Month: June 2024
Apple Password Manager App
Apple already manages passwords via its iCloud Keychain, except it’s not the most seamless feature on iOS. A new dedicated app should be easier to use, especially looking at some of its tentative features. Like Google Authenticator, it will reportedly also be able to facilitate verification codes and act as an authentication app for two-factor
Apple to sell refurbished machines
Apple’s refurbished Macs are close to identical to new products. They are subject to a refurbishment process that includes full functionality testing, with any defective modules replaced, as well as a thorough cleaning and inspection. upgraded options for additional memory and storage. Stock will naturally fluctuate as Apple sells refurbished machines and restocks with new
Intelligent Robots
As a result, robots are becoming more capable, easier to program and able to explain what they are doing. Investors are piling into robotics startups. Openai, the creator of Chatgpt, which gave up on robots a few years ago, has changed its mind and started hiring a new robotics team. The field of robotics has
Billionaires support for Trump
Joe Biden has raised more money overall and some rich Republicans have yet to decide whom to back. But the former president’s growing support among the wealthy is evidence of his rehabilitation. Business-minded Republican elites had shunned Mr Trump after he tried to overturn the last election result. When donald trump faces American voters in
EarthCARE launch
EarthCARE is the most complex of ESA’s Earth Explorer research missions missions that deliver critical information to fill critical gaps in our scientific knowledge of our planet, and subsequently help address environmental challenges. ESA’s EarthCARE mission has completed its important “Launch and Early Orbit Phase” and is ready to begin the commissioning of its four
Salesforce AI Update
In order to help enterprises engaged in field service, Salesforce is enhancing its Data Cloud offering to deliver new capabilities to its Service Cloud. One of the new capabilities is the Asset Health Score that uses an integration of real-time data from an asset, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) or enterprise asset management (EAM)
SpaceX’s mega Starship Fourth test
SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket completed its first full test flight Thursday, returning to Earth without exploding after blasting off from Texas. SpaceX came close to avoiding explosions in March, but lost contact with the spacecraft as it careened out of space and blew up short of its goal. The booster also ruptured in flight, a
Training AI using Facebook and Instagram Data
Tech firms have been rushing to find fresh, multiformat data to build and improve models that can power chatbots, image generators and other buzzy AI products. Plans to use peoples’ public posts and images on Facebook and Instagram to train artificial intelligence (AI) tools belonging to parent company Meta have been attacked by digital rights
Israel and Hizbullah war
Israel and Hizbullah have kept up a low-intensity conflict since October, when the Lebanese group started firing rockets in support of Hamas in Gaza. Over recent weeks, however, that conflict has escalated.Rocket and drone attacks by Hizbullah, the Lebanese Shia militia, sparked wildfires that have burned more than 3,700 acres in northern Israel and the
Israel Use of white Phosphorus in Lebanon
The Israeli military has repeatedly used white phosphorous in Lebanon in recent months, adding to concerns of war crimes by the Israeli military in the region since the onset of its war against Hamas. White phosphorous, a waxlike chemical substance that ignites when encountering oxygen, is usually not considered a chemical weapon, but human rights