Microsoft confirms layoffs in mixed reality, but will continue to sell HoloLens 2 headset

Microsoft confirms layoffs in mixed reality, but will continue to sell HoloLens 2 headset

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a news conference at the company’s campus in Redmond, Washington, on May 20, 2024. Chona Kasinger | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft will lay off some employees working in mixed reality, a spokesperson told CNBC on Monday. Although the cuts will affect the department that contributes to the HoloLens…

Data centers and AI are absorbing large amounts of renewable energy - CleanTechnica

Data centers and AI are absorbing large amounts of renewable energy – CleanTechnica

  Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica by email. Or follow us on Google News! Mention electric cars, and some people will go off on a rant about how there isn’t enough electricity to charge them all, and if they happen to be charging at the same time, the grid will explode as…

Android users warned as apps steal banking information

Android users warned as apps steal banking information

Android owners are being warned after a study found that nearly 100 “malicious apps” are stealing users’ bank account information. Read more: These online banks offer maximum fees A recent report from Zscaler, a cloud security company, said that more than 90 of the malicious apps were in the Google Play store, with Android users…

The FCC voted on rules to secure the basic component of the Internet

The FCC voted on rules to secure the basic component of the Internet

The Federal Communications Commission will vote Thursday on advancing a proposal to improve security for a key component of the modern Internet, a rule that eases some — but not all — of the criticism of the agency’s previously announced plans to strengthen Border Gate Protocol. . Under the proposed rule, broadband Internet providers would…

Queenie review - so mature it could have been made by AI

Queenie review – so mature it could have been made by AI

The Queenie heroine is called a lot of things in the TV show based on the 2019 hit novel. She’s been labeled as “angry,” “weird” and just “too much,” but unfortunately this is a case of telling and not showing , because we’re actually being asked to invest in a bland protagonist who overcomes pedestrian…

Microsoft and Hitachi form multibillion-dollar AI deal

Microsoft and Hitachi form multibillion-dollar AI deal

Microsoft has announced a multi-billion dollar AI-focused partnership with Japan’s Hitachi. The collaboration is designed to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) to drive growth in Hitachi’s software and business services business, Lumada, particularly in areas of “social infrastructure” such as energy and mobility, according to a news release on Monday (3 June). “We’re entering a…

 Internet addiction can damage teenage brains, MRI study reveals  CNN

Internet addiction can damage teenage brains, MRI study reveals CNN

Sign up for CNN’s “Stress, But Less” newsletter. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and inspire you to reduce stress while learning how to harness it. CNN – Teenagers who spend too much time on social media have complained that they feel like they can’t pay attention to more important things like homework or time…