IBM announced last week that it has developed the technology to produce chips with 2nm transistors. You may remember from other episodes of our explainer show, Upscaled, that smaller transistors generally either help improve performance, or power efficiency. The current state of the art is generally around 5nm or 7nm, so this is an impressive … Read more
White House reporters are seething over a policy that requires them to submit quotes from interviews with Biden administration officials to the communications team for approval, editing or veto, according to a report on Tuesday. The White House is demanding that reporters who conduct interviews with administration officials do so under conditions known as “background with … Read more
NYC Department of Correction Commissioner Cynthia Brann is set to resign by the end of the month, according to the union representing the city’s correction officers. Brann, who has served as commissioner for three-and-a-half years, is expected to work her last day in the role on May 31, according to the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association. … Read more
“Today” show meteorologist Dylan Dreyer is pregnant with her third child. The morning show co-anchor announced Tuesday morning that her third bundle of joy with husband Brian Fichera is set to arrive in November. “The holidays are going to be bananas,” she said on the morning show. The little one will join 4-year-old brother Calvin … Read more
George Shinn, the original owner of the Charlotte Hornets and quite an original himself, turned 80 years old Tuesday. To mark the occasion, I asked Shinn for an interview. I wondered if that nice round number might mean one of Charlotte’s most charismatic and controversial sports figures would be willing to reflect on his greatest … Read more
Two US Air Force Bell UH-1P helicopters from the 20th Special Operations Squadron fly into Cambodia, around 1970 US Air Force/Capt. Billie D Tedford In May 1967, US special operators and Vietnamese troops went behind enemy lines to take out North Vietnam’s top general. The mission led by the secretive MACV-SOG quickly went wrong, and … Read more
Text size Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Eric Frances/Getty Images A potential large mystery buyer of Berkshire Hathaway’s supervoting class A shares could be revealed in the next week as institutional investors report their equity holdings for March 31. Trading volume in the Berkshire’s class A shares (ticker BRK.A), normally light, rose sharply from … Read more
Amazon’s Alexa has a voice familiar to millions: calm, warm, and measured. But like most synthetic speech, its tones have a human origin. There was someone whose voice had to be recorded, analyzed, and algorithmically reproduced to create Alexa as we know it now. Amazon has never revealed who this “original Alexa” is, but journalist … Read more
As the vaccination drive opened up for those under 45, Bollywood actor Daisy Shah, on Tuesday took the first jab of COVID-19 vaccine at the Kohinoor vaccination centre in Mumbai. The 36-year-old star took to her Instagram handle and shared a picture of herself getting vaccinated. The snap features Daisy wearing a fashionable blue coloured … Read more
Google has been pushing people to its overhauled Pay app by retiring core features on the older version, including person-to-person transfers. Now, it’s launching another update that should appeal to the millions of US users who regularly send money abroad. Starting today, Google Pay is rolling out international money transfers in partnership with established remittances … Read more