A record-breaking heat wave is unfolding at the coldest time of year in Earth’s coldest place, Antarctica, causing concerns about the future health of the continent and its consequences for millions of people globally. Temperatures have climbed up to 50 degrees Fahrenheit above normal over parts of Antarctica since mid-July, with some areas typically below … Read more
Researchers at Purdue University have trapped alkali atoms (cesium) on an integrated photonic circuit, which behaves like a transistor for photons. This discovery has the potential to build a quantum network based on cold-atom integrated nanophotonic circuits. The team used lasers to cool and tightly trap the atoms on the integrated circuit, where light propagates … Read more
Hackers from the Chinese group StormBamboo, also known as Evasive Panda, Daggerfly, and StormCloud, compromised an internet service provider (ISP) to spread malware through software updates. The hackers exploited insecure HTTP mechanisms that didn’t validate digital signatures, installing malicious payloads on Windows and macOS devices instead of intended updates. The attackers intercepted DNS requests, modifying … Read more
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Israeli AI startup aiOla has announced the launch of Whisper-Medusa, an open-source speech recognition model that is 50% faster than OpenAI’s famous Whisper. The new model uses a novel “multi-head attention” architecture that predicts far more … Read more
A study has found that galaxies have a regulatory mechanism similar to a heart and lungs, which controls their growth by limiting gas absorption. This mechanism, involving a supermassive black hole and its jet emissions, prevents galaxies from expanding too rapidly, ensuring their longevity and preventing premature aging into “zombie” galaxies. Galaxies avoid an early … Read more
A familiar debate is surrounding Cloudflare, a content delivery network that provides free services protecting websites from denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks by masking their hosts. The question is: Is Cloudflare a bastion of free speech or an enabler of spam, malware delivery, harassment, and the very DDoS attacks it claims to block? Cloudflare has taken a … Read more
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s prediction about digital AI assistants might have just come true with ChatGPT’s new Advanced Voice Mode feature. OpenAI has shipped this feature to select ChatGPT Plus users, allowing them to access a $20 monthly subscription. The feature was delayed by one month to address safety concerns and improve the model’s ability … Read more
South Korea has developed a new laser weapon designed to neutralize enemy drones, which was showcased by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) on July 30. The system uses fiber optics to generate an invisible directed- energy beam that heats the target’s surface to temperatures exceeding 700°C, effectively disabling internal components like batteries. During the … Read more
Several weeks after being sued for copyright infringement, AI music startups Suno and Udio are now accusing the record labels that filed the lawsuits of trying to stifle competition in the music industry. Both companies admit to training their AI models on copyrighted materials, arguing it’s lawful under fair-use doctrine. The Recording Industry Association of … Read more
Nowadays, cars use batteries and motors to move, but this way is inefficient because overcoming friction and gravity takes most energy. Japan has a solution: magnetic levitation. Will magnetic levitation replace batteries and motors? Researchers at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) created a track that provides magnetic levitation without external power. By “external … Read more