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Apple will try to right the Apple Intelligence Siri ship, but don't expect firings
AppleInsider - 17 Mar 2025 01:10
Apple's ongoing promise to improve its vocal assistant Siri with Apple Intelligence has still not been fulfilled, and looks to be a failure at multiple levels of the executive management team. Siri's upgrade to leverage ...
Mac Studio With M3 Ultra Runs Massive DeepSeek R1 AI Model Locally
Mac Rumors - 17 Mar 2025 15:30
YouTuber Dave Lee of Dave2D fame has demonstrated how Apple's new Mac Studio equipped with an M3 Ultra chip can efficiently run a huge version of the DeepSeek R1 AI model locally, provided that users spec the machine wit...
NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-9 Return, Splashdown
NASA Breaking news - 17 Mar 2025 00:03
NASA will provide live coverage of the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 return to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with Dragon spacecraft hatch closure preparations at 10:45 p.m. EDT Monday, March 17. NASA and...
Skywriter Turns Bluesky Threads Into 'Articles' for Easy Reading
Life Hacker - 17 Mar 2025 23:00
There's a better way to read long threads on Bluesky.
Telegram founder allowed to leave France following arrest
BBC - 17 Mar 2025 17:12
The billionaire has been accused of failing to properly moderate his app to reduce criminality.
Apple's First Foldable iPhone Estimated to Cost Nearly Twice as Much as iPhone 16 Pro Max
Mac Rumors - 17 Mar 2025 15:42
In an investor research note today with British bank Barclays, analyst Tim Long said Apple's first foldable iPhone could have a starting price in the $2,300 range in the United States, which would make it by far the most...
Punishing AI doesn't stop it from lying and cheating -- it just makes it hide better, study shows
Live Science - 17 Mar 2025 15:00
Scientists at OpenAI have attempted to stop a frontier AI model from cheating and lying by punishing it. But this just taught it to scheme more privately.
Even AMD is surprised by how fast it's gaining on Nvidia
Digital Trends - 17 Mar 2025 13:47
AMD's most recent GPU launch was widely successful, pushing the company to new heights in terms of market share in Japan.
Boeing Starliner astronauts heading back to Earth on March 18 after 9 months in space: Watch it live
SPACE.com - 17 Mar 2025 13:42
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will head back to Earth on Tuesday (March 18) after an unexpectedly long and eventful space mission, and you can watch their homecoming live.
'iPhone 17 Air' Dummy Model Features MagSafe and Action Button
Mac Rumors - 17 Mar 2025 01:48
Australian tech enthusiast Sonny Dickson today shared photos of dummy models for all four iPhone 17 models launching later this year. Dummy models are often based on leaked designs and dimensions, and they allow accessor...
Time's Running Out to Claim Your Part of the $20 Million Apple Watch Payout
CNET - 17 Mar 2025 23:53
You may be eligible for part of the large cash settlement -- check this list of affected Apple Watch models.
New Windows 11 update bug is one of the best things to happen to Windows in a while
BGR - 17 Mar 2025 23:51
Windows updates have quite a reputation. Sometimes, they fix critical issues; other times, they introduce brand-new ones nobody asked for. The latest Windows 11 update … The post New Windows 11 update bug is one of the...
Roku tests customer patience with startup video ads
The Verge - 17 Mar 2025 23:48
Over the weekend, a number of Roku device owners noticed an irksome new advertising method from the company: a trailer for Moana 2 began playing before they'd even made it to the Roku homescreen. Ars Technica reported on...
Snap's Camera-Equipped AR Spectacles Get GPS and Improved Hand Tracking Support
Mac Rumors - 17 Mar 2025 23:47
Snap, the company behind the Snapchat social network, has been quietly working on AR glasses for the last several months, and this week, the developer-only AR Spectacles were updated with some new features. Developers ca...
Google Pixel 9A Wish List: 3 Leaks That I Hope Come True
CNET - 17 Mar 2025 23:46Saturn's 128 New Moons May Be Remnants of Past Cosmic Collisions
Discover - 17 Mar 2025 23:45
Learn about the 128 newly discovered moons of Saturn, believed to be the remnants of collisions that occurred early in the planet's history.
Two Streamers and $23 Is All You Need to Watch Every Game of March Madness
CNET - 17 Mar 2025 23:42
With Paramount Plus and Max, you won't miss a single second of the tournament.
Amazon is fighting the government’s efforts to get it to recall hazardous products
The Verge - 17 Mar 2025 23:41
Amazon is suing the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) after the agency said it was responsible for recalling all of the dangerous products on its marketplace, including those sold by third parties. In a lawsui...
'Stranded' NASA astronauts will be carried away on stretchers after return from space. Here's why.
Live Science - 17 Mar 2025 23:40
When astronauts return from a prolonged visit to space, they are often carried out of their capsules and placed on stretchers for a medical examination. The 'stranded' astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will be...
A new computational method for super-large-scale atomic structures
Phys.org - 17 Mar 2025 23:40
New theoretical physics research introduces a simulation method of machine-learning-based effective Hamiltonian for super-large-scale atomic structures. This effective Hamiltonian method could simulate much larger struct...
One of Digital Trends favorite folding phones is (at least) $300 off today
Digital Trends - 17 Mar 2025 23:31
When it is on sale, the Samsung Z Fold 6 becomes the best foldable phone. It's just that simple.
You Can Try Notepad's New AI Summarizer in Windows 11 Now (If You Pay)
Life Hacker - 17 Mar 2025 23:30
The Snipping Tool is also getting an upgrade.