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AMD debuts AI-optimized laptop processor that can run large language models
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today debuted a laptop processor series that can run artificial intelligence models faster than some standalone graphics cards. The company detailed the chips at CES alongside several other additions to its product lineup. Those other processors are optimized for gaming laptops, handheld gaming devices and desktops. Laptop-hosted LLMs The Ryzen AI ...
Intel introduces new Core Ultra 200 laptop processors
Intel Corp. today expanded its product portfolio with more than a dozen new processors geared toward the laptop market. The chips are joining the company’s Core Ultra 200 product line, which debuted last year. It includes not only laptop processors but also desktop-focused silicon. Some of the chips in the series are based on compute ...
Meta deletes its AI-powered Facebook and Instagram profiles following criticism
Meta Platforms Inc. is moving to delete a collection of artificial intelligence profiles it created on Facebook and Instagram in 2023. Axios reported the move today. It comes a few days after an interview given by a Meta executive brought renewed attention to the AI-powered profiles, which led to a social media backlash against the ...
US sanctions Chinese cybersecurity company over ties to Flax Typhoon hacking group
The U.S. Treasury Department today issued sanctions against Integrity Technology Group, a Beijing-based cybersecurity company, over its ties to a Chinese state-backed hacking group tracked as Flax Typhoon. The sanctions were rolled out by the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC. The development comes a few weeks after OFAC was itself targeted by ...
Swave raises €27M to develop displays for AR glasses
Swave Photonics NV, a Belgian startup developing displays for augmented reality glasses, today announced that it has secured €27 million in early-stage funding. The Series A round was jointly led by SFPIM Relaunch and imec.xpand, a fund affiliated with the IMEC nanotechnology research lab. Swave spun out of IMEC in 2022. The investment also included ...
IBM, GlobalFoundries settle legal dispute over chip technology
IBM Corp. and GlobalFoundries Inc. announced today that they’ve agreed to end a years-long legal dispute that focused on their respective chip development efforts. For nearly five decades, IBM manufactured semiconductors using a network of in-house fabs. It produced the first mass-market DRAM device and later invented silicon-germanium chips, specialized circuits that are commonly used ...
Apple will pay $95M to settle privacy lawsuit over unintentional Siri activations
Apple Inc. has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a privacy lawsuit filed over its Siri voice assistant, Reuters reported today. The company filed the proposed settlement late Tuesday with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, which is overseeing the case. The agreement will have to be approved by a ...
Apheris raises $8.25M for its healthcare-focused federated AI platform
Apheris AI GmbH, a startup with a platform for analyzing healthcare data, today disclosed that it has raised $8.25 million in funding. OTB Ventures and eCAPITAL led the Series A round. The investment brings Berlin-based Apheris’ total outside funding to $20.8 million. In the healthcare sector, researchers from different organizations often require the ability to ...
US sanctions Iranian, Russian entities over election interference efforts
The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned two Iranian and Russian organizations that attempted to interfere in the 2024 election. The move is the latest in a series of recent steps taken by U.S. officials to combat disinformation from foreign adversaries. The first entity that the Treasury Department sanctioned this week is known as the ...
LG debuts new Gram laptop series with onboard small language model
LG Electronics Inc. today previewed a series of lightweight laptops that will ship with an onboard small language model. The company plans to reveal the Gram series, as it’s called, at the CES consumer electronics conference next week. The flagship device in the new laptop line is the 16-inch Gram Pro 16Z90TS. It can be ordered ...