The Unsung Hero of Streaming: Nasir Ahmed’s DCT
In our streaming, selfie, and video call-filled world, one name often goes unmentioned. Yet, his invention touches almost every frame you’ve ever watched online. Professor Nasir Ahmed is a softly spoken Indian-American engineer. He was born in Bangalore in 1940. He might just be one of the most important figures Continue Reading
GEMINI DEEP THINK
Google has introduced a new Deep Think mode for its Gemini 2.5 Pro, enhancing its AI’s ability to consider multiple reasoning paths before responding. This mode allows Gemini to run multiple possible lines of reasoning in parallel before deciding how to respond, resembling looking both ways or rereading instructions before Continue Reading
RUSSIA FINES GOOGLE $20 DECILLION!
Google has been fined $2.5 ‘decillion’ by a Russian court for blocking pro-Kremlin propaganda on YouTube. The fine, equivalent to $2.5 trillion trillion trillion, is the result of four years of accumulated fines, with the figure doubling every week under Russian law. The original penalty of 100,000 rubles was handed Continue Reading
IS A.I. OVER PRICED?
StabilityAI, once a billion-dollar AI start-up, is facing a slumping fortunes after record investment in AI but scant profit except for a few chip-makers. The co-founders of Inflection AI left for Microsoft, and the industry is increasingly defined by unsustainable amounts of cash, computing power, energy, and hype. Last year Continue Reading
Microsoft uses ChatGPT to take over Google Searches
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the integration of ChatGPT, OpenAI’s viral artificial-intelligence chatbot, into its Bing search engine, marking a rare opportunity for the company to directly challenge the search giant Google. Microsoft invested more than $1 billion in OpenAI when it first began, and it has since put in an additional $10 billion Continue Reading
Scrap Digital Tax, or no Free Trade Deal
The US will not negotiate a free trade deal with the UK unless a new digital services tax is dropped, according to a newspaper report – Source: Sky News The measure, which was proposed in 2018 by then chancellor Philip Hammond in response to fears that technology giants were not Continue Reading
