Month: April 2025 - Page 14

Apr 6 2025

This AI can create talking characters that are good enough for a movie

4 minutes of reading / AI, ChatGPT, Meta, Microsoft, Tech / By Comkex

ChatGPT’s ability to ignore copyright and common sense while creating images and deepfakes is the talk of the town right now. The image generator model that OpenAI launched last week is so widely used that it’s ruining ChatGPT’s basic functionality and uptime for everyone.But it’s not just advancements in AI-generated images that we’ve witnessed recently.…

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Apr 5 2025

Podcast: AI data needs scalable flash, but also needs to be FAIR

5 minutes of reading / AI, Tech / By Comkex

In this podcast, we talk to Quantum’s enterprise products and solutions manager, Tim Sherbak, about the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) on data storage, and in particular about the difficulties of data storage over long periods and with very large volumes of data. We talk about the technical requirements AI places on storage, which could…

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Apr 5 2025

Latest Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti GPU rumor suggests good news and bad when it comes to price

5 minutes of reading / AI, Tech / By Comkex

Rumored pricing for RTX 5060 Ti 8GB and 16GB models has emergedThe good news is that we shouldn’t see a price hike with these GPUsHowever, we won’t see the MSRP drop either, as Nvidia seemingly plans to stick to the same prices seen with RTX 4060 Ti modelsIt appears that Nvidia is going to stick…

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Apr 5 2025

4 Day Week Foundation launches tech sector pilot

5 minutes of reading / agile, AI, Computer, Tech / By Comkex

The 4 Day Week Foundation is launching a pilot programme for companies in the technology sector to support their transition to a four-day working week. Beginning in May 2025, the programme will provide six weeks of training and workshops designed to help tech firms prepare for and implement four-day weeks. Alongside the core training programme,…

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Apr 5 2025

I’ve had it with the current GPU market

4 minutes of reading / AI, MSI, Tech / By Comkex

The trend of inflated GPU prices for AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 series continuesPartner cards are priced far above MSRPThe previous gen RX 7900 XTX is at a ludicrous $1,299.99Yet again, the prices of GPUs are causing waves, but (as you may have guessed), it’s for all the wrong reasons.Over at Best Buy, a three-year-old XFX…

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Apr 5 2025

You can now make WhatsApp your default calling and texting app on iPhone

2 minutes of reading / Apple, iPhone, Tech / By Comkex

If you spend more time communicating on your iPhone through WhatsApp than any of Apple’s first-party options, we have some good news for you. As spotted by WABetaInfo this week, the newest update for the popular third-party messaging app allows iOS users to set WhatsApp as their default app for both calling and messaging.You might…

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Apr 4 2025

Blackwell launch gets even worse as Nvidia confirms some RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti GPUs are underperforming in games – here’s how to check if you’re affected

5 minutes of reading / AI, Tech / By Comkex

Testing has shown that the RTX 5080 is close to the RTX 5090’s performanceThis is despite the RTX 5090 having quite a beefier spec, and laptops with this GPU being much more expensiveThere are reasons for this, though, on the performance front, seemingly wrapped up in power use and thermalsNvidia’s RTX 5080 laptop GPU is…

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Apr 4 2025

More than 200 Lloyds bank bosses to receive artificial intelligence training

3 minutes of reading / AI, machine learning, Tech / By Comkex

Lloyds Banking Group is training 200 of its senior leaders to ensure the organisation can get the most out of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The bank is working with training provider Cambridge Spark on the programme, which will embed AI skills in the leadership ranks. Participants of the programme will receive training in an 80-hour…

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Apr 4 2025

Lenovo accidentally leaks Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti and 5060 models in a desktop PC, suggesting these GPUs are close to release

4 minutes of reading / AI, Intel, Lenovo, Tech / By Comkex

Lenovo has leaked Nvidia’s next GPUs, in theory, in a listing for an incoming desktop PCThe Lenovo Legion Tower 5i offers options on the as-yet-unannounced RTX 5060 Ti and 5060If Lenovo is preparing product listings that mention these GPUs (and accidentally sent one live), this hints that RTX 5060 models are imminentWhat could be Nvidia’s…

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Apr 4 2025

ChatGPT’s Studio Ghibli-style images spark fierce debate: ‘F*** these people.’

3 minutes of reading / AI, ChatGPT, Tech, Twitter / By Comkex

OpenAI has once again ignited a firestorm of controversy — this time, over ChatGPT’s new image-generation capability, which allows users to request Studio Ghibli-style artwork that looks, to the casual observer, indistinguishable from actual work created by the legendary Japanese animation studio.Some users have embraced the feature, marveling at how easily they can generate stunning…

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