Paul Hill

1 day ago | neowin.net | Paul Hill

Tesla’s Optimus robots have been affected by China’s latest export controls on rare earth magnets, CEO Elon Musk has announced. The restrictions imposed by China are one of the latest tit-for-tat moves in an escalating trade war between the Asian nation and the United States. The restrictions impact samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, scandium, and yttrium.

1 day ago | neowin.net | Paul Hill

The Commission of the European Union has slapped Apple and Meta with fines of €500 million and €200 million, respectively, for breaching the rules of the Digital Markets Act. Specifically, it found Apple guilty of breaching the anti-steering obligation under the DMA and Meta failing to offer users a service option that uses less of their personal data. In Apple’s case, the Commission found that app developers can’t fully benefit from alternative app stores, due to Apple’s restrictions.

1 day ago | neowin.net | Paul Hill

Meta has launched a new tool called Edits to take on TikTok’s mobile video editor CapCut. The app features editing tools, data-driven insights, and enables longer camera capture with easy sharing to Instagram and Facebook. If you want to post to another platform, you can export the video and share it wherever you want, all without watermarks.

2 days ago | neowin.net | Paul Hill

Ofcom, the UK’s digital regulator, has announced that it’s banning Global Titles leasing from today to better protect people. Ofcom described Global Titles as special phone numbers that can be leased for legitimate purposes but can also be leased by malicious actors to divert calls and messages, including security codes sent by banks. In extreme cases, malicious actors can track your location, according to Ofcom.

2 days ago | neowin.net | Paul Hill

Fujitsu and RIKEN (a leading Japanese research institute) have announced that they’ve developed a new 256-qubit superconducting quantum computer, which significantly expands their quantum computing capabilities. Fujitsu said that the computer is at the RIKEN RQC-FUJITSU Collaboration Center and implements high-density implementation techniques. This new machine builds on a previous quantum computer that the pair developed, which had 64 qubits.