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Longtime Slashdot reader Baron_Yam writes: Memristors are the long-sought 4th fundamental circuit element. They promise analog computing capability in hardware, the ability to hold state without power, and to work with less power. A small cluster of them can replace a transistor using less space. Working and long term storage can blend together and neural … Read more
Apple has been testing a health-focused app that’s aimed at diabetes prevention, reports Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. The app isn’t slated for release, but it could help inform some of Apple’s future products related to blood sugar management. Select employees with prediabetes were invited to test the app, which offered assistance with food selection and lifestyle … Read more
If you’re thinking of building or upgrading a PC, then you’ll really want to grab yourself some great Black Friday RAM deals. A lot of folks may not really think about RAM because it’s not as big of a deal as a GPU or CPU, but RAM can affect performance, so it’s worth grabbing something … Read more
Your physical disc collection will be nothing more than a stack of plastic paperweights if you have no way of playing them. With players becoming more rare, it’s a good idea to ensure yours last as long as possible. 1 Keep It Clean on the Outside Lazaros Papandreou / Shutterstock.com I don’t know about you, … Read more
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Google DeepMind and Hugging Face have just released SynthID Text, a tool for marking and detecting text generated by large language models (LLMs). SynthID Text encodes a watermark into AI-generated text in a way that helps … Read more
Issarawat Tattong/Getty Images Prudential is turning to generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) to verify medical insurance claims in an effort to speed up processes. The insurance company announced, in a statement on Thursday that the move also aims to cut the risk of errors caused by manual data entry. Prudential will tap Google’s MedLM family … Read more
There are days where it feels like nothing will ever change and the best thing you can do is just learn to tolerate mediocrity. Today is not one of those days. announced that the US Copyright Office granted an exemption request from the non-profit public interest group and the DIY repair site iFixit to allow … Read more
$238 at Walmart Best budget 4K TV for picture quality Vizio V-Series View details Show 1 more CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. What are the best 4K TVs right now? When it comes to TVs, there’s no … Read more
By now you’ve likely heard the news: Aubrey Plaza’s character in Agatha All Along, the sequel series to WandaVision, is not the acerbic “Rio Vidal” at all, but instead the acerbic personification of death, itself. That’s right: Death, with a capital “D.” She’s described in the series as “The Original Green Witch”—because the process of … Read more
I’ve been wearing the Even Realities G1 glasses for four months, and while many people have commented on my new frames, only two friends asked if my glasses were “smart.” For someone who wore Google Glass in public and lived to tell the tale, this technological anonymity is high praise indeed. They look like glasses … Read more