Articles by Peter Grad
Tech Xplore / Super-AI gameplay spurs humans to novel, winning strategies
Are machines losing their edge in game-playing against humans?
Tech Xplore / 'Indirect prompt injection' attacks could upend chatbots
ChatGPT's explosive growth has been breathtaking. Barely two months after its introduction last fall, 100 million users had tapped into the AI chatbot's ability to engage in playful banter, argue politics, generate compelling ...
Tech Xplore / Chinese team creates vocal cords on a chip
Most of us take our voices for granted. But if we sing too long at a wild party, scream for our team at a sports event or suffer a bout of laryngitis due to a cold, we quickly learn how inconvenient it is to wake up the next ...
Tech Xplore / Researcher hacks into 35 major technology firms
A Romanian threat researcher detailed in a published report Wednesday how he broke into IT systems belonging to some of the largest corporations in the world. His assaults successfully targeted Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, PayPal, ...
Tech Xplore / Hyundai TIGER vehicle rolls smoothly, walks around obstacles
Autos today warn us of potential collisions, park themselves in tight spots, drive up to us from the parking lot to where we exit from a store on a rainy day, and they steer and change lanes for us as we coast along major ...
Tech Xplore / Intel's benchmark claims against Apple's M1 draw scrutiny
They say that breaking up is hard to do. Apple and Intel had a 15-year relationship as Intel produced the chips that helped Apple—in the early 2000's only a fraction of the size of Intel—grow into the giant it is today. Apple's ...
Tech Xplore / Microsoft's Viva reimagines intranet in post-COVID world
The promise of slowing numbers of COVID-19 cases and the development of vaccines are offering hope that workers exiled at home can get back to work again. While no one expects a rapid return to the workplace, one thing seems ...
Tech Xplore / Boston Dynamics introduces self-charging robotic dog Spot
Boston Dynamics has given Spot, its robotic canine, a leg up over the competition. Or more precisely, an arm.
Tech Xplore / Musk's Neuralink creates 'happy monkeys' who play Pong with their minds
When talking about Elon Musk, we must be prepared to talk about big numbers. The world's richest man—he's currently worth about $209 billion, give or take a billion—has designed electric powered cars that can drive (with ...
Tech Xplore / Xiaomi device will charge devices from across a room
The multinational electronics company Xiaomi announced the development of a new power transmission system that can charge a cellphone from across a room without any wires or charging pads.
Tech Xplore / Computer-assisted Venus flytrap captures objects on demand
Exploring new approaches to improve the capabilities and accuracy of robots, a team of researchers in Singapore has turned to an unexpected source: plants.
Tech Xplore / Microsoft patent would let us chat with the departed
A chilling episode of the Twilight Zone that first aired 60 years ago focused on a young boy (played by Bill Mumy) who frustrated his parents by insisting he speaks to his grandmother daily on the toy phone she had given ...
Tech Xplore / Raspberry unveils $4 Pi Pico microcontroller
Raspberry is introducing a new member to its family: a microcontroller. And its price won't set anyone back too much: The new Raspberry Pi Pico costs about the same as a box of fresh-picked raspberries at the grocery store, ...
Tech Xplore / Brave browser adds peer-to-peer IPFS protocol to combat censorship
In what might be the first salvo against the decades-long dominance of the HTTP protocol for internet data retrieval, an open source web browser devoted to privacy has introduced an option that allows for direct peer-to-peer ...
Tech Xplore / New Windows 10X aims for simplicity
Leaks of Microsoft's Windows 10X for single screen PCs reveal a simplified OS with an emphasis on simplicity.
