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This Roku Ultra streaming device gave my TV 4K superpowers - and it's on sale right now

Looking for a fast, reliable streaming device that's easy to use with any smartphone? The Roku Ultra is as good as these gadgets get.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

iPhone 17 Pro: Seven new features are coming next year

Next year is set to be big for the iPhone, with a compelling new iPhone SE 4 in the spring and the ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air in the fall. But what about Appleโ€™s flagship Pro models? Here are seven new features coming to the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max in 2025. moreโ€ฆ

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: 9to5Mac favicon 9to5Mac

Third member of LockBit ransomware gang has been arrested

LockBit is believed tobe responsible for at least $500 million in ransom payments alone. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Feds clear the way for robotaxis without steering wheels and pedals

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Friday proposed a new national framework that could make it easier for companies to deploy at scale autonomous vehicles without traditional manual driving controls โ€” like steering wheels, pedals, and sideview mirrors. The guidelines also require AV companies to share a whole lot more safety data with [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal...

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Bitcoin correction โ€˜almost doneโ€™ as realized losses rise above weekly average

Bitcoin tradersโ€™ realized losses have likely peaked, possibly marking the bottom of the current BTC price sell-off.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Procnames Start Lines. But Why?

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Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Reddit Programming favicon Reddit Programming

OpenAI Skips o2 and Debuts New o3 โ€˜Reasoningโ€™ Model

Reasoning models are supposed to fact-check themselves by producing a step-by-step plan to find a correct answer.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

2024 Was the Year the Bottom Fell Out of the Games Industry

From layoffs to the return of Gamergate, video gamesโ€”and the people who make and play themโ€”had a rough year.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Wired favicon Wired

Perplexityโ€™s Carbon integration will make it easier for enterprises to connect their data to AI search

With the acquisition of Carbon, Perplexity will expand the knowledge pool powering its AI search engine, making its responses more relevant.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Horizon: Zero Dawn gets the graphical remaster a modern classic deserves

This is how to do a remaster.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

Deno 2 โ€ข Ryan Dahl โ€ข GOTO 2024

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Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Reddit Programming favicon Reddit Programming

Gemini Advanced rolls out โ€˜Deep Researchโ€™ as first agentic feature [U]

Gemini Advanced subscribers are getting access to a new โ€œDeep Researchโ€ capability. It is the โ€œfirst feature in Geminiโ€ to bring Googleโ€™s vision of agents that can perform complex actions on your behalf. moreโ€ฆ

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: 9to5Google favicon 9to5Google

Luigi Mangione Lands in Same Jail as Diddy, FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried

The suspect in the murder of UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, is sharing a facility with fellow high-profile inmates.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Decrypt favicon Decrypt

VCs pledge not to take money from Russia or China, and Databricks raises a humongous round

Welcome to Startups Weekly โ€” your weekly recap of everything you canโ€™t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week was full of news, likely because it is also the last โ€œrealโ€ week of 2024. Which is another way for us to say goodbye for [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

A New Approach to AI Safety: Layer Enhanced Classification (LEC)

LEC surpasses best in class models, like GPT-4o, by combining the efficiency of a ML classifier with the language understanding of anLLMImagine sitting in a boardroom, discussing the most transformative technology of our timeโ€”artificial intelligenceโ€”and realizing weโ€™re riding a rocket with no reliable safety belt. The Bletchley Declaration, unveiled during the AI Safety Summit hosted by the UK government and backed by...

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

Intel Arc B580 review: The new king of $250 GPUs (for now)

When Intel debuted its first Arc video cards two years ago, I was more than a little skeptical. Could a company that famously gave up on its last major desktop GPU project in 2009 actually make a dent in a market dominated by NVIDIA and AMD? Well, when I reviewed them in 2022, the Arc A750 and A770 turned out better than I thought, though they were also held back by Intel's poor drivers. But it seems Intel has learned...

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

2024 Gave Us Female-Fronted Horror Movies That Pushed Every Boundary

This yearโ€™s crop of standout characters went far beyond the genreโ€™s typical final girls.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

Yes, โ€˜Qi2โ€™ requires magnets, as it always has

The Qi2 standard is slowly coming, and the big appeal has always been that is brings magnets that work the same as Appleโ€™s MagSafe to other products, including Android phones. And yes, magnets are indeed required to have something say that is has โ€œQi2.โ€ moreโ€ฆ

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: 9to5Google favicon 9to5Google

AMD Launches A YouTube Channel For Developers

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Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Reddit Programming favicon Reddit Programming

Semantically Compress Text to Save On LLM Costs

LLMs are greatโ€ฆ if they can fit all of yourdataPhoto by Christopher Burns onUnsplashOriginally published at https://blog.developer.bazaarvoice.com on October 28,2024.IntroductionLarge language models are fantastic tools for unstructured text, but what if your text doesnโ€™t fit in the context window? Bazaarvoice faced exactly this challenge when building our AI Review Summaries feature: millions of user reviews simply...

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

Studio founded by Diablo and Diablo II team want to revolutionize the ARPG on $4.5 million budget

Moon Beast Productions recently secured $4.5 million in seed money from several partners in the gaming industry. The company hopes to use the funding to design and develop a groundbreaking ARPG that goes beyond the genre's traditional design templates. $4.5 million is a fairly tight budget, but Moon Beast President...Read Entire Article

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: TechSpot favicon TechSpot

Pairing live support with accurate AI outputs

A live agent spends hours each week manually documenting routine interactions. Another combs through multiple knowledge bases to find the right solution, scrambling to piece it together while the customer waits on hold. A third types out the same response theyโ€™ve written dozens of times before. These repetitive tasks can be draining, leaving less timeโ€ฆ

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: MIT Technology Review favicon MIT Technology Review

Lenovoโ€™s Roll-Out Display Laptop Is So Pleasingly Weird

The latest leaks suggest Lenovo is serious about bundling as much screen as it can into its portable machines.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

Enabling human-centric support with generative AI

Itโ€™s a stormy holiday weekend, and youโ€™ve just received the last notification you want in the busiest travel week of the year: The first leg of your flight is significantly delayed. You might expect this means youโ€™ll be sitting on hold with airline customer service for half an hour. But this time, the process looksโ€ฆ

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: MIT Technology Review favicon MIT Technology Review

All C++23 Library Features and Reference Cards

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Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Reddit Programming favicon Reddit Programming

The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K is the perfect stocking stuffer, and itโ€™s on sale

Make any TV a smart TV with the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K, your gateway to the streaming world. Get it for just $28 today on Amazon or at Best Buy.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

Rocket Report: ULA has a wild idea; Starliner crew will stay in orbit even longer

ULA's Vulcan rocket is at least several months away from flying again, and Stoke names its engine.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

More than 100 crypto hedge funds report banking hurdles in the past 3 years

Around 120 hedge funds engaged in crypto reported hurdles in accessing banking services over the three years, The Wall Street Journal reportedon Dec. 20. The number represents roughly 75% of 160 hedge funds recently surveyed by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA). The survey highlighted that none of the 20 alternative investors in other asset [โ€ฆ] The post More than 100 crypto hedge funds report...

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: CryptoSlate favicon CryptoSlate

EigenLayer restaking protocol's slashing testnet now live

According to data from DefiLlama, restaking protocol EigenLayer currently has approximately $15.4 billion in total value locked.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

The best AirPods of 2024: Expert tested and reviewed

Look no further -- we've compiled a list to help you find the best AirPods for every Apple lover.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

ZDNET's product of the year: Oura Ring 4 bested Samsung, Apple, and others in 2024

Blending precision health tracking with elegant design, the Oura Ring 4 underscores the growing importance of health tech in our daily lives.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Micron's HBM4E heralds a new era of customized memory for AI GPUs and beyond

Micron's HBM update: HBM4 is on track for 2026. HBM4E will introduce customizable base dies for higher performance and tailored features.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Tom's Hardware favicon Tom's Hardware

OpenAI announces o3 and o3-mini, its next simulated reasoning models

o3 matches human levels on ARC-AGI benchmark, and o3-mini exceeds o1 at some tasks.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

Apple starts winding down iPhone 14 and iPhone SE sales in the EU

As expected, Apple is starting to wind down sales of the Lightning-equipped iPhone SE and iPhone 14 lineups from the European Union. This comes as the EUโ€™s common charger mandate is set to go into effect on December 28, requiring smartphones to feature USB-C for charging. moreโ€ฆ

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: 9to5Mac favicon 9to5Mac

Hisense's HT Saturn speakers feature wireless Dolby Atmos and room calibration

Hisense has officially unveiled its new HT Saturn audio system just ahead of CES, and it's a doozy. This five-piece surround system includes four identical satellite units and a single 6.5-inch subwoofer. All told, it ships with 13 speakers spread across the five units, each of them wireless. The company says this system has been โ€œpurpose-built to complementโ€ extra-large screens, with Hisense announcing its the perfect...

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget