In a victory for Palmer Luckey, Meta and Anduril work on mixed reality headsets for the military
On Thursday, Anduril and Meta announced news that feels like a fairy tale ending for Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey. The two companies are working together to build extended reality (XR) devices for the U.S. military, Anduril announced in a blog post. “I am glad to be working with Meta once
Read moreYouTube will soon let viewers use Google Lens to search what they see while watching Shorts
YouTube announced on Thursday that it's bringing Google Lens to YouTube Shorts in the coming weeks.
Read moreDeepSeek’s distilled new R1 AI model can run on a single GPU
DeepSeek's updated R1 reasoning AI model is getting the bulk of the AI community's attention this week.
Read moreTesla pleads for Senate to spare its booming energy business
If the Senate were to pass it with those repeals in tact, it could have a devastating impact on Tesla’s energy division.
Read moreApple’s US App Store topped $400B in developer billings and sales in 2024
Just ahead of its Worldwide Developers Conference next month, Apple on Thursday announced new figures related to the U.S. App Store’s financial success. The company says its U.S. App Store ecosystem has generated $406 billion in developer billings and sales in 2024 — a figure that’s nearly tripled in size
Read moreDeepSeek’s updated R1 AI model is more censored, test finds
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s newest AI model, an updated version of the company’s R1 reasoning model, achieves impressive scores on benchmarks for coding, math, and general knowledge, nearly surpassing OpenAI’s flagship o3. But the upgraded R1, also known as “R1-0528,” might also be less willing to answer contentious questions, in
Read moreA decade in, bootstrapped Thinkst Canary reaches $20M in ARR without VC funding
Reflecting on 10 years since its launch, the honeypot maker explains why the company did not take on any VC funding.
Read moreMeta AI now has 1B monthly active users
Meta AI now has one billion monthly active users across its apps, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at the company’s annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, as first reported by CNBC. The new milestone doubles the 500 million monthly active users Meta AI had back in September 2024. The “focus for this
Read moreThe Future of Intelligent, Autonomous Systems (Part 1)
Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) marks a significant evolution in artificial intelligence, enabling systems to function independently without constant human intervention. Unlike traditional AI, which relies on predefined instructions, agentic AI can make decisions, take actions, and learn in real-time. This autonomy allows it to adapt to changing circumstances, optimize workflows…
Read moreTerraPay Partners Wave Mobile Money to Enhance Cross-Border Remittance Services in West Africa
TerraPay, a global money movement company, has partnered with Wave Mobile Money, a mobile money provider in West Africa, to improve cross-border remittance services. This partnership allows Malians to receive money from abroad directly into their Wave mobile wallets, making it faster, more accessible, and cost-effective. It is reported that
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