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Apple is planning to launch its own search engine as it prepares for its annual WWDC event. A tweet from writer Robert Scoble, which appears after a thread summarising the Apple surprises he expects in the coming year, is the source of the speculation.Scoble stated that the information is based partly on interactions with informants and partly on deduction. "This is the most costly product launch of all time", he continued.Many have speculated that the Cupertino behemoth would eventually dip its toes in the water due to a…

Well, this is straight from the desk of “didn’t see that coming,” but search engine toolkit company Ahrefs just told me they’ve been working on their very own search engine on the sly, plowing $60 million of resources into its own search engine, called Yep. It’s a unique proposition, running its own search index, rather than relying on APIs from Google or Bing. As for the name? I dunno; Yep seems pretty daft to me, but I guess at least the name is one character shorter than Bing, the other major…

By Kashmir Hill, The New York Times Company For $29.99 a month, a website called PimEyes offers a potentially dangerous superpower from the world of science fiction: the ability to search for a face, finding obscure photos that would otherwise have been as safe as the proverbial needle in the vast digital haystack of the internet. A search takes mere seconds. You upload a photo of a face, check a box agreeing to the terms of service and then get a grid of photos of faces deemed similar, with links to where they appear on…

A driver resource file mentioning several unreleased Intel processor generations has been unearthed by momomo_us on Twitter. They suggest that this screenshot of device descriptors comes from a file which is part of an Intel Management Engine Interface (MEI) release. A screenshot taken of the file contents makes reference to current generation processors as well as upcoming Raptor Lake (RPL), Meteor Lake (MTL), and even Lunar Lake (LNL) CPUs.(Image credit: momomo_us)Next up on the Intel CPU release calendar are the 13th…

Engine Inventive has used the most recent expertise for lacking particular person posters, making a hi-tech 3D show on behalf of the charity Lacking Folks. The digital advertising company has harnessed the most recent artificial intelligence (AI) expertise to recreate a stay picture of the particular person being sought, establishing an extra visceral reference to passersby with the hope of triggering reminiscence recall and the chance of an optimistic response. Leah Croucher, Finn Layland-Stratfield, and…

The executive who will succeed Sheryl Sandberg as chief operating officer at Meta FB -3.67% Platforms Inc. has quietly but steadily amassed power at the Facebook parent by focusing on growth, one of the business objectives most prized by Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg Javier Olivan, 44 years old, will take on a position very…

The corridor was supposed to be ready by December last year, but it could not happen due to the pandemic.The engine ran on the corridor from the Yamuna to Pali village.A train engine ran on the Western Corridor of the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC) on Tuesday as part of the trial process. The train engine ran at a speed of 100 kmph from the Yamuna to Pali village. Many top officials of the DFCC were present during this trial. Barring minor flaws, everything else went well, officials said. The DFCC officers…

Volvo will be the latest automaker to tap into the graphical prowess of Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. The Swedish automaker said it will partner with the Fortnite creator to bring “photorealistic visualization” into its next generation of electric vehicles. The crux of the Volvo / Epic partnership will be the “human-machine interface” (HMI), which, in the context of vehicle ownership, is another way to describe the way car owners interact with their vehicle’s software. Volvo says that Epic will help build a platform on…

Last year, there were reports that Toyota is working on hybrid technology for their diesel engine. Now, there are reports, that the new hybrid diesel engine could be used for the Fortuner and will be going on sale in Thailand first. The Fortuner Hybrid would be launched in 2023. It is expected that Toyota will use the 1GD-FTV 2.8-litre engine. There will be an integrated starter motor and a special alternator. The SUV would be able to store the energy that is lost during braking. Then this energy would be used to…

For the last 20 years and counting, the superhero genre has been the most lucrative and popular type of filmmaking in Hollywood, and the bubble doesn’t show any signs of bursting in the near future. With that in mind, you may be wondering why it’s a surprise to discover such a movie making a splash on Netflix, and the answer is simple; Black Lightning is a Russian blockbuster that was first released 13 years ago. Co-written and directed by Alexandr Voitinsky, Grigoriy Dobrygin stars as Dimitri Maykov, who ends up…