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The best 2025 Super Bowl TV deals we could find
The countdown to Super Bowl LIX is underway, which means it's a decent time to grab a new TV at a discount. If you were hoping to upgrade your living room before the Chiefs and Eagles do battle (again), we've picked through Amazon, Best Buy and other retailers to find a few Super Bowl 2025 TV deals that are actually worth considering. To be clear, many of the deals we've found stem from TVs naturally falling in price...
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:
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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra review: Too much AI, not enough Ultra
It feels like every major tech company is totally convinced that AI is the future. And for all I know, they may be right. But while we’re waiting for someone to develop our seemingly inevitable AGI-based overlords, we have to suffer through every baby step to get today’s machine learning-powered features. Unfortunately, that’s a problem for gadgets like the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra — because when the biggest focus of a...
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Tesla will launch unsupervised driving in June, Musk says
Tesla will launch an “unsupervised, no one in the car” robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, in June, Elon Musk said in an earnings call Wednesday. “We just want to put a toe in the water, make sure everything’s okay, put a few more toes in the water, with safety of the general public and those […]
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:USDA Inspector General Who Refused to Leave Post Escorted From Office by Security
Phyllis Fong was heading up an investigation into Elon Musk's Neuralink.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Great Books for AI Engineering
10 books with valuable insights about AI science and engineeringGreat books for AI Engineering—Plus ‘Brave New Words’ (Image is Author’s ownwork)A few years ago I recommended 21 books in Great Books for Data Science and Great Books for Data Science 2. Since then a lot has changed. While data scientist and machine learning engineer continue to be necessary functions in large companies, the specific role of AI engineer...
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Production-ready generative AI on Android with Vertex AI in Firebase
Posted by Thomas Ezan – Sr. Developer Relation Engineer (@lethargicpanda) Gemini can help you build and launch new user features that will boost engagement and create personalized experiences for your users. The Vertex AI in Firebase SDK lets you access Google’s Gemini Cloud models (like Gemini 1.5 Flash and Gemini 1.5 Pro) and add GenAI capabilities to your Android app. It became generally available last October which...
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Machine Learning Incidents in AdTech
Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/a-couple-of-signs-that-are-on-a-fence-xXbQIrWH2_AChallenges with deep learning in productionOne of the biggest challenges I encountered in my career as a data scientist was migrating the core algorithms in a mobile AdTech platform from classic machine learning models to deep learning. I worked on a Demand Side Platform (DSP) for user acquisition, where the role of the ML models is to...
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Prompting Vision Language Models
Exploring techniques to promptVLMsVision Language Models (VLMs) represent a significant advancement in processing and understanding multimodal data by combining text and visualinputs.High Level Overview of VLMs. The picture of the cute dog is from Josh Frenette on Unsplash. This image is inspired by the representation of VLMs provided in this blog from HuggingFace (https://huggingface.co/blog/vlms) (Overall Image By...
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:China's DeepSeek AI hit by information request from Italy's data protection watchdog
China's DeepSeek AI has already caught the eye of a data protection watchdog, shortly after it went viral and became the top-rated free app on Apple's App Store in the US and other regions. As TechCrunch reports, Garante, or the Italian Data Protection Authority, has written DeepSeek to ask for information about the AI chatbot due to the "possible risk for the data of millions of people in Italy." The watchdog is in...
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:The Morning After: The Chinese AI assistant sending shockwaves through US rivals
Obsessed with throwing money and resources at AI in any way they can, the likes of OpenAI, NVIDIA, Google and Amazon all just got a surprise. Out of seemingly nowhere, Chinese AI assistant DeepSeek is suddenly the top-rated free app on Apple’s App Store in the US and elsewhere, beating more familiar names, like ChatGPT. The open-source DeepSeek V3 model reportedly requires far less computing power than its competitors...
Published on: January 28, 2025 | Source:Dear SaaStr: What is the Typical Enterprise SaaS Cancellation Policy for $100k ACV/bigger Deals?
Generally, if a customer wants out, track to the cash. And … enough with the threats: If a customer has signed a pre-paid annual or multi-year contract in exchange for a discount or other terms, then there’s generally no reason to return any pre-paid cash. The contracts are generally not cancellable by their terms, and... Continue Reading The post Dear SaaStr: What is the Typical Enterprise SaaS Cancellation Policy for...
Published on: January 28, 2025 | Source:E.U. Sanctions 3 Russian Nationals for Cyber Attacks Targeting Estonia’s Key Ministries
The Council of the European Union has sanctioned three individuals for allegedly carrying out "malicious cyber activities" against Estonia. The three Russian nationals – Nikolay Alexandrovich Korchagin, Vitaly Shevchenko, and Yuriy Fedorovich Denisov – are officers of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU) Unit 29155, it said. Per the council decision, all the
Published on: January 28, 2025 | Source:Reid Hoffman’s Manas AI raises $24.6M, a fraction of other AI drug discovery startups
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and Siddhartha Mukherjee, cancer researcher and author of the book “The Emperor of All Maladies,” have co-founded an AI-powered drug discovery startup, Manas AI. The company, which will initially focus on breast cancer, prostate cancer, and lymphoma, has raised $24.6 million in seed funding from Hoffman, General Catalyst, and Greylock. Manas […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For...
Published on: January 28, 2025 | Source:Sony reduces OLED burn-in fears with a three-year warranty on InZone monitors
Image: Sony Sony is upping the limited warranty on some InZone gaming monitors to three years and is tossing in OLED burn-in coverage for the 27-inch M10S. The company announced the additional coverage today after launching both the InZone M10S OLED and M9 II LED in September with only one-year limited warranties out of the box. Sony says other than that, the limited warranties remain as they were. Manufacturers have...
Published on: January 27, 2025 | Source:Building a Regression Model: Delivery Duration Prediction
Building a Regression Model to Predict Delivery Durations: A Practical GuideE2E walkthrough for approaching a regression modelingtaskIn this article, we’re going to walk through the process of building a regression model—from dataset cleaning & preparation, to model training & evaluation. The specific regression task we will model for is predicting the expected delivery time for a food delivery...
Published on: January 27, 2025 | Source:Beyond Causal Language Modeling
A deep dive into “Not All Tokens Are What You Need for Pretraining”IntroductionA few days ago, I had the chance to present at a local reading group that focused on some of the most exciting and insightful papers from NeurIPS 2024. As a presenter, I selected a paper titled “Not All Tokens Are What You Need for Pretraining”. It addresses a super simple but reasonable question: do we really need to apply the next-token...
Published on: January 27, 2025 | Source:iOS 18.3 is out with tweaks to AI notification summaries
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge iOS 18.3 is here, and it’s bringing changes to AI notification summaries on your iPhone. In iOS 18.3’s release notes, Apple says it has temporarily disabled notification summaries for news and entertainment apps. The change, which was first spotted in the iOS 18.3 beta, comes after the BBC called out the feature for incorrectly summarizing one of its headlines. If you opt-in...
Published on: January 27, 2025 | Source:iOS 18.3 is here, with clearly labeled Apple Intelligence notification summaries
iOS 18.3 is here. After over a month in beta, the update is now available for everyone using an eligible device on Monday. Among other changes, Apple’s new software turns on Apple Intelligence by default (although you can still opt out) and makes it clearer when the company’s AI generates notification summaries. Apple said earlier this month that a future update would more clearly label Apple Intelligence notification...
Published on: January 27, 2025 | Source:A Guide To Time-Series Sensor Data Classification using UCI HAR Data
A Guide to Time-Series Sensor Data Classification Using UCI HARDataUsing TS-Fresh, scikit-learn, and Data Studio to classify sensordataImage byauthorThe world is full of sensors generating time-series data, and extracting meaningful insights from this data is a crucial skill in today’s data-driven world. This article provides a hands-on guide to classifying human activity using sensor data and machine learning. We’ll...
Published on: January 27, 2025 | Source:Extracting Structured Vehicle Data from Images
Build an Automated Vehicle Documentation System that Extracts Structured Information from Images, using OpenAI API, LangChain and Pydantic.Image was generated by author onPicLumenIntroductionImagine there is a camera monitoring cars at an inspection point, and your mission is to document complex vehicle details—type, license plate number, make, model and color. The task is challenging—classic computer vision methods...
Published on: January 27, 2025 | Source:The best Super Bowl 2025 TV deals we could find
The big game is set, and the countdown to Super Bowl LIX is officially underway. In the tech world, that means it's a decent time to hunt for a new TV. If you're looking to make a living room upgrade before the Chiefs and Eagles go at it (again), we've dug through Amazon, Best Buy and other retailers to find a few Super Bowl 2025 TV deals that are actually worth your time. To be candid, many of the discounts below stem...
Published on: January 27, 2025 | Source:How to choose the best TV for gaming right now
Most of the time, the best TVs for gaming are the best TVs you can buy, period. That said, there are a few key features to prioritize when picking out a big screen for your PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X. While nobody needs a fancy TV to just enjoy a video game, the right set can help you maximize your experience. If you’re not sure where to begin, we’ve laid out some helpful advice for finding something good and...
Published on: January 27, 2025 | Source:We asked OpenAI’s o1 about the top AI trends in 2025 — here’s a look into our conversation
Here's what OpenAI's o1 had to say about AI trends this year. Just how many there are is a testament to AI’s general-purpose value.
Published on: January 26, 2025 | Source:OpenAI wants to take over your browser
Welcome back to Week in Review. This week we’re diving into OpenAI’s newly released AI agent, called Operator. We also look at where TikTok stands after being resuscitated, whether it’s time to go back to Tumblr, and more! Let’s get into it. OpenAI launched a research preview of Operator, a general-purpose AI agent that can […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: January 25, 2025 | Source:Marvel Snap is coming back to app stores soon, says developer
Image: Second Dinner Mobile card game Marvel Snap is coming back to app stores, starting with Google Play. That’s according to Developer Second Dinner, which announced yesterday it was starting the process of restoring the game to Google’s Android app store at 6PM PT / 3PM ET that day. The developer said in another post it expects the game to return to both Google’s and Apple’s app stores “as early as next week.”...
Published on: January 25, 2025 | Source:Windows 11 is getting colorful new battery icons that are easier to understand at a glance
The battery icon in Windows 11 is getting a colorful update. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft is releasing a new Windows 11 Insider Preview Build today with some welcome improvements to the operating system’s battery icon – possibly sparing you the realization that you’ve chosen a dead outlet, or improperly plugged in your power adapter, or let your battery drain too much, before it’s far too late. Windows’ battery icon,...
Published on: January 24, 2025 | Source:Subaru’s poor security left troves of vehicle data easily accessible
Subaru left open a gaping security flaw that, although patched, lays bare modern vehicles’ myriad privacy issues. Security researchers Sam Curry and Shubham Shah reported their findings (via Wired) about an easily hacked employee web portal. After gaining access, they were able to remotely control a test vehicle and view a year’s worth of location data. They warn that Subaru is far from alone in having lax security...
Published on: January 24, 2025 | Source:Deep Learning for Click Prediction in Mobile AdTech
Source: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/rays-stars-light-explosion-galaxy-9350519/Machine Learning for Real-Time BiddingThe past few years were a revolution for the mobile advertising and gaming industries, with the broad adoption of neural networks for advertising tasks, including click prediction. This migration occurred prior to the success of Large Language Models (LLMs) and other AI innovations, but is building...
Published on: January 24, 2025 | Source:FBI claims North Korean workers are hacking the US companies which hired them
Advice to counter state-backed threat actors turning on your business from within is also just generally sound recruiting advice.
Published on: January 24, 2025 | Source:The Morning After: Everything Samsung announced this week (and future devices teased)
Welcome to a new newsletter, with a bit of a new direction. While our mid-week edition tackles news specifics, this end-of-the-week missive combines the biggest news with more context, more things to read and watch, recommendations, easter eggs, inside baseball and stuff that interests our readers, alongside the breaking news, reviews and features you expect from Engadget. We’d love your feedback on what you’d like to...
Published on: January 24, 2025 | Source:Engadget Podcast: Diving into NVIDIA's RTX 5090 and Samsung's Galaxy S25 launch
It feels like CES again with a slew of tech news this week! In this episode, Devindra dives into his final thoughts on NVIDIA's $2,000 GeForce RTX 5090, a super-powered video card with a healthy dose of AI. Senior Reporter Sam Rutherford also joins to explain everything Samsung launched at its Galaxy S25 Unpacked event. And of course, we'll chat about some of the technology industry and policy changes from the new...
Published on: January 24, 2025 | Source:Perplexity now has a mobile assistant on Android
Image: The Verge Perplexity has turned its AI “answer engine” into a mobile assistant on Android. The new assistant can answer general questions and perform tasks on your behalf, such as writing an email, setting a reminder, booking dinners, and more. It’s also multimodal, meaning you can ask it questions about what’s on your screen as well as have it open your camera and “see” what’s in front of you. In an example...
Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source:OpenAI launches Operator, an AI agent that performs tasks autonomously
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman kicked off this year by saying in a blog post that 2025 would be big for AI agents, tools that can automate tasks and take actions on your behalf. Now, we’re seeing OpenAI’s first real attempt. OpenAI announced on Thursday that it is launching a research preview of Operator, a general-purpose […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source:The Solar Cycle(s): history, data analysis and trend forecasting.
The Solar Cycle(s): History, Data Analysis and Trend ForecastingA brief article on the Solar Cycles, the history behind their observation, data analysis and time series forecasting for the incoming solar maximum in 2025–2026 and the nextdecadesYou have probably heard about the 11-year Solar Cycle and about solar maximums and minimums at some point in your life—every 11 years, solar activity peaks, with more auroras in...
Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source:Intryc raises $3.1M for customer service monitoring software
Intryc, a customer support quality assurance platform that streamlines workflows with AI-powered automation, has raised $3.1M in seed funding. The round was provided by General Catalyst and scouts fro...
Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source: