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Engadget Podcast: MacBook Air M4 review, Apple delays smarter Siri
It's both a great and bad week for Apple. In this episode, we dive into Devindra's review of the excellent M4-equipped MacBook Air (and briefly chat about the new Mac Studio). We also discuss Apple's surprise announcement that it's delaying its smarter, AI-infused Siri, which may not arrive until next year. Did Apple over-promise last year, or is it wise to hold off on advanced AI features until they're ready? After...
Published on: March 14, 2025 | Source:
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The best laptops for college students
Whether you’re working on an essay, doing research for a paper or just need some downtime streaming your favorite show — a good laptop is a sensible investment for every college student. The best laptop for college doesn’t have to push the envelope with the latest graphics card and processor, nor does it have to cost an arm and a leg. Sure, the best laptops come in all shapes and sizes and range in price, but college...
Published on: March 14, 2025 | Source:Ask HN: How to study for system design that doesn't include front end/back end?
I got a system design interview where I was asked to build a pricer for a financial product, then expand it to multiple pricers that might share inputs.This was not the typical system design interview where you have to deal with APIs / load balancers / latency / etcI have studied that a lot, but what about these type of general interviews? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43358293 Points: 6 #...
Published on: March 13, 2025 | Source:Collaborate and build faster with Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio, now generally available
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio is a single data and AI development platform that brings data together with analytics and AI/ML tools, including Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q Developer, to streamline analytics and AI application development across virtually any use case.
Published on: March 13, 2025 | Source:
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Amazon S3 Tables integration with Amazon SageMaker Lakehouse is now generally available
Amazon S3 Tables integration with SageMaker Lakehouse enables unified access to S3 Tables data from AWS analytics engines like Amazon Athena, Redshift, EMR, and third-party query engines, to build securely and manage centrally.
Published on: March 13, 2025 | Source:
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The best budget laptops for 2025
Finding the perfect laptop without breaking the bank isn’t as hard as you might think. These days, the best cheap laptops still pack a lot of punch, offering great features without a premium price tag. Whether you need a laptop for work, school, streaming or just staying connected, there are plenty of affordable options that can handle your everyday needs. You don’t have to settle for outdated tech, either — many...
Published on: March 13, 2025 | Source:Making Google Play the best place to grow PC games
Posted by Aurash Mahbod – VP and GM of Games on Google Play We’re stepping up our multiplatform gaming offering with exciting news dropping at this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC). We’re bringing users more games, more ways to play your games across devices, and improved gameplay. You can read all about the updates for users from The Keyword. At GDC, we’ll be diving into all of the latest games coming to Play,...
Published on: March 13, 2025 | Source:75% of VASPs registered in the EU will not be able to comply with MiCA
Opinion by: Slava Demchuk, co-founder and CEO of AMLBotAll virtual asset service providers (VASPs) registered in the EU before 2025 must comply with Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) requirements this year. Not all will be able to do so.The MiCA regulation is, in essence, a good legal framework for the crypto industry, but it also has some disadvantages, especially for crypto startups and small businesses....
Published on: March 13, 2025 | Source:Apple commenter John Gruber launches blistering attack on ‘rotten’ Apple over Siri vaporware
John Gruber is one of the more high-profile Apple commenters, and generally takes a pretty upbeat view of the company, so it was a big surprise to see him launch a blistering attack on the iPhone maker. Referring to Apple advertising Siri features which don’t yet exist, he argues that the company is “in disarray if not crisis,” is making “bullshit” claims, and has “squandered” its reputation with “a fiasco” … more…
Published on: March 13, 2025 | Source:The best gaming laptops for 2025
While gaming laptops used to be thought of as massive bricks that could never touch the power of desktops, the story is very different today. Modern gaming notebooks can typically achieve framerates close to their desktop counterparts, while also being relatively sleek and easy to use as general productivity machines. Connect them to a full-sized monitor or a TV, and it’s easy to forget you’re running a gaming rig that...
Published on: March 13, 2025 | Source:Google’s new robot AI can fold delicate origami, close zipper bags without damage
Google Gemini Robotics AI model gives robots fine motor skills and adaptability for general world use.
Published on: March 12, 2025 | Source:Gemini might soon drive futuristic robots that can do your chores
Gemini Robotics is a Google initiative aimed at connecting AI with robotics to create truly general-purpose machines.
Published on: March 12, 2025 | Source:WD Black SN7100 SSD Review: The power efficiency king, with caveats
The WD Black SN7100 is the successor to the popular SN770 in the budget SSD market segment. It’s power efficient and generally competent, but it's otherwise unimpressive compared to the rest of the PCIe 4.0 market.
Published on: March 12, 2025 | Source:Where to sell your used and unwanted gadgets
Springtime is a period of renewal – and that often includes new iterations of all your favorite gadgets. Laptops and phones and even game consoles are all getting a new look on the outside and new specs on the inside this year, and you might be tempted to upgrade. But if you do, that leaves the question of what to do with your old model. If it’s still in good working condition, there’s a pretty good chance someone will...
Published on: March 12, 2025 | Source:Google announces Gemini Robotics for building general purpose robots
Google DeepMind today announced Gemini Robotics to bring Gemini and “AI into the physical world,” with new models able to “perform a wider range of real-world tasks than ever before.” more…
Published on: March 12, 2025 | Source:Gemini Robotics uses Google’s top language model to make robots more useful
Google DeepMind has released a new model, Gemini Robotics, that combines its best large language model with robotics. Plugging in the LLM seems to give robots the ability to be more dexterous, work from natural-language commands, and generalize across tasks. All three are things that robots have struggled to do until now. The team hopes…
Published on: March 12, 2025 | Source:DeepMind's latest AI model can help robots fold origami and close Ziploc bags
Since its debut at the end of last year, Gemini 2.0 has gone on to power a handful of Google products, including a new AI Mode chatbot. Now Google DeepMind is using that same technology for something altogether more interesting. On Wednesday, the AI lab announced two new Gemini-based models it says will "lay the foundation for a new generation of helpful robots." The first, Gemini Robotics, was designed by Deepmind to...
Published on: March 12, 2025 | Source:Memecoins—from internet jokes to crypto’s cultural engine
Opinion by: Sasha Ivanov, founder of Waves and Units.NetworkNot long ago, the idea that an internet joke could become a multibillion-dollar asset class seemed laughable. Today, memecoins are not just mainstream. They are reshaping entire market cycles. The US now has an official memecoin associated with the president. What started as a niche community experiment has become a financial force too big to ignore.This isn’t...
Published on: March 12, 2025 | Source:The Download: testing new AI agent Manus, and Waabi’s virtual robotruck ambitions
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Everyone in AI is talking about Manus. We put it to the test. Since the general AI agent Manus was launched last week, it has spread online like wildfire. And not just in…
Published on: March 12, 2025 | Source:How to prepare your phone for trade-in
We've come a long way from the days of discarding smartphones as soon as a new model comes out. Many shoppers are now demanding devices that will last for years, and they are being more conscientious about what happens to those gadgets when the need for an upgrade does arrive. You may want to trade in your smartphone or sell it when the time comes; either option can keep your device out of a landfill in addition to...
Published on: March 12, 2025 | Source:Everyone in AI is talking about Manus. We put it to the test.
Since the general AI agent Manus was launched last week, it has spread online like wildfire. And not just in China, where it was developed by the Wuhan-based startup Butterfly Effect. It’s made its way into the global conversation, with influential voices in tech, including Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey and Hugging Face product lead Victor…
Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source:Microsoft is phasing out its Remote Desktop app in May
The Remote Desktop app for Windows is (almost) dead; long live the Windows app. Microsoft said on Monday that its legacy Remote Desktop client, which has already been replaced on other platforms, will no longer be supported on Windows after May 27, 2025. But you aren't losing any functionality here. You can still do tech support for your parents using built-in Windows functionality or the modern Windows app, which is...
Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source:The studio that (technically) made Disco Elysium has a new game in the works
ZA/UM Studio, the company behind Disco Elysium, just announced a new game called Project [C4]. It’s being described as a “genre-defining RPG” and there’s a teaser trailer that’s light on gameplay but heavy on disturbing imagery. Based on the trailer, we still don’t know if the game will pull mechanics or visuals from the highly-regarded Disco Elysium. A press release did note that folks would play as a spy of some kind...
Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source:Meta is reportedly testing its first in-house AI training chip
Breaking: A Big Tech company is ramping up its AI development. (Whaaat??) In this case, the protagonist of this now-familiar tale is Meta, which Reuters reports is testing its first in-house chip for AI training. The idea is to lower its gargantuan infrastructure costs and reduce its dependence on NVIDIA (a company that apparently brings out Mark Zuckerberg's "adult language" side). If all goes well, Meta hopes to use...
Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source:4 signs that $76.7K Bitcoin is probably the ultimate low
Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to a four-month low of $76,700 on March 11, following a 6% weekly decline in the S&P 500 index.The stock market correction pushed the index to its lowest level in six months as investors priced in higher odds of a global economic downturn.Despite Bitcoin's 30% drop from its all-time high of $109,350, four key indicators suggest that the correction may be over.Bitcoin bear market needs 40%...
Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source:Eero Pro 7 review: Paying to be sold a subscription
Many years ago, I reviewed the Eero Pro 6E, which was a delightfully easy device to get along with. The hardware was powerful, unobtrusive and fit into my home pretty well, to the point where I had no complaints about living with it. But all of the good was undone by Eero’s constant arm-twisting to get you to pay for its monthly subscription. With an app that exists as little more than an advertisement and with so many...
Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source:This self-care virtual pet is helping me get my act together
I wish I could say that I’m the type of person who has tried-and-true routines to carry me through all the things that need to be done in a day, but the reality is far from that. As someone with overlapping chronic illnesses trying to juggle a full-time job and a life outside of that, just getting out of bed often feels like a major feat. I’m caught in the tug of war between perpetual exhaustion and lack of motivation,...
Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source:Centralized data infrastructure violates Web3’s core of decentralization
Opinion by: Michael O’Rourke, founder of Pocket Network and CEO of GroveOpen data is currently a major contributor toward building a global emerging tech economy, with an estimated market of over $350 billion. Open data sources often rely, however, on centralized infrastructure, contrary to the philosophy of autonomy and censorship resistance.To realize its potential, open data must shift to decentralized...
Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source:New York Sues Insurance Giant Over Data Breaches
The New York Attorney General sued National General and its parent company Allstate over two data breaches. The post New York Sues Insurance Giant Over Data Breaches appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source:How to make your smartphone last longer
Replacing a smartphone every two years is partially why billions of phones go into landfills each year. If stacked flat atop one another, that many handsets would reach farther than the ISS. But we’ve become accustomed to that 24-month time frame because wireless carriers often push an upgrade on biennial contracts, and many smaller phone makers only offer software support for two years. But now, with longer software...
Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source:General Fusion fires up its newest steampunk fusion reactor
The reactor, called Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), is General Fusion’s latest iteration in a string of devices that have tested various parts of its unique approach. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source:The Morning After: The Justice Department wants Google to sell off Chrome
The Justice Department said in a filing that Google will have to break up its network of myriad, overlapping businesses and services, upholding the previous administration’s proposal. The DOJ reiterated Google will have to sell the Chrome browser — saying, last year, that selling off Chrome “will permanently stop Google’s control of this critical search access point and allow rival search engines the ability to access...
Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source:Virtuals Protocol Revenue Crashes as AI Agent Demand Sinks
The platform's daily income has dropped at least 96% from its January peak, coinciding with the general decline in demand for AI agents.
Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source:AGI is suddenly a dinner table topic
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first,sign up here. The concept of artificial general intelligence—an ultra-powerful AI system we don’t have yet—can be thought of as a balloon, repeatedly inflated with hype during peaks of optimism (or fear) about its potential…
Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source:The strategic crypto reserve will fuel ecosystem growth
Opinion by: Tim Haldorsson, founder of Lunar StrategyWhen US President Donald Trump announced the US strategic crypto reserve on March 2, the immediate focus fell on the price surges of the included coins. Behind the market excitement lies a much bigger story that extends far beyond the named assets themselves.The real opportunity lies not in holding Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), XRP (XRP), Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA)...
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