Author: The Tech Guy

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEHugging Face’s New AI Biology Model Lets You Chat With DNAEmily Mullin | Wired ($)”The AI platform Hugging Face on Thursday released a new open model for understanding DNA that can run locally on a laptop. Developed in collaboration with researchers at Zhongguancun Academy in China and the University of Naples Federico II in Italy, the model is trained on genomic sequences and natural language so that people can ask questions about the effects of DNA changes on gene activity and health and get conversational answers in return.”BIOTECHNOLOGYA First for CRISPR: Powerful Prime Editing Alters DNA Directly in the…

Vivo could have played it safe with the X500 series. Give the phones a slightly faster processor, slap on a new coat of paint, throw around a few AI buzzwords, and call it a day. Nobody would have been particularly surprised. Thankfully, Vivo seems to have had other ideas. The new X500 lineup consists of three phones: the X500, X500 Pro, and X500 Pro Max. But don’t let the names fool you into thinking these are simply three sizes of the same phone. Each model has its own identity, with differences in display size, processing power, and camera hardware. The…

Android is all about choice and customization, but to some, that identity is fading away. Every version of Android that ships with a commercial phone is a far cry from the basic Android Open Source Project release, complete with custom manufacturer tweaks — and restrictions. Pixel phones arrive with Google’s vision for Android, sometimes mistakenly referred to as “stock Android.” In many ways, it’s more limited than the Android skins you get from Samsung or Motorola. I’ve written about one way Pixel phones are limited by software: the Battery Health Assistance feature you can’t turn off. It’s designed to preserve…

Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Looking for a different day?A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, October 24 (game #965).Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my…

Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics said it learned of a cyber breach of one of its systems this week, likely compromising some records for patients. In a Thursday regulatory filing, Quest Diagnostics reported “unauthorized access” to its Quanum Lab Services Manager, a platform where certain clients can place test orders and receive or look up their results. The company said it discovered the hack on Wednesday and notified federal law enforcement. How many patients and which particular records have been affected is still unknown. Quest Diagnostics said it believes “certain patient records” were accessed in the breach, but that the…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Like gas station kratom, research-grade peptides have become widely available for consumers at convenience stores across the United States. Yet as one investigation into peptides sourced from a New York City bodega found, ease of access comes with a high price: your health. In new reporting on the peptide trade, CBS took a hard look at gray market peptide products available across the US, including a knockoff of Eli Lilly’s yet-to-be-released injectable weight loss drug retatrutide, bought from a corner store in Brooklyn.…

Apple will launch its first touchscreen OLED MacBook on October 28. The company sent out the official invite with the tagline “Pro and tell”, and it works nicely with what the reports have said all along – expect the new OLED-clad, touch-enabled MacBook Pros, and possibly an updated iMac and an OLED iPad mini. The iQOO Neo12 is launching in China on October 28, and the company revealed its design and three color options – Fierce Edge, Shadow Black, and Frost Blade Blue. The phone will have a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC, a dedicated Q3 gaming chip, and…

Joe Maring / Android AuthorityAdd Android Authority on Google: TL;DR Gemini Notebook is now available as a Connected App in the Gemini app. This integration allows you to manage and query notebooks from your conversation with Gemini. The Gemini Notebook Connected App is available to all Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. If you want to make the Gemini app more useful, you could start using Connected Apps. These are apps that can be integrated with the chatbot, allowing you to access their services without leaving your Gemini conversation. Recently, Peloton, SeatGeek, Airtable, and others…

Japanese gaming company Capcom has disclosed a data breach impacting 11 million email addresses and the personal information of a small number of individuals. The incident, the gaming giant says, was discovered on October 19 and involved unauthorized access to CAPCOM ID, its shared service used for accessing online services and for playing online games. During the intrusion, the hackers stole the email addresses of 11,774,247 people, along with account data such as creation date, last login date, number of logins, and the last login’s IP address. For 43 of the affected customers, the hackers also compromised dates of birth,…

SpaceX says 440,000 Nvidia Vera Rubin chips will be running by the end of Q2 2027. My model takes SpaceX from about 3 GW of AI compute at the end of 2026 to 19–23 GW by the end of 2027, with Minihard payback that could be about six months.Where will the demand for the AI come from ? I know and describe it. Knowing the timing of the supply of AI and the demand means knowing which companies will succeed. Randy Kirk and I go through the math, the Texas Minihard construction and SpaceX’s Louisiana launch site, and we explain…