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Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental “reasoning” model that “explicitly shows its thoughts” and can use them to strengthen its reasoning — Google has released what it's calling a new “reasoning” AI model — but it's in the experimental stages …
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Researchers unveil Genesis, an open-source generative physics engine that trains robots in simulated reality 430K times faster than in the real world — On Thursday, a large group of university and private industry researchers unveiled Genesis, a new open source computer simulation system …
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Malaysia says it has identified WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Telegram, WeChat, and TikTok as platforms that need to obtain a license by next year — The platforms include Meta Platforms Inc.'s WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram; Elon Musk's X; Google's YouTube; Pavel Durov's Telegram …
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Sony's shares in Japan surged 50%+ from an August low to reach its new all-time high since 2000 last week, as investors are bullish on its gaming growth in 2025 — - Next year ‘one of the greatest’ for video games: Smithers — M&A and good management boost stock's appeal: Janus Henderson| Kiyoshi Takenaka / Reuters: |
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YouTube plans to start a crackdown on “egregious clickbait”, or videos where the titles or thumbnails make claims the videos don't back up, beginning in India — A lot of YouTube videos have flashy, misleading titles and thumbnails, such as “BREAKING NEWS” or “The president steps down …
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| Bobby Allyn / NPR: |
Q&A with Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant on what led to the country's under-16 social media ban, enforcement, unintended consequences, more — Australia passed one of the strictest internet crackdowns in the world last month, banning children under 16 from being on social media or opening new accounts.
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Sources: Anysphere, developer of GitHub Copilot rival Cursor, raised a $100M Series B at a $2.6B valuation, up from a $400M valuation in August 2024 — Anysphere, the developer of AI-powered coding assistant Cursor, raised $100 million Series B at a post-money valuation of $2.6 billion, according to sources with knowledge of the deal.
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Singapore-based bolttech, a B2B2C startup that offers “embedded” insurance products, raised a $100M+ Series C led by Dragon Fund at a $2.1B valuation — Singapore-headquartered insurance technology firm bolttech has raised more than $100 million in its latest funding round …
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SAP promoted a team lead accused by five female staff of targeting female subordinates, raising concerns about company culture and workplace discrimination — Women who worked for a team lead at the tech giant's Signavio unit say that the company failed to address complaints of bullying and discrimination.| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Crypto executives worry that the EU's MiCA, which puts stringent conditions on crypto exchanges to list stablecoins like USDT, will drain liquidity from markets — - Executives are concerned that removing USDT will sap liquidity — European Union cryptoasset regulations set to take full force … | Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider: |
Apple researchers say the company's open-source ReDrafter method on Nvidia GPUs led to a 2.7x speed increase in generated tokens per second for greedy encoding — Apple's latest machine learning research could make creating models for Apple Intelligence faster, by coming up with a technique … | Bloomberg: |
A look at Frank McCourt's efforts to acquire TikTok and the obstacles he faces, as he lobbies Congress and Trump's team and recruits former TikTok executives — - TikTok hopes Supreme Court will halt ban at final hour — McCourt is pitching his bid to Congress, Trump's team
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