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Google launched its Gemma 4 open models this spring, promising a new level of power and performance for local AI. Google’s take on edge AI could be getting even faster already with the release of Multi-Token Prediction (MTP) drafters for Gemma. Google says these experimental mode

Artificial Intelligence Cost effective deployment of vision-language models for pet behavior detection on AWS Inferentia2 Tomofun, the Taiwan-headquartered pet-tech startup behind the Furbo Pet Camera, is redefining how pet owners interact with their pets remotely. Furbo combines

You might think the big story out of Match Group’s first-quarter earnings is Tinder’s turnaround. The dating app’s revenue is slightly up again after quarter-after-quarter of declines. But we’d like to point to a comment the chief financial officer made about how the company is s

Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit over how it marketed its AI features ahead of the launch of the iPhone 16. The Financial Times was the first to report the news. The lawsuit alleged that Apple exaggerated the breadth of features Apple Intellig

When companies are looking for opinions or advice on a project, they tend to go to LinkedIn or use expert networks such as GLG, Third Bridge, or AlphaSights. But they often don’t find quality inputs, despite their searches. Today, these sites ask experts to fill in a form based o

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Aurora Innovation will start hauling loads in driverless trucks for distribution giant McLane, the latest company to adopt the startup’s autonomous vehicle technology following a multi-year pilot program. Under the commercial agreement announced Wednesday, trucks outfitted with A

NASA’s goal of reaching the Moon’s surface as many as 21 times over the next two and a half years will require an overhaul of the agency’s approach to buying lunar landers and success in rectifying the myriad problems that have, so far, caused three of the last four US landing at

Broadcom announced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1, positioning the platform as a private cloud foundation optimized for production AI workloads. The release focuses on tighter integration of AI and Kubernetes, expanded hardware support across AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA, and embedded sec

Steam Controller and Puck CAD files officially released under a Creative Commons license — Valve encourages users to create accessories for the device Good guy Gabe. Valve just released the CAD files for the Steam Controller and the Puck, which is used to charge and connect the c

They entered the world the way babies should, with piercing cries announcing their arrival. They passed their newborn screening tests. Some made it to their 2-week wellness visits without concern. Then, without warning, their systems began to shut down. A 7-week-old boy in Maryla

Advanced Micro Devices reported first-quarter earnings Tuesday that topped expectations, while the company's revenue forecast also exceeded estimates as demand soars for chips to power artificial intelligence workloads. The stock ripped 16% higher on Wednesday. Here's how the chi

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I spend more time today than ever before interacting with terminal windows, which is something I don’t think Past Me would have believed in the early ’90s. Back then, poor MS-DOS was the staid whipping boy of the industry, and at least on the consumer side, graphical environments

How OpenAI’s New Networking Protocol Aims to Solve AI Bottlenecks OpenAI’s MRC protocol aims to address congestion and failure challenges in massive AI clusters as hyperscalers scale to hundreds of thousands of GPUs. OpenAI and a consortium of tech giants have unveiled a new netw

New Linux StarFighter laptop family debuts starting at $1,878 — Star Labs Systems' laptops arrive with spacious RAM, several options Another premium Linux laptop contender has arrived. Star Labs Systems, a UK-based Linux hardware startup, has finally launched the StarFighter lapt

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AMD to broaden and specialize EPYC CPUs, already working on Zen 7 architecture — increased customization to better address evolving AI and cloud needs AMD pursues segmented strategy for EPYC to address thread from custom CPUs. Modern data center workloads are very diverse, and so

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This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Wednesday. After reading about Restaurant Brands International's earnings this morning, I'm in the mood to get my morning coffee from Tim Hortons. Stock futures are rising thi

Google is updating its AI Search features to make it easier for users to find information from sources they know and trust. One of the more notable changes introduces “a preview of perspectives” from firsthand sources like social media, Reddit, and other web forums, effectively l

HPE Pushes Self-Driving Networks into Production HPE rolls out autonomous networking features that act on issues in real time, but enterprise adoption hinges on trust, guardrails, and risk tolerance. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is moving its long-promised self-driving networ

Tom's Hardware Verdict While the SteelSeries Aerox 3 Wireless Gen 2 isn’t the best-performing mouse on the market, it’s one of the flashiest. Pros - + Very bright RGB - + Semi-translucent design - + PTFE feet - + Satisfying switches - + Ironically, water-proof Cons - - Software d

We don’t have too much longer to wait for Rivian’s hotly anticipated R2 electric SUV. After cutting its teeth with the ground-breaking R1T electric pickup truck, plus the three-row SUV version (the R1S) and all those Amazon delivery vans, its next step is something smaller and mo

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Tom's Hardware Verdict Dell’s revived XPS 16 isn’t cheap, and its USB-C-only port layout won’t suit everyone, but everything else about it lands squarely in premium territory. If you can afford the asking price, this iconic laptop is a rewarding experience. Pros - + Gorgeous OLED

Score this 500Hz 27-inch Samsung Odyssey OLED gaming monitor at its lowest ever price, now just $649.99 — huge $349 saving nets you ultra-fast G60SF display with Nvidia G-Sync support Massive saving on a super-fast QD-OLED monitor Recent Steam surveys suggest most gamers are stic

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Grab a prebuilt RTX 5060 Ti 16GB gaming PC for just $1,063 using stackable discounts — Skytech Shadow 4 Gaming PC offers superb value without breaking the bank Far less than the sum of its parts For just a snip over a $1000, you can land a fully prebuilt gaming PC with an RTX 506

Microsoft’s LinkedIn chief, Ryan Roslansky, took on an expanded role at the company as head of Office last year, and he’s now getting more responsibilities as part of the latest leadership reshuffle inside Microsoft. Sources tell me that the Microsoft Teams organization is moving

SpaceX files for $55 billion semiconductor fab in rural Texas for Musk's Terafab — total chipmaking fab investment could reach $119 billion The figures dwarf the $20 billion originally quoted for the entire Terafab project. SpaceX has filed a property tax abatement application in

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The race to build the world’s most powerful AI factories demands networking that keeps pace with the ambitions of AI itself. NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet scale-out infrastructure stands at the forefront of that race as the most advanced AI networking technology available today, dep