The Gemma 4 works fine on my laptop, but putting it on a NAS has changed the way I use it

The Gemma 4 works fine on my laptop, but putting it on a NAS has changed the way I use it

Ever since I used an old GTX 1080 to build a local AI hosting workstation last year, I’ve been benchmarking LLM final assignments on all kinds of hardware, from gaming systems to tiny single-board PCs and outdated cell phones. As you’d expect, devices with NPU and VRAM loaded graphics cards work fine with my local … Read more

Google faces a $463 million fine for violating EU location data rules

Google faces a 3 million fine for violating EU location data rules

Google has been fined 403 million euros ($463 million) for violating the European Union’s strict data protection rules by improperly processing users’ location data, the bloc’s data protection regulator said on Monday. The Irish Data Protection Commission said its investigation found that Google did not lawfully or fairly process location data in users’ web and … Read more