Google says the median Gemini app text prompt consumes 0.24Wh of energy, about the same as running a microwave for a second, and emits 0.03g of CO2 equivalent
an official report confirms that Gemini consumes per query: — 0.24 Wh of energy (~9 seconds of TV) — 0.03 g of CO2 equivalent — 0.26 ml of water (about 5 drops) — blog: cloud.google.com/blog/prod...
Source: Instagram is working on an iPad app, and Adam Mosseri told staff to be willing to assume more “risk” to take advantage of a TikTok US ban or disruption
Something that could have been easily spun up in a weekend a decade ago is only finally happening now because they see opportunity to steal market share [embedded post] X: Zac Hall / @apollozac : shif...
Matt Mullenweg says WP Engine no longer has free WordPress.org access and directs WP Engine customers having trouble with their websites to WP Engine support
disrupting essential work for #WordPress users, agencies, freelancers, and plugin developers. Please read: https://wpenginestatus.com/... Brian Gardner / @bgardner : My heart is breaking. 💔 @pressable...
AnandTech shuts down after covering PC and mobile hardware for over 27 years; publisher Future plans to keep AnandTech's website and articles live indefinitely
Ryan Smith, with some very sad news: — It is with great sadness … Shawn Knight / TechSpot : AnandTech ends its 27-year run in online tech publishing John Callaham / Neowin : The well regarded PC har...
After criticism, Apple says iOS 17.4 won't stop supporting Home Screen web apps in the EU and they will still be built on WebKit and its security architecture
https://appleinsider.com/... Bodil / @bodil@social.treehouse.systems : Sad news today that Apple have decided not to shoot themselves in the foot to spite the EU after all. I was quite looking forwar...
OpenAI responds to The New York Times' lawsuit: training is fair use and there is an opt-out, “regurgitation” is a rare bug, and NYT “manipulated” its models
written evidence (LLM0113) Dan Milmo / The Guardian : ‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says Ryan Daws / AI News : Copyrighted data ‘impossible’ to avo...
Google unveils the Pixel 8 Pro with a 6.7-inch LTPO display, a 50MP main camera, 48MP ultrawide and telephoto sensors, a temperature sensor, and more, for $999+
the best deals on the network you need and the phone you want Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : Pixel 8 trade-in deals on the Google Store are either pretty good, or laughably bad Ewan Spence / Forbes : One P...
A deep dive on the Pixel 8 lineup's camera improvements, like Video Boost that uses AI processing in Google's datacenters to dramatically improve image quality
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A look at the vast and mostly hidden “tasker” underclass, including subject-matter experts, hired by companies like Scale AI to annotate data for AI training
As the technology becomes ubiquitous, a vast tasker underclass is emerging — and not going anywhere. Bluesky: @sarahjeong.bsky.social , @knguyen.bsky.social , and @yoyoel.com Mastodon: @stshank@mstdn....
An interview with Jinman Han, the head of Samsung's US chip business, on the pandemic chip shortage, geopolitics, Samsung's $17B fab in Taylor, Texas, and more
Katie Tarasov / CNBC : Tweets: @stshank and @sarthakgh Tweets: Stephen Shankland / @stshank : Samsung re. subsidies to build chipmaking fabs in the US: “The CHIPS Act is helping us to overcome the di...