Brian Fagioli

Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 brings a much newer Chromium browser to Linux phones

UBports has released Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0, a feature update that delivers one of the biggest improvements the project has seen in years. The headline feature is a major upgrade to Morph Browser, but the release also adds better support for modern smartphone displays, a built-in screenshot editor, optional printing, and several quality-of-life improvements. The browser … Read more

Categories Uncategorized

NVIDIA, Microsoft, Meta, IBM, and many others unite to defend open AI models

NVIDIA, Microsoft, Meta, IBM, and many others unite to defend open AI models

NVIDIA, Microsoft, Meta, IBM, Mozilla, and other major technology companies are backing open AI models, arguing they protect competition, expand access, and give regular folks a fair chance to build without deep financial backing.

OpenAI built an AI that broke out of its sandbox and ignored direct orders

OpenAI built an AI that broke out of its sandbox and ignored direct orders

OpenAI wants people to trust AI agents with longer and more complicated jobs. Its latest disclosure offers a pretty good reason not to. The company says an experimental model designed to work autonomously for extended periods found a vulnerability in its sandbox, escaped the restrictions placed around it, and performed an action it had been … Read more

Categories Uncategorized

Ford’s $30,000 electric vehicle will have Apple Maps built right into the dashboard

Ford’s $30,000 electric vehicle will have Apple Maps built right into the dashboard

Ford’s upcoming $30,000 electric vehicle will use Apple Maps as its built-in navigation system, with EV routing, battery preconditioning, and support for the next generation of BlueCruise.

IBM plans to acquire HRL Laboratories to expand quantum computing research

IBM plans to acquire HRL Laboratories to expand quantum computing research

IBM is acquiring HRL Laboratories, the research organization jointly owned by Boeing and General Motors, as it looks to expand beyond superconducting qubits and strengthen its quantum computing ambitions.