How many YouTube videos are there? What are they about? What languages do YouTubers speak? As of 14 February 2025, the platform’s will have been running for 20 years. That is a lot of video. Yet we have no idea just how many there really are. Google knows the answers. Read more…
Google aims to release commercial quantum computing applications within five years, challenging Nvidia’s prediction of a 20-year timeline. They’re optimistic that within five years we’ll see real-world applications that are possible only on quantum computers. Real-world applications Google has discussed are related to materials science – applications such as building Read more…
Since November, British telecom O2 has deployed an AI chatbot masquerading as a 78-year-old grandmother to waste scammers’ time. The bot, named Daisy, engages fraudsters by discussing knitting patterns, recipes, and asking about tea preferences while feigning computer illiteracy. In tests over several weeks, Daisy has kept individual scammers occupied Read more…
Meta’s metaverse ambitions face a decisive year in 2025, with Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth warning employees that the project could become either “a legendary misadventure” or prove visionary. Bosworth called for increased sales and user engagement for Meta’s mixed reality products, noting the company plans to launch several AI-powered Read more…
Cloudflare, a major web infrastructure company, will now track and verify the authenticity of images across its network through Content Credentials, a digital signature system that documents an image’s origin and editing history. The technology, developed by Adobe’s Content Authenticity Initiative, embeds metadata showing who created an image, when it Read more…
Just three hours ago, OpenAI made a surprise announcement to their 3.9 million followers on X.com. “Live from Tokyo,” they’d be livestreaming… something. Their description of the event was just two words. “Deep Research” UPDATE: The stream has begun, and it’s about OpenAI’s next “agent-ic offering”. (“OpenAI cares about agents Read more…
iPhone devices are now eligible to test SpaceX-owned Starlink’s direct-to-cell capability. T-Mobile and Elon Musk’s SpaceX are currently testing the Starlink cell network on a trial basis after receiving approval from the Federal Communications Commission in November last year. The trial offers ‘text via satellite’, while voice and data features Read more…