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Before we get to today’s column, check out this story about last week’s Neural Information Processing Systems conference, where a number of researchers cast doubt on some of today’s most popular techniques for improving AI. Some researchers, including at OpenAI, have ideas for new techniques that could produce better results.Other researchers such as David Luan, who leads an Amazon AI research unit, have issue with the order and focus of steps in the model training process.For instance, if a model will be u
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Paramount has launched a $108.4 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, calling Netflix’s $83 billion arrangement to purchase the entertainment giant’s studios and streaming service “inferior.” The Paramount proposal, unlike Netflix’s, would also include the linear networks owned by WBD. Paramount says its deal offers a “superior alternative to the Netflix transaction,” citing […] Read more ›
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Paramount's Larry and David Ellison are making a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Three of their partners are Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi. Read more ›
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As if the Analogue 3D wasn't nostalgic enough, the 4K N64 emulator will soon be available in a handful of transparent "Funtastic" limited editions going on sale on December 10th at 8AM Pacific/11AM Eastern. The vibrant transparent models will be available "in highly limited quantities," and they'll cost more than the standard model at $299. […] Read more ›
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A Slovenian security researcher has published an analysis of Sipeed’s NanoKVM that raises far-reaching concerns about the €30-€60 remote management device. Read more ›
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Katsuhiro Harada, has announced his departure from Bandai Namco having worked on the Tekken series for 30 years. Read more Read more ›
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As Warren Buffett approaches retirement, Berkshire Hathaway announced a slew of new roles for some of its most important executives. Read more ›
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The "AI and crypto frenzy" is threatening American lives, the organizations say. Read more ›
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Paramount just launched at $30 offer for all of WBD, after Netflix won the bidding war. Read more ›
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Elon Musk spent the weekend bashing the EU after regulators fined X over its "deceptive" blue checkmarks. Read more ›
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Apple today shared a new "Outrun" Apple Pay ad on its YouTube channel, highlighting the usefulness of the payments service when a physical payment method is unavailable. In the spot, a woman fleeing from an attacking monster pulls into a gas station, then realizes she doesn't have her wallet to pay for gas. She's able to make her purchase with her iPhone instead. "Count on Apple Pay," reads the video's... Read more ›
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By recruiting travel experts to train external clients’ generative AI models, Uber signals it wants to become a behind-the-scenes infrastructure player for trip planning. But are travel planners and agents going along for the ride? Read more ›
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The Boys' fifth and final season is headed to Amazon Prime Video on April 8th, 2026. In addition to a release date, Prime Video revealed the trailer for season five during CCXP in Brazil, offering a look at the reunion between Supernatural co-stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, as reported earlier by Variety. The Boys […] Read more ›
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Apple’s 2025 App Store Awards showcase rising trends in AI, accessibility, immersive video, and high-end gaming, giving users a curated list of apps worth downloading this year. Read more ›
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Same brains as Galaxy XR, but lightweight: Here's your first real look at Google's latest Android XR eyewear. Read more ›
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For years, I've lived in Canada's Victoria, British Columbia, where Hallmark Christmas movies are filmed. It's a great place to visit all year. Read more ›
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Hollywood studio Paramount isn't going to let Netflix's Warner Bros. acquisition go ahead without a bidding war. The historic filmmaking company announced an offer of its own for Warner Bros. today, which is even bigger than Netflix's "inferior" proposal. Read more 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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