Nothing announces iMessage support for Android
Apple is under pressure to open up its messaging platform. Now, Nothing says it has found a way to let people get iMessage support on its Android-based devices — but there’s a catch that seems…
SONATE-2’s Space Odyssey: Testing AI’s Limits in Space
SONATE-2, a nanosatellite developed by JMU, is scheduled for launch in March 2024 to test novel AI technologies and other advanced systems in space. Managed from JMU’s Mission Control Centre, it aims to enhance autonomous…
Apple supplier Foxconn takes stakeholders, investors by surprise, posts 11% profit in Q3
After predicting that their profit would dip through the quarter, because of slowing demand in consumer electronics, Apple supplier Foxconn surprised everyone, from their stakeholders to investors by posting a profit of 11% Foxconn, also…
Threads Will Finally Let Users Delete Their Accounts Without Losing Instagram Too
Once you’re in you can’t get out When Meta introduced Threads in July, intended to be a rival to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, it quickly became the most rapidly downloaded app in…
Is this how Apple will support app sideloading in Europe?
Apple’s plans for sideloading of apps via stores outside the App Store may now be emerging. The company is beta testing a Managed App Distribution (MAD) system that could support the EU-mandated practice of downloading apps…
Twice As Powerful: Next-Gen AI Chip Mimics Human Brain for Power Savings
Innovative new chip technology integrates data storage and processing, significantly boosting efficiency and performance. Inspired by the human brain, these chips, expected to be market-ready in three to five years, require interdisciplinary collaboration to meet…
Nepal bans TikTok, implements new regulations for social media platforms
Nepal banned TikTok citing concerns over the app’s adverse impact on social harmony. Nepal is also setting some ground rules for social media platforms in the country, with a major. The government emphasised the need…
The regulators are coming for Apple Pay
Apple’s mobile payments service, Apple Pay, looks to be on the regulatory hit list; the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is putting big tech firms with digital payment platforms under closer scrutiny. The regulatory power…
The Illusion of Understanding: MIT Unmasks the Myth of AI’s Formal Specifications
A study by MIT Lincoln Laboratory suggests that formal specifications, despite their mathematical precision, are not necessarily interpretable to humans. Participants struggled to validate AI behaviors using these specifications, indicating a discrepancy between theoretical claims…
Ye Diwali, Fraud Wali? Scammers create fake Amazon, Flipkart websites to dupe spenders
Scammers have now found a new way to dupe people out of their hard-earned money — by creating fake websites that look like Amazon and Flipkart giving heavy discounts for Diwali, and get their victims…