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Report: NVIDIA Forms Custom Chip Unit for Cloud Computing and More

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With its highly successful A100 and H100 processors for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) applications, NVIDIA dominates AI datacenter deployments these days. But among large cloud service providers as well as emerging devices like software defined vehicles (SDVs) there is a global trend towards custom silicon. And, according to a report from Reuters,…

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Capsule Review: AlphaCool Apex Stealth Metal 120mm Fan

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Alphacool, a renowned name in the realm of PC cooling solutions, recently launched their Apex Stealth Metal series of cooling fans. Prior to their launch, the new fans had amassed a significant amount of hype in the PC community, in part because of the unfortunate misconception that the entire fan would be made out of…

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Oracle to fine-tune AI for the enterprise

6 minutes of reading / AI, Cloud, compliance, data privacy, Database, Google, Google Cloud, HP, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, Oracle Cloud, Tech / By

Oracle’s plans to strengthen its artificial intelligence (AI) offerings could just be one of many such announcements to come in the enterprise application space, but the database application suite giant has, in fact, been working on adding artificial intelligence across its stack for some time. In September 2023, it announced its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Generative…

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There’s a big problem with Instagram and Threads no longer amplifying political content

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Much of tech journalism these days amounts to the rewriting of press releases and corporate blog posts. A good example of this came on Friday, when the blogosphere cranked out one post after another that dutifully regurgitated the announcement of Meta’s decision to no longer amplify “political” content on Instagram and Threads from accounts that…

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MLCommons To Develop PC Client Version of MLPerf AI Benchmark Suite

6 minutes of reading / AI, API, Dell, HP, Intel, machine learning, Meta, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Tech / By

MLCommons, the consortium behind the MLPerf family of machine learning benchmarks, is announcing this morning that the organization will be developing a new desktop AI benchmarking suite under the MLPerf banner. Helmed by the body’s newly-formed MLPerf Client working group, the task force will be developing a client AI benchmark suit aimed at traditional desktop…

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Meta ramps up GPUs to get ready for general intelligence

3 minutes of reading / AI, Facebook, Meta, open source, Tech / By

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has posted full year revenue of  $134.90bn, 16% more than in 2023. The Q4 2023 and full-year earnings show the company’s commitments to investing in artificial intelligence (AI) and datacentre capacity. It expects to use 10 times as much compute capacity each year to build out its…

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Top 10 financial services and fintech stories of 2023

5 minutes of reading / AI, API, Computer, digital transformation, fintech, Meta, social media, Tech / By

With spending on IT in the finance sector expected to emerge from the doldrums, we kick off our review of Computer Weekly articles with research from software giant Finastra and its prediction that investment in IT will begin to flow in the second half of next year. Furthermore, for the first time in a few…

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Top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2023

10 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, Apple, automation, AWS, Computer, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, Tech / By

As with 2022, Computer Weekly technology and ethics coverage continued with a focus on working conditions in the tech sector, looking, for example, at the experience of UK Apple workers attempting to unionise and the efforts of digital gig workers who train and maintain today’s much-hyped artificial intelligence (AI) systems. AI itself also took centre…

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European Union users get to browse Threads without an Instagram account

3 minutes of reading / AI, Google, Meta, Tech, Twitter / By

Rumors said a few days ago that Meta was about to bring Threads to the major market it avoided this summer, the European Union (EU). Meta officially made Threads available in the EU on Thursday, complete with a feature that’s not available anywhere in the world. You can use Threads without an Instagram account in…

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What if AI uses everything you say against you?

6 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, chatbot, ChatGPT, Google, Meta, Tech / By

We’re in the early days of generative AI software, and they are already starting to change how we use technology, as well as how we go about being productive. Generative AI like ChatGPT and its rivals might change the world for the better. But success isn’t guaranteed, and it’s not straightforward. Many people worry that…

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