Microsoft's approximately $16,3 million investment in startup Mistral AI has attracted the attention of the European Union (EU) antitrust watchdog. As part of this strategic partnership, the latest AI models of the French developer will be available to customers of the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Image source: Mistral AI Source: 3dnews.ru
Radix cross Linux 1.9.383 is available for devices based on ARM/ARM64, RISC-V and x86/x86_64 architectures. This release contains updated versions of the Chromium, Firefox, Libreoffice, and nmap packages. The assembly for the TF307 v4 board (based on Baikal M1000) has been transferred to the Linux kernel version 6.1.63. The Radix cross Linux distribution is not a "based on" development. Everything from tools to [...]
Very soon, as part of the TechnoKakTUS technical creativity festival, the Linux-skills competition for children and youth will start. The competition will be held in two categories: Alt-skills (ALT Linux) and Calculate-skills (Calculate Linux) and three age groups: 10-13 years old, 14-17 years old, 18-22 years old. Registration is already open and will be available until March 5, 2024 inclusive. The competition will take place from 6 […]
After a year of development, the release of the free computer-aided design system for printed circuit boards KiCad 8.0.0 has been published. This is the second significant release formed after the project came under the wing of the Linux Foundation. Builds are prepared for various distributions of Linux, Windows and macOS. The code is written in C++ using the wxWidgets library and is licensed under the GPLv3 license. KiCad provides tools for editing electrical circuits […]
The HBM memory segment is now developing very dynamically, since it is precisely this that is used in market-demand computing accelerators for artificial intelligence systems. Samsung Electronics announced the development of the world's first 12-tier HBM3E stack with a total capacity of 36 GB, which provides information transfer at a speed of 1280 GB/s. Image source: Samsung ElectronicsSource: 3dnews.ru
Intuitive Machines said the Nova-C lunar lander, nicknamed Odyssey, will complete its mission on the morning of February 27. The sun will stop shining on the solar battery of the device, and it will be de-energized. In other circumstances, the module could have worked for another week, but its landing on the Moon ended with a capsize, which disrupted the orientation of the solar panels. Image source: Intuitive MachinesSource: 3dnews.ru
The topic of artificial intelligence remains dominant in the technology industry, and MWC 2024 was another confirmation of this. One of the discoveries was the concept of a phone presented by the operator Deutsche Telekom without a traditional set of applications, the functions of which were taken over by a chat bot with AI, reports Android Authority. Image source: androidauthority.comSource: 3dnews.ru
NVIDIA has created a new research department, GEAR (Generalist Embodied Agent Research), which will focus on creating universal embodied AI agents in the physical (robotics) and virtual (games and any simulations) worlds. Image source: NVIDIA GEARSource: 3dnews.ru
Last year, the HONOR X9a became one of the most interesting mid-range smartphones, combining a thin body with an excellent screen and unexpectedly serious battery life. Let's see if the next generation managed to perform just as confidently. Source: 3dnews.ru
Smartphones with flexible displays, which allow these devices to be equipped with a foldable body, are actively expanding into the premium price segment. Apple, which doesn't have a similar smartphone, certainly can't like it, but sources familiar with the company's plans say its first device with a flexible display won't be a smartphone. Image source: AppleSource: 3dnews.ru
Компания РЕД СОФТ выпустила новую версию дистрибутива Linux под названием РЕД ОС 8. Основные особенности релиза: Дистрибутив доступен на текущий момент для 64-битных x86-совместимых процессоров. Дистрибутив включает ядро Linux 6.6.6. Доступны графические оболочки GNOME 44, KDE (Plasma 5.27), MATE 1.26, Cinnamon 4.8.1. В отличие от многих дистрибутивов, в репозитории доступны различные версии одного и того […]
В модуле ksmbd, предлагающем встроенную в ядро Linux реализацию файлового сервера на базе протокола SMB, выявлены две уязвимости, которые позволяют удалённо без прохождения аутентификации добиться выполнения своего кода с правами ядра или определить содержимое памяти ядра на системах с активированным модулем ksmbd. Проблемы проявляются начиная с ядра 5.15, в состав которого был принят модуль ksmbd. […]
