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Is the Turing Test Obsolete?
Is the Turing Test Obsolete?

Is the Turing Test obsolete? The head of Alexa development argues that it is.

Intel Urged to ‘Explore Alternatives’ to Manufacturing Its Own Chips
Intel Urged to ‘Explore Alternatives’ to Manufacturing Its Own Chips

Intel is facing calls from an activist investor to explore strategic alternatives and potential for a spinoff or divestment of previous acquisitions.

SpaceX Plans to ‘Catch’ Super Heavy Rockets With Launch Tower
SpaceX Plans to ‘Catch’ Super Heavy Rockets With Launch Tower

Legs Who needs 'em? Not the new SpaceX Super Heavy booster, if Elon Musk's latest tweets are true.

Star Citizen Developer Unveils New Roadmap, Cancels Squadron 42 Beta
Star Citizen Developer Unveils New Roadmap, Cancels Squadron 42 Beta

Cloud Imperium Games has canceled the Squadron 42 beta that was supposed to debut before the end of 2020, with no current plan or timeline for launching it.

Boston Dynamics Says Goodbye to 2020 With a Robot Dance Party
Boston Dynamics Says Goodbye to 2020 With a Robot Dance Party

One day, robots may be dancing on our graves, and they're going to be surprisingly good at it!

Activist Firm Urges Intel to ‘Explore Alternatives’ to Manufacturing Its Own Chips
Activist Firm Urges Intel to ‘Explore Alternatives’ to Manufacturing Its Own Chips

Intel is facing calls from an activist investor to explore strategic alternatives and potential for a spinoff or divestment of previous acquisitions.

190,000 Ceiling Fans Recalled After Blades Fly Off, Hitting People
190,000 Ceiling Fans Recalled After Blades Fly Off, Hitting People

King of Fans is recalling some 190,000 ceiling fans sold through Home Depot after the blades began detaching during operation.

Comparison of Apple M1, A14 Shows Differences in SoC Design
Comparison of Apple M1, A14 Shows Differences in SoC Design

A new analysis of the M1 breaks down the die design versus the smartphone-class A14 SoC.

Stadia Could Have a Huge 2021 If Google Can Just Focus for Once
Stadia Could Have a Huge 2021 If Google Can Just Focus for Once

Maybe this cloud gaming thing isn't so crazy after all. In fact, 2021 might be a huge year for Stadia, if Google can overcome its tendency to lose focus.

Report: Nvidia’s Next-Gen GPU Could Pack 18,432 CUDA Cores, 64TFLOPS
Report: Nvidia’s Next-Gen GPU Could Pack 18,432 CUDA Cores, 64TFLOPS

Nvidia's upcoming Ampere, which may be named after computing pioneer Ada Lovelace, could pack as many as 18,432 CUDA cores, a substantial increase over current top-end cards like the RTX 3090.

Core i7-11700K Beats Ryzen 7 5800X in Leaked Geekbench 5 Results
Core i7-11700K Beats Ryzen 7 5800X in Leaked Geekbench 5 Results

New benchmark results for Rocket Lake show the new CPU family beating AMD's latest Zen 3 CPUs compared core-for-core.

Fusion Reactor Sets Record By Running for 20 Seconds
Fusion Reactor Sets Record By Running for 20 Seconds

A team from South Korea just made a major advancement — the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) device recently ran for 20 seconds. That might not sound impressive, but it doubles the previous record.