EU court trims Qualcomm fine to 238.7 mn euros

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An EU court on Wednesday largely upheld an antitrust fine against US chipmaking giant Qualcomm but reduced the penalty slightly to 238.7 million euros ($265 million).…

Study finds that thousands of browser extensions compromise user data

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Browser extensions, the software add-ons that help users customize and enhance their web browsers, are wildly popular. Some of the most-used extensions find shopping deals, fix…

Seeking help for crypto wallet problems on social media can attract scammers

Intel delays Germany, Poland chip factories for two years

Intel has delayed two mega chip-making factories in Germany and Poland. Chip-making giant Intel on Monday said it was delaying its plans to build two mega chip-making factories in Germany…

New algorithm helps enhance LLM collaboration for smarter, more efficient solutions

“Co-LLM” uses a general-purpose large language model to start replying to a prompt, with a “switch variable” intervening at certain words to call upon a more accurate answer from the…

Research explores potential of smart grid energy optimization

Union says talks with Boeing to resume Tuesday

Boeing workers in the Seattle, Washington region went on strike against the company on September 13, 2024. Talks between Boeing and striking US factory workers will resume Tuesday under a…

New plan shows Australia’s hydrogen dream is still alive

A map included in the new strategy, showing places in Australia best suited to green hydrogen production. Credit: Geosciences Australia Producing hydrogen remains vital to Australia’s prosperity through the net-zero…

New research could make weird AI images a thing of the past

The picture on the left was generated by a standard method while the picture on the right was generated by ElasticDiffusion. The prompt for both images was, “Photo of an…

AI is ‘accelerating the climate crisis,’ expert warns

People visit a booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 4, 2024. If you care about the environment, think twice about using AI. Generative artificial…