Welcome back to PulseCode, where we sprinkle sarcasm and fun into your tech news experience! As you settle in for some quality porcelain throne time, join us for a whirlwind tour of this week's top stories. Here we go!
ChatGPT: Stock Market Whisperer (The Register) A University of Florida study highlights ChatGPT's potential for stock market forecasting. By evaluating news headlines and stock performance, ChatGPT outshines other models thanks to its nuanced understanding of the news. Move over, Warren Buffet – there's a new oracle in town!
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Intel Dumps Crypto Mining Chips After a Year (Tom's Hardware) Intel bids adieu to its Blockscale series of ASICs for digital currency mining just one year after its launch. The chips were designed for energy-efficient blockchain hash processing but were apparently inefficient in sticking around.
Firefox Fights the Cookie Banner Plague (Ghacks) Mozilla Firefox is testing a new feature to reject pesky cookie banners automatically. Dubbed "Cookie Banner Reduction," it's available in the Nightly trial version and aims to automate cookie management. Say hello to a (mostly) cookie-free browsing experience!
Apple Blocks Sneaky Spyware from NSO (TechCrunch) Apple's Block Mode thwarts an NSO-developed spyware installation, alerting two human rights activists of the hacking attempt. The successful block marks the first time Apple has stopped a targeted attack. Take that, digital snoops!
Brain Imaging Breakthrough: 64 Million Times Clearer (Duke University) New magnetic resonance equipment captures brain images with mind-boggling clarity – 64 million times clearer, to be exact. This technology could help study aging, nutrition, and neurodegenerative diseases. Who's up for some high-res brain selfies?
Microsoft's Secret AI Chip Project: Athena (The Verge) Microsoft is secretly developing its own AI chips to break free from Nvidia's clutches and reduce costs. The Athena project, which has been underway since 2019, plans to make chips available to OpenAI in 2024. Let the AI chip wars begin!
Vercel's AI Playground: Test All the LLMs! (Vercel) Vercel launches a new platform to test multiple LLMs side by side in real time. The AI Playground lets you dabble with GPT versions, Claude from Anthropic, and others from Replicate, Cohere, and HuggingFace. Expect even more AI templates in the future – it's an AI party!
That's all for this edition! Enjoy your newfound stock market prowess, savor a cleaner browsing experience, and marvel at the ongoing AI chip battles. Until next time!