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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia reveals the RTX 50-series Blackwell GPUs: a $1,999 RTX 5090, a $999 RTX 5080, a $749 RTX 5070 Ti, and a $549 RTX 5070, available starting in January — Nvidia is officially announcing its RTX 50-series GPUs today. After months of leaks and rumors, the next-generation RTX Blackwell GPUs …
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Nvidia says the RTX 5090 has 92B transistors, 4,000 AI TOPS, and GDDR7 memory, with support for next-gen DLSS 4, which can now generate multiple frames at once — As anticipated, Nvidia Monday kicked off its CES 2025 keynote by unveiling the new RTX Blackwell family of GPUs.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
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| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
Dell rebrands its PCs as Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max, each with Base, Plus, and Premium tiers, killing names like XPS, Inspiron, Latitude, and Precision — The PC manufacturer's new laptops, desktops, and monitors will have a simplified naming scheme with labels like ‘Pro’ and ‘Max.’
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Nvidia shares Cosmos World Foundation Models, a family of world models that can generate “physics-aware” videos, available from Hugging Face and Nvidia's API — Nvidia is getting into world models — AI models that take inspiration from the mental models of the world that humans develop naturally.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia unveils Mega, an “Omniverse Blueprint” for developing, testing, and optimizing physical AI and robot fleets at scale in a digital twin before deployment — Nvidia unveils Mega Omniverse blueprint for building industrial robot fleet digital twins, as part of a CES 2025 keynote speech by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Meta elects new board directors: UFC CEO and outspoken Donald Trump supporter Dana White, former Microsoft executive Charlie Songhurst, and Exor CEO John Elkann — - White has been outspoken ally of US President-elect Trump — Investor Songhurst, Exor CEO Elkann also named as directors
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| Darragh Murphy / Tom's Guide: |
HDMI Forum unveils the HDMI 2.2 spec, with better audio and video sync and 96Gbps bandwidth for resolutions up to 12K at 120Hz, and the required “Ultra96” cable — Plus a sneak peek at the new Ultra96 HDMI Cable — When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.| Zoe Kleinman / BBC: |
After complaints from the BBC, Apple plans an Apple Intelligence update “in the coming weeks” that “will further clarify” when it is summarizing notifications — Apple has said it will update, rather than pause, a new artificial intelligence (AI) …
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| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
AMD unveils Ryzen AI Max+, laptop chips with a new integrated memory architecture and 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, claiming 84% faster rendering than the MacBook M4 Pro — Disruption is a daily thing. — AMD announced its ‘Strix Halo’ Ryzen AI Max series laptop processors here at CES 2025 in Las Vegas …
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| Hassan Mujtaba / Wccftech: |
| Jamie Tarabay / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Chinese state-sponsored hackers targeted the Philippine president's office and stole sensitive data as part of a yearslong, broad espionage campaign — - Some stolen documents related to dispute over South China Sea — Most of the hacks took place from early 2023 to June 2024| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Meta says it's testing an “Imagine Yourself” feature announced in September that automatically generates AI images of a user and puts them into that user's feed — Meta AI put a Redditor into “an endless maze of mirrors” as part of a new AI feature it is testing.
More: Android Police and The Verge
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Google previews Google TV changes coming in 2025, including adding Gemini, more natural voice commands, improved content search, and deeper YouTube integration — Alphabet Inc.'s consumer team will give TV sets running its Google TV operating system an AI upgrade by adding Gemini to its Google Assistant voice-control system.| Lillian Rizzo / CNBC: |
Fubo is expected to immediately become cash flow positive after its deal with Disney closes in 12 to 18 months; Fubo's stock closed up 253.85% on January 6 — WATCH NOW — Disney will combine its Hulu+ Live TV service with Fubo, merging together two internet TV bundles, the companies announced Monday.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
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Forums: r/technology and r/MediaMergers
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Similarweb: US DAUs of Bluesky's mobile app grew 12% MoM in December vs. 284% MoM in November; Bluesky now has 26.44M+ total users after passing 20M in November — Social network and X competitor Bluesky's massive growth slowed in December in the U.S., after having surged from 9+ million … | Bloomberg: |
Tencent's stock drops 5%+ after the US DoD added it to a blacklist of companies with alleged ties to China's military, threatening to escalate US-China tensions — - Firms on Chinese military list face reputational damage — Tencent says its inclusion on the list was ‘clearly a mistake’| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung schedules its next Galaxy Unpacked event for 10AM PT on January 22 in San Jose, where Galaxy AI updates, the Galaxy S25 lineup, and more are expected — After plenty of leaks and rumors, we're officially entering Samsung's lead-up to the Galaxy S25 launch date … | Mayank Parmar / Windows Latest: |
Microsoft is showing a Bing search result page that spoofs Google Search's UI when a user searches for “Google” on Bing while signed out of a Microsoft account — Microsoft seems to have rolled out a pretty interesting yet controversial change that spoofs Google.com UI when you try to find Google when using Bing.com.
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X: @laparisa, @glenngabe, @tomwarren, @adamkovac, @tomwarren, and @jason_kint. LinkedIn: Steven Weber
Forums: r/Windows11, r/assholedesign, r/technology, r/google, Beehaw, and Slashdot
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