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Microsoft is preparing to roll out a new Efficiency Mode for Microsoft Teams for systems with limited CPU and memory resources to improve app responsiveness. [...]

Martino, of Land O’Lakes, Florida, is the third and final member of a trio of cybersecurity professionals charged in the scheme.

Anker has announced its own chip that can give its small, wearable products AI capabilities that run locally on device. The company is planning to debut the chip called “Thus” on a new model of headphones, slated to be unveiled at its Anker Day event on May 21. Anker calls Thus the “first Comput...

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/tpu-8t-and-tp... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47862497 Points: 238 # Comments: 128

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now What actually matters in AI right now? It’s getting harder to tell amid the constant launches, hype, and war...

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As biz agentic bot-wrangling intensifies, company says AI orchestration, security and infrastructure tools on the way Google Cloud Next  Google has overhauled its enterprise AI strategy in the wake of the agentic push across the biz landscape, rebranding and expanding its Vertex AI developer plat...

Along with a bunch of new services to make sure those same agents don't cause chaos Google Cloud chief operating officer Francis deSouza has summed up his company's security strategy du jour as follows: "You need to use AI to fight AI."…

x86 gets the boot as Google pairs up its TPUs with some Arm-based Axion cores Google unveiled two new in-house AI accelerators at its annual Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday: one designed to speed up training and another aimed at driving down model serving costs.…

Despite a couple of flaws, the Keychron K3 Ultra is one of the best mechanical keyboards I have used in a while.

Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab has signed a multi-billion-dollar deal with Google Cloud for AI infrastructure powered by Nvidia's latest GB300 chips, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.

Generative AI is being infused into Google's popular feature within Maps.

Duolingo is opening up its advanced language learning content offering to free users, allowing them to acquire skills that were previously reserved for paid subscribers.

Google wants AI startups on its cloud and has showcased a long list of them at its annual conference.

Article URL: https://cli.github.com/telemetry Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47862331 Points: 259 # Comments: 196

This 27-inch Samsung Odyssey G53F gaming monitor is back down to a record-low $159.99, thanks to this limited-time Amazon deal, offering a 1440p resolution and fast 200Hz refresh rate at a great price.

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The new Framework Laptop 13 Pro has been described by the company’s CEO as “the MacBook Pro for Linux users” (though you can also run Windows on it). It even claims to beat the 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro for battery life. The new machine copies a number of key Apple features, but is the complete oppo...

Gov admits 'incident' as forum sellers boast of fresh haul covering up to a third of the population France's National Agency for "Secure" Documents is explaining a potential data spill just as crooks online claim they've nicked a third of the country's ID information.…