Automotive and industrial sectors show chip industry’s fractured status
Interest in AI masks the current rickety nature of the chip industry. While AI-related companies ventures are showing some impressive quarterly figures, revenue from the automotive and industrial sector are lagging behind.
The chip sector has many sides and is currently moving in many directions... Read more
AI Act: transparency requirements for ChatGPT remain general
Negotiations on the European AI Act would have produced an agreement on the required level of transparency that AI developers must provide in their models. Regarding the use of facial recognition and access to source code, discussions should come to an end today in an additional meeting.
On Wed... Read more
SLAM-attack steals data from AMD and Intel CPUs
The Spectre LAM (SLAM) technique makes future processors from Intel, AMD and Arm susceptible to attacks.
This was discovered by researchers at VU University Amsterdam. According to the researchers, the SLAM hacking technology, which builds on the well-known Spectre attack technique, enables a s... Read more
New EU cloud project aims to avoid repeat of earlier fiasco
Seven EU member states are finally allowed to put €1.2 billion into a common cloud project. The goal is to curb dependence on large U.S. hyperscalers.
It took a while, but there it is: the plans of seven member states to make Europe's cloud infrastructure more autonomous have finally been appr... Read more
AMD introduces Instinct MI300X and MI300A for data centers
AMD has introduced a series of new AMD Instinct AI accelerators for data centers. In addition, the chip giant also announced the new Ryzen 8040 series for AI PCs and laptops.
For data centers, AMD is introducing two new AI accelerator processors within the Instinct line: the AMD Instinct MI300X ... Read more
Researchers set fiber optic record: 22.9 petabits per second
Researchers have achieved a transmission speed of 22.9 petabits per second over a single fiber optic. A record with a Dutch touch.
Japanese, Italian and Dutch researchers, the latter from TU Eindhoven, have managed to achieve a maximum transmission speed of 22.9 petabits over a single fiber. Thi... Read more
Apple iMessage may escape European regulation DMA
Apple's messaging service iMessage may escape regulation under the EU Digital Markets Act. According to the EU, the messaging service would not be popular enough among business users, so it would not have to comply with the regulations.
The DMA has been keeping Big Tech quite busy lately. The re... Read more
Bard with Gemini Pro is not yet available in Europe
Google recently unveiled the next-generation AI model, Gemini 1.0. To let the public experiment with the model, it is already been added to Google's AI chatbot. But Bard does not change today for Europe and will not do so for some time.
By now, it is almost becoming a habit that Google is not i... Read more
Chatbot for Facebook and WhatsApp generates images with AI
Meta is adding about 20 new AI features to Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram. Most of the features are coming to the Meta AI chatbot, such as generating images via text.
The new functionality for the Meta AI chatbot should further expand its capabilities for web search, via Bing, and i... Read more
Anyone wanting to keep Windows 10 secure after 2025 will have to pay up
Users of Windows 10 who want to continue using this OS version can continue to receive security updates after Oct. 14, 2025 through Microsoft's Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. The tech giant announced this recently.
Microsoft's support for the Windows 10 operating system is going to end... Read more