Computer & Electronics

“His company exploits people for money,” Says Meta’s Chatbot.

Mark Zuckerberg. Credit: MetaMeta's new prototype chatbot (BlenderBot 3) has told the BBC that Mark Zuckerberg is exploiting users for money.Meta claims the chatbot makes use of artificial intelligence and can converse about "nearly any topic".While asking about the chatbot's thoughts on the firm's CEO and founder, it responded to the BBC reporter: "our...

Ordinary Computers Could Beat Google’s Quantum Computer After All

Even though conventional processors have bested Google’s Sycamore chip, they won’t hold their lead for longSuperfast algorithm place crimp in 2019 claim that Google's machine had achieved "quantum supremacy."If the quantum computing era dawned three years earlier, its rising sun might have ducked behind a cloud. In 2019, Google scientists claimed they had passed...

A significant breakthrough has occurred with the successful use of an augmented reality contact lens by a human for the first time.

The latest prototype of Mojo Vision's AR contact lens. Credit: Mojo VisionA human has recently worn an AR contact lens for the first time, which has a pixel thickness approximately 30 times greater than that of a smartphone.A group of people interacted with a combination of real and virtual items three decades ago, using...

Artificial Intelligence Hears the Sound of Healthy Machines

Examples of abnormal signals. Shown are raw data, log-spectrogram, and obtained coefficient distribution per level for two abnormal measurements of the slider rail 0 at SNR 0 dB. Credit: DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2106598119Sounds offer crucial info regarding how well a device is running. ETH scientists have now developed a new machine learning strategy that detects whether...

New Prototype Exoskeletons For Industrial Employees

Researchers at IIT and INAIL in Italy are working on new concepts of wearable robotic exoskeletons for the reduction of the risks of work-related injuries. Credit: IIT-Istituto Italiano di TecnologiaScientists at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) and INAIL (Italian Worker's Compensation Authority) have designed and produced innovative prototypes of wearable robotic...

Paving the Way for Quicker Computers, Longer-Lasting Batteries

University of Queensland researchers have cracked an issue that's frustrated chemists and physicists for many years, potentially causing a new age of effective, efficient, and environmentally friendly technologiesUtilizing quantum mechanics, Professor Ben Powell from UQ's School of Mathematics and Physics has discovered a recipe that enables molecular switches to function at room temperature."Switches are...

One Plug and Done: EU Demands Universal Changing Cable

EU commissioner for internal market Thierry Breton shows his mobile phone during a press conference on a common charging solution for electronic devices at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on Sept. 23, 2021. Credit: NBC News.European Union officials have actually settled on brand-new rules requiring a uniform charging cable for smartphones and other devices.LONDON...

FBI Seizes ‘SSNDOB’ ID Theft Service for Selling Personal Data of 24 Million People

Credit: Pixelz.On Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that an illegal online marketplace called SSNDOB was dismantled in an operation led by U.S. law enforcement agencies.SSNDOB take downSSNDOB trafficked in personal data such as names, dates of birth, credit card numbers, as well as Social Security numbers of roughly 24 million people in...

WatchOS 9: A Boost to Your Fitness

Credit: 9to5mac.As presumed, Apple has actually presented WatchOS 9 at WWDC. The new Apple Watch platform includes a large upgrade to fitness functions with boosted metrics that include distance and time intervals. As an example, you will realize when to slow down for recovery.Likewise, there are heart rate zones (for both sleep and...

Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop Go 2 With 11th Gen Intel CPU

Credit: Windows Central.As was suspected, Microsoft took the covers off its newest Surface offering, the Surface Laptop Go 2. Basically, an entry-level laptop device that was designed to handle the Chromebooks, the Surface Laptop Go 2 is the 2nd generation device that builds on the original Surface Laptop Go released a few years back....