In 2022, datacentres were estimated to consume about 2% of global energy. By 2026, that number is predicted to double to 4%, equivalent to about 1000 terawatt hours a year, which, according to Gartner, is equivalent to the consumption of a country the size of Japan. Lloyd Jones, vice-president analyst at Gartner, said the company’s…
Remember when Samsung invited Google and Qualcomm to announce the “next XR experience“? I know I do because it happened in early February 2023, during the Galaxy S23 event. At the time, the web was filled with rumors about Apple’s mixed reality device, which would launch as the Vision Pro. Apple’s spatial computer dropped a…
Samsung is developing Gemini AI-powered XR glasses, and we might’ve already seen them Read More »
I’ve been a ChatGPT Plus user for about a year, and I think the $20/month subscription is worth it to access some of OpenAI’s best ChatGPT features. One of them is the newly released ChatGPT Search product that competes directly against Google Search. It’s probably the AI product some people at Google have been dreading…
ChatGPT’s search engine might end your dependence on Google Read More »
Intel’s top-selling CPU is a lowly number 13 in Amazon rankingsTeam Blue is doing better in the Newegg CPU chart, but still not wellThis may reflect fallout from Intel’s recent fumbles with chip instability and the rocky Arrow Lake launchAMD is totally cleaning up in the world of desktop processors, with Intel lagging way behind…
Nvidia is said to be halting production of mid-to-higher-end Lovelace GPUsThat means the RTX 4080 Super, RTX 4070, 4070 Super, and 4070 Ti SuperNext-gen successors are expected to arrive soon for those GPUsNvidia is rumored to be winding down production of most of the firm’s RTX 4000 GPUs, ahead of the launch of next-gen RTX…
OpenAI is expected to announce new genAI products in the not-too-distant future. The next big ChatGPT update might arrive next year. That’s the GPT-5/Orion model that appeared in various reports recently, though it’s unclear what OpenAI will call it. Before that, OpenAI might release the Operator AI agent to control computer apps. While we wait for…
The ChatGPT apps for Mac and Windows are getting even better Read More »
The 2024 UK government Cyber Security Breaches Survey makes sober reading with 70% and 74% respectively of medium and large businesses reporting some form of cyber incident within the previous 12 months. With phishing accounting for 84% of these attacks and AI enabling the launch of increasingly sophisticated cyber campaigns, organisations need to defend themselves…
Strengthening cyber: Best IAM practices to combat threats Read More »
The surging demand for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) workloads is likely to lead to operational constraints in AI datacentres due to energy shortages, according to Gartner. The analyst is predicting that 40% of existing AI datacentres will be affected by power supply issues by 2027, because of how rapidly energy consumption is expected to rise…
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Of all the AI chatbot ideas we have seen since ChatGPT went viral nearly two years ago, O2’s Daisy (stylized as “dAIsy”) is easily among the best. It’s an incredibly brilliant idea from a British operator who wants to prevent scammers from reaching. it does this by having Daisy and its lovable grandma personality waste…
Brilliant AI bot imitates a granny to keep phone scammers on the line for hours Read More »
AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D has just burnt out on an MSI X870 motherboardThe user on Reddit reports an error code of ‘00’, indicative of a CPU issueThere’s currently no confirmation from AMD on whether this is an issue on its endThe AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been the recipient of much acclaim thanks to the…
