Cutting-edge Chinese “reasoning” model rivals OpenAI o1—and it’s free to...
On Monday, Chinese AI lab DeepSeek released its new R1 model family under an open MIT license, with its largest version containing 671 billion parameters. The company claims the model performs at...
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Hubble’s largest panorama ever showcases 200 million stars in the Andromeda...
The stunning panorama features over 600 overlapping Hubble images that have been painstaking stitched together. Spread across 2.5 billion pixels, you’ll find some 200 million stars – all of which are...
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“The Brutalist” director clarifies the usage of AI amid intense backlash
The AI tools in question come from the Ukranian company Respeecher. Corbet told The Hollywood Reporter that they only used the tools in post-production to enhance the accuracy of specific Hungarian...
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Tech Industry Urges EU to Halt Italy’s Overreaching Anti-Piracy Measures
Launched last year, Italy’s elaborate ‘Piracy Shield‘ blocking scheme was billed as the future of anti-piracy efforts. To effectively tackle live sports piracy, broad blocking powers aim to block...
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Microsoft begins turning off Mail & Calendar apps on Windows 11, forces new...
Reliable Microsoft sources have confirmed to Windows Latest that the company has already started the process of killing off the Mail & Calendar apps on Windows 11 (and Windows 10). While you can...
View ArticleFast radio burst in long-dead galaxy puzzles astronomers
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are puzzling phenomena because their details are so difficult to resolve, and observations to date have been inconsistent. Astronomers added another piece to the puzzle with...
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At 1.87 pounds, Fujitsu’s FMV Note U is the world’s lightest Copilot+ laptop
At CES 2025, Asus shared that its new Zenbook A14 with Ceraluminum chassis weighted under 980 grams (2.16 pounds). Ceraluminum is a combination of ceramic and aluminum, and is said to be both...
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Samsung’s Galaxy S25 event was an AI presentation with occasional phone hardware
Samsung announced the Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra at its Unpacked event today. What is different from last year’s models? With the phones themselves, not much, other than a new chipset and a wide...
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Xiaomi’s WinPlay brings Windows gaming support to HyperOS tablets
Xiaomi System Software Development Director Zhang Guoquan recently introduced WinPlay as a potential turning point for tablet gaming. WinPlay is a new virtualization technology designed to run Windows...
View ArticleTrump admin fires Homeland Security advisory boards, blaming “agendas”
The Department of Homeland Security has terminated all members of advisory committees, including one that has been investigating a major Chinese hack of large US telecom firms. “The Cyber Safety...
View ArticleWine 10.0 released, adding Linux compatibility for Arm Windows apps
The open source Wine project—sometimes stylized WINE, for Wine Is Not an Emulator—has become an important tool for companies and individuals who want to make Windows apps and games run on operating...
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Vivaldi 7.1 improves dashboard, adds seamless tab imports
Vivaldi now allows users to import open tabs from other browsers, offers more style options for the dashboard, introduces a new Add Speed Dial dialog, and rolls out its Send Tab to Device feature....
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Serendipitous discovery of “dark oxygen” sparks controversy and new expeditions
Professor Andrew Sweetman and his colleagues set out to measure seafloor respiration but instead stumbled upon a hidden ecosystem capable of producing oxygen. The most crucial element for life on Earth...
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Is MrBeast planning a TikTok takeover? The YouTube star seems ready to make a...
Donaldson posted a jokey message on X on January 13 that read, “Okay fine, I’ll buy Tik Tok so it doesn’t get banned.” A day later, he wrote that “Unironically I’ve had so many billionaires reach out...
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Microsoft is now officially rolling out Windows 11 24H2 on Windows 10 as an...
Microsoft has officially confirmed what Windows Latest reported in November 2024: Windows 11 24H2 is now available on Windows 10 directly from Windows Update. In November, we noticed that Microsoft is...
View ArticleTrump’s FCC chair gets to work on punishing TV news stations accused of bias
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has revived three complaints against broadcast stations accused of bias against President Donald Trump. Outgoing Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel...
View ArticleCourt rules FBI’s warrantless searches violated Fourth Amendment
It’s official: The FBI’s warrantless searches of communications seized to protect US national security have at last been ruled unconstitutional and in violation of the Fourth Amendment. In a major...
View ArticleGeorge R.R. Martin has co-authored a physics paper
Although fans of A Song of Ice and Fire might still be hankering for the long-delayed next book in the series, bestselling sci-fi/fantasy author George R.R. Martin has instead added a different item...
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Buffalo’s latest USB stick features hardware-level antivirus security
At first glance, the RUF3-KEV looks like an ordinary USB stick. However, beneath its unassuming exterior lies Buffalo’s proprietary “DiXiM Security Endpoint” – an embedded anti-malware system that...
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Power-Over-Skin technology paves the way for wearables without batteries
The technology addresses a longstanding challenge in the wearable device industry. From continuous glucose monitors for diabetes management to pacemakers and fitness trackers, these devices rely on...
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