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Apple is reportedly launching a Klarna financing deal that will let U.S. customers spread the cost of devices over up to three years, pushing the company closer to a hardware-as-a-service model. "The only thing you don't get under the new arrangement is AppleCare, for which you'll allegedly need to pay extra," notes Computerworld. From the report: The introduction of the scheme gives consumers a way to purchase the company's popular high-end devices when they are introduced -- no doubt,at higher cost -- thi
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Apple is reportedly developing OLED versions of the MacBook Air and iMac, although both will arrive well after the first OLED MacBook Pro. Read more ›
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This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. A yet-unreleased, cutting-edge AI model escaped its test environment last week, connecting to the internet and murdering its creators in a bid for self-determination and autonomy. I’m kidding, of course: That’s the plot to […] Read more ›
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The startup's founders say they first tested their AI with RollerCoaster Tycoon. Read more ›
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The LG C6 OLED delivers an excellent experience straight out of the box, but a few simple adjustments can make it even better. After a month of testing, these are the picture, motion and sound settings I keep coming back to, along with the tweaks that noticeably improved the overall viewing experience. Read more ›
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The two companies will advance simulation and training for the Canadian Armed Forces. Read more ›
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Закон Мура, похоже, задвинули, т.к. упоминается он все реже и реже. А вот закон Амдала нет-нет, да вспомним. Тем более, что он приведен чуть ли не в каждой книге по параллельному программированию. А, ведь, есть и другие законы типа закона Гроша или гипотезы Минского. Но подобный их статус обязывает ко многому. Однако после детального знакомства с ними это ощущение, как правило, теряется. В законе Амдала, вроде, все правильно, но что-то... Read more ›
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A $50,000 T800 robot lost its head during Shenzhen's first humanoid robot fighting tournament, but continued fighting using its remaining systems. Read more ›
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The timeshare segment is a lending business in a hospitality costume, and that dynamic is helping to drive consolidation. Read more ›
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IBM on Wednesday said it was reducing its full-year projection for revenue growth to between 4% and 5% this year compared to an earlier forecast of more than 5% growth. The lowered forecast came during the company’s quarterly earnings report, which showed sluggish sales growth. The company first ... Read more ›
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Annika Bizon, VP of Product and Marketing for Samsung Mobile Experience, told us — well, very little, but she all but confirmed that anther Galaxy Ring is on the way. Read more ›
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On a GPU inference pod, CPU is a decorrelated proxy: it can sit at 30% while the accelerator is pinned and requests pile up behind it. Scale on the signal actually on the critical path—backlog and GPU utilization—with KEDA. The Autoscaler That Watched the Queue Burn A model-serving service I was on-call for had a ... Read more ›
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There’s a debate going on in the Trump administration over how to handle increasingly powerful Chinese AI models. Read more ›
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Ancient Slashdot reader alanw shares a post from the OSS Security mailing list, where sysadmin Jan Schaumann wonders what to do after the Linux kernel cranked out 432 CVEs in a little over 24 hours: "I understand the position that CVEs were always a flawed way to track or prioritize security changes... But this onslaught really shows it's not feasible to attempt to prioritize individual kernel changes. I'm not sure... Read more ›
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A hacker who breached Suno reportedly revealed source code and training-library details showing the AI music generator scraped millions of songs and lyrics from sources including YouTube Music, Deezer, Genius, Pond5, Jamendo, Freesound, and podcast RSS feeds. "The hacked data is a rare look at exactly how AI models and tools are built," reports 404 Media. "Suno is one of the largest AI music generation tools on the internet, and... Read more ›
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Spotify is testing a new "Talk to Spotify" AI feature for Premium subscribers that will let them chat with an AI assistant to explore music, podcasts, and audiobooks. The feature can answer questions about what users are listening to, adjust playback through follow-up prompts, and offer more personalized recommendations. The Verge reports: Amazon Music introduced a similar feature last year when it integrated Alexa Plus into the service. Spotify's chatbot... Read more ›
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Major publishers Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, and author Scott Turow have sued Google, accusing it of using millions of copyrighted books to train Gemini without permission or payment, in "one of the most prolific infringements of copyrighted materials in history." The Guardian reports: The publishers argue that Google repurposed books that had been supplied for limited services such as Google Books, Google Play Books and Google Scholar. Those services allowed Google... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: A Reddit post making the rounds this week claims the U.S. has experienced at least one major power outage every month of 2026 -- but is it true? I dug into several outages, the extreme weather behind them, and what we can do to help keep the lights on. [...] The claim that hundreds of thousands of Americans were without power over... Read more ›
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alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: In a study published in Nature, LSU physicists have developed the first room-temperature quantum material capable of distinguishing and transporting different quantum states of light, overcoming one of the biggest challenges in quantum materials research. Led by Associate Professor of Physics Omar S. Magana-Loaiza, the work establishes a general design principle for engineering an entirely new class of quantum materials, opening new possibilities for... Read more ›
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fjo3 quotes a report from Agence France-Presse: Chinese users of AI-powered companion bots have bid heart-rending farewells to their virtual buddies as national regulations took effect Wednesday aimed at curbing the risk of emotional dependency. The phenomenon of artificial intelligence boyfriends and girlfriends is growing worldwide, along with the prevalence of human-like avatars that sell products or stand in for loved ones who have died. But these interactive tools must... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: South Korea's government has posted a tender seeking suppliers to build a universal basic AI chatbot, and an AI agent for government services. The "AI for everyone" plan calls for private entities to create and operate the AI systems under contracts that expire in the year 2031. Bid documents reveal that Seoul will provide up to 256 Nvidia B200 GPUs to... Read more ›
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The European Commission has exempted wearables from upcoming EU rules requiring portable-device batteries to be removable and user-replaceable. The broader Batteries Regulation still takes effect in February 2027 for many consumer products, but the exemption means companies like Apple, Google, Samsung, and Meta won't have to redesign their wearables for the EU. Thurrott reports: Yesterday, the Commission announced that new product categories would be exempted from complying with its Batteries... Read more ›
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OnePlus has confirmed that it will exit the North American and European markets, consolidating its operations under parent company Oppo. Existing customers will continue to receive "software updates, security patches, and applicable support," but OxygenOS will be replaced by Oppo's ColorOS. 9to5Google reports: As a part of its shutdown in global regions, OnePlus has confirmed that its flavor of Android, OxygenOS, is going away. Instead, all active OnePlus devices will... Read more ›
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Google is renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, but will keep it a standalone app even as it ties more closely into Gemini and Google Search. "Google says it plans to bring notebooks to AI Mode, its chatbot-like experience in Search, too," reports The Verge. From the report: Along with the name change, Google is rolling out an update announced last month that allows Gemini Notebook to connect to a secure... Read more ›
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