum computer of similar quality, something Google had Read more…