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GPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era
OpenAI leaders think the company’s next generation model, which excels at computer use and coding, may mark a major mile…
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Just like a fruit fly, a new algorithm never forgets old scents
Insect-inspired "sparse coding" does fast learning, avoids catastrophic forgetting.…
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Four major AI models suffer rare overlapping downtime
Service interruptions hit ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini practically simultaneously.…
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Xbox is introducing time limits to game streaming
Anything but your console or PC can be an Xbox for 5-15 hours a month.…
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Apple has been sued for $2.7 billion over App Tracking Transparency rules
A lawsuit claims the policy was stricter on third-party developers than Apple itself.…
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Three advantages iPhone Ultra will have over iPhone 18 Pro
Apple has three new flagship iPhones launching next week: iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max and iPhone Ultra. Apple’s Pro models…
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OpenAI’s next big AI model has ‘entered the AGI era’
OpenAI's next big model is here: GPT-6 Astra. The company calls it a "generational leap in capability" for areas like cy…
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'Welcome to the AGI era': OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra
The rumors were true, all of them (and then some): OpenAI today is releasing GPT-6 Astra, a new frontier model that the …
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China-linked hackers backdoored executives' laptops via USB, exploiting a fix companies had but weren't using
A Chinese state-linked hacking group compromised executive laptops at an agricultural industry conference on Hainan Isla…
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Apple Vision Pro was just used in a first-of-its-kind surgery
We’ve seen several stories about Apple Vision Pro being used in healthcare settings. This week, Stryker announced the co…
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Apple Watch loses a useful multitasking feature in watchOS 27 that I’ve been missing
I mentioned today in my Siri AI Apple Watch piece that there’s one change I still hope Apple makes to watchOS 27 before …
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Microsoft slashes Xbox Cloud Gaming to just 15 hours a month for Ultimate subscribers
Microsoft is announcing some major changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming today, less than a year after opening up cloud gaming to…
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Microsoft opens up Xbox Cloud Gaming with new pay-as-you-go option
Microsoft says it will let anyone access Xbox Cloud Gaming in November, without the need to subscribe to Xbox Game Pass.…
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Trump’s 100% tariff on drones will be disaster for the US, critics warn
Americans fear there are no cheap alternatives as tariffs suddenly hit drones.…
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Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners
The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and "24/7" lectures.…
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TikTok introduces voice comments and simplified polls
It's also letting people upload multiple photos at once when reacting to a post.…
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Audacity audio-editing app no longer looks like it's from the early 2000s
The FOSS tool for audio editing has a fresh coat of paint, and new features to boot…
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Qualcomm backs Ultrahuman in $70M round on bet to turn smart rings into computers
Ultrahuman is targeting a $200 million annual revenue run rate by January 2027 as it builds a new Qualcomm-powered smart…
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Circular unveils Ring 3 series with contactless payments and on-finger vibration alerts
Smart ring maker Circular on Thursday unveiled its upcoming Ring 3 series, which consists of a Pro model and a Slim opti…
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OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk
OpenAI recently estimated its Cursor partnership would make more than $1 billion in revenue a year, WIRED has learned. I…
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Anthropic automatically signs out Claude users to protect them from hackers
Infostealer malware apparently had harvested active Claude login sessions from users' PCs.…
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Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race
The family-focused AI assistant wants access to the details of your everyday life, but says it won’t use that data to tr…
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I held the first truly bezel-free phone
Cast your mind back a decade or so, and smartphone makers were obsessed with shrinking the bezel on phones. Screens got …
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Circular’s new smart rings add contactless payments and vibrating alerts
Circular announced its new Ring 3 Series today as a follow-up to the Ring 2 that debuted at CES 2025 with upgraded senso…