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Historically (and much to the dismay of people born in May and June), the word “Gemini” has been associated with being “two-faced” or having dual personalities. So it’s somewhat fitting, then, that Google’s upcoming collection of large machine-learning models using that name was borne out of the forced marriage of two AI teams, Google Brain and DeepMind, with diverging and sometimes conflicting philosophies and histories.The Gemini models, which The Information first scooped in March and are set to launch.
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While Musk wants you to trust Grok to organize all of human civilization's knowledge, the bot's fealty to Dear Leader is out of control. Read more ›
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Android's Quick Share is now compatible with AirDrop thanks to Google, not Apple. Read more ›
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alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: New research from the Human Capital Development Lab at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School analyzes the state of the American workforce in 2024 and shows an overall decline in employee well-being compared to years prior. [...] The latest research confirms a decline in general employee well-being since 2020. In 2024, employees reported the lowest well-being scores on record, as opposed to 2020, when... Read more ›
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Elon Musk's frontier generative AI startup xAI formally opened developer access to its Grok 4.1 Fast models last night and introduced a new Agent Tools API—but the technical milestones were immediately subverted by a wave of public ridicule about Grok's responses on the social network X over the last few days praising its creator Musk as more athletic than championship-winning American football players and legendary boxer Mike Tyson, despite having... Read more ›
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Between all the new phones, smartwatches, and laptops we see throughout the year, it often feels like we're constantly being nudged toward shinier, more expensive gadgets. And I get it. As a self-professed gadget nerd, few things are more exciting than unboxing and setting up a new device. But the truth is, you can still […] Read more ›
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Cruz plan to block broadband funding lost 99-1, but now it's back—in Trump form. Read more ›
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A few years ago, it would have been hard to imagine Saudi Arabia — or any Gulf state — owning a piece of a US media giant. Now, it might happen. Read more ›
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Bose and Sony headphones make up the best audio deals ahead of Black Friday — here are the 7 best deals our headphones expert found. Read more ›
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Google just announced some unexpected and welcome news: Pixel 10 owners can now send and receive files with Apple devices over AirDrop. According to Google, this works with iPhone, iPad, and macOS devices, and applies to the entire Pixel 10 series. It’s limited to Google’s latest phones for now, but Google spokesperson Alex Moriconi says, […] Read more ›
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Elon Musk argues that terawatt-scale AI computing will soon be impossible to power and cool on Earth and must move to orbit. But despite abundant solar energy and radiative cooling in GEO, launch mass, radiation-hardening, and networking challenges make such space-based data center only a distant dream. Read more ›
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The Acer Aspire 14 AI Copilot+ PC packs modern specs, long battery life, and a clean design -- all for less than you'd expect. It’s currently available for $450 at Costco. Read more ›
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Slack won't unfurl Instagram posts when I share them. This is making me at least 2% less productive. Please fix this, Salesforce! Read more ›
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A near perfect copy of 'Superman #1' just sold for over 9 million dollars. Read more ›
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In 2026, a first-of-its-kind spacecraft—launched on a rocket and dropped out of a plane—will attempt to save NASA’s Swift observatory from a fiery demise. Yes, really. Read more ›
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The site previously correctly noted that studies have repeatedly found no link. Read more ›
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Ahead of Black Friday, we've rounded up all the best deals on tablets. Shop all the best deals on Apple, Amazon, Samsung, Lenovo, and more. Read more ›
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A federal prosecutor alleged one defendant boasted that his father “had engaged in similar business for the Chinese Communist Party.” Read more ›
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At Tesla’s annual meeting earlier this month, shareholders showed little enthusiasm for a proposal that the electric vehicle maker invest in one of CEO Elon Musk’s other companies, xAI. But Musk’s revelation at the meeting that Tesla is considering building its own chip fabrication plant signaled another way his two companies could work together. Musk had already discussed plans for such a chip fab internally at Tesla months before the... Read more ›
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Microsoft will invest $5 billion in Anthropic, and Nvidia will invest $10 billion in the startup, the three companies announced on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Anthropic will spend at least $30 billion to rent servers from Microsoft’s Azure cloud equipped with Nvidia chips over an unspecified period, and ... Read more ›
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Apple’s succession plans for its next chief executive have accelerated, with its board and senior executives preparing for current CEO Tim Cook to step down potentially next year, according to the Financial Times. Any announcement of succession likely won’t happen until after late January when ... Read more ›
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Before we get to Gemini 3, we want to highlight this morning’s news that former Harvard University President Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAI’s board of directors following a congressional committee’s release of emails showing a personal correspondence between him and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Summers had been on the board of the ChatGPT-maker for two years. His departure follows his decision to step back from public commitments in... Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Inside Grindr’s boardroom feud • Plus, our Recommendations: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” “A Biography of a Mountain” and “Materialists”A bit of housekeeping: The Information’s Weekend section is looking for a reporter for a beat we’re calling “tech wealth and culture.” This person will cover how Silicon Valley’s moguls live large—their pursuits, their pastimes—and how they spend their money. Here’s a... Read more ›
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TeraWulf was limping along as a publicly traded bitcoin mining business until AI companies suddenly wanted access to its data centers. Now the cloud startup is at the center of one of the hottest meme-stock trades. Shares in TeraWulf and competing crypto miners have soared in recent months after they struck deals with tech companies desperate for data centers and energy resources to power their AI bets. Anthropic, maker of... Read more ›
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The White House is working on an executive order that will direct the Justice Department to sue states that pass their own laws regulating artificial intelligence, according to a draft of the order reviewed by The Information. The order, which is still in the drafting phase, could change. The timeline for when it will be formally announced is also unclear. The move is part of a long-standing effort this year... Read more ›
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Thinking Machines Lab, the company co-founded by ex-OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, is in talks with potential investors to raise about $5 billion in the startup’s next round of funding, according to a person who spoke with Murati. That target would more than triple the capital the ... Read more ›
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Crypto exchange Kraken said on Wednesday it has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the U.S., moving ahead with its plan to list despite a recent-sell of crypto-related stocks. The filing comes a day after it raised $200 million from Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities at a $20 ... Read more ›
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Blockchain.com, a crypto brokerage and wallet provider, is planning to go public next year, the company’s newly named co-chief executive revealed, aiming to list after several volatile years. The company said it promoted its president Lane Kasselman to be co-CEO, alongside its founder and CEO Peter Smith, as part of its listing efforts. Kasselman is a former Uber executive who has worked for the crypto firm for five years. The... Read more ›
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