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Before we get to today’s column, it’s worth pointing out that Google CEO Sundar Pichai strongly hinted on X that Gemini 3, the long-awaited next update to Google’s line of Gemini models, would be coming out this week. Google has done an impressive job of catching up to the other labs when it comes to conversational AI models, and Gemini 3 will be the company’s latest test to see whether it can keep pace. The model’s performance will also be another data point on whether we can expect to see AI gains continu
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Toccara Best submitted a request for a year of leave. When it got denied, she quit her job anyway to travel with her husband. Read more ›
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Friday, the EU slapped X with a €120 million fine (about $140 million) for violating the Digital Services Act (DSA). It was the first time that a company had been hit with a penalty for running afoul of the law. Elon Musk responded with his trademark tact and professionalism by posting “Bullshit” on X in […] Read more ›
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A hardware security response from ChatGPT ended with "Shop for home and groceries. Connect Target." But "There are no live tests for ads" on ChatGPT, insists Nick Turley, OpenAI's head of ChatGPT. Posting on X.com, he said "any screenshots you've seen are either not real or not ads." Engadget reports The OpenAI exec's explanation comes after another post from former xAI employee Benjamin De Kraker on X that has gained... Read more ›
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Katie Lynch's ex husband lives in an in-law apartment in the same property she lives. They prioritized their daughter, and it works for them. Read more ›
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Step aside, young folks of tech. This week we hear from the industry’s, ah, elder statesmen—specifically Larry Ellison at Oracle and Hock Tan from Broadcom, whose combined age is about 150. Oracle and Broadcom are each reporting their latest quarterly earnings this week, when the status of their newish AI businesses will be in the spotlight. In the case of Oracle, we’ll be looking for an update on its AI-related... Read more ›
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For "life and death decision-making," Anduril cofounder Palmer Luckey says it's "too critical" to not use the most advanced technology. Read more ›
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If you need to do any electrical work, having a multimeter is a must. Here's what everyday users have to say about the one from Klein Tools. Read more ›
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One does not simply spend more than 11 hours watching The Lord of the Rings trilogy in a single weekend at home when the opportunity to do so in theaters arises. As The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring turns 25, Fathom Entertainment and Warner Bros. announced theatrical screenings of the Peter Jackson trilogy in their extended editions, according to an exclusive report from Variety. The re-releases... Read more ›
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In November, Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s co-CEO made a trip to the White House for a lengthy meeting with Donald Trump. According to Bloomberg, the two discussed a number of topics, but chief among them was Netflix’s plan to bid on Warner Bros. At the end of their conversation, Sardonos felt that “Netflix wouldn’t face immediate […] Read more ›
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I switched my family to DVDs to avoid streaming overload. It transformed our chaotic movie nights into a calmer, quicker, and happier weekly tradition. Read more ›
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Those might not exactly be ads you're seeing on ChatGPT, at least according to OpenAI. Nick Turley, OpenAI's head of ChatGPT, clarified the confusion around potential ads appearing with the AI chatbot. In a post on X, Turley said "there are no live tests for ads" and that "any screenshots you've seen are either not real or not ads." The OpenAI exec's explanation comes after another post from former xAI... Read more ›
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X's clapback came after the Commission fined it $140 million. The gesture appears to be toothless. Read more ›
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Tiny Core Linux is a true example of just how small a functional desktop operating system can be, even in 2025. Read more ›
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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says AI scaling is key to reaching AGI, a still theoretical version of AI that reasons as well as humans. Read more ›
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UK developer Three Fields Entertainment - the studio behind the likes of Dangerous Golf and Dangerous Driving - says it has been "forced" into placing its "entire team on notice of redundancy" because publisher THQ Nordic has shown no "enthusiasm or financial support to continue development" of its latest title, Wreckreation. Read more Read more ›
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US spatial intelligence firm shows off its capabilities by providing high-quality images of a Chinese naval base on Hainan Island. Read more ›
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"People in their teens and early 20s are increasingly turning to old school tech," reports the BBC, "in a bid to unplug from the online world." Amazon UK told BBC Scotland News that retro-themed products surged in popularity during its Black Friday event, with portable vinyl turntables, Tamagotchis and disposable cameras among their best sellers. Retailers Currys and John Lewis also said they had seen retro gadgets making a comeback... Read more ›
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Iam8bit is suing Skybound Games for £2.9 million ($4 million), alleging breach of contract, fraudulent expenses, theft of designs, and claiming that Skybound used iam8bit's trade secrets to cut it out of a Stray deal. Read more Read more ›
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Looks like Giamatti's having a ball as a bad guy on 'Starfleet Academy' with an axe to grind against Holly Hunter. Read more ›
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday told employees he was declaring a “code red” to marshall more resources to improve ChatGPT as threats rise from Google and other artificial intelligence competitors, according to an internal memo. As a result, OpenAI plans to delay other initiatives, such as advertising, Altman said. Read more ›
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has told investors and financial institution representatives that it is aiming for an initial public offering in the second half of next year, according to two people familiar with the discussions. The talks come as SpaceX considers holding a sale of shares held by investors and employees that would value the company at $800 billion, double its valuation in a sale this summer, in what would make... Read more ›
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Executives at Microsoft and other enterprise software firms heralded 2025 as the year artificial intelligence would be capable of automating tasks that involve multiple steps, such as generating dashboards based on company sales data. But as the year comes to a close, Microsoft has lowered expectations for how quickly it can get customers to spend money on these newer products, known as agents. Multiple Microsoft divisions, for instance, have lowered... Read more ›
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Amazon is planning a new ultrafast delivery offering for groceries and other daily essentials in major urban areas in the U.S., a critical test of the e-commerce giant’s ambitions to sell more daily staples to consumers and supercharge its grocery business. In recent months, Amazon has approached large consumer packaged goods brands to ask them for lists of products it could sell through the service, according to a person with... Read more ›
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Google’s efforts to sell or lease its artificial intelligence server chips so they can run in any company’s data center—and not just in Google Cloud—have generated headlines, stock moves and a noteworthy response from AI chip leader Nvidia. It’s not lost on Nvidia that two of the world’s best AI models, from Google and Anthropic, were developed fully or partly using AI server chips made by Google rather than with... Read more ›
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Anthropic is in advanced discussions to buy Bun, a maker of software used to run and manage code more efficiently, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The artificial intelligence company is in talks to pay in the low hundreds of millions of dollars for the startup, which would be Anthropic’s first acquisition, according to the person. The acquisition would give Anthropic, which already has been using Bun... Read more ›
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Meta is hiring one of Apple’s top designers, Alan Dye, who ran the company’s user interface design team, Bloomberg reported. Longtime designer Stephen Lemay will take his spot at Apple, the news outlet reported. Apple’s design team has suffered from regular bouts of turnover since the company’s ... Read more ›
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Last week, Gap Inc. launched a chatbot to field product-related questions from Gap.com visitors, but the chatbot ended up discussing topics that fell outside the scope of questions it was supposed to handle, including intimacy products, sex toys, and Nazi Germany, according to a person with ... Read more ›
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OpenAI, which in recent weeks has appeared to fall behind Google in AI development, is fighting back with a new large language model codenamed Garlic.Last week, OpenAI’s chief research officer Mark Chen told some colleagues about the new model, which was performing well on the company’s evaluations, at least when compared to Gemini 3 and Anthropic’s Opus 4.5 in tasks involving coding and reasoning, according to a person with knowledge... Read more ›
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Chinese short-video company Kuaishou Technology on Tuesday launched a new artificial intelligence model that seeks to integrate different stages of video generation. Kuaishou said that its new model, Kling Video O1, not only creates videos but also offers various editing capabilities, such as ... Read more ›
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