Scientists at US Department of Energy explore concept of an “Exocortex” It is pitched as an extension of the scientist’s brain with a word-based HCI It is uncharted territory as one member of the team puts it AI is already a big part of our lives, shaping healthcare, transportation, education, customer service, retail, and creative industries, […]
Black Mirror season 7: everything we know so far about the hit Netflix show’s return
Black Mirror season 7: key information – Launching on Netflix in 2025– Will be six episodes– No official trailer, but a 30-second teaser released– New and returning cast confirmed– First ever sequel episode based on season 4’s USS Callister– No official plot synopsis revealed– Brooker “in it for the long haul” for future seasons Black […]
Amazon wants to rent you a 32-core virtual workstation in the cloud for $4.40 per hour and yes, you’d still need to have a thin client to access it
GeneralPurpose.8xlarge delivers 32 virtual cores and 128GB memory plus 275GB storage This is far cheaper than Azure or Google Cloud, but more expensive than onprem if you plan to keep it for 6 months or more You will – of course – need a separate computer to access that virtual workstation AWS has expanded its […]
Quordle today – my hints and answers for Sunday, January 26 (game #1098)
Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,000 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers. Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my NYT Connections […]
OpenAI’s Operator is one more step towards AGI, but should we be worried about giving too much power to AI agents?
As expected, OpenAI has released its first autonomous AI agent, called Operator this week. Operator can act independently from you on your computer using a web browser doing pretty much anything that can be done in a web browser. So, it can perform tasks like booking a restaurant table or buying groceries. You just tell […]