NVIDIA GeForce Users Urged To Update GPU Drivers To Avoid Security Vulnerabilities #computing #geforce #nvidia

https://www.lowyat.net/2026/393436/nvidia-geforce-users-urged-to-update-gpu-drivers-to-avoid-security-vulnerabilities/

THINKING IT THROUGH

If your government can instruct your operating system manufacturer to include age verification tech in their OS so that only verified people can use your device, then they can instruct them to do whatever the fuck else they like and they will inevitably comply.

Do you trust the people who make the operating systems you use?

#Politics #technology #ageverification #tech #software #mobile #privacy #computing

“The developers of large language models such as #OpenAI and #Anthropic are preparing for blockbuster initial public offerings later this year to benefit from investor optimism about their #growth.

Meanwhile, the hyperscalers #Microsoft, #Alphabet, #Amazon, #Meta and #Oracle plan to invest hundreds of billions in the next five years in data centres to provide the #computing power to run these models. And this is where the #maths of the #AIBoom becomes challenging.

For each of these #hyperscalers, I collected the consensus estimates of analysts for the capital #expenditures and revenues between 2025 and 2030.

In these five years, capital #investments are expected to rise by 20 per cent a year, a growth rate never seen before in this industry. Meanwhile, #revenues are expected to grow 15 per cent annually” — Joachim Klement

#IPO / #AI / #LLM / #market <https://archive.md/I1SLq> / (paywall) <https://www.ft.com/content/32bf8935-8d21-4689-ae34-8b4d3d5f6d93>

I decided to go on a work trip with my KooForWay P8.

Pros: lots of storage - 1TB on mine - so I can install office and everything I need for work. Reasonable performance provided Windows 11 isn't trying to install updates.

Cons: keyboard is tiny and nonstandard *especially* the symbols that I use a lot. Windows touchscreen interface is sometimes nice but sometimes just broken in particular apps, feels like it was made by 5 different teams in different decades.
#computing #laptop #netbook

The “Made in America” Trump Phone Appears to be a Disguised Cheapo Chinese Smartphone

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/made-america-trump-phone-chinese

NextSilicon’s Maverick-2: the Future of High-Performance Computing?

A few months back, Sandia National Laboratories announced they had acquired a new supercomputer. It wasn’t the biggest, but it still offered in their eyes something unique. This particular supercomputer contains NextSilicon’s much-hyped Maverick-2 ‘dataflow accelerator’ chips.

⁉️Targeting the high-performance computing [HPC] market, these chips are claimed to hold a 10x advantage over the best GPU designs.⁉️

https://newsreleases.sandia.gov/not-the-largest-supercomputer-but-maybe-the-most-interesting/

#maverick2 #dataflow #accelerator #chip #computing #science #media #tech #news

The Guardian | ‘I don’t worry about a robot takeover’: AI expert Michael Wooldridge on big tech’s real dangers (and occasional blessings) by Steve Rose

AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

Michael Wooldridge, an Oxford professor and veteran AI researcher, uses game‑theoretic ideas to explain why competitive, zero‑sum thinking—especially in tech and politics—can be damaging, arguing that most real‑world interactions are not strictly win‑lose. He recounts his long‑standing fascination with computing, his public‑facing work (including a popular children’s AI book and a recent Royal Institution lecture), and his new title *Life Lessons from Game Theory*, which translates strategic concepts into everyday scenarios from fishing to geopolitics. Wooldridge warns that the current AI boom, driven largely by wealth‑rich Silicon‑Valley firms focused on massive language models, overlooks broader, socially beneficial applications and is constrained by data and compute limits. He critiques the pervasive “zero‑sum” mindset that fuels populist politics and unsustainable AI races, emphasizing the need for more thoughtful, collaborative approaches, better data governance, and a slower pace of development to avoid potential “Hindenburg‑type” disasters. Despite his scepticism about existential AI risks, he remains optimistic about AI’s capacity to improve lives when guided by clear purpose rather than profit alone.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/20/i-dont-worry-about-a-robot-takeover-ai-expert-michael-wooldridge-on-big-techs-real-dangers-and-occasional-blessings

#MichaelWooldridge #Oxford #aiartificialintelligence #computing #technology