Here’s How Nvidia’s Vice-Like Grip on AI Chips Could Slip
In the great AI gold rush of the past couple of years, Nvidia has dominated the market for shovels—namely the chips needed to train models. But a shift in tactics…
Rocket Report: Avio named top European launch firm; New Glenn may launch soon
Welcome to Edition 7.25 of the Rocket Report! Happy New Year! It’s a shorter edition of the newsletter this week because most companies (not named Blue Origin, this holiday season)…
Time to check if you ran any of these 33 malicious Chrome extensions
As many of us celebrated the year-end holidays, a small group of researchers worked overtime tracking a startling discovery: At least 33 browser extensions hosted in Google’s Chrome Web Store,…
Fast radio bursts originate near the surface of stars
When fast radio bursts (FRBs) were first detected in 2007, they were a complete enigma. As their name implies, these events involve a very brief eruption of radio emissions and…
Apple Fitness Plus and Strava are collaborating with a new integration
The Apple Fitness Plus integration in Strava is getting a revamp. | Image: Apple Apple Fitness Plus is getting a fresh makeover in the Strava app. The two companies just…
Anthropic reaches deal with music publishers over lyric dispute
Image: The Verge / Shutterstock Anthropic has made a deal to settle parts of a copyright infringement lawsuit brought against the maker of the Claude AI model for allegedly distributing…
This LG lamp is also a projector and Bluetooth speaker
LG’s lifestyle projectors look great when off, probably not so great when on. | Image: LG LG is coming to CES with two all-in-one “lifestyle projectors” which means they’re gong…
What are Predictions and My Track Record
There is an anonymous commenter who wanted to be a troll about my prediction track record and where I was wrong about technology. I discuss my public predictions and go…
Space 2025 – New Rockets and a New Space Station
There will be many new rockets getting first launches in 2025. There will be the Blue Origin New Glenn and the Rocket Lab Neutron. There will be many as many…
The latest RTX 50 leak comes from Nvidia
Image: Nvidia It seems like Nvidia might be about to reveal its RTX 50 series GPUs, and now Nvidia itself is teasing that the new graphics cards are nearly here.…