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In the race to win the large-language model race, one big tech name has not surfaced as a contestant: Apple. Until now.My colleague Wayne Ma reported on Wednesday that Apple created a team four years ago, long before the current generative AI hype cycle, to develop large-language models. In other words, Apple may not be as much of an LLM laggard as people thought.That shouldnât be surprising, given that Apple has been a visionary in the past, most obviously by bringing touchscreens to the mainstream with th
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Hurricane-resistant homes are appealing to Florida homeowners grappling with stress and uncertainty as the risk of severe storm damage mounts. Read more âș
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The Iran-backed rebels have spent the past year using missiles and drones to attack military and civilian ships in the Red Sea and beyond. Read more âș
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Defense companies like MARSS and Dedrone are developing innovative counter-drone technology as UAVs pose new and increasing threats. Read more âș
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Mistral AI releases content moderation API powered by its Ministral 8B language model. The âŹ6 billion-valued European AI startup has backing from tech giants Nvidia and Microsoft. The European artificial intelligence powerhouse Mistral AI has announced the release of its new content moderation API, marking a step in its mission to deliver sovereign AI solutions.... Read more » Read more âș
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Meta plans a $10 billion global underwater cable project spanning 25,000 miles, which would be solely owned by Meta, TechCrunch reported. Read more âș
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Elon Musk praised Apple's new hearing aid feature for AirPods, despite his rocky history with the tech giant. Read more âș
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Ford County, Kansas, has sued a group of nearly a dozen companies accusing them of "false representations" regarding the recyclability of plastics. Read more âș
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Buy now, pay later sales on Cyber Monday are expected to reach $993 million, driven in part by mobile shopping trends. Read more âș
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Enjoy 10% off with this Dell Coupon and get the latest Dell Promo Codes and deals for laptops, monitors and all things tech this December. Read more âș
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Volkswagen, Chevrolet, and Tesla buyers are heavily influenced by Federal tax incentives, according to a J.D. Power survey. Read more âș
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Google has a pretty expansive lineup of phones this year, with a total of four Pixel 9 phones so far. And this year you have a choice between two compact options - the 9 and the 9 Pro. There is an almost 300 bucks worth of a price difference between the 128GB/12GB Pixel 9 and the 128GB/16GB Pixel 9 Pro without considering any holiday deals or carrier rebates. So if... Read more âș
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The second-gen Apple Watch SE is a bargain at $149, so long as you donât need the latest sensors, | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If youâre an iPhone owner on a budget looking for a good fitness tracker right now, the latest Apple Watch SE is a great option. Thatâs especially true today, now that Appleâs most affordable smartwatch is available at Amazon and Walmart in... Read more âș
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Brightcove, which makes software to help companies create and make money from videos, agreed to be taken private by Italian mobile app operator Bending Spoons for $233 million in cash in a deal expected to close early next year, the companies announced on Monday. The purchase price Bending ... Read more âș
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Last year, the board of now-collapsed fintech startup Synapse Financial Technologies discussed whether to remove the companyâs CEO, Sankaet Pathak. At the time, discrepancies in Synapseâs ledgers were piling up, which the board was aware of. Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Angela Strange argued in favor of keeping Pathak in the role based on the belief that founders were best placed to run their companies, according to a person close to... Read more âș
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Gavin Newsom, Californiaâs Democratic governor, announced on Monday that he would reinstate a tax credit for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump Administration removes federal EV tax credits. But the state may not extend the credits to Tesla because of the companyâs large market ... Read more âș
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If Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. had its way, the chip manufacturing powerhouse would be a neutral party in the battle between the U.S. and China for technological supremacyâa semiconductor version of Switzerland, one TSMC executive told The Information. Unfortunately, the company may find it increasingly tough to avoid picking a side. Last month, the U.S. Commerce Department launched an investigation into whether TSMC was still producing chips for Chinese tech... Read more âș
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Uber announced a new service on Tuesday to help companies label their data and train artificial intelligence models. Through the new service, Scaled Solutions, Uber will hire data labelers on contract to provide companies with human-written annotations, such as descriptions of images or rankings ... Read more âș
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Appleâs desire to make its products thinner could dampen sales in China if its engineers canât overcome a design hurdle with the slim iPhone planned for release next fallâit canât fit a physical SIM card tray, which is required in China. Apple plans to release its slim iPhone next year, alongside new versions of its traditional models, aiming to rejuvenate iPhone sales by providing customers with a compelling reason to... Read more âș
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The judge overseeing Googleâs search antitrust case warned that he doesnât want to delay the upcoming trial of remedies to deal with Googleâs illegal search monopoly, now scheduled for the spring. At a status conference for the case on Tuesday, the judge said the incoming presidential ... Read more âș
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Itâs a bit early to be offering predictions for 2025, but here goes anyway. Chances are very good that sometime next year weâre going to hear a bunch of complaints about newly released Apple iPhones dropping calls more often than previous models did. In other words, weâre in for a repeat of the âAntennagateâ brouhaha of 2010, when similar connectivity issues on the new iPhone 4 became a big story.Assuming... Read more âș
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Ray Kurzweilâs predictions about technological advancements have intriguedâand unnervedâpeople for decades. At 76, heâs still quite up to the task and threw out a whopper within minutes of sitting down with me. âWhen we achieve AGI in the 2030s, weâre going to actually merge this intelligence with ourselves,â Kurzweil said, with utter straightforwardness. (AGI, of course, is the technical term for AI that has achieved human-level intelligence.) âIt will actually... Read more âș
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About a year ago, Sean Kelly, then 26, decided to launch yet another business. Previously, heâd fooled around running a small drop-shipping company as a Rutgers University undergrad. Later he sold face masks and other personal protective equipment during the pandemicâs early days. Neither enterprise had really gone anywhere, and so after years of bingeing âThe Joe Rogan Experience,â he settled on his next venture: his own podcast. He billed... Read more âș
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