Apple says its AI is still private, even when it's running on Google's servers
… In this year’s OS releases , most Apple Intelligence devices get AFM 3 Core, a new Gemini-based model co-developed by Google and Apple. …
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US approval of Paramount/Warner Bros. deal surprised DOJ lawyers, report says
… Please let your anonymous sources know that my door is always open,” he wrote. …
The newest AI boom pitch: Host a mini data center at your home
… The “distributed data center solution” announced by the San Francisco startup SPAN would deploy thousands of XFRA nodes that contain liquid-cooled Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs operating with minimal noise, according to a press release. …
In addition to space stations, Vast says it will now build high-power satellites
…700 kg and payload capacity of at least 350 kg. They will have a design lifetime of five years and be intended to operate in areas ranging from low-Earth orbit out…
How a USB-connected speaker can infect a PC without ever being touched
…But what if remote code execution were as simple as being within Bluetooth range of a speaker connected to the targeted device? It turns out it can, at least when the speaker…
Blue Origin has set a very aggressive return-to-flight timeline
… This was damaged beyond repair during the test failure on Thursday, May 28. “We had already been working for some time on eliminating our transporter-erector in favor of an alternative vertical conop, and we’ll now go directly to that; so we don’t need a new transporter-erector,” Limp wrote. “We wi… …
Zero-day exploit completely defeats default Windows 11 BitLocker protections
… A Microsoft representative declined to answer questions sent by email about the reported vulnerability other than to say the company is investigating. …
SpaceX is now a public company valued for its AI potential, so what comes next?
… The large rocket appears to be close to reaching operational status, with the ability to put about 100 metric tons into low-Earth orbit. …
Yearslong fight over users' right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial
… The Software Freedom Conservancy SFC , a US nonprofit that promotes and provides legal support for free and open source software projects, isn’t happy about that—so much so that it has spent eight years trying to force the release of the complete source code for Vizio’s Linux-based smart TV operati… …
Spooked by Mythos, Trump suddenly realized AI safety testing might be good
… To date, CAISI said it has completed about 40 evaluations, including those of frontier models that have yet to be released. …