Maria Diaz/ZDNET UWB — short for ultra-wideband — is a low-energy, short-range radio technology that’s been around for a couple of decades (it went under the name “pulse radio” for a while). UWB makes use of super-fast signal pulses (anything up to over a billion a second) broadcast across a wide swathe of the radio […] More
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<!–> Oscar Wong/Getty Images When Microsoft introduced Windows 11 in 2021, its new, stringent hardware compatibility test included checking for the presence of a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) – specifically, one that meets the TPM 2.0 standard. So, what is a TPM, and why does Windows insist that you need one? The simple answer is […] More
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<!–> R_Type/Getty Images Baidu has refuted suggestions it has ties to scientists who say they are training a Chinese military system based on the tech giant’s generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) chatbot, Ernie Bot. Media reports emerged on Friday that a university linked to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China was training the military’s AI […] More
<!–> Matt Cardy/Getty Images Australia has called out X, formerly Twitter, for slashing its online trust and safety resources and hindering its ability to respond to concerns about harmful content on its platform. The Australian eSafety Commissioner released a transparency report detailing cuts the microblogging site made to its trust and safety teams since it […] More
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