Some insiders knew in advance which NFT or cryptocurrencies would soon be on display. They used this knowledge for enrichment. Now the first judgments have been made. Meanwhile, information on today’s developer conference has already been published in the run-up to the Google I/O. For example, there should be a new AI language model, new pixel devices such as a folding smartphone and Android 14. The Thunderbird developers, on the other hand, are happy about a record. The e-mail project received 6.4 million US dollars from donations last year. That is more than twice as much as in 2021 – a brief overview of the most important reports.
Several Convictions for crypto insider trading has won the New York federal prosecutor. It’s them first judgments of this kind. The perpetrators are different, but their actions are similar: they knew in advance which crypto-things their employer would soon draw public attention to. This Insider knowledge used them for unlawful enrichment out of. One was about NFTsthe other for new ones cryptocurrencies. This leads to prison terms of ten months to two years for the first convictions: First judgments for crypto insider trading relate to NFT at Opensea, tokens at Coinbase.
Mobile, Web, Artificial Intelligence and Cloudthese are the four overarching themes at this year’s Google I/O developer conference will go. Parts have already been announced, such as the new AI language model PaLM 2, new Pixel devices and Android 14. Google himself has his new one Fallen Smartphone Pixel Fold already shown in the video. In addition, Google wants its Make search more personal with AI and video clip display. The focus is on the young Internet users, who should be particularly addressed by the AI chat and the change in the search display.
Much more Donate has the Mozilla-Project behind the email client Thunderbird taken in 2022. Have more than 300,000 donors given a total of $6,442,704. This isn’t just one new recordbut 2.3 times as much as in 2021, and 8.75 times the amount of donations in 2017. At that time the project was starving, now it is there financially secure. Mozilla Thunderbird has no significant income from sources other than donations. That’s why the project is looking for other sources of income. But “new tools and services to increase productivity” are in the works. In any case, the e-mail client itself should Toll-free remain: E-mail client Thunderbird celebrates the wave of donations.
Die SSD prices are since the beginning of the year fell further. NVMe cards with PCI Express 3.0 connection and 1 TB capacity are now available from 40 euros. Models in a 2.5-inch case cost a few euros less. Market researchers expect one Stabilization of SSD prices in the second half of the year, when server operators increasingly switch to new processor platforms. Meanwhile, one of the largest manufacturers of SSD controllers is warning possible consequences. Straight NAND flash producers would threatened bankruptciesif more losses are accumulated: SSDs end up at 40 euros for 1 TB.
Algorithms for artificial intelligence (KI) are ultimately just software and that’s why AI code basically runs also on general-purpose processors with ARM or x86 technology. Why then are heaps AI special chips developed? We discuss this question in a new episode of “Bit noise: c’t’s processor podcast“. Because AI hardware isn’t always about acceleration, it’s often rather around enabling, because otherwise a microcontroller would not be fast enough. Most notably, many AI chips are downright sloppy when processing AI algorithms more efficient than other general-purpose processors, or they are dedicated to specific tasks custom madeit says in the bit noise, the processor podcast: AI accelerators looked at the bit.
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