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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google's Gemini AI models have improved by leaps and bounds over the past year, but you can only use Gemini on Google's terms. The company's Gemma open-weight models have provided more freedom, but Gemma 3, which launched over a year ago, is getting a bit long in the tooth. Starting today, developers can start working with Gemma 4, which comes in four sizes optimized for local usage. Google has also acknowledged developer frustrations with AI licensing,
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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On Wednesday, President Donald Trump claimed to have secured the release of eight Iranian women condemned to execution for protesting the regime. Only the night before, he had posted on Truth Social about the imminent executions of these women, quoting a screenshot that included a collage of eight glamorously backlit, soft-focus portraits. The photos of […] Read more ›
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he expects production for Optimus, the humanoid robot, to start around late July or August. Read more ›
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OpenAI’s latest image generator has thinking capabilities. ChatGPT Images 2.0 arrives one year after version 1.0, and it promises expertly curated end-to-end automation for visual tasks. Images 2.0 has the ability to research and synthesize information from the web into detailed “production-level” visuals. GPT Images 2.0 generated content OpenAI is positioning Images 2.0 as a full replacement for dedicated image editing apps, too, as it can remove backgrounds, transform aspect... Read more ›
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The mystery of what kind of CEO John Ternus will be for Apple may already have been solved by his own words. Read more ›
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Also, Musk owns up to a broken promise and vows to spend an unbelievably large amount of money to make up for it. Read more ›
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Elon Musk reveals details about TeraFab: Intel provides technology, Tesla builds pilot line, SpaceX constructs high-volume fab. Read more ›
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But you may soon be able to take it in for an upgrade at something called a "mini-factory." Read more ›
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Scientists at UC Irvine have found a way to potentially reverse age-related vision loss by targeting the ELOVL2 “aging gene” and restoring vital fatty acids in the retina. Their experiments in mice show that supplementing with specific polyunsaturated fatty acids—not just DHA—can restore visual function and even reverse cellular aging signs. Read more ›
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People tend to look at tires' ride quality and how they wear, but tires also contribute a lot to gas mileage. What are some good fuel-efficient tire options? Read more ›
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Elon Musk delayed the new Tesla Roadster release yet again, saying it could be coming "in a month or so." Read more ›
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AI startup STCH has raised $7 Mn (about ₹66 Cr) in its Pre-Series A funding round led by Omnivore, along… Read more ›
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Buyers are in a race to secure a dwindling supply of shares in Anthropic, driving the AI company's valuation on some platforms to $1 trillion. Read more ›
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Google surprised us a bit this afternoon with the release of Android 17 QPR1 Beta 1 for its Pixel line-up. This update will come after the first stable build of Android 17 is released, which should happen soon now that we have received the final beta of that. For those not up-to-date on what the... Read the original post: Google Releases Android 17 QPR1 Beta 1 for Pixel Read more ›
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The company behind Dungeons & Dragons has its official answer to Critical Role in its new show Dungeon Masters, which airs weekly on YouTube. Read more ›
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The proposed class action lawsuit says the company stands to benefit twice from the now-voided import duties. Read more ›
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The OnePlus Ace 6 Ultra will be unveiled on April 28 (that’s Tuesday next week). Last week, the company posted details on the Ace Awakening design, which features the word “Ace” etched on the back of the device in a way that creates a 3D effect. Now OnePlus has revealed another look for the Ace 6 Ultra called “Metal Storm”. It’s a combination of a metal frame with a matte... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Many scientists have contended that humans have evolved very little over the past 10,000 years. A few hundred generations was just a blink of the evolutionary eye, it seemed. Besides, our cultural evolution -- our technology, agriculture and the rest -- must have overwhelmed our biological evolution by now. A vast study, published on Wednesday in the journal Nature,... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from the Guardian: Households will be called on to boost their consumption of Great Britain's record renewable energy this summer to help balance the power grid and lower energy bills. Under the new plans, people could be encouraged to run dishwashers and washing machines or charge up their electric vehicles when there is more wind and solar power than the electricity grid needs.... Read more ›
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Some Japanese bullet trains will soon support premium private suites this October, featuring windows with embedded 5G antennas for steadier onboard Wi-Fi and NTT noise-cancelling cabin tech to reduce train noise. The 5G window antennas are designed to maintain line-of-sight connections as trains race past base stations at up to 285 km/h. The Register reports: Rail operator JR Central announced the new tech late last month and will initially deploy... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from UploadVR: A group of independent researchers built a device that can artificially induce smell using ultrasound, with no consumable cartridges required. [...] The team of four are Lev Chizhov, Albert Yan-Huang, Thomas Ribeiro, Aayush Gupta. Chizhov is a neurotech entrepreneur with a background in math and physics, Yan-Huang is a researcher at Caltech with a background in computation and neural systems, and Ribeiro... Read more ›
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The EU says a new age-verification app is technically ready and could let users prove they are old enough to access restricted online content without revealing their identity or personal data. Deutsche Welle reports: Once released, users will be able to download the app from an app store and set it up using proof of identity, such as a passport or national ID card. They can then use it to... Read more ›
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Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.7, calling it its strongest generally available model and an improvement over Opus 4.6 in areas like software engineering, instruction-following, tool use, and agentic coding. But the company says it is "less broadly capable" than the restricted Claude Mythos Preview, "which Anthropic rolled out to a select group of companies as part of a new cybersecurity initiative called Project Glasswing earlier this month," reports CNBC. From... Read more ›
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IPv6 usage briefly reached 50% across Google services for the first time, marking a major milestone for a protocol created in 1998 to solve IPv4's address shortage. Tom's Hardware reports: [...] IPv6 was dismissed early on as a headache-inducing, hard-to-implement complication that would hardly ever gain any traction -- despite offering 2^128 possible numbers, solving all network number assignments in one fell swoop. That changed over time by force of... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Alphabet's Google is negotiating an agreement with the Department of Defense that would allow the Pentagon to deploy its Gemini AI models in classified settings, the Information reported on Thursday, citing two people with direct knowledge of the discussions. The two parties are discussing an agreement that would allow the Pentagon to use Google's AI for all lawful uses, according to the... Read more ›
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The head of the International Energy Agency warned that Europe may have only "six weeks or so" of jet fuel left if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz stays disrupted. The Associated Press reports: IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol painted a sobering picture of the global repercussions of what he called "the largest energy crisis we have ever faced," stemming from the pinch-off... Read more ›
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BrianFagioli writes: The developers behind Linux Mint say the project is rethinking its release strategy and moving toward a longer development cycle, with the next version now expected around Christmas 2026. In a monthly update, project lead Clement Lefebvre said the team reached a "crossroads" and needs more flexibility to fix bugs, improve the desktop, and adapt to rapid changes across the Linux ecosystem. The upcoming development build, temporarily called... Read more ›
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