Technology News for Friday 10th May 2024

1. OpenAI reportedly plans to announce Google search competitor on Monday

OpenAI plans to announce its artificial intelligence-powered search product on Monday, according to two sources familiar with the matter, raising the stakes in its competition with search king Google. The announcement date, though subject to change, ...

2. Apple apologises after piano crushing ad backlash

Apple has apologised after a backlash over an advert that showed objects, including musical instruments and books, being crushed by a hydraulic press. Apple said the advert fell short of its goal of empowering and celebrating creatives, in a statement ...

3. Microsoft plans mobile game store, vying with Apple and Google

The store will launch with Microsoft's own games, including Candy Crush Saga, Xbox president Sarah Bond said on May 9 at the Bloomberg Technology Summit. Later, Microsoft will open the store to other publishers.

4. The World Video Game Hall of Fame announces 5 new inductees

Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, SimCity and Ultima join the World Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester, New York. Copyright 2024 NPR. Facebook · Twitter · LinkedIn · Email · Tiny Desk Concert web tile · The Moth StorySLAM New Orleans.

5. BMW M2 - long-term review

BMW claims the new M2, fitted with the automatic gearbox, weighs 1,725 kilos. The claimed eight of the old M2 Competition with the seven-speed DCT gearbox was 1,575kg, so that's a 200kg leap. Yowch.

6. Lock keepers saves life as EA makes 'dangerous cuts'

On 29 April, Temple Lock near Marlow, Buckinghamshire, resident lock and weir keeper Matt Rooke recued an injured man from the water after his boat was damaged and sank. Mr Rooke stopped the boater from being swept over the weir, saving his life.

7. Elon Musk's Neuralink assures that the 'malfuntion' in brain implant is fixed

Neuralink, the brain technology startup owned by Elon Musk, has confirmed that it had fixed an issue that saw its first patient's ability to move a computer cursor greatly reduced. Previously, Neuralink had installed a brain implant in Noland Arbaugh, ...

8. Yes, Apple's new iPad ad is ugly and crushing, but art can't be flattened

There is something so ugly about crushing an acoustic guitar. Making it buckle, making the middle of it explode in splinters. That might be personal to me, as someone who grew up with a dad who was what you might call a campfire guitarist — not a ...

9. Apple forced into rare apology for 'tone-deaf' iPad advert: 'We missed the mark with this video'

The advert in question was initially posted on X by Apple CEO, Tim Cook. BAY ISMOYO/AFP - Getty Images. Apple has been behind some of ...

10. The World Video Game Hall of Fame announces 5 new inductees

Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, SimCity and Ultima join the World Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester, New York. Facebook; Flipboard; Email. An error has occurred. Were you expecting a paywall? Not our style. We are on a mission to create a more ...

11. Microsoft to launch mobile game store, vying with Apple, Google

The store will launch with Microsoft's own games, including Candy Crush Saga, Xbox president Sarah Bond said on Thursday (May 10) at the Bloomberg Technology Summit. Later, Microsoft will open the store to other publishers.

12. A New Study Reveals a Warp Drive That Actually Operates Within Known Physics

Warp drives have been the dream of of spacefarers ever since they first graced the pages of science fiction novels, but real-world attempts have often traipsed into areas of exotic physics like negative energy and superluminal matter.

13. Alpine's Alpenglow hydrogen racer will use a turbocharged four-cylinder with a 7000rpm redline

As you can probably denote from the name, the 'Hy' stands for hydrogen and the '4' for the number of cylinders the Alpenglow has. This turbocharged 2.0-litre powertrain puts 340bhp to the road and redlines at 7,000rpm, with all of those revolutions ...

14. Google DeepMind unveils next generation of drug discovery AI model

Google Deepmind has unveiled the third major version of its "AlphaFold" artificial intelligence model, designed to help scientists design drugs and target disease more effectively.

15. Microsoft is launching a mobile game store, taking on Apple and Google

(GeekWire File Photo / Nat Levy). In a surprise reveal, Microsoft said Thursday it plans to launch a mobile gaming store later this year. The news came out during an on-stage interview with Xbox president Sarah Bond at a Bloomberg event.

16. Stem cells: A new mechanical transducer

Professor Jiwon Jang and Seungbok Yang, a PhD candidate, from the Department of Life Sciences at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), and Dr. Mahdi Golkaram from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of California ...

17. 'I made curtains on the train': the commuters livening up their journeys

'I never take the same route two days in a row'. William Macdonald enjoys mountain biking on his lunch break

18. The World Video Game Hall of Fame announces 5 new inductees

JEREMY SAUCIER: It offered players really this mixture of challenging gameplay, glowing vector graphics, intense, kind of heartbeat sound effects. FADEL: Also added to the Hall of Fame - Ultima: The First ...

19. The splurge-worthy AirPods Max headphones are almost $100 off today

The AirPods Max are down to $450 in every color at Amazon — that's $99 off its usual price. If that's enough of a deal to persuade you to buy, be sure to act fast. This sale isn't likely to last.

20. Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Adds $54K Manthey Racing Performance Kit

With a new rear wing, the Manthey-equipped Cayman produces 372 pounds of rear downforce at 124 mph. The kit costs $53,946 and also brings a revised suspension and other performance goodies. Porsche ...

21. Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors

Apple's top software executives decided early last year that Siri, the company's virtual assistant, needed a brain transplant. The decision came after the executives Craig Federighi and John Giannandrea spent weeks testing OpenAI's new chatbot, ...

22. Manganese sprinkled with iridium: a quantum leap in green hydrogen production

This breakthrough could revolutionize our ability to produce ecologically friendly hydrogen and help usher in a carbon-neutral hydrogen economy.As the world is transitioning from a fossil fuel-based energy economy, many are betting on hydrogen to become ...