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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
Bluesky: @nothingistrue.net, @sungkim, @clauswilke.com, @ka81, @jasongorman, @dorialexander, @abeba, and @markriedl
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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 …
More: Xbox Wire, Xbox on YouTube, BBC, IGN, Dave2D on YouTube, The Verge, The Phawx (PhawxTV) on YouTube, Business Today, Digit, TechSpot, Tech Xplore, TechPowerUp, 80 Level, Windows Central, Tom's Hardware, Stevivor, TechEBlog, iJustine on YouTube, Windows Latest, TheGamer, GamesIndustry.biz, Moneycontrol, Pure Xbox, Pocket-lint, Thurrott, Liliputing, Gizchina.com, PocketGamer.biz, MobileSyrup, Neowin, Game Informer, TechRadar, Comic Book, XDA Developers, Dexerto, Digital Trends, Press Start, VideoGamer, Windows Central, VentureBeat, KitGuru, Kotaku, GSMArena.com, PC Gamer, and Variety
Bluesky: @xboxp3, @papapishu, and @papapishu
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.
More: T3, MacRumors, PCMag, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Tom's Guide, furbo.org, Android Headlines, O'Grady's PowerPage, TechRadar, Daring Fireball, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Neowin, Cult of Mac, Livemint, Digit, Appleosophy, Tech Times, iThinkDifferent, Digital Trends, Benzinga, The Apple Post, USA Today, Semafor, Michael Tsai, MacRumors, Pixel Envy, UploadVR, Engadget, TechCrunch, Big Technology, Forbes, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, CNN, Macworld, The Economist, Cult of Mac, and The Mac Observer
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
X: @bgurley, @pitdesi, @sawyermerritt, @scannerpacific, @jarvis_best, @ghost_prole, @bgonthescene, @losangeles_scan, @michaeloburns, @magills_, @chrisstankowski, @taylorlorenz, @paularambles, @scannerpacific, @pyanrye, @mikeisaac, @keithdorejel, @armanddoma, @gaulicsmith, @samswey, @elisejoshi, @powerbottomdad1, and @sentdefender
| 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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