Google Responds to CVE-2024-4947 Threat with Immediate Chrome Update
May 16, 2024 – Google has urgently released a security update for its Chrome browser this Wednesday, addressing a critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-4947. This marks the third zero-day vulnerability discovered and exploited in the past seven days, and the seventh such vulnerability identified this year. The tech giant has pushed out updates versioned 125.0.6422.60/.61…
Nvidia GB200 Superchip Pricing Hits the High Mark: $70,000 Per Unit
May 15, 2024 – A report by @firstadopter, a veteran writer at Barron’s, citing insights from HSBC analysts, reveals the staggering price tag attached to Nvidia’s GB200 superchip, a fusion of CPU and GPU technology. The estimated retail price of this cutting-edge component stands at a whopping $70,000 per unit. Notably, Nvidia’s strategy appears to…
TSMC Set to Kickstart German Semiconductor Fab Construction in Q4 2024
May 15, 2024 – In a recent development, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reaffirmed its commitment to commencing the construction of its German semiconductor fab in the fourth quarter of this year, with an anticipated production rollout in 2027. Last year, TSMC forged a partnership with three leading European chipmakers – Bosch, Infineon, and…
Google Doubles Down: Gemini 1.5 Pro Gets a 2 Million Token Boost
May 15, 2024 – Google has taken a significant leap forward in artificial intelligence with the announcement of the enhanced Gemini 1.5 Pro model during its annual I/O Developer Conference 2024. The company revealed that the model’s context window, the amount of information the AI can comprehend, has been increased from the current 1 million…
Apple Blocks $7 Billion in Potential Fraud on App Store Over Four Years
May 15, 2024 – Apple today issued a press release revealing that over the past four years, its App Store has successfully thwarted more than 7billioninpotentialfraudulenttransactions,withover1.8 billion worth of attempted frauds prevented in 2023 alone. Between 2020 and 2023, Apple blocked over 14 million stolen credit cards and disallowed further transactions on more than 3.3…
xAI Negotiates $10 Billion Oracle Cloud Deal to Power Next-Generation AI
May 15, 2024 – Exclusive insights from The Information reveal that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, is in negotiations with Oracle executives to lease cloud servers worth a staggering $10 billion over the next few years. The proposed deal, which amounts to approximately 724 billion yuan, rivals the server orders placed by OpenAI and…
Matt Garman Named as Successor to Adam Selipsky, AWS’s Prolific CEO
May 15, 2024 – Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of Amazon, is poised for a new era of leadership following the announcement by Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, that Adam Selipsky, the current CEO of AWS, will step down from his post after a three-year tenure. Selipsky, aged 57, who has been…
Google Unveils Veo: AI-Powered Video Creation at the Forefront of Innovation
May 15, 2024 – In the wake of the groundbreaking launch of Sora, a text-to-video technology introduced by OpenAI three months ago, Google has unveiled its rival product, Veo, at the 2024 I/O Developer Conference today. Veo boasts the ability to generate “high-quality” videos exceeding one minute in length, with a resolution of up to…
Google Launches Gemini API Challenge with a Time-Traveling Twist: Win a DeLorean Electric Car
May 15, 2024 – In a captivating move that combines nostalgia with technological innovation, Google unveiled its Gemini API Developer Challenge at the I/O 2024 Developers Conference today, offering a prize that would make any fan of the classic “Back to the Future” franchise ecstatic. The grand prize is an electric replica of the iconic…
Google Wallet Raises Compatibility Standards, Leaving Some Older Devices Behind
May 13, 2024 – Google Wallet, the payment software introduced by Google for Android devices, has recently updated its support page, announcing an increase in compatibility requirements that may render the app unusable on certain older devices. Users can quickly make payments through NFC as well as store passes and tickets using Google Wallet. Effective…