If you use ChatGPT in WhatsApp, it’s about time to make other plans. OpenAI said its ubiquitous chatbot will stop working in Meta’s ubiquitous chat app on January 15, 2026. According to OpenAI, the change is due to a policy and terms change from WhatsApp. OpenAI announced the change in a blog post. “While we…
Ever since Rivian spun off its “micromobility business” into a standalone startup called Also earlier this year, there’s been much speculation about what kind of vehicles the company is working on. Now, Also is showing off its first products: a lineup of e-bikes and two pedal-assisted electric quads. The TM-B e-bike is Also’s attempt at…
We often walk past them without a second glance—towers, masts, and poles that quietly support the vast web of our modern telecommunications networks. But behind these unassuming structures lies a fascinating history and a critical role in enabling everything from phone calls to television broadcasts. In a brilliant lecture hosted by the IET, Professor Nigel…
Micron today releases its latest system memory modules made for gamers and savvy users, the Crucial Pro OC DDR5-6400 Overclocking CL32 Gaming DRAM. As the name suggests, this is the latest RAM technology designed for computers that support DDR5—preferably systems running an Intel 13th Gen CPU (or later) or an AMD Ryzen 9000 (or later)….
In a few months, Wi-Fi 7 will celebrate its 2nd anniversary. The standard was officially certified on January 8, 2024, the first workday of that year. And as some of you are still mulling over whether it’s definitely time to replace that Wi-Fi 6 router (and it’s still not!), here’s some news to break your…
The journey to becoming a cloud-native telco is not just a buzzword exercise. It requires a full-scale transformation of networks, business models, and operating cultures. At Mobile Europe’s Becoming a Cloud-Native Telco virtual event, Richard Simon, CTO at T-Systems International, outlined how telcos are grappling with this change, sharing insights from both successes and ongoing…
An anonymous reader shares a report: Social media platform Reddit sued AI startup Perplexity in New York federal court on Wednesday, accusing it and three other companies of unlawfully scraping its data to train Perplexity’s AI-based search engine. Reddit said in the complaint that the data-scraping companies circumvented its data protection measures in order to…
As 5G evolves and the number of deployed IoT devices increases globally, efficient and reliable network selection becomes ever more critical. Particularly for stationary devices deployed in remote, deep-indoor or roaming environments, traditional selection mechanisms have struggled to provide robust connectivity. This has led to operational challenges, especially for use cases involving low-power or hard-to-reach…
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) have long been the primary benchmarks for evaluating mobile network performance. However, as 6G moves towards a broader societal and environmental impact, the European Hexa-X-II project and its partners advocate for integrating Key Values (KVs) and Key Value Indicators (KVIs) into network design and evaluation. On 18 December 2024, Hexa-X-II hosted…
Nintendo has announced a free update for Pikmin 4 that could remedy one of fans’ biggest complaints about the game. (Yes, free. From Nintendo. We’re shocked too, but we’ll take it.) The update, which arrives in November, adds Fierce mode to make the game more challenging for those who want it. We don’t know exactly…