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Ant Group uses Chinese chips and MoE models to cut AI training costs and reduce reliance on Nvidia. Releases open-source AI models, claiming strong benchmark results with domestic hardware. Chinese Alibaba affiliate company, Ant Group, is exploring new ways to train LLMs and reduce dependency on advanced foreign semiconductors. According to people familiar with the ...
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The Stephen King adaptation wrapped up its first season on HBO last night with plenty of mayhem and a few plot contortions. Read more âș
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Despite continual predictions that SSDs will fully displace HDDs, demand for spinning rust is on the rise. Read more âș
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US Tech Force employees will have recruitment opportunities with a host of private companies ranging from Meta and Google to Apple and Nvidia. Read more âș
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Ukraine's internal security agency said the attack damaged and disabled a Russian Kilo-class submarine in the port city of Novorossiysk. Read more âș
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"He's the heart and soul of the film," Rob Reiner said about his son, Nick Reiner, who wrote the movie "Being Charlie." Read more âș
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Bungieâs Marathon has a new release window. The survival extraction shooter was originally set to hit PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC in September, but by June, Sony had delayed it indefinitely. Now, with a plagiarism issue largely in the rearview mirror, Bungie has confirmed that Marathon will arrive in March and and plans to sell it for $40. Alongside the release date and price announcement, Bungie released a... Read more âș
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Google notified users in an email today that, beginning next month, it will stop sending its dark web reports, an opt-in feature that alerted users when Google detected their personal information on the dark web, as reported by 9to5Google. On January 15th, Google will stop scanning for that data, like contact info and home addresses, [âŠ] Read more âș
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Cloudflare's sixth annual Year in Review report describes an internet increasingly shaped by two forces: automated traffic and government intervention, as global connectivity grew 19% year over year in 2025. Google's web crawler now dominates automated traffic, dwarfing other AI and indexing bots to become the single largest source of bot activity on the web. Nearly half of all major internet disruptions globally were linked to government actions, and civil... Read more âș
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Eagle-eyed Swifties have IDâd the starâs pillow brand in a recent TV show appearance, and itâs one of my favorites as well. Coop is having a special sale to commemorate the event. Read more âș
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Bungie's Marathon, its upcoming extraction shooter that it delayed from a planned September release, will now launch in March 2026. The studio is "targeting" a price of $39.99, and "purchasing Marathon will give you full access to the game, including a roadmap of free gameplay updates as the year progresses," according to a blog post. [âŠ] Read more âș
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The holidays are a great time to get products for major discounted prices, even from major automakers Tesla, the most recognizable EV manufacturer. Read more âș
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Luminar, the lidar manufacturer that rode a wave of self-driving car hype to land deals with major automakers like Volvo and Mercedes-Benz, filed for bankruptcy Monday. The company has been mired in a legal fight with its founder and former CEO, Austin Russell, who was ousted earlier this year following an ethics inquiry. As part [âŠ] Read more âș
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PR manager at Sapphire, Edward Crisler told Hardware Unboxed in a podcast that he wishes chip makers (like AMD and Nvidia) would let AIB partners roam free and build creative graphics card designs without restrictions. Read more âș
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Ukraine has used long-range drones to attack Russian oil platforms as it expands its strikes on the country's energy sector. Read more âș
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He also directed 'Stand By Me,' 'A Few Good Men,' 'When Harry Met Sally,' 'This Is Spinal Tap,' and many more. Read more âș
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Nick Reiner, Rob Reiner's son, was arrested after the Hollywood director and his wife, Michelle, were found dead in their home. Read more âș
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Apple today provided developers with the first betas of upcoming watchOS 26.3, tvOS 26.3, and visionOS 26.3 betas for testing purposes. The software comes a few days after Apple launched the 26.2 versions of each platform. The software updates are available through the Settings app on each device, and because these are developer betas, a free developer account is required. We don't know what new features might be added in... Read more âș
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President Donald Trump will recruit workers from Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and other tech giants to form the US Tech Force, a new program that aims to "modernize the federal government," according to an announcement on Monday. Under the new program, Trump plans to hire around 1,000 technology specialists to work across federal agencies [âŠ] Read more âș
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Asus and Gigabyte have released revised versions of the companies' GeForce RTX 5060 Ti graphics cards, powered by Nvidia's Blackwell architecture. Read more âș
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The US will allow Nvidiaâs H200 chips into China with a 25% fee. The news came the same day two men were charged with smuggling Nvidia chips to China. The United States will allow Nvidiaâs H200 processors â its second-fastest AI chips â to be exported to China with a 25% fee added to each ... Read more âș
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IBM is in talks to buy Confluent for $11bn to advance its cloud and AI plans. Confluentâs platform gives AI agents steady data and aligns with IBMâs shift from large AI data centres. Talks between IBM and Confluent appear to be entering the final stretch, with reports pointing to an acquisition worth about $11 billion. ... Read more âș
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Chinese AI modelsâ global adoption has nearly tripled from 13% to approximately 30% of total usage in 2025, according to OpenRouterâs 100 trillion token analysis Programming and roleplay dominate AI usage patterns, with open-source models capturing one-third of the market Recent data reveals that Chinese AI modelsâ global adoption has reached unprecedented levels, with models ... Read more âș
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Alibaba aims to make Qwen an AI super app that works across devices and services. Alibaba formed a new unit to bring its Qwen chatbot into more parts of daily life. Alibaba is reorganising its consumer-facing AI work as it looks to bring the Qwen chatbot into daily life and position it for broader use ... Read more âș
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Purpose-built AI cybercrime agents capable of executing multi-step attacks autonomously are emerging in 2026, fundamentally changing threat landscapes The critical vulnerability isnât just AI-powered attacksâitâs the âtempo differentialâ where defenders respond at human speed while attacks execute at machine velocity Every major cybersecurity vendor is sounding alarms about AI-weaponised attacks. Itâs become the industryâs consensus ... Read more âș
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OpenAI released GPT-5.2 as pressure from Google and Anthropic grows. GPT-5.2 improves performance while OpenAI weighs safety and user trust. Pressure inside OpenAI has been building as competition around AI models tightens. That strain came into view this week with the release of GPT-5.2, a new model that the company says improves writing, coding, and ... Read more âș
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