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Google and OpenAI blitz December with so many AI releases, it’s hard to keep up

Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 12/20/2024 10:44 EDT

Potentially groundbreaking AI releases have been coming in fast, sending experts' heads spinning. Read more ›

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VPN used for VR game cheat sells access to your home network

Matt Burgess, wired.com @ Ars Technica · 12/20/2024 10:01 EDT

Big Mama VPN tied to network which offers access to residential IP addresses. Read more ›

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Why AI language models choke on too much text

Timothy B. Lee @ Ars Technica · 12/20/2024 08:00 EDT

Compute costs scale with the square of the input size. That's not great. Read more ›

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We’re about to fly a spacecraft into the Sun for the first time

Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2024 18:02 EDT

"Quite simply, we want to find the birthplace of the solar wind." Read more ›

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Not to be outdone by OpenAI, Google releases its own “reasoning” AI model

Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2024 16:49 EDT

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is Google's take on so-called AI reasoning models. Read more ›

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Home Assistant’s Voice Preview Edition is a little box with big privacy powers

Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2024 16:00 EDT

Home Assistant’s voice device is a $60 box that’s both focused and evolving. Read more ›

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As firms abandon VMware, Broadcom is laughing all the way to the bank

Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2024 15:41 EDT

Ingram Micro the latest to ditch VMware, but VMware's still making money. Read more ›

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New physics sim trains robots 430,000 times faster than reality

Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2024 15:10 EDT

"Genesis" can compress training times from decades into hours using 3D worlds conjured from text. Read more ›

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Crypto scammers posing as real brands on X are easily hacking YouTubers

Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2024 14:51 EDT

Fighting game YouTuber now fighting Google over “monstrous” post-hack revenue loss. Read more ›

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Stalker 2 has been enjoyable jank, but it’s also getting rapidly fixed

Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2024 13:50 EDT

"A-Life" fixes will ensure even more randomness in an already odd fallout zone. Read more ›

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US temporarily bans drones in parts of NJ, may use “deadly force” against aircraft

Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2024 13:29 EDT

Drone sightings cause worry; FBI said it hadn't "identified anything anomalous." Read more ›

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Intel patches performance for Core Ultra 200S desktop CPUs, promises more to come

Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2024 13:18 EDT

Not as serious as the 13th/14th-gen voltage problems, but the fixes are similar. Read more ›

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Here’s what we learned driving Audi’s new Q6 and SQ6 electric SUVs

Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2024 13:05 EDT

Audi's mid-sized electric SUV is now on sale in the US, and we've tested it. Read more ›

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The New Glenn rocket’s seven powerful engines may light up as soon as today

Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2024 12:54 EDT

"Maybe, maybe, maybe today, maybe soon. I think it's very soon." Read more ›

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Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index

Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2024 12:36 EDT

Chemosphere cut from Web of Science, which calculates impact factors. Read more ›

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A new, uncensored AI video model may spark a new AI hobbyist movement

Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2024 10:50 EDT

Will Tencent's "open source" HunyuanVideo launch an at-home "Stable Diffusion" moment for uncensored AI video? Read more ›

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Krypto steals the show in Superman teaser

Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2024 10:23 EDT

Footage gives us glimpses of Lex Luthor, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl and Superman's plucky little white dog Kryto. Read more ›

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Amazon faces holiday strike after refusing to bargain with warehouse workers

Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2024 10:13 EDT

Amazon downplaying what workers declared is “largest strike” ever in the US. Read more ›