Enlarge / A colorful 3×3 matrix. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Matrix multiplication is at the heart of many machine learning breakthroughs, and it just got faster—twice. Last week, DeepMind announced it discovered a more efficient way to perform matrix multiplication, conquering a 50-year-old record. This week, two Austrian researchers at Johannes Kepler University Linz…
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Enlarge / Framework is testing and servicing refurbished laptops at a facility in New Jersey and selling refurbished expansion cards to go with them. Framework, makers of the modular, repairable Framework laptop, has started offering a refurbished version, along with packs of its signature USB-C expansion cards. Lots of hardware makers offer refurbished goods, but…
Enlarge / Huawei sign displayed at CES 2020 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) The Federal Communications Commission is expected to “ban all sales of new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications devices in the US” on national security grounds, Axios reported today. The FCC previously banned Huawei and ZTE…
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A prototype aerial robotic balloon, or aerobot, is readied for a sunrise test flight at Black Rock Desert, Nevada, in July 2022, by team members from JPL and Near Space Corporation. This aerobot might one day venture to Venus. NASA/JPL-Caltech After years of being bypassed in favor of exploring other far-distant locales in the solar…
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In case we needed another reason to distrust Facebook and its parent company Meta — and the overall effect the tech giant has on our culture — Media Matters just gave us one. Media Matters identified over 150 ads that use the anti-LGBTQ “groomer” slur in 2022, garnering Facebook at least $13,600 of profit. These…
Google Chrome and Android are getting support for passkeys, a new security feature designed to replace traditional passwords, the company has revealed. In a blog post, Google said users will now be able to create and use passkeys on Android devices, which will be securely synchronized through the Google Password Manager. Developers, on the other…
A January 6 video of US Senator Chuck Schumer and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is shown during the US House Select Committee hearing to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol on October 13, 2022. Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Congressional leaders huddled together in a secure location on…