The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending April 26, 2024, closed at 3,483.73 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -0.08% (or -2.68 basis points). Twelve RDWI members gained value last week from 0.99% (Eli Lilly & Co.) to 12.72% (Alphabet/Google). Thirteen RDWI members lost value the previous week…
TSMC beats expectations on earnings, but stock falls anyway because investors had the company “priced for perfection.”
Groq Inc's AI chip delivers blistering 800 tokens/sec inference on Meta's LLaMA 3 model, potentially reshaping the landscape of AI hardware.
Business leaders need to better understand how AI might make it harder to reach their sustainability goals and how to balance their competing demands.
It's also speculated that Vivo might be the first OEM to feature the new SoC.
The app is free, although more features are available for Creative Cloud subscribers.
With U.S. stock futures trading higher this morning on Thursday, some of
We’re well past Easter yet a long way from Memorial Day, but who says holiday week-worthy deals are reserved for special times of the year? This week (Monday, April 22 through Sunday, April 28), Best Buy is having a blow-out sale just because they can. The tech retailer’s featured deals include up to 40% off appliances, $500 off a 77” Samsung OLED 4K TV, $120 off a cordless Dyson vacuum, $70 off a pair of Sony over-the-ear noise-canceling headphones, and $650 off a iMac 24" M1 Monitor – a...
Get ready for AI to make videos from just your picture. Microsoft Research recently unveiled VASA, a new AI framework demonstration capable of generating “hyper-realistic” talking faces from a single portrait and speech audio, possibly reducing the reliance on webcams. The new technology introduces a shift in video conferencing, potentially making webcams obsolete by synthesizing lifelike facial […]
When The Hershey Company used AI to drive its media placements in a recent campaign, it not only sold more candy but also gave the confectionary brand an advantage in its negotiations with retailers. Hershey’s partnered with Chalice Custom Algorithms for a Halloween campaign, a make-or-break period for candy brands, that incorporated its sales data. The brand served more ads in real time to markets where candy wasn’t selling and fewer ads to locations where Hershey’s was already flying off...
Apple’s “Let Loose” iPad event is just over a week away, and the rumors in the leadup are starting to get interesting. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the much-anticipated OLED iPad Pro may arrive not with the new M3 chip as we’ve all been expecting, but the next-gen M4 instead. In the Power On newsletter on Sunday, Gurman wrote that he’s “hearing there is a strong possibility” that this will be the case. And, he says it’ll herald Apple’s official entry into AI. “I believe Apple will...
In a surprise move, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports today in his Power On newsletter that the upcoming iPad Pro may actually be powered by the M4 chip, skipping the M3 altogether. The company would tout the AI capabilities of the new iPad range, powered by the upgraded Neural Engine in the M4 chip. The M4 chip is scheduled to arrive in Macs later in the year. more