Voyageur support team restores half-century old system functions billions of miles away
Nearly half a century after its launch, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft continues to defy the vastness of interstellar space, proving once again the enduring ingenuity of human engineering. In a recent remarkable feat, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) team successfully revived the 46-year-old spacecraft, restoring its ability to send back usable data after a mysterious […]
TikTok vows to fight new law that will force it to sell to an acceptable US company
In a dramatic move, TikTok has announced its intent to challenge a new U.S. law that threatens the app’s operations in the country. This law, which President Biden recently signed, requires TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to divest its ownership of the app within nine months or face a total ban in the United States. This […]
New Large Language Models promise “infinite length.”
As the world of artificial intelligence evolves, major tech giants like Microsoft, Google, and Meta are pioneering the development of large language models (LLMs) with potentially infinite context lengths. This advancement could revolutionize AI’s understanding and processing capabilities, eliminating the constraints of memory and enhancing the model’s utility across various applications. Meta’s introduction of MEGALODON […]
Times up for TikTok. Or is it? Hashtag Trending for Thursday April 25, 2024
Times up for TikTok – or is it? A whirlwind of news in AI this week. And an incredible story of the creativity of those who keep legacy tech alive. All this and more on the “firehose” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love. Let’s get into it. US lawmakers have passed a […]
Cyber Security Today, April 24, 2024 – Good news/bad news in Mandiant report, UnitedHealth admits paying a ransomware gang, and more
This episode reports on the danger of using expired open-source packages, a tool used by a Russian hacking group and passw
