The notoriously secretive Meta has set a milestone for transparency. The company this week offered the entire research community access to a fully-trained large language model (LLM). Named the Open Pretrained Transformer…
Month: May 2022
Lithium mining needs to get greener for EVs to maintain their earth cred
There’s plenty of column inches given to the environmental advantages of electric vehicles, like reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emission. But there’s a salty little secret often obscured by those who…
Brightest radio pulsar outside of our galaxy discovered — thanks to a cool new technique
When a star explodes and dies in a supernova, it takes on a new life of sorts. Pulsars are the extremely rapidly rotating objects left over after massive stars have exhausted their…
How the UFS 4.0 storage standard will improve your phone’s performance
Samsung just announced a new kind of storage solution for mobile devices called UFS 4.0. It’s the latest version of the Universal Flash Storage standard. The new version comes two years after…
Green cars aren’t enough: All transport needs to be electrified
When you think of an electric vehicle, chances are you’ll picture a car. But there’s a quiet revolution going on in transport. It turns out electrification can work wonders for almost all…
Autonomous vehicles will add to traffic chaos, not solve it
In a popular video, Youtuber GCP Grey makes the claim that autonomous vehicles (AVs) will solve traffic jams. Whilst the basic logic underlying his claim is accurate, it couldn’t be further removed from…
Twitter finally copies an Instagram feature it should have had ages ago
Twitter debuted a new feature called Circle last night that might help you shitpost better. This function, available to select users on Android, iOS, and the web, will let you tweet stuff…
Coding bootcamps can level up your skills — and change your career trajectory
This article was originally published on .cult by Luis Minvielle. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries and share heaps of other…
Sony’s WH-1000XM5 noise-canceling headphones have leaked — here’s what we know
Sony’s WH-1000XM4 is one of the best noise-canceling headphones money can buy. So were its predecessors going back to the company’s OG premium noise-canceling headphone, the MDR-1000X. In other words, Sony has…
AI research is a dumpster fire and Google’s holding the matches
The world of AI research is in shambles. From the academics prioritizing easy-to-monetize schemes over breaking novel ground, to the Silicon Valley elite using the threat of job loss to encourage corporate-friendly…