The new Labour government has shelved $1.66 bn of funding promised by the Conservatives for tech and Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects, the BBC has learned. It includes $1 bn for the creation of an exascale supercomputer at Edinburgh University and a further $640m for AI Research Resource, which funds computing Read more…
The technology flaws of the U.S. Secret Service helped the gunman who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last month evade detection. An officer broadcast “long gun!” over the local law enforcement radio system, according to congressional testimony from the Secret Service this week, the Read more…
Intel has announced plans for a substantial workforce reduction, surpassing initial expectations, as part of a comprehensive strategy to bolster its financial position and streamline operations. The company intends to lay off over 16,000 employees, representing more than 15% of its global workforce, with the majority of these cuts slated Read more…
For the first time, an AI-controlled autonomous robot performed an entire dental procedure on a human patient, completing the task eight times faster than a human dentist could. The system, built by Boston company Perceptive, uses a hand-held 3D volumetric scanner, which builds a detailed 3D model of the mouth, Read more…
In the company’s second-quarter earnings report on Wednesday, Meta’s Reality Labs unit recorded an operating loss of $4.48 billion. CNBC reports: Since late 2020, the Reality Labs unit has generated cumulative losses of about $50 billion, underscoring CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s massive investments into the hardware and software that underpins what Read more…
According to new report, password manager Dashlane has seen a 400 percent increase in passkey authentications since the beginning of the year, “with 1 in 5 active Dashlane users now having at least one passkey in their Dashlane vault. Over 100 sites now offer passkey support, though Dashlane says the Read more…
AI experts tend to agree that rapid advances in the technology will impact jobs. But there’s a clear division growing between those who see that as a cause for concern and those who believe it heralds a future of growth. Andrew Ng, the founder of Google Brain and a professor Read more…