NATO is bolstering its eastern flank following alleged Russian incursions
After multiple recent incursions by drones and aircraft into NATO airspace, the alliance is beefing up its presence in Eastern Europe, to counter Russia’s threat.The crew consisted of servicemembers from various NATO countries, including the United States, Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Romania and Turkey.After slowly taxiing towards the runway at NATO’s Geilenkirchen
Meta targeted ads based on AI chats
Meta announced on Wednesday that data collected from user interactions with its AI products will soon be used to sell targeted ads across its social media platforms.Meta’s core business has long relied on building detailed profiles of Facebook and Instagram users to sell hyper-targeted ads. The company offers advertisers a way to reach specific demographics
Google command center for the smart home, gets a Gemini upgrade
Google admits that its Google Home app for managing smart home devices has not offered the best experience, and it now aims to change that.Alongside new Nest devices and an upcoming Google Home smart speaker, the tech giant has unveiled a redesigned version of the Google Home app that it promises will work better, centralize
China push in its AI race with America
China has rolled out a bold new visa program designed to attract foreign experts in science and technology. It’s all part of Beijing’s aggressive push to rival the United States in high-end innovation, particularly as Silicon Valley invests heavily in AI development.Creepy new videos of astonishingly lifelike Chinese-made robots continue to roll in every week,
New Covid variants Nimbus and Stratus
The strains, XFB, dubbed Stratus, and NB.1.8.1, known as Nimbus, are fueling a surge in infections, with cases spiking specifically in the northeast last month in the US and doubling in the UK since August. In the US, nationwide Covid wastewater levels, used to measure the community spread of a virus, are ‘moderate,’ according to
SK Hynix set to supply chips to OpenAI’s Stargate project
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have signed letters of intent to supply memory chips for OpenAI’s data centers, as South Korean chipmakers join forces with the ChatGPT maker to meet rising demand from its Stargate project. OpenAI will also work with the two South Korean firms on building two data centers, a Korean-style Stargate, leveraging
Samsung expected to unveil tri-folding smartphone
Samsung Electronics is expected to unveil its first tri-folding smartphone at the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. The tri-folding device is an evolution of Samsung Electronics’ existing Galaxy foldable series, which features a bi-fold design. The new model is designed to fold in three sections, offering a tablet-sized display when fully unfolded while maintaining
Google updating Drive for desktop with AI
Google Drive for desktop on macOS and Windows is adding AI-powered ransomware detection that can stop syncing and allows for easy file restore. Drive for desktop is leveraging an AI model to identify attempts to bulk encrypt or corrupt files. Trained on millions of real-world ransomware samples, this detection engine is “continuously analyzing file changes
US-China 5G rivalry heats as we prepare for 6G
The 5G competition between the US and China has intensified as preparations for 6G continue. The US was the first country to utilize 5G in 2018, and its four major carriers began offering the service across the nation in 2019. South Korea was the second to establish its 5G network, which began the trend of
Installation of Türkiye’s 5G network
Türkiye is gearing up to fully implement 5G technology, ushering in transformative changes across multiple sectors as of next April, as the process of initial deployments continues and the tender date also approaches. The minimum frequency values for the 5G rollout were officially published this August. The minimum frequency value for a total of 11