December 18, 2024

Hardware

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang plans CES 2025 keynote: GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs, and so much more

TL;DR: NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang will present the annual CES 2025 keynote in Las Vegas, introducing the next-generation GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs and SO much more. NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang will don his iconic leather jacket and head to Las Vegas in January for his annual CES 2025 keynote, where we’ll be introduced to the next-gen GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs, and oh-so-much more. VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES We

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EA Sports College Football 25 climbs sales rankings in quiet November | Circana

EA Sports College Football 25 has become the best-selling sports game ever launched in the U.S., according to industry-tracking firm Circana. The revival of EA’s college football franchise has been doing good business since it launched in September, and even recently won the Game Award for Best Sports/Racing Game for this year. Its success is a standout in a relatively quiet month in U.S.-based video game sales. November 2024 Dollar Sales, Millions Nov2023 Nov2024 Change

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Hardware

Sony explains how it modified PS5 Pro’s GPU to enable PSSR neural network AI upscaling

TL;DR: Sony’s 37-minute technical breakdown of the PlayStation 5 Pro, led by architect Mark Cerny, details the console’s advancements, including the PlayStation Spectral Resolution (PSSR) neural network. The PS5 Pro features a custom GPU redesign with increased Work Group Processors and enhanced Vector Registers, enabling AI-based upscaling without additional AI-specific hardware. Ever wonder how the PlayStation 5 Pro works? Sony gives us a hefty 37-minute technical breakdown on everything you’d want to know about the

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AR/VR

OpenAI’s new hotline: Chat with ChatGPT anytime, anywhere

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More For the 10th day of OpenAI’s “12 Days of Shipmas” event, the company decided to go a bit old-school by launching a phone number for people to call and speak with ChatGPT. U.S.-based users can call 1-800-ChatGPT (1-800-242-8478) on any device that can make calls — including a rotary phone — as OpenAI demonstrated in its

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AR/VR

Slack is becoming an AI workplace: Here’s what that means for your job

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The messaging app where millions of office workers share memes and coordinate projects is quietly transforming into something far more ambitious: A platform where AI agents work alongside humans as digital coworkers. As part of Salesforce’s sweeping AI initiative announced Tuesday, Slack is evolving from a communication tool into what company officials call a “work operating

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AR/VR

GitHub is making its AI programming Copilot free for VS Code developers — with limits

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Microsoft code repository subsidiary GitHub has announced the launch of GitHub Copilot Free, an accessible version of its popular AI-powered coding assistant, now integrated directly into the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) integrated developer environment (IDE). Recall that Github first launched its version of Copilot based on OpenAI’s Codex code completion model back in 2022, before

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AR/VR

The Future of Web3 AI Gaming: Innovations and Opportunities

Big gaming companies often shape the player experience—but not always for the better. From costly in-game purchases to pay-to-win systems, their monetization practices can impact gamers in significant ways. Today, the gaming world is starting to look different. Terms like “Web3” and “AI” now shape conversations about how games are created, played, and owned. These are not just buzzwords; they are changing the very nature of interactive entertainment. What Is Web3 Gaming? Web3 gaming is

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Robotics

DoorDash partners with Wing to launch drone deliveries in Dallas-Fort Worth mall – The Robot Report

Wing said its drones can deliver items and meals to doorsteps in as little as 15 minutes. | Source: Wing Wing Aviation LLC announced today that it is partnering with DoorDash and Brookfield Properties to bring drone delivery to local malls in the Dallas-Forth Worth metroplex. Launching at Brookfield Properties’ Stonebriar Centre in Frisco and Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, the service is the first of its kind for American shopping malls, claimed the companies.

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AI

100 Years of (eXplainable) AI

Reflecting on advances and challenges in deep learning and explainability in the ever-evolving era of LLMs and AI governance Sofya Lipnitskaya · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 20 min read · 9 hours ago — Image by author Background Imagine you are navigating a self-driving car, relying entirely on its onboard computer to make split-second decisions. It detects objects, identifies pedestrians, and even can anticipate behavior of other vehicles on the road. But

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Robotics

Swarms of ‘ant-like’ robots lift heavy objects and hurl themselves over obstacles

Scientists in South Korea have developed swarms of tiny magnetic robots that work together like ants to achieve Herculean feats, including traversing and picking up objects many times their size. The findings, published Wednesday, December 18 in the Cell Press journal Device, suggest that these microrobot swarms — operating under a rotating magnetic field — could be used to take on difficult tasks in challenging environments that individual robots would struggle to handle, such as

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