Journals

Acer announces Intel Core Ultra-based Swift laptops, including the Swift X 14 with Nvidia RTX 4070 and 120Hz OLED display, starting at $1,399 (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Acer announces Intel Core Ultra-based Swift laptops, including the Swift X 14 with Nvidia RTX 4070 and 120Hz OLED display, starting at $1,399 — Acer is rolling out new laptops based on Intel Core Ultra including… Read More »Acer announces Intel Core Ultra-based Swift laptops, including the Swift X 14 with Nvidia RTX 4070 and 120Hz OLED display, starting at $1,399 (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Xreal unveils the $699 Air 2 Ultra AR glasses, adding dual 3D cameras to map the wearer’s environment and enable features like hand tracking, shipping in March (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Xreal unveils the $699 Air 2 Ultra AR glasses, adding dual 3D cameras to map the wearer’s environment and enable features like hand tracking, shipping in March — Augmented reality company Xreal has revealed a… Read More »Xreal unveils the $699 Air 2 Ultra AR glasses, adding dual 3D cameras to map the wearer’s environment and enable features like hand tracking, shipping in March (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

A look at Apple’s preparations for the Vision Pro’s US launch and main challenges in 2024, like lagging in generative AI, reviving revenue growth, and antitrust (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: A look at Apple’s preparations for the Vision Pro’s US launch and main challenges in 2024, like lagging in generative AI, reviving revenue growth, and antitrust — Apple has a big year ahead for new products,… Read More »A look at Apple’s preparations for the Vision Pro’s US launch and main challenges in 2024, like lagging in generative AI, reviving revenue growth, and antitrust (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

An interview with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes about the state’s efforts to curb AI-manufactured deceptions ahead of the upcoming 2024 US elections (A Martínez/NPR)

A Martínez / NPR: An interview with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes about the state’s efforts to curb AI-manufactured deceptions ahead of the upcoming 2024 US elections — NPR’s A Martinez talks with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes… Read More »An interview with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes about the state’s efforts to curb AI-manufactured deceptions ahead of the upcoming 2024 US elections (A Martínez/NPR)

How Midjourney v6 and DALL-E 3 produce “plagiaristic outputs”, even when not directly asked to do so, which could expose users to copyright infringement claims (IEEE Spectrum)

IEEE Spectrum: How Midjourney v6 and DALL-E 3 produce “plagiaristic outputs”, even when not directly asked to do so, which could expose users to copyright infringement claims — This is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those… Read More »How Midjourney v6 and DALL-E 3 produce “plagiaristic outputs”, even when not directly asked to do so, which could expose users to copyright infringement claims (IEEE Spectrum)

Sources: some executives and board members at companies run by Elon Musk fear his use of drugs, including LSD, cocaine, and ecstasy, could harm his companies (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: some executives and board members at companies run by Elon Musk fear his use of drugs, including LSD, cocaine, and ecstasy, could harm his companies — Some executives and board members fear the billionaire’s use of… Read More »Sources: some executives and board members at companies run by Elon Musk fear his use of drugs, including LSD, cocaine, and ecstasy, could harm his companies (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, and ByteDance aren’t keen on buying Nvidia’s lower-powered AI chips and are shifting some orders to Huawei’s China-made chips (Raffaele Huang/Wall Street Journal)

Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, and ByteDance aren’t keen on buying Nvidia’s lower-powered AI chips and are shifting some orders to Huawei’s China-made chips — Chinese buyers are pushing back against the lower-powered AI chips… Read More »Sources: Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, and ByteDance aren’t keen on buying Nvidia’s lower-powered AI chips and are shifting some orders to Huawei’s China-made chips (Raffaele Huang/Wall Street Journal)

TRM Labs: North Korea-affiliated hackers were responsible for a third of all crypto thefts in 2023, stealing $600M+, which is about 30% less than in 2022 (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: TRM Labs: North Korea-affiliated hackers were responsible for a third of all crypto thefts in 2023, stealing $600M+, which is about 30% less than in 2022 — U.S. national security officials have raised concerns about North… Read More »TRM Labs: North Korea-affiliated hackers were responsible for a third of all crypto thefts in 2023, stealing $600M+, which is about 30% less than in 2022 (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

A defense of AI hallucinations, which can spur human creativity and, by forcing users to fact-check, act as a firewall in the transition to superintelligent AI (Steven Levy/Wired)

Steven Levy / Wired: A defense of AI hallucinations, which can spur human creativity and, by forcing users to fact-check, act as a firewall in the transition to superintelligent AI — It’s a big problem when chatbots spew untruths. But… Read More »A defense of AI hallucinations, which can spur human creativity and, by forcing users to fact-check, act as a firewall in the transition to superintelligent AI (Steven Levy/Wired)

Neobank Dave has reached an agreement to pay $71M to FTX liquidators to buy back a $100M convertible promissory note it issued to FTX Ventures in 2022 (Ana Paula Pereira/Cointelegraph)

Ana Paula Pereira / Cointelegraph: Neobank Dave has reached an agreement to pay $71M to FTX liquidators to buy back a $100M convertible promissory note it issued to FTX Ventures in 2022 — Fintech firm Dave will purchase a convertible… Read More »Neobank Dave has reached an agreement to pay $71M to FTX liquidators to buy back a $100M convertible promissory note it issued to FTX Ventures in 2022 (Ana Paula Pereira/Cointelegraph)