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John Bernal's Tesla 2021 Model 3 hit a bollard while Full Self Driving Beta was engaged. (Image Source: AI Addict on YouTube)

Tesla fires employee for posting genuine driver assist bungles on YouTube despite actually having no such policy

A Tesla employee, John Bernal, was fired last month after he put up a video on his YouTube channel showing some of the problems with the company's Full Self Driving (FSD) Beta software. Though Tesla didn't mention specifics in wri...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 19 Mar 2022 04:03

BMW has revealed that it will bring Level 3 autonomous driving capabilities to some vehicles by 2025. (Image source: BMW)

BMW vehicles will have level 3 autonomous driving tech by 2025

BMW has announced that it will bring level 3 autonomous driving technology to some vehicles in the second half of 2025. The company is developing its Automated Driving technology with Qualcomm and Arriver.

Polly Allcock, 15 Mar 2022 16:48

Photonic data paths are key for next gen AI applications. (Image Source: Luminous)

Luminous Computing to build the most powerful AI supercomputer with silicon photonics technology

The next gen AI applications require computing power that cannot be provided by traditional hardware. In order to solve this problem, Luminous Computing is building a supercomputer based on silicon photonics and optical pathways t...

Bogdan Solca, 11 Mar 2022 18:04

Volkswagen holds a general premiere for its first-gen ID. Buzz

Volkswagen has now completed its event for the long-anticipated all-electric adaptation of its iconic mini-bus, although the actual global launch onto the market of the ID. Buzz and Buzz Cargo has understandably been delayed. Howe...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 09 Mar 2022 20:28

Inflection is an AI-focused software company aiming to make human-computer interactions easier. (Image source: Milad Fakurian via Unsplash)

Inflection AI wants to make it easier for humans to talk to computers

A new AI-focused software company, Inflection, has been co-founded by Mustafa Suleyman, Reid Hoffman and Karén Simonyan. The company aims to use AI to make human commands to devices more conversational.

Polly Allcock, 09 Mar 2022 13:55

Google's Soli radar sensor has multiple applications, such as the ability to know when a human is looking at a device. (Image source: Google)

Google is working on new technology for devices to read human body language

In a recent video, Google has shared information on its Soli radar sensing technology that it hopes will make devices less interruptive by reading subtle human signals. The same technology is already used in the Pixel 4's Motion S...

Polly Allcock, 03 Mar 2022 11:31

The Snapdragon X70 5G modem uses AI for enhancing throughput and power efficiency. (Image Source: Qualcomm)

MWC 2022 | Snapdragon X70 5G modem-RF system uses AI smarts enhance 5G and improve power efficiency, offers 10 Gbps peak downlink speeds

At MWC 2022, Qualcomm has introduced the Snapdragon X70 5G modem-RF system featuring a dedicated AI processor to enhance key network parameters and power efficiency. The Snapdragon X70 supports all commercial 5G bands from 600 MHz...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 28 Feb 2022 14:50

AI-generated images are convincingly close to real photos, a new study finds. (Image source: Geralt on Pixabay)

Unsettling study claims that humans can no longer differentiate between AI-generated and real faces with certainty

A new study has claimed that photos of human faces created using AI technology are shockingly close to real images. Upon asking people to point out the fake pictures from a pool of fake and real photos, researchers found that, in ...

Fawad Murtaza, 23 Feb 2022 20:05

3rd-gen EPYC is virtually available now. (Source: AMD)

Amazon releases its latest virtual cloud servers based on third-gen EPYC processors

The latest, cloud-based Amazon Web Services (AWS) are based on AMD's server-grade silicon and is rated to run even the high-performance computing (HPC) necessary for scientific research on a cloud. The company asserts that its lat...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 17 Feb 2022 23:10

Experts who reviewed videos shared by Tesla owners using ‘Full Self-Driving’ mode have raised safety concerns. (Image source: Tesla)

Videos of Tesla 'Full Self-Driving' mode raise concerns for experts

A recent study of footage of Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' software, captured by Tesla owners, has left some experts with concerns for its safety. However, many vehicle owners taking part in the autonomous driving Beta defended the ...

Polly Allcock, 13 Feb 2022 19:05

Top 4 features that make the Google Pixel 6 stand out

The Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro have proven to be some of Google's most successful releases to date, having broken sales records despite a less-than-perfect launch season. Why have the devices been so popular? Let's have a look...

Julian van der Merwe, 09 Feb 2022 23:52

Nvidia GH100 Hopper could feature 140 billion transistors. (Image Source: Nvidia)

Nvidia GH100 Hopper rumored to feature over 140 billion transistors, COPA-based MCM GPU architecture can theoretically offer up to 233 GB HBM2 VRAM

Nvidia's upcoming GH100 Hopper HPC accelerator has aroused quite the interest owing to recent leaks. First, it was the rumored massive die area close to 1000 mm square and now, it is the massive 140 billion transistor count. It is...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 08 Feb 2022 16:47

A snapshot of the Qualcomm x Ferrari future. (Source: Qualcomm)

Ferrari announces a partnership with Qualcomm to level the tech in its premium and F1 cars up

Qualcomm has just announced that it has become a Premium Partner in Scuderia Ferrari's campaign for the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship. This new agreement will also see much more Snapdragon technology in the classic Itali...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 08 Feb 2022 15:59

Nvidia Hopper GH100 could be much larger than GA100, which is currently the largest 7 nm die. (In pic: Nvidia Ampere GA100 GPU)

1000 W Nvidia Hopper GH100 rumored to be 21% larger than Ampere GA100, will be monolithic die contrary to popular perception

Nvidia's upcoming Hopper HPC accelerator, the GH100, is now being rumored to sport a 21% higher surface area compared to Ampere's GA100. And contrary to reports so far, Hopper will continue to be a monolithic die and not a multi-c...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 29 Jan 2022 12:20

The Kompanio series gets a new variant. (Source: MediaTek)

MediaTek unveils the Kompanio 1380, a new platform for tablets and Chromebooks

MediaTek has announced a new addition to its line of chipsets specifically intended for Chromebook laptops and tablets. The Kompanio 1380 is a chipset rated for speeds of up to 3GHz thanks to the presence of high-end ARM cores. It...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 26 Jan 2022 19:01

Meta has used Nvidia technologies to build its AI Research SuperCluster. (Image source: Meta)

Meta announces the "world's fastest" AI supercomputer with Nvidia hardware

Meta is building an AI supercomputer using Nvidia technologies. The build is underway, with 760 Nvidia DGX A100 GPUs already in use. When the supercomputer is finished later this year, Meta claims that it will be the fastest AI su...

Polly Allcock, 25 Jan 2022 19:17

OPPO just might have created the future of IoT energy tech. (Source: OPPO)

OPPO claims its new Zero-Power Communication technology might remove the need for batteries in some electronics of the future

OPPO has introduced one of the latest products of its research and development as Zero-Power Communication, a new technology that might enable electronics to stay on by simply "harvesting" energy from other nearby devices that are...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 23 Jan 2022 19:12

How soon could we see desktop CPUs from Nvidia? (Image Source: Globes)

Nvidia forms CPU R&D division in Israel

Nvidia is looking to try its hand at more CPU designs in the future, despite the setback caused by the ARM acquisition hurdles. The new CPU division will help with the growth of the Israeli R&D centers that is already focusing on ...

Bogdan Solca, 19 Jan 2022 23:45

MRAM with in-memory processing capabilities is most suitable for AI-powered applications. (Image Source: Samsung)

Samsung researchers bypass the low resistance nature of MRAM and add in-memory processing capabilities

MRAM's inherent low resistance was bypassed using a 64 x 64 crossbar array of MRAM cells that also support in-memory processing capabilities, making it highly effective for AI-powered applications. More complex MRAM structures cou...

Bogdan Solca, 14 Jan 2022 20:43

Microsoft wiggles into electric cars via its award-winning Azure AI voice assistant, exclusive to XPeng EVs

Microsoft has partnered with one of the most promising electric car makers, XPeng, to provide its Azure AI-powered voice that scored the highest of any in-car virtual assistant on the MOS voice quality scale. The new EV virtual bu...

Daniel Zlatev, 07 Jan 2022 20:04

Callisto is a new A.I. voice assistant based off Amazon's Alexa and Cisco's Webex softwares. (Image via Lockheed Martin)

NASA will equip Artemis rockets with video calling and an A.I. companion, courtesy of Webex and Amazon

NASA is set to equip its Orion space capsules, which are part of its ongoing Artemis project, with an A.I. assistant. Named Callisto, the assistant is based on Amazon's Alexa and Cisco's Webex software. As such, it will allow astr...

Sam Medley, 05 Jan 2022 17:19

LG teases its new OLED EX technology. (Source: LG)

LG teases its next-gen OLED EX-based TVs ahead of CES 2022

LG has introduced its latest form of organic light-emitting diode technology as OLED EX. The OEM claims that this new type of panel incorporates deuterium to further enhance display brightness and performance in the resulting TV s...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 31 Dec 2021 17:04

Vivo launches its second-gen Watch as an eSIM-enabled wearable with a dual-chipset system

Vivo has now made its Watch 2 official in China. This new smartwatch has a round AMOLED display and a simplified design compared to its predecessor. It is also 4G/LTE-capable by default, which raises its price to some degree. On t...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 24 Dec 2021 16:18

The MariSilicon X is live. (Source: OPPO)

OPPO's new NPU can push mid-range smartphone specs to flagship levels: new leak

OPPO has just announced the MariSilicon X, the OEM's first-gen neural processing unit (NPU). It is slated to make its debut in the upcoming wave of Find X-series flagship smartphones. Then again, a leaker now claims that premium s...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 19 Dec 2021 23:45

The N4X is TSMC's first line of specialized production nodes. (Image Source: HardwareLuxx)

TSMC announces N4X production nodes specifically designed for HPC

TSMC sees great potential in the HPC sector and will soon offer specialized production nodes like the N4X, which is expected to deliver 15% improved performance over the current N5 nodes. N4X risk production is scheduled for the f...

Bogdan Solca, 16 Dec 2021 19:19

Huawei previews its new smart glasses. (Source: Huawei)

Huawei teases its first ever smart glasses with HarmonyOS

Huawei has just released some details on another new product for its increasingly large-scale event later in December 2021. It is the OEM's latest generation of smart glasses. They are speaker-enabled wearables like their predeces...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 16 Dec 2021 18:49

The MediaTek Dimensity 9000 shows a strong lead. (Source

MediaTek Dimensity 9000: Leak reveals AI benchmark results and efficiency information versus the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

A new leak has now thrown more light on the performance of the upcoming MediaTek Dimensity 9000, particularly in comparison to its fiercest rival, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Information on both AI performance, efficiency, and power c...

Ricci Rox, 15 Dec 2021 07:15

HiSilicon might have a new product to unveil. (Source: HiSilicon)

Rumor | Huawei HiSilicon will unveil a new ISP at an upcoming conference

The 2021 Chinese International Public Security Expo will take place in late December. Huawei's HiSilicon division is slated to be headed to the event with its latest development: a new image-signalling processor (ISP). This new de...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 13 Dec 2021 23:37

Apple's new Messages update might act like this. (Source: Bloomberg)

iOS 15.2 is the update in which Apple will start to roll its anti-CSAM system out

iOS 15.2 is the next upcoming version of Apple's proprietary software for iPhones. According to a prominent industry correspondent, it is the one that will start adding features intended to prevent abusive content reaching a child...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 12 Dec 2021 22:07

OPPO teases its first-gen in-house chip. (Source: OPPO via Weibo)

OPPO is to unveil its first-gen in-house chipset, now slated as an NPU, in December 2021

OPPO has just announced that it will debut its first ever proprietary chipset during its Inno Day 2021 event in mid-December 2021. This long-rumored project is now rumored to turn out the OEM's very own neural processing unit (NPU...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 08 Dec 2021 19:03

The US Patent and Trademark Office is set to grant Clearview AI a patent for its facial recognition software. (Image source: Tumisu via Pixabay)

Clearview is one step closer to getting a US patent for its facial recognition software

A patent filed by Clearview AI for part of its facial recognition technology is set to be granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office. Clearview's software is already being used by several bodies in the US, including the FBI.

Polly Allcock, 07 Dec 2021 00:51

TEAMGROUP launched two innovative industrial-grade SSDs, the N75A-M80 and N75G-M80. (Image: TEAMGROUP)

TEAMGROUP unveils two new industrial-grade storage devices

TEAMGROUP announced two new industrial storage solutions, the N75A-M80 and N75G-M80, which are designed to operate in changing and volatile environments. The company claimed that these SSDs were developed to meet the increasing de...

Aleem Ali, 05 Dec 2021 19:05

Google Pixel 6: Top-notch even without the highest score

The Google Pixel 6 impressed us in the test with its bright OLED display, strong cameras, and decent battery life, but it still didn't manage to get a top score. Read on to find out why this is and why it's still a very good smart...

Daniel Schmidt, 04 Dec 2021 01:31

RISC-V is aiming for increased adoption (Image Source: RISC-V International)

RISC-V specifications update brings improved machine learning, virtualization and encryption instructions

RISC-V International is pushing for increased adoption with the introduction of 15 new specifications for the RISC-V ISA. Most prominent are the Vector specs that expand support for AI / machine learning, the Scalar Cryptography s...

Bogdan Solca, 03 Dec 2021 18:29

The StarFive VisionFive V1 is a RISC-V based alternative to the Raspberry Pi. (Image: StarFive)

The VisionFive V1 is a RISC-V alternative to Raspberry Pi and is coming soon

StarFive has unveiled the VisionFive V1 single-board computer. What sets this apart from other SBCs is that it is powered by a RISC-V based SoC, rather than an Arm or Intel chip, and is among the first full-featured models to hit ...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 30 Nov 2021 11:15

GAUGAN 2's output for the keyword "Yerevan"

NVIDIA's AI-based GAUGAN 2 tool generates Van Goghesque landscapes from words and phrases you input

NVIDIA recently rolled out a demo of GAUGAN 2, an AI-based text to image platform. GAUGAN 2 has been trained on images of buildings, plants, and other objects, and will output images of what it thinks input text represents. The re...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 27 Nov 2021 11:43

MediaTek unveils the Pentonic 2000. (Source: MediaTek)

MediaTek's Pentonic 2000 chipset is here to help deliver the 8K 120Hz TVs of the future

MediaTek has unveiled a new flagship SoC for the next generation of premium big-screen devices. The Pentonic 2000 can support resolutions of up to 8K and refresh rates of 120Hz. It can also allow OEMs to pack specs such as AV1 sup...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 20 Nov 2021 21:29

The MediaTek Dimensity 9000 offers a massive SoC upgrade over the competition. (Image Source: MediaTek)

MediaTek Dimensity 9000 can potentially outperform the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in CPU, Google Tensor in AI, and be on par with Apple A15 in multi-core, but will not be available in the US

MediaTek has announced the new flagship Dimensity 9000 that will soon power Android flagships around the world. The Dimensity 9000 can potentially outperform the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, its successor the 8 Gen 1, and the Exynos 2...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 20 Nov 2021 17:28

Sensor technology developed by Nissan and Verizon will alert drivers to potential hazards in the environment. (Image: Samuele Errico Piccarini via Unsplash)

Verizon and Nissan utilise edge computing and C-V2X to make roads safer

Nissan and Verizon have developed a project to improve driver safety. Sensors detect potential emerging hazards from visual obstructions. The sensory data is processed by Verizon's 5G Edge and rapid alerts can be communicated to t...

Aleem Ali, 13 Nov 2021 20:31

Tencent's Zixiao chip reportedly delivers 100 percent faster performance in search suggestions and image processing (Image source: CNBC)

Tencent Cloud outs new AI chips that reportedly outpace current market leaders

Tencent Cloud, the Chinese giant's cloud services subsidiary, recently unveiled three new AI chips its working on that reportedly deliver significantly faster results than existing systems.

Arjun Krishna Lal, 13 Nov 2021 15:15

Nvidia launches Omniverse Avatar platform that uses 3D animation and AI

Graphics card company NVIDIA has revealed Omniverse Avatar, a tool that allows you to build AI assistants that can hold conversations in real-time. NVIDIA has demonstrated uses of the platform, such as taking orders in a restauran...

Polly Allcock, 10 Nov 2021 19:39

AMD presents the future of the EPYC line. (Source: AMD)

AMD previews the EPYC processors to come with the new 3D V-Cache upgrade and more

AMD's recent Accelerated Data Center Premiere Keynote has served to confirm the existence of next-gen products such as the server-grade processors known as EPYC Milan-X. These CPUs are much like those of the previously-unveiled th...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 10 Nov 2021 15:28

The Instinct MI200 series' new design. (Source: AMD)

AMD launches the next-gen supercomputer-ready Instinct MI200 accelerator series

AMD has now formally introduced the new Instinct line of accelerators, touting them as the first kind of GPU rated for exascale performance. This may render them equal to the demands of next-gen research-class computing. The new M...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 10 Nov 2021 14:14

Amazfit announces some new deals. (Source: Amazfit)

Deal | Get one of the latest Amazfit GT-series watches at up to 13% off

Amazfit's US store is holding what it calls a "Black Friday-beating" sales event for Thanksgiving 2021. It involves up to 50% discounts on various smartwatches or fitness trackers from the increasingly popular Zepp Health brand. T...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 09 Nov 2021 22:31

Gatik completed fully driverless deliveries for Walmart customers. (Image: Business Wire)

Gatik and Walmart announce the first successful fully autonomous deliveries in the world

Gatik and Walmart have revealed that they are the first companies ever to accomplish fully autonomous deliveries using self-driving trucks without safety drivers. Gatik claimed that its vehicles are safe and reliable and has opera...

Aleem Ali, 09 Nov 2021 17:32

First social skills framework for robots developed at MIT

A team from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines has created a mathematical framework to make robots cognizant of how their actions impact others.

Daniel Zlatev, 07 Nov 2021 19:53