Technology News for Wednesday 11th December 2024

1. Critical Vulnerabilities in Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance

CVE-2024-11773: A SQL injection vulnerability in the admin web console which could allow a remote authenticated attacker with admin privileges to run arbitrary SQL statements. The vulnerability affects Ivanti CSA versions 5.0 ...

2. 2026 Aston Martin Valhalla, a 1064-HP Plug-In-Hybrid Supercar, Is Coming

The car features active aerodynamics and extensive use of carbon fiber, with a quoted dry weight of 3649 pounds. Aston Martin says it will build 999 units, with deliveries expected by the second half of 2025 ...

3. Sora Is Out – Kind Of… Capabilities Evaluated

For those used to play the game where you guess which person said something, Brownlee shows us a series of short videos, and asks us to figure out whether they are real or AI-generated.

4. Apple adds ChatGPT to iPhone in latest iOS update

The rollout is part of a wider deployment of artificial intelligence-powered tools in the latest updates to the operating systems for iPhones, iPads and Mac computers. The ChatGPT integration, announced in June as ...

5. Google's breakthrough Willow chip means we'll get useful quantum computers sooner than some people feared

Google captivated the tech world Monday with Willow, a new quantum chip that outperformed even the world's best supercomputer on an advanced test, and experts say this week's revelations are just the start of a new phase of cutting-edge computing.

6. Google Unveils AI Agent That Can Use Websites on Its Own

Google on Wednesday unveiled a prototype of this technology, which artificial intelligence researchers call an A.I. agent. Google is among the many tech companies building A.I. agents. Various A.I. start-ups, including OpenAI and ...

7. Graphene Interconnects Aim to Give Moore's Law New Life

First, depositing graphene requires high temperatures that are incompatible with traditional CMOS manufacturing. And second, the charge carrier density of undoped, macroscopic graphene sheets is relatively low. Now, Destination 2D, a startup ...

8. Apple's latest iPhones get the gift of more AI as holiday shopping season heats up

SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple is pumping more artificial intelligence into the latest iPhones during the holiday shopping season with a free software update that includes a feature that enables users to create customized emojis within a matter of seconds.

9. NYT Games App Wins Cultural Impact Award at Apple's 2024 App Store Awards

This award celebrates apps that deliver powerful stories and inspire users to become their best selves, leaving a lasting impact on global culture. The App Store Awards honor the very best and most impactful apps and games ...

10. NASA Study: Crops, Forests Responding to Changing Rainfall Patterns

Earth's rainy days are changing and plant life is responding. This visualization shows average precipitation for the entire globe based on more than 20 years of data from 2000 to 2023. Cooler colors indicate areas that receive less rain.

11. Google Reveals Gemini 2, AI Agents, and a Prototype Personal Assistant

“I've dreamed about a universal digital assistant for a long, long time as a stepping stone on the path to artificial general intelligence,” Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, told WIRED ahead of today's announcement, alluding to the idea of AI ...

12. Large global-scale vegetation sensitivity to daily rainfall variability

Rainfall events are globally becoming less frequent but more intense under a changing climate, thereby shifting climatic conditions for terrestrial vegetation independent of annual rainfall totals. However, it remains uncertain how changes in daily ...

13. Argo, the 'crown jewel' of ocean observing systems, turns 25

Somewhere in the middle of the ocean, a merchant mariner lowers a cylindrical robotic ocean observing instrument from a ship into the sea to record ocean temperature and salinity. Another instrument is deployed from a plane into the eye of a hurricane ...

14. Lucky woman finds rare pearl in oyster eating at restaurant

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) – ...

15. Google forges ahead with next generation of AI tech while fending off a breakup threat

Google on Wednesday unleashed another wave of artificial intelligence designed to tackle more of the work and thinking done by humans as it tries to stay on the technology's cutting edge while also trying to fend off regulatory threats to its empire.

16. Mystery drones flying over New Jersey have residents and officials puzzled

There is something strange happening in the skies above New Jersey, and no one seems quite sure what to make of it — not the governor, not members of Congress, not the FBI. What they know is that starting in mid-November, dozens of identified drones ...

17. This is the £262k Brabus 750: a rowdy upgrade for the second-gen AMG GT 63

Its standard quad exhaust is also replaced with electronic valve-controlled stainless steel pipes, while forged 22in Monoblock 'Platinum Edition' alloys (as pictured) are among the wheel choices. Sports springs also lower the ride height by a further 25mm, ...