New images have been released showing how large-scale plans could transform Liverpool Central Station. Today, Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram, together with his Greater Manchester counterpart Andy Burnham, set out a vision for a ‘transformational investment’ in the North West’s two largest city regions. Mayors are setting up a new Liverpool-Manchester Railway Board in … Read more
Obsidian’s thermal imaging camera offers high resolution at low costs thanks to a new production technique Obsidian sensors Thermal imaging has been a crucial technology in the war in Ukraine, allowing hot targets such as vehicles and soldiers to be spotted on the darkest nights. Military-grade thermal imaging cameras used on large Baba Yaga night … Read more
Google has been trying to reinvent its search engine by using AI to show full answers to most questions, a feature the company calls “AI Summaries.” However, if this experience isn’t for you, there are a number of workarounds you can use in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge to get back to a more traditional … Read more
Ace – that’s not only the name of Sonos’ just-announced wireless headphones, but also how good they seem to be. Should their biggest rivals, namely the Sony WH-1000XM5, Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones and Apple AirPods Max, be concerned? They would be stupid if they didn’t. The Ace has a lot in common with one or … Read more
Harlan Gough holds a recently collected tiger beetle on a chain. Laurens Reeves hide caption change caption Laurens Reeves Harlan Gough holds a recently collected tiger beetle on a chain. Laurens Reeves “A lot of things fly at night,” says Harlan Gough, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Nightfall can set … Read more
Meta’s artificial intelligence chief said the large language models that power generative AI products like ChatGPT would never achieve the ability to reason and plan like humans, as he focused instead on a radically alternative approach to creating ‘superintelligence’ in machines . Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at the social media giant that owns Facebook … Read more
Image source, Getty Images Item information Author, Faisal Islam and Nick Edser Role, Economics editor and business reporter, BBC News May 21, 2024 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended that UK interest rates should be cut to 3.5% by the end of next year. Such a move could see the Bank of England cut … Read more
Speakers at Google’s Marketing Live event showed how they will use user searches and AI Overviews content to serve interactive shopping ads that will push organic search rankings even lower, stating that Google “faimed at creating new opportunities for your company.” We like to think of Google Search engineers as responsible for search results, but … Read more
May 22, 2024 Microsoft has announced a new category of personal computers called “Copilot+ PCs.” These are AI-focused machines that can handle more than 40 TOPS, so they handle many tasks locally, but cloud services are also part of that. We’re telling you all this because Samsung introduced one of the first Copilot+ PCs: the … Read more
May 10, 2024, Brandenburg, Falkenhagen: Light green and light reddish auroras glow in the night … [+] sky in the Märkisch-Oderland district in eastern Brandenburg. The Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) are produced by a cloud of electrically charged particles from a solar storm in the Earth’s atmosphere. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance … Read more