Broadcom cuts at least 2,800 VMware jobs following $69 billion acquisition
Enlarge (credit: VMWare) Broadcom announced back in May of 2022 that it would buy VMware for $61 billion and take on an additional $8 billion of the company’s debt, and…
Anger and Ridicule Should NOT Be Used Against LK99 Superconductors and Other Valid Science
Chinese researchers presented a pre-print paper in August that clainmed that cuprous sulfide (Cu2S) contamination explained effects from the bulk form of the Korean LK99 superconductor work. This same research…
OpenAI’s GPT store delayed to next year
Image: OpenAI OpenAI’s GPT store will be delayed until next year, the company said in an email to people who signed up for its GPT Builder. In the email, OpenAI…
This DeepMind AI Rapidly Learns New Skills Just by Watching Humans
Teaching algorithms to mimic humans typically requires hundreds or thousands of examples. But a new AI from Google DeepMind can pick up new skills from human demonstrators on the fly.…
Progress to Living Molecular Cell Repair Organoids That Could Fix Neurons, Nerves and the Spinal Cord
Researchers have now taken a step toward that vision of molecular systems that repair cells inside the human body. Molecular repair built from a patient’s own cells will eventually ferret…
Neptune-sized exoplanet is too big for its host star
Enlarge (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) You win some, you lose some. Earlier this week, observations made by the Webb Space Telescope provided new data that supports what we thought we understood about…
MKBHD Tesla Cybertruck Suspension Control, Steering, Wiper and $16K Range Adder
Marques Brownlee had a pre-production trimotor Tesla Cybertruck for a day. He described the driving experience and other features. All three Tesla Cybertrucks will have 123 kilowatt hours of batteries.…
New Chemical Scissors Will Enable Some Drugs to Be $3 Instead of $3200
UCLA chemists have made dramatic improvements in organic chemistry. They use oxygen, copper ‘scissors’ to make cheaper drug treatments possible. Zhiqi He et al, Aminodealkenylation: Ozonolysis and copper catalysis convert…
Amazon’s redesigned Alexa app makes smart home controls easier to use
The Amazon Alexa mobile app has a new design and new features. | Image: Amazon It’s been 87 years … (okay, three), but Amazon has finally updated its Alexa app.…
How the Tesla Cybertruck has changed since 2019
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Now that the first few customers have taken delivery of their Tesla Cybertrucks, it’s probably worth taking a closer look at how…