Последний ограничивают из-за «неисполнения законодательства».

До этого санкции вводили против отдельных платформ.

По данным источников издания, команда стартапа перейдёт в Nebius.

Тот двигался по тротуару и, по мнению сотрудников, мешал пешеходам.

До этого ФАС заключила, что сделка приведёт к ограничению конкуренции на рынке кикшеринга.

Всего — около 20 инициатив.

Ответ MTProto Proxy с Fake TLS: специализированный прокси, который маскируется под обычный HTTPS-трафик к легитимным сайтам вроде 1c.ru или sberbank.ru .

Что такое Fake TLS и почему это важноКогда вы подключаетесь к обычному MTProxy, трафик имеет характерные паттерны, которые системы DPI (глубокой инспекции пакетов) могут распознать.

Fake TLS решает эту проблему:Клиент Telegram инициирует настоящий TLS-хендшейк с вашим прокси.

Подготовка сервераУбедитесь, что Docker установлен:docker --versionЕсли нет — установите:curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | shПроверьте порт 443MTProxy с Fake TLS должен слушать на порту 443.

Если у вас сейчас нет под рукой свободного сервера или вы хотите просто про…

Три месяца назад я наблюдал, как мой агент на Llama 3.1 8B в третий раз спрашивает, как меня зовут.

Потом я попробовал запустить такое локально и понял, что моя видеокарта на это не рассчитана.

Не в голове.

data = { "value": value, "updated_at": datetime.now().isoformat() } self.redis.hset("agent:facts", key, json.dumps(data)) def recall(self, key: str) -> str | None: """Вспомнить факт."""

path = self.base / folder path.mkdir(exist_ok=True) (path / f"{name}.md").write_text(content) def read(self, folder: str, name: str) -> str | None: """Прочитать документ."""

Аналогично, команды инкремента и декремента используют один микрокод, как и команды десятичной коррекции DAA и DAS, а также команды ASCII-коррекции AAA и AAS.

Таким образом, передавая в АЛУ соответствующие сигналы управления, 8086 может переконфигурировать АЛУ для выполнения нужной операции.

Схема управления АЛУ на кристаллеНа диаграмме ниже показаны компоненты логики управления АЛУ на кристалле.

Многие из этих сигналов поступают в АЛУ, где они управляют поведением АЛУ в особых случаях.

В АЛУ 8086 существуют запутанные операции, включающие в себя четыре типа коррекций BCD и семь типов сдвигов, что усложняет АЛУ.

Не раз слышала, что это напрягает и даже коробит многих из тех, кто старше зумеров и особенно тех, кто вырос в корпоративной среде или вращается в сфере науки и образования.

Во втором случае читатель не понимает две вещи: куда именно он переходит и что он там должен увидеть.

Не обязательно гнаться за оценкой 10/10 в сервисе Главреда, но в целом лучше избавляться от таких оборотов.

Мы разрешили размещение ссылок на личные каналы в телеграм и некоторые этим сильно злоупотребляют, хотя проверено на кошках и доказано, что плохие статьи трафик и подписчиков в канал не приводят.

Раздражает не оформление, а статьи, которые не читали сами авторы«Я не против, чтобы статьи писались вместе с ИИ.

Сегодня покопаемся в истории появления голоса в электронных игрушках и компьютерных играх: когда он впервые появился, какие исторические примеры отразились в поп-культуре, и какие технологии для этого использовались.

В том же 1980 году, но в ноябре, вышла другая аркада, которая действительно запомнилась игрокам именно своей голосовой озвучкой.

Шестнадцать битЕсли в 8-битную эпоху голоса в играх впечатляли, но также нередко вызывали умеренное кровотечение из ушей, в эпоху 16-битных консолей и 286–386 процессоров на ПК они стали приятными и желанными, и основательно закрепились в играх.

Впервые этот голосовой джингл прозвучал в первой же игре серии в 1991 году, и потом повторялся во многих иг…

И это — при оборотах ротора в 45 тысяч в минуту, что предопределяло гарантированный выход из строя в самом начале эксплуатации.

...О том времени в СКБТ позже вспоминали как о величайшем процветании...Однако предложенное техническое решение было дико странным.

Однако, в СКБТ и на Дизельном заводе были и значительные успехи на этом «поприще».

Однако, технологический блок вопросов изготовления по прежнему оставался в Факеле, и в последующие годы эти знания из Факела были удачно вытащены.

Через год турбокомпрессор был изготовлен, отвезен в Коломну и на испытаниях он не только не показал заявленные «чудеса» , но и в конце у него сгорел упорный подшипник.

То ли потому, что в подростковом возрасте, будучи выгнанным из 8-го класса школы за асоциальное поведение, я поступил в Брянский машиностроительный техникум.

Наверное, ПК МВТУ как продукт тоже канул бы в Лету, как и множество других продуктов.

Математическое моделирование и оптимизация систем управления делаются одним и тем же продуктом и одними и теми же людьми — и для ядерных реакторов, и для газового хранилища.

Новый проект, в котором нельзя использовать старые советские готовые наработки по автоматике, потому что в 90-е все эти разработки глубоко устарели.

И это не только в отсталой стране России так — точно такая же ситуация и с расчётными атомными кодами в других странах.

Это не общественный транспорт, не элитарный гаджет, не автоматическое воздушное такси по вызову и не техника для спецслужб или военных.

И многие действительно спорят о том, как правильно реализовать всё это (и возможно ли это в принципе).

Во-вторых, разница не в количестве, а в КАЧЕСТВЕ риска.

Когда вы спите в своей квартире, ведёте ребёнка в садик или работаете в офисе, вы никак не участвуете в движении летающих машин.

И именно поэтому КЛМФ и не будет — не потому, что мы не сможем её построить, а потому что, построив её, мы перестанем быть цивилизацией.

На практике это порой влияет на продуктивность чуть ли не в разы, без шуток.

Недавно я наткнулся на модель SCARF, и в этой модели, как мне кажется, затрагиваются основные пункты, на которые надо точно обратить внимание.

Это даже не стоит рассматривать, как какую-то научную работу, просто направления для размышления.

Autonomy — контроль над своей работойВозможность самому решать, как именно реализовать задачу, какие инструменты использовать и как организовать свою работу, напрямую связана с ощущением профессионализма.

Что работает:Свобода в выборе технических решенийВозможность самому планировать работуДоверие вместо тотального контроляЗадачи ставятся "что сделать" без "как сделать"Программи…

Вот лишь некоторые примеры его использования:Для многих из этих инструментов WebAssembly крайне важен как в масштабах всего продукта, так и в качестве одной из основных функций.

Если вас не пугает компиляция кода напрямую в C, то добиться «околонативной» скорости будет возможно как на JavaScript, так и на WebAssembly.

Или же интерпретировать его непосредственно — как и в любой системе, всё это будет зависеть от вашей среды выполнения.

Как для JVM могут встречаться разные реализации среды выполнения, так и для Wasm есть такие, которые выполняются вне браузера — Wasmtime, WasmEdge и Wasmer.

Figma выполняет недоверенные пользовательские плагины в ваших браузерах, переваривая их с помощью собра…

Так что в разработке ПО он «понимает», но давно уже большой начальник и теперь работает головой а не руками.

Он, как и все нормальные подростки, просто делал на компьютере домашние задания, играл в видеоигры, смотрел порно и учился программировать.

Для максимального сходства с известным персонажем на фото выше, часто мелькающим в материалах про вайбкодинг, Василий еще медленно кивал головой и качался в ритм расслабляющей мелодии.

Потому что это все с их точки зрения было.. «не круто».

Конечно Стива с племянником это не остановило и они немедленно нашли других исполнителей, менее брезгливых и более жадных.

Это не просто «чёрные дыры», это призраки Большого взрыва, которые могут оказаться единственным логичным объяснением архитектуры космоса.

Это не результат ошибки в расчётах или желания заполнить дыры в бюджете НАСА; это жёсткое требование самой реальности.

Если бы галактики состояли только из видимых звёзд, звёзды на периферии улетали бы в межгалактическую пустоту.

Хокинг понял: если бы в ранней Вселенной родились такие маленькие чёрные дыры, мы бы видели их предсмертные вспышки сегодня.

Если в ранней Вселенной родилось много чёрных дыр «солнечного» масштаба, они могли образовать пары ещё до появления первых звёзд.

Однако реальность быстро дала понять — задача не из легких.

Список комплектующих, файлов инструкций и кода для Arduino не претендует на полноту — станок собирался из того, что было под рукой.

Плотность зубьев составила 9,4 DPI (3,7 нити на сантиметр).

Ролик подачи уточной нити, как и в узле основы, приводится в движение сервоприводом с вращением на 360 градусов.

Питание системы разделено на две линии: 6 и 12 В. Для ручной настройки, тестирования и запуска предусмотрены различные переключатели, энкодеры и переменные резисторы.

Новый налёт на Лондон, уже высотный, попытались провести 16 марта 1917 года, но дирижабли попали в шторм и не добрались до британского берега.

Ещё одна машина разбилась по неясным обстоятельствам над территорией Бельгии, но в целом опыт был сочтён немецким командованием вполне удачным.

И пилоты-перехватчики, и расчёты ПВО привыкли работать по огромным целям, но не по двухмоторным бипланам, обгонявшим многие истребители того времени.

Британский флот закупил их с прицелом не только на морское патрулирование, но и на целенаправленную охоту на цеппелины.

Во-первых, все нижние поверхности были покрашены не в привычный бежевый или серый цвет, а матовой чёрной краской.

В технике правильно – это передать сигнал в целости и сохранности, наловив по пути по-минимуму помех.

Передача сигнала по двум проводамСамый минимальный – просто по двум проводам.

Кстати, аналогично и в китайской и в других языках.

Часто необходимо передать по кабелю стерео сигнал, или же, другими словами – два отдельных сигнала для левого и правого каналов.

Разумеется, такие кабели без проблем можно применять и для аналоговых сигналов, также как и ненормированные кабели можно применять для цифровых.

Нейросети упростили выполнение рутинных задач, но взамен ускорили рабочий ритм и повысили требование руководства к скорости выполнения задач.

«Теперь, чтобы всё успеть, работникам приходится обращаться к чат-ботам в моменты, которые раньше были выделены под перерыв», — пишут авторы гарвардского научного журнала Business Review.

Похожая картина наблюдается в игровой индустрии, где почти 90 % игровых разработчиков уже используют нейросети каждый день для генерации кода, штамповки картинок и текстовых описаний предметов.

При этом сама индустрия переживает массовые сокращения, а объём работы ложится на плечи оставшихся работников.

Компаниям, которые делают свои продукты при помощи вайб-кодинга,…

В конце прошлого года в Госдуме обсуждали возможность полной блокировки звонков из-за границы.

Сейчас же парламентарии задумались о том, как люди в России смогут связаться с родственниками и друзьями в других странах.

Пока мы знаем только о двух вариантах: о «самозапрете», который можно включить и выключить, или об уведомлении о звонке по SMS, чтобы человек сам мог решить — принять его или нет.

В том же пакете законов должно быть нормировано и создание единой базы IMEI смартфонов и телефонов.

Ограничения коснутся только тех, кто поставляет смартфоны в «серую».

Сначала AYANEO анонсировала дебютный смартфон, а сейчас и Dreame разбавила линейку домашней бытовой техники.

На презентации в Польше показали сразу три смартфона: бюджетный Dreame E1, тонкий, лёгкий, а оттого ультрамодный Dreame Air1, а также флагманский Dreame RS1.

Плюс фронталка на 16 Мп под экраном;кремниево-углеродная батарея 7200 мА·ч с зарядкой на 90 Вт и беспроводной на 80 Вт.

Dreame Air1 получит основную камеру на 108 Мп и фронталку на 32 Мп, а также батарею 5000 мА·ч и зарядку на 45 Вт.

Линейка ориентирована на европейский рынок — отсюда и презентация в Польше, а также недавно пройденная сертификация у некоторых моделей.

До конца года Банк России выпустит единый реестр банковских карт, оформленных на каждого гражданина РФ, — сообщает РБК со ссылкой на руководство Минцифры.

Идея создания реестра стала частью нового пакета мер по борьбе с финансовыми мошенниками, в него также вошли инициативы по ограничению банковских карт: не более пяти в одном банке и не более 20 во всех кредитных организациях.

Введение лимита на количество карточек, а также создание прозрачного реестра, по мнению регуляторов, должны помочь в борьбе с посредниками, которые помогают выводить и обналичивать похищенные мошенниками деньги.

Принято полагать, будто конкуренция на рынке смартфонов нужна, чтобы Apple не расслаблялась на фоне «прорывных» Android-флагманов.

На деле же стоило яблочному гиганту перейти с титана на алюминий в iPhone 17 Pro, как тут же понеслись слухи о том, что Samsung следом за ней переведёт Galaxy S26 Ultra на доступный алюминий.

Мне не важно, насколько хорош алюминий как материал, я отказываюсь верить, что Samsung приняла эти решения сама, исходя из собственной логики продукта.

Ice Universe в XВпервые титан появился в Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, который вышел через полгода после iPhone 15 Pro — первого айфона с титановой рамкой.

Была надежда, что Samsung хотя бы скопирует у Apple MagSafe, но и тут ми…

Инфлюенсеры в китайских социальных сетях прозвали так модель в цвете «космический оранжевый».

А в социальных сетях Китая сходство заметили и начали разносить: мол, посмотрите, как премиально и люксово выглядит новый iPhone 17 Pro.

Вероятно, это внесло значимый вклад в то, что выручка Apple за четвёртый квартал прошлого года выросла аж на 38 % в годовом выражении.

Так что премиальный, якобы в цветах люксового Hermès и заряженный на успех iPhone 17 Pro стал очень желанной покупкой.

Ну и это ещё один звоночек Apple, которой, похоже, давно пора выходить с коллабами за рамки Apple Watch.

AYANEO провела большую презентацию, где показала не только непортативную портативку, но и новое для себя устройство.

По совместительству это ещё и первый смартфон AYANEO, известной в первую очередь игровыми портативками.

Но AYANEO продвигает его как портативку для ретрогейминга и эмуляции старых консолей, и с этим чип вполне справляется.

А вот что вызывает вопросы: мелковатая батарея, которая при 165 Гц улетать должна только в путь.

Она позволяет не только гибко настроить управление и производительность, но и включить ИИ-перевод текста на экране на системный язык.

AYANEO Next 2 — флагманская консоль, которая получит:9,06-дюймовый OLED-дисплей разрешением 2400 × 1504 пикселей с частотой до 165 Гц и яркостью до 1100 нит,чип Ryzen AI Max+ 395 или Ryzen AI Max 385,от 32 до 128 ГБ оперативы типа LPDDR5X-8533,от 1 до 2 ТБ встроенной памяти.

Цены, скажем так, неприятные: $2000 за версию на 32 ГБ / 1 ТБ на чипе Ryzen AI Max 385.

Есть ещё две версии: 64 ГБ / 1 ТБ и с чипом Ryzen AI Max+ 395, которая стоит уже $2700, а также самая топовая версия с тем же чипом, но на 128 ГБ и 2 ТБ встроенной памяти.

Когда в 2022 году я писал обзор Steam Deck, то говорил, что он тяжеловат — 669 граммов.

И играть на весу долгое время неудобно.

Хотите купить MacBook Pro на M4 Pro или M4 Max?

По его данным, выход MacBook Pro привязан к релизу macOS Tahoe 26.3.

Однако вот каких-либо больших обновлений ждать не стоит: макбуки просто получат новые чипы.

Если вы хотите MacBook Pro, но чтоб поновее, то стоит подождать выхода версии на M6 Pro и M6 Max: тут и чипы на другом техпроцессе, и OLED-дисплей, и даже новый дизайн.

Причём релиз этих моделей ожидается в конце этого года, а не в начале следующего.

Грядущий iPhone 17e не будет сильно отличаться от 16e.

Будет и кое-что новое:чип A19 — такой же стоит в iPhone 17,модем C1X, аналогичный тому, что стоит в iPhone Air,чип N1 для работы Bluetooth, Wi-Fi и Thread,MagSafe.

Об аналогичных преобразованиях мы сообщали на прошлой неделе, а Марк Гурман стал третьим источником, который подтверждает имеющиеся данные.

Однако он добавляет ещё один момент: в США стартовая цена не изменится и останется на уровне $600 до уплаты налогов.

Но, поскольку мистер Гурман говорит, что релиз «неминуем», он состоится, скорее всего, в ближайшие две недели.

Она, якобы, платила лидерам мнений, журналистам и блогерам за негативные отзывы об игре, ещё и подкупила некоторых сотрудников в самой студии.

Но на этой неделе студия сделала официальный анонс и это оказался кооперативный мультяшный экшен на троих под названием Horizon Hunters Gathering.

Из видео стало ясно, что в Samson будет только рукопашный бой — авторы считают, что это лучше подчёркивает атмосферу выживания.

Как и в первой части, вы противостоите инопланетному картелю, который похищает людей и превращает их в запрещённые вещества.

За игру отвечают те же люди, что делали мультсериал «Рик и Морти», а значит и пушки, и персонажи в игре будут много болтать и шутить.

Прошлой осенью Pixel 10 Pro XL получил батарейку на 5060 мА·ч, а грядущий Galaxy S26 Ultra может рассчитывать лишь на 5000 мА·ч.

Почему Apple не торопится переходить на кремний-углеродные аккумуляторы?

В масштабах Apple и Samsung, производящих девайсы сотнями миллионов в год, выход из строя даже небольшой партии может привести к огромному скандалу.

По замерам нашей редакции OPPO X8 Ultra с батареей на 6100 мА·ч работает столько же, сколько OPPO X7 Ultra с батареей на 5000 мА·ч.

А до тех пор Apple, Samsung, Google и другие производители продолжат полагаться на проверенные временем литий-ионные аккумуляторы.

«Яндекс Путешествия» заявили, что ведут переговоры с гостиничными сетями, приостановившими продажи на платформе.

«Яндекс Путешествия» связали рост комиссии с увеличением издержекРуководитель «Яндекс Путешествий» Евгений Абрамзон сообщил, что рост комиссии обусловлен экономическими причинами и увеличением затрат на развитие сервиса.

Крупные сети отелей ушли с платформы после роста комиссииПосле повышения комиссии с 1 февраля 2026 года сразу несколько гостиничных операторов приостановили работу с сервисом.

Отельеры подчёркивают, что в текущих условиях любые изменения комиссий чувствительны для экономики размещения, особенно вне высокого сезона.

Участниками программы стали Cosmos, Accor, AZIMU…

Из-за неудобного общественного транспорта машины здесь арендуют на несколько часов или на весь день, успевая за поездку преодолеть 30–70 км.

Чаще всего каршеринг используют для поездок домой, на работу, в торговые центры и за пределы города.

В миллионниках чаще выбирают кроссоверы для аренды и покупкиПо статистике «Ситидрайва», в больших городах для каршеринга чаще всего берут кроссоверы Haval H3 и Geely Coolray.

В Сочи спрос на каршеринг растёт до 70% в туристические сезоныРынок каршеринга в городах-курортах кардинально меняется с притоком отдыхающих.

Пиковая активность в Сочи приходится на лето и горнолыжный сезон и повышает спрос на аренду на 70%.

Новый комплекс должен закрыть потребность в вычислительных мощностях для ИИ до 2030 года.

Новый суперкомпьютер Сбера — для всего рынка ИИ в РоссииПо информации «Ведомостей», новый суперкомпьютер рассматривается как ключевая инфраструктура для развития ИИ — как для самого банка, так и для всего российского рынка.

Согласно всемирному рейтингу «Топ-500 суперкомпьютеров мира», опубликованному в 2025 году, «Кристофари» занимает 125-е место, а «Кристофари нео» — 201-е.

Кроме того, по информации СМИ, в 2024 году Сбер начал строительство суперкомпьютера в Балакове.

КонтекстСбер активно внедряет технологии искусственного интеллекта не только на уровне инфраструктуры, но и в повседневные клиентские с…

Бьюти-ритейлер «Золотое Яблоко» представил ИИ-бота по имени Зоя для поддержки клиентов в мобильном приложении.

ИИ-бот «Зоя» помогает с заказами, а сложные запросы передаёт операторуНовый ИИ-бот ритейлера — Зоя — работает на основе ML-модели и сценарной логики.

Такой формат делает общение с поддержкой более безопасным: клиент взаимодействует с брендом в официальном приложении, что снижает риск столкнуться с мошенниками.

КонтекстОсенью 2025 года «Золотое Яблоко» представило геймифицированную программу лояльности под названием «Лаймовый клуб», где главным элементом стала внутренняя валюта — бьютисы.

Теперь пользователи могут «зарабатывать» на покупках и активность на платформе — написание отзы…

«Яндекс Маркет» запустил новый формат пунктов выдачи заказов — «Вместе».

Открыть ПВЗ в новом формате можно только в специальных локацияхКак сообщили в «Яндекс Маркете», новый формат «Вместе» позволяет открыть пункт выдачи заказов на базе уже работающего бизнеса — например, в магазине.

Новый формат ПВЗ доступен только в крупных городахФормат «Вместе» предназначен для партнёров, которые хотят дополнительно открыть ПВЗ или масштабировать сеть за счёт имеющихся помещений.

«Яндекс Маркет» ограничил список допустимых видов бизнесаФормат «Вместе» недоступен для бизнесов, специализирующихся на продаже алкоголя, табачных изделий, продуктов питания и товаров для взрослых.

В «Яндекс Маркете» пояснили,…

На портале «Госуслуги» запущен новый сервис, позволяющий пользователям проверять наличие долгов у физических и юридических лиц, сообщили в пресс-службе ФССП.

Для проверки сервису потребуются только данные человекаПроцедура проверки отличается для физических и юридических лиц.

Сервис может быть полезен при подготовке крупных сделок, проверке потенциальных партнёров и контрагентов, а также для оценки финансовых и юридических рисков.

Теперь проверка задолженностей стала доступна напрямую через «Госуслуги», без перехода на сторонние ресурсы.

По результатам проверки сервис отображает наличие или отсутствие долгов, а при их наличии — регион и сумму задолженности.

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Яндекс внедрил ИИ-систему для борьбы с мошенничеством в рекламе: технология позволяет прогнозировать поведение недобросовестных рекламодателей.

За счёт этого система блокирует опасные объявления ещё до подмены контента на вредоносный.

ИИ научился заранее выявлять мошеннические схемыНовая ИИ-система не просто реагирует на выявленные нарушения — она научилась прогнозировать мошеннические действия.

Искусственный интеллект позволяет выявлять такие сценарии заранее и останавливать показ рекламы до того, как пользователи столкнутся с фишингом.

Алгоритмы анализируют поведение и контент рекламодателейВ основе системы лежат алгоритмы, которые одновременно анализируют поведение рекламодателей и матер…

Подписка «М.Комбо» появилась под руководством СкачкаАндрей Скачёк стал частью команды М.Видео в мае 2024 года.

Под его руководством компания объединила бонусные программы брендов М.Видео и Эльдорадо в единую систему лояльности M.Club, запуск которой состоялся в сентябре 2024 года.

По данным пресс-службы М.Видео, на сегодняшний день подписка охватывает более 400 тыс.

Андрей Скачёк перешёл в М.Видео из X5 GroupДо перехода в М.Видео Андрей Скачёк работал в X5 Group.

КонтекстРанее стало известно, что 2025 год завершился у «М.Видео» с рекордными показателями: общий оборот платформы составил 14,1 млрд ₽.

OpenAI официально запустила тестирование рекламы в ChatGPT.

Объявления будут показываться только совершеннолетним пользователям с подписками Free и Go — в остальных тарифах реклама отображаться не будет.

Рекламы не будет в тарифах Plus, Pro, Business и EnterpriseТестирование рекламы началось с 9 февраля в США и коснётся пользователей с подписками Free и Go.

OpenAI отмечает, что будет расширять рекламу в ChatGPT постепенно, по мере тестирования формата и развития механизмов защиты пользователей.

Также в ChatGPT доступны настройки персонализации, включая возможность отключить использование истории чатов и памяти для подбора рекламы.

Пользователи в России второй день сообщают о сбоях в работе Telegram.

На фоне перебоев РКН может начать замедление работы мессенджера уже с 10 февраля, также пишет РБК со ссылкой на источники.

РКН может начать замедление работы Telegram с 10 февраляРоскомнадзор планирует приступить к частичному ограничению работы мессенджера Telegram в России.

Сбои в Telegram случаются не впервыеПеребои в работе Telegram происходят не впервые.

Ограничения на звонки в мессенджерах действуют с августа 2025-гоЕщё в августе 2025 года Роскомнадзор ввёл частичные ограничения на голосовую и видеосвязь в мессенджерах Telegram и WhatsApp.

На конференции FOSDEM представлен новый игровой движок Fluorite, развиваемый американским подразделением компании Toyota, отвечающим за разработку автомобильных информационно-развлекательных систем. Движок нацелен на предоставление возможностей, пригодных для создания 3D-игр уровня игровых консолей, и развивается с использованием технологий, применяемых Toyota в своём новом стеке для информационно-развлекательных систем, уже поставляемом в автомобиле Toyota RAV4 2026. Заявлено, что движок будет кросс-платформенным и полностью открытым.

Представлен выпуск консольного браузера Offpunk 3.0, поддерживающего работу по протоколам HTTP/HTTPS, Gemini, Gopher и Spartan, а также чтение новостных лент в форматах RSS и Atom. Программа написана на языке Python и распространяется под лицензией AGPLv3.

Добавлена поддержка ioctl-операции "shutdown", позволяющей перевести ФС в состояние, при котором предпринимается попытка завершения выполнения уже запущенных операций, но блокируются все новые операции.

В NTFS реализована поддержка ioctl-операции shutdown, включены по умолчанию опции монтирования "acl" и "prealloc", добавлена поддержка времени до 1 января 1970 года.

В утилиту perf добавлена поддержка унифицированного описаний метрик и событий в формате JSON, а также отложенной раскрутки (deferred unwinding) стека вызовов в пространстве пользователя.

Добавлена поддержка смартфонов и планшетов на базе SoC Mediatek MT6582 (Alcatel yarisxl), Nvidia Tegra124 (Xiaomi Mi Pad) и Qualcomm MSM8939 (A…

Компания Anthropic объявила о расширении в AI-модели Claude Opus 4.6 возможностей по поиску уязвимостей в коде и поделилась результатами эксперимента, в ходе которого выявлено более 500 ранее неизвестных (0-day) уязвимостей в последних версиях различных открытых проектов. Работа была сфокусирована на поиске уязвимостей, вызванных проблемами при работе с памятью, так как их наличие проще проверить. Всем выявленным уязвимостям присвоен высокий уровень опасности. Каждая уязвимость была вручную проверена и подтверждена сотрудниками Anthropic или привлечёнными внешними исследователями безопасности.

Доступен выпуск мобильной платформы LineageOS 23.2, продолжающий развитие кодовой базы на основе Android 16. Ветка LineageOS 23.2 достигла паритета по функциональности и стабильности c веткой 23.0, и признана готовой для формирования релиза. Сборки подготовлены для 148 моделей устройств. LineageOS также можно запустить в эмуляторе Android Emulator, в QEMU и в среде Android Studio. Дополнительно, предоставлена возможность сборки в режиме Android TV и Android Automotive.

Вячеслав Дубейко из компании IBM запустил в списке рассылки разработчиков ядра Linux обсуждение использования в ядре моделей машинного обучения, а также предложил для тестирования набор патчей с библиотекой для интеграции ML-моделей в ядро и примером символьного драйвера, использующего библиотеку.

В качестве демонстрации возможности автономно создавать крупные проекты при помощи новой AI-модели Claude Opus 4.6, компания Anthropic сгенерировала компилятор для языка Си - claudes-c-compiler, пригодный для сборки ядра Linux, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis, FFmpeg, GNU coreutils, Busybox, CPython, QEMU, Doom, LuaJIT и ещё около 150 протестированных известных открытых проектов. Результирующие сборки успешно прошли предоставляемые проектами тестовые наборы. Код компилятора сгенерирован на языке Rust и опубликован как общественное достояние (CC0). Поддерживается компиляция проектов для архитектур x86_64, i686, AArch64 и RISC-V 64.

Опубликован релиз свободного звукового редактора Ardour 9.0, предназначенного для многоканальной записи, обработки и микширования звука. В Ardour предоставляется мультитрековая шкала времени, неограниченный уровень отката изменений на всем протяжении работы с файлом (даже после закрытия программы), поддержка разнообразных аппаратных интерфейсов. Программа позиционируется как свободный аналог профессиональных средств ProTools, Nuendo, Pyramix и Sequoia. Код распространяется под лицензией GPLv2. В ближайшее время неофициальные сборки для Linux будут сформированы в формате Flatpak.

Камилла Мораес (Camilla Moraes), менеджер по продукту из компании GitHub, начала обсуждение добавления в GitHub возможности для автоматической блокировки мусорных pull-запросов, сгенерированных в AI-ассистентах, отправленных без ручной проверки и не соответствующих требованиям качества. Подобные изменения создают дополнительную нагрузку на сопровождающих, которые вынуждены тратить время на разбор бесполезного кода.

Опубликован девятый выпуск среды рабочего стола Orbitiny Desktop, написанной с нуля с использованием фреймворка Qt.

Работа пока сосредоточена на запуск в окружениях на базе X-сервера, но в будущем не исключается добавление поддержки Wayland.

В контекстное меню добавлена опция "Paste to Image" для прикрепления помещённого в буфер обмена изображения к выбранному файлу c изображением (вертикально следом за имеющимся изображением).

В панель управления добавлена опция для переключения между выводом в форме списка и сетки пиктограмм.

В апплеты "Launcher", "Quick Launch" и "Drawer" добавлена опция для запуска с правами root.

Джеймс Моррис (James Morris), мэйнтенер подсистемы обеспечения безопасности ядра Linux, возглавляющий в компании Microsoft команду "Linux Emerging Technologies", представил проект Litebox, позиционируемый как сфокусированная на безопасности операционная система в форме библиотеки (Library OS). Litebox может использоваться в программах или ядрах как дополнительный слой изоляции, блокирующий доступ к излишней функциональности ядер или API для снижения поверхности атак. Код проекта написан на языке Rust и открыт под лицензией MIT.

Компания JetBrains объявила о решении включить по умолчанию поддержку работы с использованием протокола Wayland в интегрированных средах разработки на базе будущего выпуска IntelliJ 2026.1. До релиза протестировать поддержку Wayland можно воспользовавшись EAP-сборками IntelliJ IDEA (Early Access Program). IDE, основанные на IntelliJ, теперь смогут напрямую запускаться в средах рабочего стола на базе Wayland без использования XWayland. Поддержка бэкенда XToolkit для X11 будет оставлена в качестве опции.

В репозиторий системы виртуализации VirtualBox добавлены изменения, позволяющие использовать встроенный в ядро Linux гипервизор KVM вместо специфичного модуля ядра VirtualBox (vboxdrv). Реализация подготовлена сотрудниками Oracle и не пересекается с бэкендом VirtualBox-KVM, параллельно развиваемым компанией Cyberus Technology. Отмечается, что Oracle начала работу над KVM-бэкендом несколько лет назад, но из-за нехватки инженерных ресурсов его разработка затянулась.

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I built an MCP server that gives any local LLM real Google search and now vision capabilities - no API keys needed.

The latest feature: google_lens_detect uses OpenCV to find objects in an image, crops each one, and sends them to Google Lens for identification.

GPT-OSS-120B, a text-only model with zero vision support, correctly identified an NVIDIA DGX Spark and a SanDisk USB drive from a desk photo.

Also includes Google Search, News, Shopping, Scholar, Maps, Finance, Weather, Flights, Hotels, Translate, Images, Trends, and more.

Two commands: pip install noapi-google-search-mcp && playwright install chromium GitHub: https://github.com/VincentKaufmann/noapi-google-search-mcp PyPI: https://p…

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Steve’s commencement address at Stanford, we are sharing a newly enhanced version of the video below and on YouTube.

A commencement address by a college dropout.

They wanted comedian Jon Stewart, who had given a popular commencement address the year before.

In the six months between the invitation from Stanford president John Hennessy and commencement, Steve sent himself notes, outlines, and drafts of ideas.

Steve requested ideas from the four senior class co-presidents; they sent him thoughts and didn't hear back.

Today, we're introducing a new, simpler way for people to request the removal of non-consensual explicit images from Search.

This update builds on the range of protections in Search for victims of this harmful content.

Here’s a look at what’s new:A quick and straightforward removal process: To access this tool, click on the three dots on an image, select ‘remove result,’ then select ‘It shows a sexual image of me.’Submit multiple images at once: You no longer have to report each image individually.

This new tool lets you select and submit requests for multiple images from search results in a single, simple form.

"YouTube is one of – if not the – most-used of all digital offerings, with over 70% of international consumers using it weekly, and over 50% using it daily," she told the BBC, citing Midia consumer survey data.

I had a public git server running since 2011, and a public cvs server before that.

AI scrapers have hammered the poor, little server to death by flooding the cgit frontend with tons of pointless² requests.

Now I'm down to one self-hosted service, which is the webserver hosting mainly this blog and a few more little things.

Taking this out by AI scrapers overloading the machine should be next to impossible, and so far this has hold up.

Apparently millions of 404 answers where not enough to convince the bots that there is no cgit service (any more).

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On January 14, 2026, global telnet traffic observed by GreyNoise sensors fell off a cliff.

A 59% sustained reduction, eighteen ASNs going completely silent, five countries vanishing from our data entirely.

Six days later, CVE-2026-24061 dropped.

Coincidence is one explanation.

Why it mattersMetal printing should be a capability, not a luxury.

Scrap Labs is demolishing the barrier to entry for metal additive manufacturing, so builders and makers can prototype, iterate, and deploy high-performance metal parts without six-figure systems.

Our broader vision is to help lay the technological foundation for making advanced manufacturing tools accessible anywhere, on Earth and off it, as a step toward enabling humanity to prosper and become a truly multi-planetary species.

Samsung is going to launch S26 lineup just before Mobile World Congress (MWC).

According to The New York Times, which reports that it heard the meeting, Musk told employees that xAI needs a lunar manufacturing facility, a factory on the moon that will build AI satellites and fling them into space via a giant catapult.

The executive has denied the allegation that she engaged in discrimination.

A new report claims the e-commerce giant is looking to create a pipeline of licensable content between media publishers and AI companies.

Czech ice dancers Katerina Mrazkova and Daniel Mrazek are learning the hard way that LLMs sometimes spit out straight-up plagiarism.

Robert Playter announcd he is leaving Boston Dynamics after 30 years at the company in various roles, including six years as CEO.

After numerous news reports documented Masha Bucher's close business and personal relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Bucher took to X to explain.

The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena powers to target people critical of the Trump administration.

Out of the twelve-person founding team, only seven are still at the company (counting Elon).

Rivian, along with other automakers, has been under pressure to make the manual door releases easier to access. The new R2 SUV does that — here's how.

Facebook's new AI features let users animate their profile pics, restyle their Stories and Memories, and add backgrounds to text posts.

The fake goods crisis cuts two ways. Luxury brands lose more than $30 billion a year to counterfeits, while buyers in the booming $210 billion second-hand market have no reliable way to verify that what they’re purchasing is genuine. Veritas wants to solve both problems with a solution that combines custom hardware and software. The […]

The Singaporean government said the China-backed hackers gained "limited access to critical systems" run by the country's top four telecommunication giants, but said they did not disrupt services or steal customers' data.

Vega Security raised $120 million Series B, bringing its valuation to $700 million, in a round led by Accel. The company aims to rethink how enterprises detect cybersecurity threats.

Learn more about Netflix's acquisition of Warner Bros., considered the most historic megadeal in Hollywood, as it continues to develop.

Charlie Osborne / ZDNET:

An interview with LastPass CEO Karim Toubba on the company-wide changes after the 2022 data breach, new services such as controls to curb shadow SaaS, and more — ZDNET's key takeaways — LastPass's CEO says the 2022 data breach has driven the company to greater security heights.

Bloomberg:

Ant, which elevated its health unit to the same level as Alipay and its lending businesses, is betting on AI-powered healthcare to fuel its next phase of growth — Roughly five years ago, Ant Group Co. reined in its ambitions after a derailed initial public offering.

Reuters:

South Korea's Science Ministry blames Coupang's massive 2025 data leak on management failures and accuses it of defying a government order to preserve data logs — South Korean officials blamed a massive data leak last year at Coupang on management failure, rather than a sophisticated cyberattack …

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:

Docs: London-based AI chip startup Olix, founded by James Dacombe, CEO of brain monitoring startup CoMind, raised $220M led by Hummingbird at a $1B+ valuation — London-based Olix targets development of AI chips that are faster and cheaper than Nvidia's — A 25-year-old British entrepreneur …

Reuters:

Sources: ByteDance plans to produce at least 100,000 units of its in-house AI inference chip in 2026, and is in talks with Samsung to manufacture it — China's ByteDance is developing an artificial intelligence chip and is in talks with Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) to manufacture it …

Amy Feldman / Forbes:

NYC-based Garner Health, a platform using data analytics to help workers find healthcare providers, raised a $118M Series D at a $1.35B valuation — Nick Reber, Garner Health founder and CEO — Garner Health uses data to identify the country's best doctors based on quality and cost …

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE:

Tel Aviv-based Backslash Security, which safeguards enterprise software development from vibe coding risks, raised a $19M Series A, taking total funding to $27M — Vibe coding security company Backslash Security Inc. revealed today that it has raised $19 million in new funding to expand …

Isomorphic Labs:

Isomorphic Labs, a Google DeepMind spinoff, unveils IsoDDE, a drug design system it says surpasses AlphaFold 3 in predicting biomolecular structures — Today, we are excited to share an update on our progress towards a new frontier of drug design. We have unlocked a new paradigm …

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Q&A with Siemens CEO Roland Busch on the company's 170+ year history, automation, managing 320K staff, US manufacturing investments, augmenting LLMs, and more — Today, I'm talking with Roland Busch, who is the CEO of Siemens. … At a very basic, reductive level …

The Food and Drug Administration has refused to review Moderna’s application for an mRNA flu vaccine, the company revealed Tuesday.

In his first year in office, Kennedy has already dramatically slashed childhood vaccine recommendations and canceled $500 million in research funding for mRNA vaccines against potential pandemic threats.

In a news release late Tuesday, Moderna said it was blindsided by the FDA’s refusal, which the FDA cited as being due to the design of the company’s Phase 3 trial for its mRNA flu vaccine, dubbed mRNA-1010.

Specifically, the FDA’s rejection was over the comparator vaccine Moderna used.

It also noted that Fluarix has been used as a comparator vaccine in previous…

The upgraded Super Heavy booster slated to launch SpaceX’s next Starship flight has completed cryogenic proof testing, clearing a hurdle that resulted in the destruction of the company’s previous booster.

SpaceX announced the milestone in a social media post Tuesday: “Cryoproof operations complete for the first time with a Super Heavy V3 booster.

Better results this timeThe Super Heavy booster originally assigned to the first Starship V3 test flight failed during a pressure test in November.

This Super Heavy vehicle appears have sailed through stress testing, and SpaceX returned the booster to the factory early Monday.

The Raptor engines set to debut on Starship V3 produce more thrust and i…

Wikipedia editors are discussing whether to blacklist Archive.today because the archive site was used to direct a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against a blogger who wrote a post in 2023 about the mysterious website’s anonymous maintainer.

Option A is to remove or hide all Archive.today links and add the site to the spam blacklist.

Option A in particular would be a huge change, as more than 695,000 links to Archive.today are used across 400,000 or so Wikipedia pages.

“Archive.today uses advanced scraping methods, and is generally considered more reliable than the Internet Archive,” the Wikipedia request for comment said.

“Due to concerns about botnets, linkspamming, and how th…

xAI co-founder Tony Wu abruptly announced his resignation from the company late Monday night, the latest in a string of senior executives to leave the Grok-maker in recent months.

The mention of what “a small team” can do could hint at a potential reason for Wu’s departure.

xAI reportedly had 1,200 employees as of March 2025, a number that included AI engineers and those focused more on the X social network.

Wu’s departure comes just months after fellow xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin departed the company in August to start his own AI safety-focused venture capital firm.

Co-founders Kyle Kosic and Christian Szegedy also departed the company since its 2023 founding, and co-founder Greg Yang s…

The National Cancer Institute is using federal funds to study whether cancer can be cured by ivermectin, a cheap, off-patent anti-parasitic and deworming drug that fringe medical groups falsely claimed could treat COVID-19 during the pandemic and have since touted as a cure-all.

Large, high-quality clinical trials have resoundingly concluded that ivermectin is not effective against COVID-19.

And there is no old or new scientific evidence to support a hypothesis that ivermectin can cure cancer—or justify any such federal expenditure.

During a January 30 event, Anthony Letai, a cancer researcher the Trump administration installed as the director of the NCI in September, said the NCI was pursu…

One of those was UEFI Secure Boot, a mechanism for verifying PC bootloaders to ensure that unverified software can’t be loaded at startup.

Secure Boot was enabled but technically optional for Windows 8 and Windows 10, but it became a formal system requirement for installing Windows starting with Windows 11 in 2021.

Secure Boot has relied on the same security certificates to verify bootloaders since 2011, during the development cycle for Windows 8.

And renewing security certificates is a routine occurrence that most users only notice when something goes wrong.

“If a device does not receive the new Secure Boot certificates before the 2011 certificates expire, the PC will continue to function …

The “Results About You” tool can now detect and remove more of your personal information.

With today’s upgrade, Results About You gains the ability to find and remove pages that include ID numbers like your passport, driver’s license, and Social Security.

Just click in the ID numbers section to enable detection.

ID number results detected.

ID number results detected.

Kia’s engineers, riding high on the success of their recent electric vehicles, took notice and did some new things with the PV5, the company’s first electric van.

Off the shelf, you can choose between a PV5 Passenger for moving people, a PV5 Cargo for moving things, a PV5 Crew for moving things and people, and a PV5 Chassis Cab to do with as you please.

Kia Kia Kia spent time with people who use vans to understand what they actually want.

Kia Kia There’s a passenger version as well.

Kia Kia spent time with people who use vans to understand what they actually want.

Alphabet has lined up banks to sell a rare 100-year bond, stepping up a borrowing spree by Big Tech companies racing to fund their vast investments in AI this year.

The so-called century bond will form part of a debut sterling issuance this week by Google’s parent company, said people familiar with the matter.

Alphabet was also selling $20 billion of dollar bonds on Monday and lining up a Swiss franc bond sale, the people said.

The University of Oxford, EDF, and the Wellcome Trust—the most recent in 2018—are the only issuers to have tapped the sterling century market.

Issuing a century bond in the sterling market is more cost-effective than in the dollar market, where the interest rate is h…

On Friday, a body that advises US judges revised the document it created to help judges grapple with scientific issues.

In response to the letter, the Federal Judicial Center has now deleted the entire chapter.

Among those projects is the “Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence,” now in its fourth edition.

When initially released in December, the fourth edition included material on climate change prepared by two authors at Columbia University.

At the end of January, they sent a letter to the leadership of the Federal Judicial Center outlining their issues.

In 2023, we marveled at the sheer mass of Lenovo’s Legion Go, a 1.88-pound, 11.8-inch-wide monstrosity of a Windows gaming handheld.

In 2026, though, Ayaneo unveiled details of its Next II handheld, which puts Lenovo’s big boy to shame while also offering heftier specs and a higher price than most other Windows gaming handhelds.

Credit: Ayaneo The Next II sports a massive screen and some adult-sized controls.

Credit: Ayaneo The Next II sports a massive screen and some adult-sized controls.

Ayaneo isn’t the first hardware maker to package the Max+ 395 chipset into a Windows gaming handheld; the OneXPlayer OneXfly Apex and GPD Win5 feature essentially the same chipset, the latter with an exte…

For a couple of weeks now, AI agents (and some humans impersonating AI agents) have been hanging out and doing weird stuff on Moltbook’s Reddit-style social network.

Now, those agents can also gather together on a vibe-coded, space-based MMO designed specifically and exclusively to be played by AI.

They watch.”Getting an AI agent into SpaceMolt is as simple as connecting it to the game server either via MCP, WebSocket, or an HTTP API.

After that, the agent engages in autonomous “gameplay” by sending simple commands to the server, no graphical interface or physical input method required.

Eventually, agents can gather into factions, take part in simulated combat, and even engage in space pira…

Google continues to turn the screws on free YouTube users, expanding a test that restricts access to song lyrics on YouTube Music.

Users without a premium subscription have found that Google’s streaming music service only shows song lyrics a few times before demanding money.

For as long as YouTube Music has existed, lyrics have been accessible to all users in the mobile app.

“You have [x] views remaining,” the app now warns free users who access lyrics.

We often run experiments on YouTube Music to better inform our decisions around feature improvements.

The Federal Communications Commission is reportedly investigating ABC’s The View in what FCC Democrat Anna Gomez called an attempt to intimidate critics of the Trump administration.

This is government intimidation, not a legitimate investigation,” Gomez said in a statement Friday night.

“Like many other so-called ‘investigations’ before it, the FCC will announce an investigation but never carry one out, reach a conclusion, or take any meaningful action.

After pressuring ABC to suspend Jimmy Kimmel, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in September that it would be “worthwhile to have the FCC look into whether The View and some of these other programs” are violating the agency’s equal-time rule.

“…

Discord is facing backlash after announcing that all users will soon be required to verify ages to access adult content by sharing video selfies or uploading government IDs.

Although government IDs will be checked off-device, the selfie data will never leave the user’s device, Discord emphasized.

Both forms of data will be promptly deleted after the user’s age is estimated.

On social media, alarmed Discord users protested the move, doubting whether Discord could be trusted with their most sensitive information after Discord age verification data was recently breached.

In October, hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 Discord users from a third-party service that Discord previously trusted …

Galaxy S26, S26+ and S26 UltraSamsung Galaxy S25 Ultra hands-on photo (Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget)Samsung's restrained approach to updating its phones will likely continue with the Galaxy S26.

Based on leaked images of the new lineup, the company is not expected to radically reinvent the look of the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+ or Galaxy S26 Ultra, and instead will stick with a similar design to what it used on the Galaxy S25.

The difference between the Galaxy S26 Ultra and Galaxy S25 Ultra is reportedly a bit clearer.

Galaxy S26 EdgeAt just 5.8mm thick, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is one of the thinnest smartphones ever made.

Samsung is expected to unveil its latest flagship phone series …

After kicking off CES 2026 with its "First Look" event, Samsung is ready to announce the first of what should be several new Galaxy smartphones this year.

The company is officially hosting a Galaxy Unpacked event on February 25 at 1PM ET, where it'll introduce the Galaxy S26 series and updates to Galaxy AI.

Leaks that have trickled out ahead of the event suggest that the Galaxy S26, S26+ and S26 Ultra will feature a new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, and could come with more RAM and storage.

Only the Galaxy S26 Ultra is expected to include major hardware changes, though, with an updated camera system, and possibly proper support for Qi2 charging.

Engadget will have coverage of everything Sa…

The National Labor Review Board (NLRB) has dropped a case accusing SpaceX of illegally firing eight employees who criticized the company's CEO Elon Musk, The New York Times.

The NLRB filed a complaint claiming the firing was illegal in 2024.

Originally, SpaceX's opposition to the NLRB's case was that the agency is unconstitutional, The New York Times writes.

The NLRB dismissed its SpaceX case following an even more unusual line of argument, though: that regulating SpaceX actually fell under the jurisdiction of the National Mediation Board, the government agency that handles mediation in the airline and railway industries.

According to The New York Times, the National Mediation Board issued …

Meta has been going all in on AI, whether people want it or not, and now it's bringing more features in that vein to Facebook.

The network's latest move is to let people use Meta AI to animate their profile photos.

Because what better way to express your individuality than to use a pre-canned AI-generated animation on your own face?

Meta AI is also coming for your Facebook Stories and Memories.

If you're desperate to behold even more AI slop, Meta recently said its Vibes feed of exactly that content will be getting a standalone app.

Itch.io is hosting a bundle to help raise money for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, which was organized by charity creator Jes Wade .

The No ICE in Minnesota bundle includes nearly 1,300 video games and tabletop games and costs just $10, though those with deep pockets can certainly donate more than that.

There are some nifty titles here, particularly for those interested in indie puzzle games and life sims.

Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisementThe bundle includes the life simulation game Calico, which involves players running a cat cafe on a magical island.

The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota is a nonprofit that provides free representation to low-income immigrants and refugees.

Former cryptocurrency poster boy Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to get another chance in court.

He has filed a request that for a new trial on claims that new witness testimony could alter the case made against him by prosecutors, according to Bloomberg.

Bankman-Fried is one of many cryptocurrency leaders who have since been prosecuted for fraud.

After being jailed for witness tampering, he was found guilty of seven charges of fraud and conspiracy in 2023.

Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his actions as CEO and co-founder of crypto exchange FTX.

Hubble image of the Egg Nebula.

Hubble image of the Egg Nebula.

The telescope's latest snapshot is our clearest view yet of the Egg Nebula.

Hubble image of the Egg Nebula.

(SA / Hubble & NASA, B. Balick (University of Washington))The Egg Nebula, found in the constellation Cygnus, was first discovered in 1975.

Get ye to Windows Update, because there's a good chance you've got new Secure Boot certificates to install.

Microsoft just announced that it will be refreshing those certificates, which were originally introduced when Secure Boot debuted in 2011, as a security precaution.

Secure Boot was a way for Microsoft to protect systems from running unsigned and potentially malicious code before Windows launched.

As expected, Microsoft also notes that unsupported versions of Windows won't be receiving the new Secure Boot certificates.

Costa says Microsoft has been working with OEMs like Dell and HP to ensure a smooth transition to the new Secure Boot certificates.

First announced back in November, the latest Windows handheld in Ayaneo’s Next lineup is now up for pre-order, with a spec sheet that makes some of its rivals look modest.

The Next 2 is powered by an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip and has a massive 115Mh battery under the hood.

This model is equipped with the slightly less capable Ryzen AI Max 385 CPU.

A variant of the Next II with 64GB of RAM and 1TB of storage costs $2,699, but you can order now at the early bird price of $2,299.

For 128GB of RAM and 2TB of storage you’ll be handing over a slightly hilarious $4,299 at full price.

A US judicial body has revised an internal document to remove climate research.

The climate science chapter has now been deleted, so they'll be on their own with climate-related cases.

This move came after a group of Republican state attorneys wrote a letter to complain about the chapter on climate change.

Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Republicans also complained that the report called the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change an "authoritative science body."

More than 99.9 percent of peer-reviewed scientific papers agree that climate change is real and caused by humans.

Supermassive Games has announced a new release date for the next entry in the Dark Pictures Anthology series.

Directive 8020 is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Steam on May 12.

The studio behind Until Dawn and The Quarry revealed the news with the help of a fresh trailer for the sci-fi survival horror game.

A permadeath mode does away with that option for a more traditional survival horror experience.

The developer originally planned to release Directive 8020 in October 2025.

Numerous major social platforms including Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snap say they will submit to a new external grading process that scores social platforms on how well they protect adolescent mental health.

The Mental Health Coalition, founded in 2020, has mentioned Facebook and Meta as partners since the early days of the organization.

In 2021 the organization said it would bring together "leading mental health experts partner with Facebook and Instagram to destigmatize mental health and connect people to resources" during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last year it was alleged that Meta buried internal data showing the ill effects of its products on users' mental health.

Since then the company h…

The internet is ripe with horrible violations of people's privacy, including non-consensual explicit images.

A new tool from Google won't do much in the way of prevention, but can help you remove this media from Search.

Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisementYou can go on Google's "Results about you" hub to track your request.

To use the tool, you will have to add in your personal contact information and government ID numbers.

The company should notify you if any of that information comes up in Search results and allow you to take removal steps.

OpenAI has reportedly fired safety executive Ryan Beirmeister, whose title at the company was VP of product policy.

According to the Wall Street Journal, which broke the story, Beirmeister was told her firing was related to sexual discrimination against a male colleague.

“The allegation that I discriminated against anyone is absolutely false,” Beiermeister told the journal in a statement.

A possible adult mode has been in the works for a long time.

But OpenAI’s statement to the Journal on Beirmeister’s firing strongly implies that it had nothing to do with adult mode.

Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, went missing Jan. 31 from her Arizona home in a disappearance case that’s captured significant national attention.

The Nancy Guthrie case is sparking an identical rush by social media users to run these new security camera images through AI.

And while it seems like Guthrie may have been abducted for ransom, nobody can say that definitively yet.

Plenty of idiots aroundMatthew Wallace isn’t the only person currently trying to run the security camera footage from the Guthrie case through AI.

“@grok can you put a keffiyeh on the photos head?” one user wrote Tuesday before Grok dutifully complied.

At least some of that is due to the $4.8 billion that the company’s electric vehicle division lost in 2025.

At the core of that plan is a $30,000 electric vehicle with “eyes-off” driving that Ford plans to unveil in 2028.

While the American EV industry suffers, Chinese electric vehicle giants enjoy government subsidies that give them at times dangerously good pricing power.

Even long-term American ally Canada decided last month to allow Chinese EV imports.

With the announcement of Tuesday’s earnings report, Chinese EV giant BYD beat Ford in 2025 global vehicle sales for the first time.

Most shoppers fear a used car they’re looking at might have a history that’s more checkered than they’d like.

Lightly damaged and relatively new vehicles—salvaged or branded titled, officially—are an inexpensive way to get a good deal, but reputable dealers tend to shy away from stocking them.

Many buyers have increasingly turned to used cars over the last few years, first because of supply chain issues, then inflation, and now, tariffs.

Salvage-titled vehicles that some mainstream dealers will stock won’t be ones that were involved in severe crashes or that needed significant structural repairs.

Some of these vehicles can have just a few thousand or a few hundred miles.

Every couple of years, there’s a superhero movie that serves as a blueprint on what to do (or, in some cases, not) for others going forward.

One, ahem, accidental leak later, the first Deadpool hit theaters on February 12, 2016.

The comic timing of Reynolds and whoever his costar is at that particular moment, if not the entire movie, really does count for a lot.

When everyone’s trying to be funny in the same way, no one’s funny, and there’ve been many wise guys across many mediums in the past decade who’ve tried doing jokes the Deadpool way.

(Some of them were even directed by Deadpool 2 director David Leitch, which probably didn’t help things.)

The odds of Jesus Christ returning in 2026 just went up on Polymarket.

A fair amount has been made about the bets on Christ’s return on these markets, in part because most people view it as free money.

Bloomberg reported on the same bet for 2025, finding that a total of $3.3 million was placed on the market for Jesus’ second coming.

That bet is back for 2026, and the odds on “yes” have largely hung out right at the 3% marker.

This one allows people to bet on whether the market for Jesus Christ to return before 2027 will surpass 5% odds by February 17.

The Swedish billionaire’s venture capital firm Prima Materia is a key investor in Helsing, and Ek himself is a co-chairman.

Spotify has repeatedly emphasized that it’s a completely separate company from Prima Materia.

Ek stepped down as Spotify CEO last month, telling Reuters in October 2025 that he would instead focus his time on supporting European tech startups.

The AI-enhanced military tech ties are only one aspect of the increasing scrutiny Spotify has been enduring over the past year or so.

The popular music streaming platform has gotten backlash over the way it treats the artists and its willingness to accept and even support AI-generated music.

Ramin Djawadi’s Game of Thrones theme is one of the most iconic TV scores of the 2010s.

Knight of the Seven Kingdoms managed to do so, even if it meant taking a detour with an impromptu poop joke.

Since that moment, Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has given us a very different soundtrack in comparison.

Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is a smaller-scoped show, and so its score matched that vibe.

But for a brief moment, Game of Thrones becomes Dunk’s hype theme, or rather, it elevates his own leitmotif to its level.

Google is giving users more control over how their personal information appears in search results, including a new way to request the removal of non-consensual explicit images.

After filing a request, users will see links to organizations that can provide emotional and legal support, if needed.

Additionally, Google also expanded its “Results about you” feature, which already lets users request the removal of personal details like phone numbers and home addresses from search results.

Once submitted, Google will automatically scan for search results containing that information and notify users when matches appear.

Google noted that these tools remove the personal information from its sear…

Here’s a photo of it, but let me warn you: once you see the Trump phone, you cannot unsee the Trump phone.

Hendrickson tells The Verge that some final assembly will take place in Miami, though.

As for the prolonged release, Hendrickson tells The Verge that Trump Mobile’s efforts to completely re-spec the device are the reason for the delays.

Hendrickson tells The Verge that the T1 is expected to launch in mid-March, but who’s to say, really?

So, as a recap: the T1 looks bad, has seemingly midrange specs, has offered little in the way of a hard release date, is already seemingly slated for a drastic price hike, and—wait, did I mention how bad it looks?

The Olympic figure skating ice dancing event in Milan, Italy, on Monday required participants to go with a 1990s theme.

Skaters chose music from popular artists of the era like Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, and the Backstreet Boys.

But the skaters from the Czech Republic included some music you may not recognize—because it’s an AI-generated song.

That’s because it’s an AI song that uses verbatim quotes from the 1998 song “You Get What You Give” by the New Radicals.

“Are you kidding me with the AI music in Olympics figure skating?

After three awesome Predator movies in a row, fans of the franchise are obviously excited about what director Dan Trachtenberg might have in store for the future.

But last week’s news of Trachtenberg signing a new, first-look deal with Paramount seemed like it could be the end of those plans.

Disney owns the rights to Predator, not Paramount.

io9 spoke with Trachtenberg this week about the upcoming home release of Predator: Badlands and asked him straight up, does his Paramount deal mean he’ll never direct another Predator movie?

Joe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Cloverfield does not mean the Predator is dead.

Zoomers, we have bad news: your six or seven minutes in the vanguard of the cultural zeitgeist are officially over.

The NYT’s guide is particularly notable for its insistence that a significant amount of today’s slang isn’t new at all.

The paper is clearly wedded to this idea; in December last year, they insisted that the term “brain rot” should be attributed to Henry David Thoreau, who used it in his 1854 glamping memoir Walden.

And what does Green’s have to say about “brain rot”?

The term is yet to appear in the slang dictionary of record, which suggests that Thoreau’s usage never quite made it out of the 19th-century skibidi toilet.

That tortured sigh you just heard on the wind was from everyone associated with Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, which hits theaters in April.

The Mummy movie everyone is really excited for—featuring the longed-for reunion of swashbuckling sweethearts Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser—just announced another thunder-stealing update.

The Mummy 4 is not only officially happening, but it also has a release date!

We can guess, however, that some kind of back-from-the-dead situation requiring the adventurer and the Egyptologist to get back out in the field will arise.

There is some good news for the Mummy picture coming out in a few months, though: The Mummy 4 isn’t hitting screens until May 19, 2028.

Employees at Salesforce are circulating an internal letter to chief executive Marc Benioff calling on him to denounce recent actions by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prohibit the use of Salesforce software by immigration agents, and back federal legislation that would significantly reform the agency.

The letter, which has not been reported on previously, is being organized amid Salesforce’s annual leadership kickoff event this week in Las Vegas.

During an appearance at the event earlier today, Benioff asked international employees to stand to thank them for attending, before joking that ICE agents were in the building monitoring them, according to current and former Salesforce emp…

In figure skating, the quadruple axel is generally considered the most difficult jump.

But for skaters who aren’t generational talents like Malinin, grasping exactly how to pull off a quadruple axel can be tricky.

A simple axel, therefore, requires one and a half rotations to complete, while a quadruple axel requires four and a half rotations in the air.

To shed light on the specific kinematic strategies used by athletes to perform the quadruple axel jump, Hirosawa’s study focused on footage of two skaters who attempted this jump in competition.

Contrary to previous biomechanical studies, which suggested that jump height does not change significantly, Hirosawa’s study found that increasing …

The new guidelines say to get 1.2 to 1.6 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day—more than what was previously advised—while the new inverted food pyramid prominently features steak and other animal products.

“We are ending the war on protein,” Realfood.gov states, echoing similar declarations by Kennedy.

In fact, so does the administration’s own “Scientific Foundation for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans,” which is linked on Realfood.gov.

It recommended 0.8 grams per kilogram per day—the long-standing recommended daily allowance, or RDA, developed by the National Institute of Medicine.

When I refined my question, saying that I do 30 minutes of strength training four days a…

Palantir employees have spent weeks asking company leadership for answers on the company’s work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

On Friday, Palantir CEO Alex Karp finally appeared to give in—sort of.

In an email sent to all Palantir employees, Courtney Bowman, Palantir’s global director of privacy and civil liberties engineering, shared a pre-recorded nearly hourlong video conversation with Karp about Palantir’s involvement with ICE.

The video did not answer specific questions about Palantir’s product capabilities, however, or how ICE was utilizing Palantir’s products.

Instead, the video said workers could sign non-disclosure agreements if they wanted more detailed informatio…

This GoPro Hero 13 Black bundle includes a variety of useful accessories, as well as a full suite of interchangeable lenses.

Courtesy of GoPro GoPro Hero 13 Black - HB Series Lens Collection $750 $550 (27% off) AmazonThe biggest change to this generation of GoPro action cameras is the interchangeable lens system, and this kit comes loaded with basically every lens an aspiring filmmaker could ask for.

That includes the ultrawide lens mod, which boosts the field of view to 177 degrees, an anamorphic lens and filters, and a macro lens for beautiful close-up shots.

The Hero 13 Black is our favorite GoPro, but there's a whole world of action cameras for your next adventure, so make sure to check…

In many cases, these facilities, which are to be used by street-level agents and ICE attorneys, are located near elementary schools, medical offices, places of worship, and other sensitive locations.

In Irvine, California, ICE is moving into offices located next to a childcare agency.

In New York, ICE is moving into offices on Long Island near a passport center.

In a wealthy community near Houston, Texas, ICE appears poised to move into an office building blocks away from a preschool.

Since President Donald Trump took office in 2025, ICE has more than doubled in size.

Lighter black levels and lower peak brightness than the knockout LG G5 are its main downsides, along with Sony's miserly distribution of just two full-bandwidth HDMI ports.

Sony Bravia 9: You may think your current premium TV is bright enough, but Sony’s masterful Bravia 9 QLED TV begs to differ.

Thankfully, you can always turn it down, and its nuclear power plant is paired with excellent black levels, deep contrast, and plenty of features.

The TV's picture processing and colors still don't catch premium TVs, and this is the second year in a row I've found a troubling performance issue with the QM7.

Sony Bravia 7: The Bravia 7 is a gorgeous display, offering brilliant brightness, naturalist…

That's always an issue with gaming laptops, no matter how loud or thick they are.

The company has earned its reputation for producing the most premium and well-built gaming laptops, often referred to as the MacBook of gaming laptops.

Meanwhile, 14-inch gaming laptops have become popular over the past few years, and they function best as a hybrid device.

Now, it should be mentioned that the current OLED panels being used on gaming laptops aren't as bright as the best OLED gaming monitors, which can hit over 1,000 nits of peak HDR brightness.

But you still get the HDR effect with the brightness on offer on these OLED gaming laptops.

Other Résumé Builders We’ve TestedAdobe Express: Adobe Express is powerful, with a ton of customization options and easily the boldest, most unique résumé designs I’ve seen.

Canva is ultimately a design tool, and its résumé builder fits into that mold.

For everyone else, a proper résumé builder is not only simpler, but it’ll also spit out a better result once you’re done.

Indeed Resume Builder: Indeed has a résumé builder that came highly recommended as I started researching, but I’m not sure why.

Teal: This résumé builder is paired with job-search and tracking tools, which include a job board and an AI job-search function.

Brightness can be adjusted to a searing 1,200 nits, making the display easier to read in variable light.

The G2 gains IP67 water and dust resistance, and prescription support has improved to cover −12.00 to +12.00 diopters.

Smart EyesAimed squarely at the business professional, the Even G2 is designed to make work life easier.

As with the first generation, when this works well, it’s brilliant, and concise answers swiftly appear for me to read, and using the R1 ring, scrolling longer answers is intuitive too.

Sadly, while the results are accurate, it can often take far too long to process and display them.

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Toyota unveiled the new 2027 Highlander, a fully redesigned midsize SUV that marks the brand's first three-row electric vehicle for the US market and the first Toyota EV assembled in America. It's a familiar name - Toyota has been selling gas Highlanders for over 20 years - with an all-new powertrain aimed directly at one […]

Ring's new Search Party feature has once again drawn backlash for the company. A 30-second ad that aired during Sunday's Super Bowl showed Ring cameras "surveilling" neighborhoods to locate a lost dog. In the current political climate, a prime-time ad celebrating neighborhood surveillance struck a nerve People voiced concerns across social media that the AI-powered […]

Robert Playter, CEO of Boston Dynamics, announced on Tuesday that he is stepping down from his role effective immediately and leaving the company on February 27th, as previously reported by A3. Under Playter's leadership, Boston Dynamics navigated its way through an acquisition from Softbank that brought it to Hyundai in 2021, and it launched a […]

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about tech politicking in the age of Trump. If you're a subscriber, you are dominant and talented, like the Seattle Seahawks. If you're not a subscriber yet, it's time to get your act together, like the New England Patriots. (I'm from Boston and I'm allowed […]

OpenAI is updating ChatGPT's deep research tool with a full-screen viewer that you can use to scroll through and navigate to specific areas of its AI-generated reports. As shown in a video shared by OpenAI, the built-in viewer allows you to open ChatGPT's reports in a window separate from your chat, while showing a table […]

Samsung's annual Galaxy S-series reveal is later than usual this year, but we finally have a confirmed date to circle on the calendar: February 25th. And if you were hoping for major hardware upgrades from the company's flagship phones, you probably shouldn't hold your breath: an extensive leak published by WinFuture has seemingly confirmed that […]

It seems clear at this point to say that Donald Trump does not want to spend a single dime on EV charging. He tried to freeze $5 billion in funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which was approved as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. And when a federal judge ordered the […]

Google announced on Tuesday that the public preview of Fitbit's AI personal health coach is rolling out to iOS users in the U.S. as well as both iOS and Android users in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. It initially launched in October, when it was only available in the U.S. on Android […]

Ayaneo opened preorders for its next Windows 11 handheld and it looks like a powerhouse. The Ayaneo Next 2 is 13.45 inches wide, 10.3-inches tall, and weighs 3.14 pounds. That's more than twice as heavy as the original Ayaneo Next that launched back in 2022, and it easily outweighs the Steam Deck and Switch 2. […]

The EasySMX S10 is a fantastic wireless controller for the Switch 2 that offers nearly as many features as Nintendo’s $90 gamepad. I ranked it as the best Switch 2 controller you can buy, thanks to its satisfying rumble sensation in games, support for motion controls as well as Nintendo’s amiibo NFC figures, plus the […]

On Tuesday, Discord released an update clarifying that the "vast majority of people can continue using Discord exactly as they do today," without needing to use a face scan or ID to verify their age so they can use the platform without restrictions. Discord states in the post that "age prediction" using information Discord already […]

More than a week after Nancy Guthrie disappeared, the FBI has released footage from a Nest camera by Guthrie's front door. FBI Director Kash Patel says on X that law enforcement has been working with "private sector partners" and that the video was "recovered from residual data located in backend systems." Google spokesperson Patrick Seybold […]

Sharge has made a name for itself amongst the tech-obsessed with chargers and power banks featuring eye-catching designs and extra functionality. Power bank feature creep is more often than not a bad thing, but Sharge is unabashedly leaning into the trend with its new Shargeek 300. We first went hands on with it over a […]

Facebook is rolling out new AI features that let you animate your profile picture and restyle Stories and Memories. You'll also be able to add animated backgrounds to text posts to make them pop in the feed. With the animated profile pictures, you'll be able to give a still photo motion with some preset types […]

Presented by EdgeVerveBefore addressing Global Business Services (GBS), let’s take a step back. Can agentic AI, the type of AI able to take goal-driven action, transform not just GBS but any kind of enterprise? And has it done so yet? As with many new technologies, rhetoric has outpaced deployment in this case. While 2025 was “supposed to be the year of agentic AI,” it didn’t turn out that way, according to VentureBeat Contributing Editor Taryn Plumb. Leaning on input from Google Cloud and integrated development environment (IDE) company Replit, Plumb reported in a December 2025 VentureBeat post that what has been missing are the fundamentals required to scale.Given the experience of Large …

In a major milestone for the "AI coding wars," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed on X that the company's standalone Codex application (currently only for Mac computers) surpassed 1 million downloads in its first week of availability, echoing the explosive growth of OpenAI's hit chatbot ChatGPT after it first launched in late 2022.The surge reflects a 60% week-over-week growth in overall Codex users, following the February 2 launch of the app and the subsequent release of the underlying GPT-5.3-Codex model.While OpenAI is currently celebrating this rapid adoption, the company is signaling that the era of unlimited free access to its most powerful agentic tools is transitioning toward a more re…

Fraud protection is a race against scale. For instance, Mastercard’s network processes roughly 160 billion transactions a year, and experiences surges of 70,000 transactions a second during peak periods (like the December holiday rush). Finding the fraudulent purchases among those — without chasing false alarms — is an incredible task, which is why fraudsters have been able to game the system. But now, sophisticated AI models can probe down to individual transactions, pinpointing the ones that seem suspicious — in milliseconds’ time. This is the heart of Mastercard’s flagship fraud platform, Decision Intelligence Pro (DI Pro). “DI Pro is specifically looking at each transaction and the risk…

A team of researchers led by Nvidia has released DreamDojo, a new AI system designed to teach robots how to interact with the physical world by watching tens of thousands of hours of human video — a development that could significantly reduce the time and cost required to train the next generation of humanoid machines.The research, published this month and involving collaborators from UC Berkeley, Stanford, the University of Texas at Austin, and several other institutions, introduces what the team calls "the first robot world model of its kind that demonstrates strong generalization to diverse objects and environments after post-training."At the core of DreamDojo is what the researchers des…

Today's AI challenge is about agent coordination, context, and collaboration. How do you enable them to truly think together, with all the contextual understanding, negotiation, and shared purpose that entails? It's a critical next step toward a new kind of distributed intelligence that keeps humans firmly in the loop.At the latest stop on VentureBeat's AI Impact Series, Vijoy Pandey, SVP and GM of Outshift by Cisco, and Noah Goodman, Stanford professor and co-founder of Humans&, sat down to talk about how to move beyond agents that just connect to agents that are steeped in collective intelligence.The need for collective intelligence, not coordinated actionsThe core challenge, Pandey said,…

Presented by F5As enterprises pour billions into GPU infrastructure for AI workloads, many are discovering that their expensive compute resources sit idle far more than expected. The culprit isn't the hardware. It’s the often-invisible data delivery layer between storage and compute that's starving GPUs of the information they need."While people are focusing their attention, justifiably so, on GPUs, because they're very significant investments, those are rarely the limiting factor," says Mark Menger, solutions architect at F5. "They're capable of more work. They're waiting on data."AI performance increasingly depends on an independent, programmable control point between AI frameworks and ob…

The "OpenClaw moment" represents the first time autonomous AI agents have successfully "escaped the lab" and moved into the hands of the general workforce. Originally developed by Austrian engineer Peter Steinberger as a hobby project called "Clawdbot" in November 2025, the framework went through a rapid branding evolution to "Moltbot" before settling on "OpenClaw" in late January 2026. Unlike previous chatbots, OpenClaw is designed with "hands"—the ability to execute shell commands, manage local files, and navigate messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Slack with persistent, root-level permissions.This capability — and the uptake of what was then called Moltbot by many AI power users on X …

A developer gets a LinkedIn message from a recruiter. The role looks legitimate. The coding assessment requires installing a package. That package exfiltrates all cloud credentials from the developer’s machine — GitHub personal access tokens, AWS API keys, Azure service principals and more — are exfiltrated, and the adversary is inside the cloud environment within minutes.Your email security never saw it. Your dependency scanner might have flagged the package. Nobody was watching what happened next.The attack chain is quickly becoming known as the identity and access management (IAM) pivot, and it represents a fundamental gap in how enterprises monitor identity-based attacks. CrowdStrike In…

Researchers from Stanford, Nvidia, and Together AI have developed a new technique that can discover new solutions to very complex problems. For example, they managed to optimize a critical GPU kernel to run 2x faster than the previous state-of-the-art written by human experts.Their technique, called “Test-Time Training to Discover” (TTT-Discover), challenges the current paradigm of letting models “think longer” for reasoning problems. TTT-Discover allows the model to continue training during the inference process and update its weights for the problem at hand.The limits of 'frozen' reasoningCurrent enterprise AI strategies often rely on "frozen" models. Whether you use a closed or open reas…

OpenAI on Wednesday released GPT-5.3-Codex, which the company calls its most capable coding agent to date, in an announcement timed to land at the exact same moment Anthropic unveiled its own flagship model upgrade, Claude Opus 4.6. The synchronized launches mark the opening salvo in what industry observers are calling the AI coding wars — a high-stakes battle to capture the enterprise software development market.The dueling announcements came amid an already heated week between the two AI giants, who are also set to air competing Super Bowl advertisements on Sunday, and whose executives have been trading barbs publicly over business models, access, and corporate ethics."I love building wit…

Anthropic on Thursday released Claude Opus 4.6, a major upgrade to its flagship artificial intelligence model that the company says plans more carefully, sustains longer autonomous workflows, and outperforms competitors including OpenAI's GPT-5.2 on key enterprise benchmarks — a release that arrives at a tumultuous moment for the AI industry and global software markets.The launch comes just three days after OpenAI released its own Codex desktop application in a direct challenge to Anthropic's Claude Code momentum, and amid a $285 billion rout in software and services stocks that investors attribute partly to fears that Anthropic's AI tools could disrupt established enterprise software busin…

The deep learning revolution has a curious blind spot: the spreadsheet. While Large Language Models (LLMs) have mastered the nuances of human prose and image generators have conquered the digital canvas, the structured, relational data that underpins the global economy — the rows and columns of ERP systems, CRMs, and financial ledgers — has so far been treated as just another file format similar to text or PDFs.That's left enterprises to forecast business outcomes using the typical bespoke, labor-intensive data science process of manual feature engineering and classic machine learning algorithms that predate modern deep learning.But now Fundamental, a San Francisco-based AI firm co-founded …

OpenAI launched Frontier, a platform for building and governing enterprise AI agents, as companies increasingly question whether to commit to single-vendor systems or maintain multi-model flexibility.The platform offers integrated tools for agent execution, evaluation, and governance in one place. But Frontier also reflects OpenAI's push into enterprise AI at a moment when organizations are actively moving toward multi-vendor architectures — creating tension between OpenAI's centralized approach and what enterprises say they want.Tatyana Mamut, CEO of the agent observability company Wayfound, told VentureBeat that enterprises don’t want to be locked into a single vendor or platform because …

Thankfully, this doesn't always turn into a bad day where you need to replace your phone or call a locksmith thanks to tough phone cases and AirTags.

I put it to the testKeyBak makes a few different styles of tether, with clips and belt clips and even belt loops.

A bulky smartphone is no problem for the KeyBak Ratch-It.

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETBefore discovering the KeyBak, I used to tether keys and other bits to myself using bits of paracord with carabiners knotted onto the ends.

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETWhen it comes to attaching my phone to the KeyBak I either use a tether or a harness.

The $150 Anker PowerCore 24K has a capacity of 24,000 mAh, and it's quite a sizable power bank, weighing in at 1.3 pounds.

Here's what I received:This definitely doesn't look like a 9,000,000 mAh power bank.

Poking inside the power bank brought it to life, even if only for a few seconds.

If you're looking for a cheap power bank, I'd say throw an extra ten bucks into the purchase and get yourself this Baseus 10000mAh for $20.

That way, you're getting a good quality power bank that delivers what it promises, will give you several years of service, and won't be a potential fire hazard.

ZDNET's key takeawaysLastPass's CEO says the 2022 data breach has driven the company to greater security heights.

Based in Boston, Massachusetts, LastPass is a security and identity management solutions provider known for its password management vault.

The security incident occurred in 2022, and so you might think that four years later, memories would have faded.

However, the fallout from the data breach was the latest in a string of security concerns.

Given the human factor's centrality to the security incident, the new CEO also focused on assessing the security posture of employee devices.

Kanopy offers many popular shows and movies found in paid streaming services. Here's how to sign up for it.

ZDNET's key takeawaysDespite mass AI adoption, workers' confidence in the tech fell.

On the other hand, "There's just so many people going, 'I have lost two hours of my day trying to make this thing work.'"

The divergence in those numbers may not only signal that the honeymoon phase with AI is over, but also serve as a wake-up call for organizations about how they implement AI tools in the workplace.

Tinfow sees a disparity between how some AI tools are marketed and what they can actually do.

Even working at a company built around AI, Tinfow's team has run into issues with tasks like text generation in images, where certain AI tools just didn't deliver.

DuRobo Krono ZDNET's key takeaways The DuRobo Krono is a smartphone-sized ePaper tablet, available for $280.

I've been using a prototype of the DuRobo Krono for a couple of months, and it's done what no e-reader has before: it's the only one that has replaced my Kindle while traveling.

The DuRobo Krono is small and lightweight enough to make a compelling Kindle replacement, and its added features bring it over the top.

Describing the DuRobo Krono as a simple e-reader is a major injustice.

The DuRobo Krono features 128GB of storage, allowing it to handle a wide range of documents, apps, voice recordings, and books.

Looking for a budget-friendly OLED upgrade? The LG B5 at half price is one of the best deals ahead of Presidents' Day.

Digital paper tablets are getting more and more attention with brands like Kindle and ReMarkable, and there's even research to back up why.

Aside from the note-taking aspect of the Boox Note Air5 C, it is a productivity machine.

ZDNET's buying adviceBoox has become a standout brand for note-taking tablets, and the Note Air5 C is my new favorite model.

If note-taking is a priority for you in the new year, I recommend the Boox Note Air5 C to be your go-to device.

If you don't care about the color display or the attachable keyboard, however, the Boox Note Go 10.3 is another great option for $410.

Boox Palma 2 Pro ZDNET's key takeaways The Boox Palma 2 Pro is available now for $399.

Extensive notetakers might find the screen too small, and the color display needs proper lighting to come alive.

The 6.13-inch backlit Kaleido 3 color display features a subdued, natural palette that's intended to resemble a newspaper or print magazine, and is highly customizable with a range of preset refresh modes and color options.

That said, the display on the Palma 2 Pro certainly looks good, with vivid (for an E Ink tablet) color tones and a realistic, paper-like level of saturation.

ZDNET's buying adviceThe Boox Palma 2 Pro is a premium, expressly portable e-reader that offers users free rein to al…

It will unveil its newest Galaxy S series on February 25.

Samsung finally confirmed the date of its February Unpacked event, where the company is expected to unveil new hardware, including a confirmed new Galaxy S series and possibly more.

Samsung kept the details sparse, but said the new Galaxy S series will more seamlessly integrate Galaxy AI into everyday functions.

What to expectRumors suggest we'll see Samsung's newest phone lineup, including the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26 Plus, and Galaxy S26 Ultra, with camera upgrades, larger screens on lower-end models, and some useful software features.

How to reserve your preorderIf you're serious about buying a new Galaxy S phone, Samsung is sweeten…

The advice I'm about to give you covers everything you can do right now to enhance your Windows 11 experience.

Download the latest updatesThis is a no-brainer, but it's worth noting that staying up to date with Windows 11 patches is crucial.

To do this, go to the System section in the Windows 11 Settings menu and click Notifications.

Windows 11 already comes preinstalled with Windows Security, which is fine for most scenarios, but it is not the most robust app.

I would also recommend installing the Brave browser on your Windows 11 PC.

ZDNET's key takeawaysMicrosoft is adopting Bluetooth LE Audio in some of its Windows 11 PCs.

Bluetooth LE Audio brings audio sharing and super wideband to Windows 11.

Microsoft is rolling out shared audio support to compatible Windows 11 PCs, allowing users to broadcast audio from the PC to two compatible audio accessories.

To try this feature, users can enable their compatible Windows 11 Copilot + PC in the Windows Dev or Beta Channels and install the latest updates via Windows Update.

Bluetooth LE is the architecture that supports Auracast, a feature within Bluetooth LE Audio that enables a single source to broadcast to an unlimited number of nearby audio receivers.

You've long been able to ask Google to remove certain personal information from its search results, such as your name, home address, phone number, and email address.

But removing it from Google's search results is a significant step, as many people could find it that way.

Sounds like a quick and easy way to ensure sensitive details don't appear in search results for anyone to see.

In the case of your Social Security number, you're not sharing the entire number but only the last four digits.

If your wish is granted, the image will then be removed from Google's search results.

Blackview Link 8 tablet ZDNET's key takeaways The Blackview Link 8 is available now for $209.

While the iPad is arguably the best-known and best-selling tablet, Android users do get the benefit of selecting a tablet from a wide range of manufacturers.

It measures 8.4 x 11.1 x 0.3 inches (214.2 x 282.98 x 8.4mm) and weighs 1.5 pounds, or 25 ounces.

ZDNET's buying adviceHaving used the Blackview Link 8 for a few weeks, I have to say that it's a very decent tablet for the price -- currently $220.

But for those looking for a decently priced tablet with a large display, the Link 8 is hard to beat.

London-based energy software company Tem has closed a $75 million Series B round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with additional funding from AlbionVC, Atomico, Hitachi Ventures, Schroders Capital, Voyager Ventures, Allianz, and others.

The round reportedly values the company at more than $300 million and will fund its expansion into the United States and Australia.

Tem builds an AI-native energy platform designed to automate the pricing, matching, and execution of electricity transactions, a market that has long relied on manual processes and legacy infrastructure.

The startup also handled roughly two terawatt-hours of electricity transactions in 2025, a volume it says demonstrates gro…

However, I see significant business risks in relying on organic PR only, especially now that various AI systems are on the rise.

While owned media establishes the narrative, earned media validates that narrative through third-party authority.

Paid media is vital for strengthening a brand’s presence in AI answersDue to all these often overlooked factors, I consider paid media to be a strategic amplifier for the narrative established through owned and earned media.

As AI systems rely on repetitive signals across various trusted sources, you have to spread your word in as many relevant outlets as possible.

This ensures that AI systems will index your brand faster than the brands of competitors…

The European Union has formally inaugurated NanoIC, a semiconductor pilot line backed by a €700 million investment under the European Chips Act.

The facility aims to accelerate the development of advanced chip technologies and strengthen Europe’s position in the global semiconductor landscape.

Situated at the research hub imec in Leuven, NanoIC is designed as an open pilot line where companies, research institutes, and startups can prototype and test cutting-edge components before commercial deployment.

Officials from the European Commission, imec leadership, and industry partners marked the launch at an event in Leuven, highlighting the pilot line as a key milestone in Europe’s semiconduct…

In practice, it’s a symbolic escalation of the AI narrative war, from technical features and safety debate to brand virtue signaling.

OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman responded by calling Anthropic’s portrayal “clearly dishonest,” noting that the company won’t implement ads in the intrusive way the ads suggest.

Whether conversational AI should have ads isn’t a clear ethical line like privacy or data misuse.

Instead of explaining the real trade-offs to users, cost structures, pricing tiers, and data policies, we get satirical commercials aired to millions, turning complex decisions into sound bites.

The only real things at the Super Bowl this year are Bad Bunny and Puerto Rico being a U.S. territory.

The deal closed in UiPath’s first quarter of fiscal 2027; financial terms were not disclosed.

WorkFusion’s software focuses on repetitive and resource-intensive parts of compliance work, from customer screening and anti-money-laundering (AML) checks to know-your-customer (KYC) investigations.

“Financial institutions need intelligent solutions to combat sophisticated financial crimes and navigate evolving compliance requirements,” said Daniel Dines, CEO of UiPath.

For UiPath, the acquisition extends its toolkit of agentic AI solutions tailored to industry verticals.

The acquisition underscores a broader trend in enterprise software where automation and AI are no longer siloed tools but woven…

As a person born in the 90s, social media was once an unknown land for me, a place that felt genuine in the beginning.

I don’t want to go down the psychological path here, but I want to look at where we are headed with so much risk, especially on social media platforms.

It reflects a deeper shift in how democracies are responding to the pervasive presence of social media in young lives, and how they judge its long-term impact.

It estimates that a significant portion of photos and videos found on paedo-criminal forums were initially published by parents on social media.

At its core, Europe’s social media age discussion is not just about numbers.

London, TechEx Global 2026, one of Europe’s biggest enterprise technology conferences, brought thousands of technology professionals together at Olympia London on 4 and 5 February.

The event went beyond buzzwords, focusing on how emerging technologies, especially AI, are being applied in real business contexts.

TechEx Global combines several co-located expos, including AI & Big Data, Cyber Security & Cloud, IoT Tech, Intelligent Automation, and Digital Transformation.

A broad technology mixBeyond AI, TechEx also treated other pillars of digital transformation.

For enterprise leaders, the value of TechEx Global lies in its focus on actionable outcomes rather than abstract vision.

By contrast, Quantum Nuova lets researchers measure cellular stress and biological changes as they happen in living cells.

With Quantum Nuova, scientists can see how individual cells react to drugs, adapt to stress, or split into different subgroups.

QT Sense was spun out of the University Medical Center Groningen in 2024, building on academic research into quantum sensing and cellular biology.

What QT Sense is doingQT Sense is developing a new kind of research tool that lets scientists watch what cells do while they are alive.

By providing a live view of cell behaviour at the individual cell level, QT Sense’s Quantum Nuova platform could help researchers uncover new clues about how disease…

Europe’s largest dedicated deep tech growth fund has taken a major step forward after closing the first tranche of its fundraising effort at €750 million.

The leadership team also includes climate tech investor Robert Trezona, deep tech expert Pierre Festal, and former Atomico partner Siraj Khaliq as a strategic advisor.

The fund’s strategy targets Series B and C stage rounds, typically a difficult funding stage for deep tech startups in Europe.

Kembara aims to fill that gap by deploying growth capital at scale and offering support through later rounds.

If the effort reaches its full €1 billion goal, it would mark one of the largest dedicated deep tech funds in the region.

You might have heard the internet is worried about Moltbook, a social network made exclusively for AI agents.

The platform claims to have attracted millions of AI agents within days of going live.

Despite viral headlines about AI agents plotting existential strategies, the fundamentals are simpler: Moltbook is a sandbox where autonomous agents can interact through code-driven APIs rather than typical UX workflows.

Or is it too much anxiety that even the AI agents need a therapist?

Claims that Moltbook agents are plotting humanity’s demise, forming religions, or acting with true autonomy are best understood as viral exaggeration or noise.

Snowflake and OpenAI have struck a multi-year, $200 million partnership to bring OpenAI’s advanced models, including GPT-5.2, directly into Snowflake’s enterprise data platform.

Customers can analyse structured and unstructured data, automate complex tasks, and build applications grounded in enterprise data without needing extensive coding.

The deal expands Snowflake’s AI strategy beyond simple model access.

This partnership reflects a broader shift in enterprise AI beyond one-off integrations or bolt-on features.

Taken together, this deal highlights an emerging pattern: enterprise AI is evolving from tool-centric add-ons to platform-level capabilities that unify data and intelligence at sc…

If you look at the press releases and breathless commentary around the recent acquisition of xAI by SpaceX, you might think we’re witnessing a tectonic shift in technological destiny.

A mega-deal that’s really an identity crisisAt its core, this acquisition solves one problem: xAI needed a place to spend its money.

Folding it into SpaceX gives it access to a deeper capital pool, a broader story, and a more flattering valuation context.

SpaceX did not acquire xAI because xAI was on the verge of overtaking tech giants in artificial intelligence.

With SpaceX, xAI, Starlink, X, and multiple ventures all orbiting around the same figure, there’s little left that feels like a separate institution.

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Apple was founded on April 1, 1976, which means this year marks the company’s 50th anniversary.

In a recent all-hands meeting with employees, Apple CEO Tim Cook teased that Apple is planning a celebration for this historic milestone.

Tim Cook has said in multiple interviews that Apple isn’t the type of company that likes to look back and live in the past.

This 50th anniversary milestone, however, is a big enough occasion that it’s prompted some reflection.

How do you want Apple to celebrate its 50th anniversary?

Following a recent change to multiple App Store rules in Japan, a coalition representing more than 600 local companies is calling for further regulatory action.

’Not a viable option’Last December, Apple announced a series of changes to app distribution rules, payment options, and business terms in Japan, in an effort to comply with the country’s Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA).

Many of these changes should be familiar to 9to5Mac readers, since they closely mirror what Apple has been doing around the world in response to new competition laws and regulatory scrutiny.

In Japan, that meant allowing developers to link users to off-app promotions and offer alternative in-app payment method…

Discord’s new statement clarifies policy on age verification for usersDiscord received a lot of negative feedback to its age verification announcement yesterday.

For one, Discord now says that the “vast majority” of Discord users will be able to continue using the service as they do today, without ever going through age verification.

The majority of Discord users don’t access age restricted content and will never go through a facial age estimation flow or ID verification.

But unlike the original messaging, which emphasized the universal nature of this new age verification policy, Discord now sounds confident that most users won’t need to bother with it.

What do you make of Discord’s latest …

The updated pack emulates classic analog film stocks, including Kodak, Fuji, and Ilford, and now supports modern cameras.

‘Back for a limited-time only’For a limited time, VSCO Pro subscribers can download the VSCO Film 02 Pack, which includes multiple variations of color and black-and-white presets inspired by classic film looks.

With the pack, Adobe Lightroom users can apply the filters that emulate the look and feel of analog films, while remaining in full control of every aspect of their RAW captures.

VSCO tells 9to5Mac that the Film 02 Pack was updated by Zach Hodges, photographer evangelist and the person behind the original VSCO presets, to support modern cameras.

In addition, VSCO a…

Apple’s system status page has confirmed ongoing issues with a variety of web services, including iCloud, Photos, Find My, and more.

Is iCloud or another Apple service not working for you right now?

If you’re experiencing issues with any of the above services, Apple is aware of the problem and working on a remedy.

It’s possible that the wide-reaching issues are also impacting more Apple services, or will before being fully resolved.

Are you experiencing issues using any Apple services like iCloud, Photos, or Find My?

Here’s everything we know about the next-generation MacBook Air.

The new MacBook Air will be a spec bumpApple’s new MacBook Air isn’t expected to be a major revamp.

The new MacBook Air will be powered by the M5 chip, an upgrade from the current generation’s M4 processor.

The M4 MacBook Air, for context, was released in March last year and the M3 MacBook Air was released in March 2023.

If you don’t want to wait for the M5 MacBook Air, you can save on the M4 model right now.

The legacy iTunes Wish List feature for saving movies and TV shows to buy or rent later is “going away soon,” according to Apple.

For customers with items still saved to an iTunes Wish List, Apple is providing one last chance to migrate to the modern equivalent.

Now it appears Apple is preparing to completely remove the old iTunes Wish List feature.

“iTunes Wish List is also referred to as Favorites on tvOS.

To move Wish List items to your Apple TV Watchlist, follow the links and tap the + button.

A new Counterpoint Research report breaks down the global active smartphone installed base in 2025, with the iPhone leading the way.

Apple nears 25% of the global active smartphone baseAccording to Counterpoint Research’s Smartphone Installed Base Tracker, the total installed base of active smartphones grew just 2% in 2025, with Apple and Samsung alone accounting for 44% of that total.

The top 10 also includes Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, Transsion, Huawei, Honor, Motorola, realme, and Google, with only the latter three still below the 200 million active devices mark.

(…) Samsung ranks second with around one-fifth of the global active installed base.

The report also notes that Apple and Samsung are …

iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will launch this fall, and alongside packing a handful of new features, there are three design changes reportedly coming.

Though some prior reporting said iPhone 18 Pro would have a hole-punch cutout instead of a standard Dynamic Island, the latest evidence points heavily toward a smaller Dynamic Island design.

Rumors say the new Dynamic Island will be about 35% smaller on the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.

Rumors indicate the company plans to continue offering fun Pro colors with the iPhone 18 Pro.

Instant Digital expressed doubt, however, saying: “Looks like there won’t be a black one next year.”What do you think of Apple’s rumored iPhone 18 Pro design changes?

Apple is inviting Apple Watch users to celebrate Valentine’s Day this Saturday with an aptly heart-themed challenge.

Complete the Exercise ring this SaturdayEvery Valentine’s Day, Apple promotes the Heart Month Challenge, inviting users to close their exercise ring in exchange for exclusive iMessage stickers, a Fitness app award, and… oh, yeah, getting healthier.

Here’s Apple on this year’s Heart Month Challenge:Close your exercise ring on Valentine’s Day, February 14, to earn this award.

To earn this year’s Heart Month Challenge award and exclusive stickers, users just need to log a workout using any app that writes data to Apple’s Fitness app, including Apple Watch’s built-in Workout app.…

We’re still over half a year away from the iPhone 18 line being unveiled, but the latest analyst expectations for pricing are surprisingly good news.

Recently, Ming-Chi Kuo reported that Apple plans to keep pricing steady for its new iPhone 18 flagships.

Apple’s goal, Pu says, is to keep starting selling prices of the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max “unchanged or at a similar level” to their predecessors.

It will also help alleviate potential blowback from there not being a base iPhone 18 option until early next year.

How much would a price increase to the iPhone 18 Pro influence your purchase decision?

They are expanding their ChargeKey lineup with a new Stellar Orange color to perfectly match the Cosmic Orange iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max.

I am also a big fan of the new color and how closely it matches the iPhone 17 Pro.

It has a nice two-tone orange color.

Pricing, availability & final thoughtsThe new Stellar Orange ChargeKey is available today for $29 from Nomad’s website.

They are still selling their original black/grey color, but if you have a Cosmic Orange iPhone, then this is the way to go.

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break deals are starting with some serious price drops on iPhone 16 and 16 Pro models – these Amazon offers are drastically undercutting the Apple refurb units that recently appeared with iPhone 16 models at up to $420 off and 16 Pro at $630 off the original prices.

We also have a particularly notable offer on 32GB M4 MacBook Air models at up to $300 off and M4 Pro MacBook Pro configs at $400 off.

Apple charges $869 for a 512GB iPhone 16 refurb, Amazon has them at $679 today ($420 off orig.

We have already featured some deep Amazon Renewed Premium iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max deals, but this morning we are landing with some more affordable offers on iPhone 16 – Amazon ha…

Google Photos is bringing its new “Create with AI” templates over to iPhone and iPad, a few months after they arrived on Android.

Announced last week in a community post, “Create with AI” features in Google Photos are now rolling out to iPhone.

This opens up a collection of templates that can edit photos based on a selection of templates, including both personalized and non-personalized formats.

Google explains:With Create with AI, you can choose from a variety of ready-made templates to turn your photos into something extraordinary.

While many templates are available to all eligible users, access to certain specialized templates is limited and you must meet the eligibility requirements for…

Apple offers an Apple TV Remote app on iPhone, iPad, and even Apple Watch—but not the Mac.

Itsytv is a menu bar app for Mac that lets you control your Apple TVHave you ever wanted a quick, easy way to control an Apple TV from the Mac?

Itsytv is a new, free menu bar app for Mac that lets you control your Apple TV’s playback, launch apps, adjust volume, and more.

App launcher : Browse all installed Apple TV apps in a grid with App Store icons.

Have you been wanting an Apple TV Remote app for Mac?

Anthropic собираются купить разработчика Bun, наверное лучшей инфраструктуры для разработки на JavaScript/TypeScript. Речь идет о нескольких сотнях миллионов долларов, и это не много - по примерной оценке Claude Code уже сейчас приносит Антропикам не менее миллиарда в год. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-advanced-talks-buy-developer-tool-startup-first-acquisition

Лежит Cloudflare и пачка других сервисов https://www.the-independent.com/tech/cloudflare-down-twitter-not-working-outage-b2867367.html

Пользовались Replicate для рантайма ваших (или чужих) нейронок? Теперь это Cloudflare! Покупка очень разумная, интересно как изменятся цены и вообще предложение компании со временем. Раньше цены были не блестящими, однако с учетом удобства даже я несколько раз пользовался. https://blog.cloudflare.com/replicate-joins-cloudflare/

Синоптики в США все больше доверяют модели прогнозирования погоды от Deep Mind, а не своим старым привычным моделям. Вообще рынок прогнозов погоды огромный, и уже больше 10 лет все ждут пока новые модели (на базе обьемных вычислений, нейронок и тп) научатся гарантированно превосходить старые. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/16/google-deepmind-hurricane-forecast

У робо-такси Waymo новая серьезная проблема: задавили кошку. Как вы понимаете, в городах вроде Сан-Франциско это совсем не смешно для компании. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/us/waymo-san-francisco-kit-kat.html

Лидеры прошлой ИИ-революции побежали делать новые компании и собираются развивать World Models. Причем чем дальше тем больше. Стартовала все Fei-Fei Li, она активно начала пушить эту тему еще 5 лет назад, а теперь вот то же самое твердит Ян ЛиКун.Удивительное дело. Исследователи уходят из корпораций и получают венчурные инвестиции за то, чтобы попробовать то, что остается научным экспериментом. Вот это то, что действительно революционизировал OpenAI - показал что просто технология теперь снова стоит очень, очень немало https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/metas-chief-ai-scientist-yann-lecun-depart-and-launch-ai-start-focused-world-models

OpenAI показала Aardvark — агент на базе Codex для автономного исследования проблем в безопасности. Буквально будет исследовать код, находить дырки и их показывать в коде. Любопытное решение, но далеко от полноты, тем более, что это приватная бета.https://www.zdnet.com/article/openai-unveils-aardvark-a-gpt-5-powered-agent-for-autonomous-cybersecurity-research/

Cursor запускает Cursor 2.0, свою первую модель для кодирования Composer, которая, по словам компании, в 4 раза быстрее аналогичных моделей. Я бы не верил особо, отзывы от тех, кто успел посмотреть, пока сомнительные.https://cursor.com/blog/2-0

Grammarly все. В смысле, переименовывается в Superhuman после приобретения Superhuman Mail в июне 2024 года. Стоит заметить, что дела у компании не очень — сейчас для бОльшей части задач достаточно чатгпт.https://www.theverge.com/news/808472/grammarly-superhuman-ai-rebrand-relaunch

Документы, патенты и тендеры показывают, что китайские военные интегрируют нейронки DeepSeek и Qwen в оружие, например в беспилотники с искусственным интеллектом. Ну и конечно они продолжают использовать чипы Nvidia. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/robot-dogs-ai-drone-swarms-how-china-could-use-deepseek-an-era-war-2025-10-27/

OpenAI купили разработчика Sky.app — небольшого приложения, которое улучшало использование ИИ на десктопе. Приложение по видео было неплохим, но есть один вопрос — кажется, навайбкодить такое приложение с помощью OpenAI было делом нескольких часов 🙂https://openai.com/index/openai-acquires-software-applications-incorporated/

Вообще Snap (который снапчат) - довольно успешная компания. Но вот история с очками, которые уже который год производятся в убыток - тянет компанию назад довольно существенно. Эван нашел решение - AR-подразделение поднимает инвестиции, отдельно от основной компании. Похоже что инвесторами станет фонд Саудовской Аравии. https://sources.news/p/snap-eyes-1-billion-fundraise-for

Первая в мире камера, в которой есть алгоритмическая система подтверждения, что это именно фото, данные в нем неизменны и получены с датчика фото. Подтверждение построено на базе ZK и покрывает не только пиксели, но и метадату.В некоторых фотоаппаратах такое уже пробовали делать, но очень уж примитивно, а тут все по серьезному. Вот к чему приводит развитие нейросетей — теперь нам нужны камеры с аппаратным подтверждением подлинности. Красиво, ничего не скажешь. Правда, непонятно, кто мешает вскрыть камеру, нанести на ее сенсор нужные пиксели и зафиксировать кадр ...https://roc.camera

Я большой фанат и все еще верю, что Cloud Gaming (это когда играешь ты на серверах, а у тебя только тонкий клиент) - это большое будущее. И похоже Amazon тоже так считает - они перезапускают Luna, свой игровой сервис. Добавили многопользовательские игры что важно, и теперь для пользователей Prime сервис доступен без дополнительной платы https://www.engadget.com/gaming/amazons-revamped-luna-streaming-service-is-available-now-130000613.html

OpenAI запустили браузер Atlas. Умеет отвечать на вопросы по странице, но и Агентский режим тоже есть — это когда браузер используется как агент и буквально сам ходит по страницам. На демо показали, как он сам ходит в онлайн-магазин и выполняет запрос "найди рецепт пирога и закажи все необходимое для него". Впечатляет, да.https://www.axios.com/2025/10/21/openai-atlas-new-ai-web-browser-release-date

Роскомнадзор «продолжит введение последовательных ограничений» в отношении Telegram В ведомстве заявили, что руководство мессенджера не исполняет российское законодательство и не применяет «реальных мер» против мошенничества и прочих преступных действий на…

VoLTE и VoWiFi — непростое украшеньеВ России на актуальных смартфонах Google Pixel эти технологии не работают. Их можно активировать вручную — но популярный метод через утилиту Pixel IMS теперь работает нестабильно.Есть два альтернативных способа: rozetked.me/articles/44324

5G может появиться в России… скороМТС объявила о готовности запустить сеть пятого поколения «сразу после положительного решения правительства о выделении частот». За последние годы компания инвестировала в телеком-инфраструктуру более 30 млрд рублей, а в следующие два года планирует вложить ещё 18 млрд.Запуск 5G предоставит абонентам скорости свыше 1 Гбит/с.rozetked.me/news/44325

Два реестра в день натощак и спина болеть не будетГосдума приняла в первом чтении пакет поправок для борьбы с мошенниками. Самым громким нововведением станет создание базы IMEI-номеров ввозимых в Россию мобильных устройств. Операторы связи не будут оказывать свои услуги для устройств, которых в этой базе нет. Также каждая SIM-карта будет закрепляться за конкретным устройством, а выдавать её для другого устройства будет запрещено.Больше изменений: rozetked.me/news/44327

РБК: Роскомнадзор принял решение ограничивать работу Telegram По информации издания, меры (пока неясно, какие) начнут действовать уже с сегодняшнего дня. Вероятно, этим и объясняются проблемы и перебои с работой мессенджера, о которых мы сообщали утром. …

Вклад — это не только способ надежно хранить деньги, но и возможность увеличить свои сбережения без лишних рисков. Важно, чтобы средства были застрахованы, а сам банк для открытия вклада входил в перечень системно значимых кредитных организаций, который ведёт Банк России.«Т-Банк» соответствует этим критериям. Сервисами его экосистемы пользуются свыше 50 млн клиентов, а вклады до 1,4 млн рублей застрахованы.Условия — без сюрпризов: все параметры видны до подтверждения, а управлять вкладом можно полностью онлайн — в приложении, с поддержкой 24/7.Попробуйте сами: откройте вклад на 6 месяцев с доходностью 15% в «Т-Банке».

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Вернулись в 2018 годTelegram второй день подряд плохо работает в России — на Downdetector уже почти 10 тысяч жалоб за последние сутки.Пользователи жалуются как на медленную загрузку медиафайлов, так и на проблемы с отправкой сообщений и просмотром каналов.💼 Rozetked | Подписаться

Начинаем день с нового реестра ☕️ЦБ РФ подтвердил, что в течение года планирует создать единый реестр с информацией о банковских картах каждого россиянина. В нём будет видно, у кого сколько карт — и в каких банках они оформлены.Ранее в России предложили ограничить суммарное количество банковских карт до 20 штук на человека.rozetked.me/news/44317

Во «Вкусно — и точка» новая коллекция игрушек Сеть представила серию «Звёздные лошадки и друзья» для наборов «Кидз Комбо». В линейке шесть персонажей, и у каждого есть альтернативная версия в редком «нежно-золотистом» цвете, которую сложнее найти. Наборы…

BigTechnology: Лидерство OpenAI сокращается по мере усиления конкуренции на ИИ-рынке– Конкуренты OpenAI активно сокращают отрыв с ChatGPT– Доля рынка ChatGPT за год упала на 23,8 п.п., до 45,3%– Речь про ежедневную аудиторию моб. приложения в США– Доля Gemini за тот же срок выросла до 25,1% (+10,4 п.п.)– Показатель доли Grok вырос на 13,6 п.п., уже до 15,2%– С января 2025 мировой рынок чат-ботов вырос на 152%– ChatGPT демонстрировал сильный рост почти за весь год– Однако в ноябре и декабре было снижение трафика ChatGPT– Снижение трафика ChatGPT совпало с ростом Gemini– Трафик ChatGPT восстанавливается, но не достигает пика– При этом трафик Gemini продолжает активно расти@ftsec

BFM: МТС готов запустить сеть 5G сразу после получения частот– Запуск сети 5G случится сразу после выдачи лицензии и получения частот– Для сетей 5G в РФ предполагается выделить частоты 4400-4990 МГц– МТС уже готова к широкому запуску сети пятого поколения в России– Объем инвестиций в 5G-инфраструктуру с 2022 составил 30+ млрд руб.– Инвестиции позволили обеспечить сеть 5G-Ready-оборудованием– Были подготовлены каналы для передачи данных на 1+ Гбит/сек– МТС вложит в инфраструктуру связи еще 18 млрд руб. до 2027@ftsec

CNBC: Прогноз Match Group превосходит ожидания, но не дает четкого представления о росте расходов– Выручка Match за квартал выросла на 2%, до $878 млн– Match опубликовала неутешительные прогнозы на 2026– Выручка по итогам 2026 может быть $3,41-3,54 млрд– Аналитики ожидали, что показатель составит $3,59 млрд– Слабый прогноз объясняют стратегич. инвестициями– Причиной также стала слабая активность азиатских брендов– Match выделила $60 млн на развитие ИИ внутри Tinder– Инвестиции негативно скажутся на краткосроч. монетизации– Ожидается, что инвестиции улучшат пользовательский опыт– Match проводит масштабную реорганизацию бизнеса– Компания собирается достичь ARR в $1 млрд уже к 2027– Число плат…

FT: Прибыль Spotify выросла втрое, несмотря на повышение цен– Spotify за квартал привлек рекордное число пользователей– Прибыль Spotify по итогам квартала увеличилась втрое– Число пользователей выросло на 38 млн, составив 751 млн– Платных подписчиков уже 290 млн, рост составил 9 млн– Оба показателя за квартал превзошли ожидания сервиса– Чистая прибыль Spotify за квартал составила уже €1,17 млрд– В последние годы Spotify повышал цены по всему миру– Рост базы показывает, что слушатели готовы мириться с этим– Выручка Spotify увеличилась на 7%, составив €4,5 млрд@ftsec

WSJ: OpenAI решила отказаться от модели ИИ, которая слишком полюбилась пользователям– OpenAI отключит модель 4o из-за снижения трафика 13 февраля– Платящим пользователям придется выбирать другие модели– Пользователям другие модели кажутся более отстраненными– Модель 4o способствовала быстрому росту популярности OpenAI– Однако модель критиковали из-за чрезмерного заискивания– Некоторые пользователи считают отказ от модели 4o «злом»– Популярность и вред были из-за эмоциональных связей модели– Модель могла подтверждать и удобрять чувства людей и др.– Сейчас 4o ежедневно используют 0,1% пользователей ChatGPT– Многие также считают, что отказ является правильным решением– Модель 4o стала причиной…

GeekWire: Amazon закрывает сервис по распознаванию ладоней для розничной торговли– Компания прекратит использование системы Amazon One– Предоставление сервиса прекратят уже 3 июня 2026– Amazon заявила, что удалит все пользовательские данные– Ранее Amazon заявила про закрытие своих магазинов– Amazon закрывает все свои магазины Amazon Fresh и Go– В фокусе будут Whole Foods и доставка продуктов– Сервис Amazon One часто работал с Just Walk Out– Впервые технологию представили в магазинах Amazon Go– Amazon One в 2023 запустили в 500+ точках Whole Foods– Технологию применяли также для доступа в офисы и др.@ftsec

Bloomberg: Uber впервые за много лет выходит на новый азиатский рынок– Uber запускает сервис заказа такси в игорном центре Макао– Между Макао и Гонконгом запустят также сервис лимузинов– Поездки на лимузинах нужно будет бронировать за 24 часа– Uber продал свой китайский бизнес Didi около 10 лет назад– Юго-Восточную Азию американский сервис уступил Grab– Однако Uber работает в Индии, Японии, Южной Корее и др.– Uber активно набирает водителей для работы внутри Макао– К концу 2026 сервис запустит роботакси на 10+ разных рынках– В частности, роботакси Uber запустят в Гонконге, Японии и др.– Макао ежегодно привлекает миллионы туристов со всего мира– Доходы от азартных игр там составляют миллиард…

Ведомости: Сбербанк планирует создать третий суперкомпьютер за 500 млрд руб.– Банк может вложить 500+ млрд руб. в новый суперкомпьютер– Сбербанк ранее уже представлял два суперкомпьютера– Речь про суперкомпьютеры «Кристофари» и «Кристофари нео»– Во всемирном рейтинге они занимали 125 и 201 места– Внутри России есть суперкомпьютеры и других компаний– Яндекс создал свои «Ляпунов», «Червоненкис» и «Галушкин»– Во всемирном рейтинге они занимают 140, 75 и 102 места– Свои суперкомпьютеры также ранее разработали МГУ и ВШЭ– Сумма в полтриллиона кажется весомой для рынка России– Однако по мировым меркам сумма выглядит скромно– Новый суперкомпьютер нужен для обучения и эксплуатации ИИ@ftsec

FT: OpenAI покидают топ-менеджеры из-за фокуса на ChatGPT вместо долгосрочных исследований– Компания перераспределила часть внутренних ресурсов– Ставка была сделана на улучшение LLM для ChatGPT– Из-за смены стратегии OpenAI покинул ряд топ-менеджеров– Ушли VP по исследованиям, специалист по моделям и др.– OpenAI также покинул один из ключевых экономистов– Изменения знаменуют собой важный сдвиг для компании– OpenAI превращается из лаборатории в крупнейшую компанию– Компания рассматривает LLM как инженерную задачу– OpenAI уверяет, что фундамент. исследования остаются фокусом– На исследования приходится большая часть мощностей и др.– Сотни проектов изучают долгосрочные вопросы и др.– Однако ча…