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| Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI: |
Apple researchers detail the limitations of top LLMs and large reasoning models, like OpenAI's o3, especially on problems of medium to high complexity — LLM “reasoning” is so cooked they turned my name into a verb — Quoth Josh Wolfe, well-respected venture capitalist at Lux Capital: — Ha ha ha.
More: Apple Machine Learning …, Cointelegraph, Beyond Search, seangoedecke.com, 9meters, Daring Fireball, implicator.ai, Maginative, and Hardcore Software
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Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …, @j12t@j12t.social, @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org, and @baldur@toot.cafe
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LinkedIn: Gary Marcus and Mike Kentz
Forums: Hacker News, r/ClaudeAI, r/programming, r/BetterOffline, and Lobsters
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft showcases a Windows-based fullscreen Xbox experience optimized for handheld gaming with the Asus ROG Xbox Ally, coming to other handhelds in 2026 — Two new Xbox Ally devices introduce Microsoft's much-needed improvements to handheld gaming PCs.
More: Xbox Wire, PCMag, Windows Central, Engadget, Android Authority, Business Standard, Tech Times, How-To Geek, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, Gameranx, Forbes, Game Informer, GameSpot, Eurogamer.net, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Neowin, and Video Games Chronicle
Bluesky: @aarongreenberg, @xboxp3, and @seanhollister
X: @tomwarren, @tomwarren, @wario64, @jezcorden, @jezcorden, and @tomwarren
Forums: r/pcgaming, r/hardware, r/hardware, r/gadgets, r/Games, r/xbox, and Slashdot
| Stephen Totilo / Game File: |
Microsoft and Asus unveil the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, two gaming handhelds that will run Windows games from multiple storefronts, including Steam — The images shown during a secret theater presentation I recently attended for the long-rumored Xbox handheld showed an icon …
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X: @deeketweak, @satyanadella, @teroterotero, @stephentotilo, @ethangach, @genepark, and @carygolomb. LinkedIn: Benoit Fouillet
Forums: r/GamingLeaksAndRumours, r/Handhelds, r/gamingnews, and r/xbox
| Emma Jacobs / Financial Times: |
An interview with Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn on criticism after Duolingo went “AI-first”, parasocial interactions with “personality”-infused chatbots, and more — Luis von Ahn says criticism over strategy change shows ‘anxiety’ about technology replacing jobs
Bluesky: @kgt and @parismarx.com. X: @cszabla
Forums: r/languagelearning, r/NoShitSherlock, r/Futurology, r/technews, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: |
Qualcomm agrees to acquire UK-listed Alphawave, which makes high-speed chip and connectivity tech for data centers, for $2.4B in cash, set to close in Q1 2026 — Samsung's Galaxy S25 Edge Shows the Limits of Impressively Thin Phones … Explainers| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Thoughts on the major design overhaul of Apple's OSes with “Liquid Glass” UI elements, which will launch at WWDC and set the stage for fresh hardware products — A new software design style will be at the center of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference — and set the stage for an upcoming iPhone overhaul.
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Mastodon: @rileytestut@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, and @jaanus@iosdev.space. Threads: @bzamayo
X: @mingchikuo, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Sam Tabahriti / Reuters: |
The UK Financial Conduct Authority partners with Nvidia to launch a Supercharged Sandbox for financial companies to test AI tools, starting in October 2025 — Financial firms in Britain will be able to test artificial intelligence tools later this year in a regulatory “sandbox” … | Los Angeles Times: |
Protesters against immigration raids in LA damaged and set several Waymo autonomous taxis on fire on Sunday; Waymo says it is working with law enforcement — As police struggled with another day of unrest in downtown L.A., several Waymo autonomous taxis were set on fire, sending thick plumes of black smoke billowing high into the air.
More: Moneycontrol, TipRanks Financial, National Legal …, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Mail, Washington Examiner, Electrek, Benzinga, FOX 11 Los Angeles, El País, NBC Bay Area, and Time
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| Luz Ding / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese AI companies temporarily disabled chatbot functions like image recognition during China's annual college entrance exams — China's most popular AI chatbots like Alibaba's Qwen have temporarily disabled functions including picture recognition …
More: The Guardian, Tech in Asia, and Xinhua
| Katharine Viner / The Guardian: |
The Guardian partners with Cambridge University to launch Secure Messaging in its app, protecting sources by making messages indistinguishable from other data — Today, the Guardian, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, launches Secure Messaging, a world-first from a media organisation
More: The Guardian, University of Cambridge, and GitHub
| New York Times: |
Documents: since mid-December 2024, YouTube told moderators to prioritize “freedom of expression” over potential harm, exempting political and culture videos — The world's largest video platform has told content moderators to favor “freedom of expression” over the risk of harm in deciding what to take down.| Reuters: |
Sources: Shein and Reliance plan to expand their Indian supplier base from 150 to 1,000 and sell India-made, Shein-branded clothes globally within 12 months — Fashion retailer Shein and partner Reliance Retail plan to rapidly expand their Indian supplier base and start international sales …
More: Business Today, Inc42 Media, Tech in Asia, Times of India, and Morningstar, Inc.
| Sam Tobin / Reuters: |
Getty's copyright lawsuit against Stability AI begins at London's High Court, accusing it of unlawfully scraping millions of images; Stability denies the claims — Getty Images' landmark copyright lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Stability AI begins at London's High Court on Monday …
More: Tech in Asia
| Oliver Barnes / Financial Times: |
Maryland-based quantum computing company IonQ agrees to acquire Oxford Ionics, which spun out of Oxford University, in a $1.07B all-stock deal, closing in 2025 — Acquisition of Oxford Ionics for $1.1bn shows advances in processing are kick-starting dealmaking
More: Benzinga, Bloomberg, FinSMEs, Reuters, Business Wire, Constellation Research, and The Quantum Insider
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