OpenAI's Sam Altman May Net Over $400M in Reddit IPO Windfall
Feb 25, 2024 12:50 pm UTC| Technology
Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI, may potentially amass an income exceeding $400 million from the imminent initial public offering (IPO) of Reddit, an internet-based platform dedicated to discourse and correspondence....
Jeff Bezos, Nvidia Back $2 Billion Humanoid Robot Venture with OpenAI, Microsoft: Report
Feb 25, 2024 12:19 pm UTC| Technology
Jeff Bezos, Nvidia Corp., and other major technology companies are investing in a company that develops humanoid robots as part of a scramble to discover new applications for artificial intelligence, reports...
Japan Pledges $4.8 Billion More to TSMC for Key Chip Plant Expansion
Feb 25, 2024 11:48 am UTC| Technology
Economy Minister Ken Saito announced on Saturday that the Japanese government will provide Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. with an additional 732 billion ($4.86 billion) in subsidies in order to expand its facility...
Apple to Launch iOS 17.4 in March, Aligning with EU Digital Markets Act: Report
Feb 25, 2024 11:17 am UTC| Technology
iOS 17.4 has been beta testing by Apple for nearly a month, a new report claimed. iOS 17.4 Set for March Release: New Features and EU Digital Markets Act Compliance Apple confirmed in its press release announcing...
Google Temporarily Weakens Gemini's Image Gen, Aims for Safer Outputs
Feb 24, 2024 15:55 pm UTC| Technology
In light of the recent controversy surrounding the inaccurate and objectionable imagery generated by Gemini, an instance of a generative AI chatbot developed by Google, the organization has opted to reduce the...
NVIDIA Warns of Limited Blackwell GPU Supply Amid Surging AI Demand
Feb 24, 2024 15:38 pm UTC| Technology
NVIDIA ironically anticipates it will run out of Blackwell B100 GPUs before their respective releases, given the companys high demand. NVIDIAs Next-Gen Blackwell AI GPUs to Face Supply Constraints, CFO...
AMD Sets 2025 Launch for MI400 AI GPUs, Plans MI300 Update with HBM3e
Feb 24, 2024 15:29 pm UTC| Technology
This year, AMD anticipates introducing an updated MI300 AI accelerator featuring HBM3E memory, which will be succeeded by the Instinct MI400 in 2025. Anticipated AMD Next-Generation MI400 AI GPUs by 2025; MI300 Refresh...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects