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| Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI: |
Apple researchers detail the limitations of top LLMs and large reasoning models, including on classic problems like the Tower of Hanoi, which AI solved in 1957 — LLM “reasoning” is so cooked they turned my name into a verb — Quoth Josh Wolfe, well-respected venture capitalist at Lux Capital:
More: Apple Machine Learning …, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Cointelegraph, diginomica, Digit, Daring Fireball, 9meters, implicator.ai, seangoedecke.com, and Hardcore Software
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LinkedIn: Mike Kentz and Gary Marcus
Forums: Hacker News, r/ClaudeAI, and r/programming
| IGN: |
Xbox Ally X hands-on: an AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme APU, 24GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD, 1080p games run at 60 FPS with no issues, a super-slim Windows, and more — The Xbox handheld impresses, but pricing remains the biggest question. — PC gaming handhelds have flooded the market at this point … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft showcases a full-screen, Windows-based Xbox experience optimized for handheld gaming on the Asus ROG Xbox Ally, rolling out to other handhelds in 2026 — Two new Xbox Ally devices introduce Microsoft's much-needed improvements to handheld gaming PCs.
More: Xbox Wire, BBC, Windows Central, PC Gamer, Digital Trends, Engadget, Android Authority, Tech Times, How-To Geek, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, Gameranx, Forbes, Game Informer, GameSpot, Eurogamer.net, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Neowin, and Video Games Chronicle
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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 PC 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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Forums: r/GamingLeaksAndRumours, r/Handhelds, r/gamingnews, and r/xbox
| New York Times: |
Docs: from mid-December, YouTube told moderators to prioritize “freedom of expression” over potential harm, including for political, social, and cultural issues — 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.| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warns the UK lacks the digital infrastructure needed to capitalize on AI despite “incredible” research talent, as PM Starmer pledges £1B — Jensen Huang seeks ‘sovereign’ artificial intelligence deals that diversify US chip giant's business away from Big Tech groups
More: Benzinga, Agence France-Presse, The Guardian, Bloomberg, City A.M., CNBC, and GOV.UK
| Sam Tabahriti / Reuters: |
The UK Financial Conduct Authority partners with Nvidia to debut a Supercharged Sandbox in which financial companies can 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” … | 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
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| Emma Jacobs / Financial Times: |
An interview with Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn on criticism after Duolingo went “AI-first”, personalized interactions with personality-based chatbots, and more — Luis von Ahn says criticism over strategy change shows ‘anxiety’ about technology replacing jobs
More: Business Insider. Bluesky: @kgt and @parismarx.com. X: @cszabla
Forums: r/languagelearning, r/NoShitSherlock, r/Futurology, r/technews, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Los Angeles Times: |
Protesters against immigration raids in LA damaged and set several Waymo autonomous taxis on fire on Sunday; Waymo says it is in touch with law enforcement — As police struggled with another day of unrest in downtown L.A., several Waymo autonomous taxis were set on fire …
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| Luz Ding / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese AI companies have 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
| 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: Associated Press, Cryptopolitan, and Tech in Asia
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Thoughts on Apple's OSes getting redesigned UI elements called “Liquid Glass”, which will launch at WWDC 2025 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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X: @mingchikuo, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| 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
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