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OpenAI teases new reasoning model—but don’t expect to try it soon

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For the last day of ship-mas, OpenAI previewed a new set of frontier “reasoning” models dubbed...
For the last day of ship-mas, OpenAI previewed a new set of frontier “reasoning” models dubbed o3 and o3-mini. The Verge first reported that a new reasoning model would be coming during this event.The company isn’t releasing these models today (and admits final results may evolve with more post-training). However, O...
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NHTSA finally releases new rules for self-driving cars — but there’s a twist

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced a new “voluntary national framework for the evaluation and...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced a new “voluntary national framework for the evaluation and oversight” of autonomous vehicles, a bureaucratic first step that could eventually open the floodgates for fully driverless cars. But there’s a twist: the agency wants self-driving car companies to...
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Three of the biggest US banks are facing a lawsuit for ‘widespread fraud’ on Zelle

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a lawsuit against Zelle and three banks that...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a lawsuit against Zelle and three banks that own it — Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase — claiming they failed “to protect consumers from widespread fraud.” Zelle is a payment network designed to compete with payment platforms like Venmo and Ca...
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The proposed climate fix tech companies just spent millions on? Rocks.

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To try to counteract the impact their pollution has on the climate, Google and other big...
To try to counteract the impact their pollution has on the climate, Google and other big companies have bought into a plan to trap carbon dioxide using rocks. They recently announced multimillion dollar deals with a Sheryl Sandberg-backed startup called Terradot.Google, H&M Group, and Salesforce are among a gaggle o...
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Squid Game: Unleashed is a fun game and a terrible adaptation

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In Squid Game, schoolyard games are turned into nightmares, as players compete to survive and —...
In Squid Game, schoolyard games are turned into nightmares, as players compete to survive and — if they’re lucky — earn a massive cash prize. But in Unleashed, a new mobile spinoff that’s part of the streamer’s fledgling gaming efforts, those games are fun. It’s a strange experience that sands off much of the appeal...
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Apple begins pulling iPhone SE, 14, and 14 Plus from EU

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The best phone to buy right now

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The AI phones are here, but that doesn’t mean they’ve really arrived. The year’s hottest trend...
The AI phones are here, but that doesn’t mean they’ve really arrived. The year’s hottest trend is trickling down to mobile tech, but the results so far are a mixed bag, to say the least. Samsung and Google have a lot of AI tricks on their phones that don’t really amount to much yet, and Apple is catching up. AI real...
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Dune: Prophecy is getting a second season on HBO

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Google Keep might be joining the ranks of Android system apps

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Home Assistant’s new voice assistant answers to ‘Hey Jarvis’

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There’s a new voice assistant in town, and this one can work locally in your home...
There’s a new voice assistant in town, and this one can work locally in your home without phoning home to its corporate overloads. This week, the popular hobbyist smart home platform Home Assistant officially launched its first voice assistant hardware — Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition.Built for the open-source...
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Thousands of Amazon delivery drivers at seven hubs are on strike

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Thousands of delivery drivers who work for Amazon third-party contractors are now on strike, The New...
Thousands of delivery drivers who work for Amazon third-party contractors are now on strike, The New York Times reports. The workers are striking after “Amazon’s repeated refusal to follow the law and bargain with the thousands of Amazon workers who organized with the Teamsters,” according to a Teamsters press relea...
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How to reshare Threads posts without quote posting

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In what seems to be a battle between Threads and Bluesky for the hearts and minds...
In what seems to be a battle between Threads and Bluesky for the hearts and minds of ex-Twitterers, Threads has been adding some interesting new features. The latest is the ability to share photos and videos without including the original post — in other words, without quote posting. (There’s a similar feature in X ...
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Google reveals AI ‘reasoning’ model that ‘explicitly shows its thoughts’

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8BitDo’s new mini Xbox controller fits gamers with smaller hands

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8BitDo has announced an alternate version of its Ultimate C wired Xbox controller that’s 20 percent...
8BitDo has announced an alternate version of its Ultimate C wired Xbox controller that’s 20 percent smaller and 10 percent lighter while still featuring full-sized triggers, joysticks, and buttons. Although the new 8BitDo Ultimate Mini is designed for kids and teens, it will also appeal to any gamer with smaller han...
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Sonic 4 is speeding into theaters in 2027

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Valve will be Lenovo’s ‘special guest’ at just-announced gaming handheld event

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“The future of gaming handhelds is coming to CES ‘25 and you have a front row...
“The future of gaming handhelds is coming to CES ‘25 and you have a front row seat!” the email in my inbox exclaims.Let me translate: it looks like Lenovo just tacitly confirmed it will announce its first SteamOS handheld in Las Vegas on or before January 7th, 2025. We’re expecting it to be the Steam button equipped...
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