Technology News for Tuesday 4th June 2024

1. New Study Proves Effectiveness of VR Workouts

A new research study showed that a Supernatural VR workout is equivalent to common cardio and fitness activities such as running, boxing and swimming.*; This means that Supernatural can help people meet their recommended physical activity guidelines of ...

2. The Learning Curve, Part 4: A New AI Model and an Evolving Language

Samsung Research in China is part of a series about the people and innovations behind the democratization of mobile AI. As Samsung continues to pioneer premium mobile AI experiences, we visit Samsung Research centers around the world to learn how ...

3. Quantum-System-on-Chip Enables Efficient Control of Large Qubit Array

Researchers at MIT and MITRE have demonstrated a scalable, modular hardware platform that integrates thousands of interconnected qubits onto a customized integrated circuit. This “quantum-system-on-chip” (QSoC) architecture ...

4. 'The Acolyte' Joins 'Andor' as Another 'Star Wars' Success on Disney : TV Review

Christian Black / Lucasfilm Ltd. Since Disney revived “Star Wars” in 2015 with J.J. Abrams' “The Force Awakens,” the strongest entries in the ...

5. 'Unavoidable decision': Japanese billionaire cancels his Moon trip plans with SpaceX

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa announces the cancellation of the "dearMoon" mission, a private flight around the moon aboard a SpaceX spacecraft. LAA6MYYBM5KCFACRMG634SKQKM. Uncertainties in Development Timeline. The project faced uncertainties in ...

6. Microsoft Announces a “Copilot-First” CCaaS Solution: The Dynamics 365 Contact Center

Generally available on July 1, 2024, the solution connects to a business's existing CRM system and applies generative AI to “every” customer engagement channel. In doing so, Microsoft labels its solution “Copilot ...

7. AI iPhone? Apple Stock Flirts With $3 Trillion Valuation Ahead Of WWDC Event

Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference next week will shed light on whether the iPhone maker's artificial intelligence status is indeed up to par with its more in-vogue Silicon Valley peers, JPMorgan analysts argued in a Tuesday note, as investors ...

8. PHOTOS: Alice's Wonderland Returns at Atlanta Botanical Garden | 2024

Visitors can expect to see 7 installations consisting of nearly 40 sculptures. The sculptures, by the way, are made through a process called mosaiculture, which features an exterior of live plants over a metal framework. The exhibit, which is on display ...

9. Where to Stream 'Star Wars: The Acolyte' Online

Set during the end of the High Republic era, which is about 100 years before The Phantom Menace, The Acolyte follows Jedi Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) investigating a series of murders that leads him to his former Padawan Osha (Amandla Stenberg), who left the ...

10. AMD unveils Zen 5 AI CPUs and Radeon Pro W7900 dual slot GPU at Computex 2024

Dr Lisa Su, President and CEO of AMD, unveiled the new AMD Ryzen AI 300 series mobile chipsets and the Ryzen 9000 series desktop processors, which are equipped with the most powerful neural processing unit (NPU) in the world for next-generation AI PCs.

11. Apple may make major changes to Settings, Control Centre and more with iOS 18

Next week, Apple CEO Tim Cook will take the stage to share the company's AI strategy at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 event. The Cupertino-based tech giant will showcase how it's chosen to integrate AI technology into its devices and ...

12. Microsoft takes its AI push to customer service call centers

Microsoft, which has backed ChatGPT creator OpenAI, is taking AI technology into a number of fields of the business world with what it calls Copilot technology, which is capable of summarizing emails and crafting PowerPoint slides as part of the company's ...

13. This is Lunar Lake — Intel's utterly overhauled AI laptop chip that ditches memory sticks

“It's x86 power like you've never seen it before,” claims Intel technical marketer Rob Hallock, who says Intel tweaked every part of the chip to make it happen. He says it'll “definitely” beat Qualcomm, too.

14. 'The Acolyte' learned from the master

Amandla Stenberg stars as Mae in “The Acolyte” on Disney Plus. (Christian Black/Lucasfilm Ltd.) Listen.