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GPS war: Israel's battle to keep drones flying and enemies baffled
GPS war: Israel's battle to keep drones flying and enemies baffled
by  AFP

Omer Sharar had just received the first delivery of his new GPS anti-jamming technology when Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7. On October 7, the militants put these devices to use, evading detection and interception to drop bomblets on military observation posts along the security barrier around the Gaza Strip as part of its unprecedented attack that triggered the war with Israel.

Digital media upstart Vice laying off 'several hundred' staff: CEO
Digital media upstart Vice laying off 'several hundred' staff: CEO
by  AFP

Vice, the dynamic, fast-growing digital media company that gained a wide following with young readers, said Thursday it will no longer publish on its flagship website and is eliminating hundreds of jobs. "Regrettably, this means that we will be reducing our workforce, eliminating several hundred positions."

Reddit files to go public as 'RDDT' on NYSE
Reddit files to go public as 'RDDT' on NYSE
by  AFP

Reddit on Thursday told US stock regulators that it plans to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "RDDT". Reddit did not provide details regarding the number or price of shares nor when the initial public offering would occur.

Massive leak shows Chinese firm hacked foreign govts, activists: analysts
Massive leak shows Chinese firm hacked foreign govts, activists: analysts
by  AFP

A Chinese tech security firm was able to breach foreign governments, infiltrate social media accounts and hack personal computers, a massive data leak analysed by experts this week has revealed. The leaked data also revealed the fees that hackers could earn, they said -- including $55,000 from breaking into a government ministry in Vietnam.

Nvidia quarterly profit soars on demand for AI chips
Nvidia quarterly profit soars on demand for AI chips
by  AFP

Nvidia on Wednesday said its profit soared to $12.3 billion in the recently ended quarter on record high revenue driven by demand for its chips to power artificial intelligence. The Silicon Valley chip titan reported record revenue of $22.1 billion in the quarter than ended late January and record high revenue of $60.9 billion for the fiscal year.

ChatGPT cranks out gibberish for hours
ChatGPT cranks out gibberish for hours
by  AFP

ChatGPT spewed nonsensical answers to user's queries for hours Tuesday into Wednesday before eventually returning to its apparent senses. It wasn't until more than 16 hours had passed that OpenAI updated the page with a message that ChatGPT was operating normally.

'It's frightening': YouTubers split over OpenAI's video tool Sora
'It's frightening': YouTubers split over OpenAI's video tool Sora
by  AFP

US firm OpenAI debuted a tool last week that can generate highly realistic snippets of video from just a few lines of text, leading content creators to wonder if they are the latest professionals about to be replaced by algorithms. YouTube itself announced last September it was developing a tool to let creators make AI-generated videos and background pictures.