Alibaba’s latest model, QwQ-32B-Preview, has gained some impressive reviews for its reasoning abilities. Like OpenAI’s GPT-4 o1,1 its training has emphasized reasoning rather than just reproducing language. That seemed like something worth testing out—or at least playing around with—so when I heard that it very quickly became available in Ollama and wasn’t too large to … Read more
Microsoft hasn’t said for how long this “limited time” offer will last, but presumably it will only last for a year or two to help ease the transition between the old pricing and the new pricing. New subscribers won’t be offered the option to pay for the Classic plans. Subscribers on the Personal and Family … Read more
Apple’s retail stores will be rolling out “merchandise/floor marketing updates” next week, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Gurman did not explicitly say if the store updates are related to any upcoming product announcements, but he did mention that next week is around the time that Apple rolls out its annual Black Unity watch band for … Read more
Table of Contents Table of Contents What’s going on with RDNA 4? I’m losing faith, and I’m not alone AMD could still make the RX 9070 XT a success It looks like I may have played myself again. I was genuinely excited about AMD’s RX 9070 XT, but now, I’m starting to worry about its … Read more
Many of us neglect our eye health, often spending long hours in front of a Windows PC that isn’t set up for comfortable viewing. Consider adjusting some settings to make Windows more accomodating to your eyes. 1 Customize the Size and Color of Your Mouse Cursor Our eyes constantly track the mouse cursor across the … Read more
In a news conference on Tuesday, President Trump announced the Stargate Project, which he called “the largest AI infrastructure project, by far, in history.” With the CEOs of OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank at his side, Trump said that these companies and other private sector partners will invest up to US $500 billion in building data … Read more
Google has agreed to make “significant changes to its processes” to help tackle fake reviews of UK businesses, the regulator has announced. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says the firm – which accounts for 90% of search in the UK – will attach warnings to companies found to have artificially boosted their star rating. … Read more
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More As AI pervades every sphere of modern life, the central challenge facing business leaders, policymakers and innovators is no longer whether to adopt intelligent systems but how. In a world marked by escalating polarization, resource depletion, … Read more
The clock strikes 4 p.m., and the monotony of your day is beginning to hit. Your smartphone, that trusty sidekick you rely on to stay organized and productive, is gasping for life at a perilous 15% battery. Panic? That’s not your style. You recall your secret weapon — your power bank. With one swift, well-practiced move, … Read more
I hadn’t previously read anything by Nnedi Okorafor when I picked up Death of the Author, but after only a few pages in, I found myself making a mental note to add everything else she’s ever written to my To Read pile. Okorafor coined the term “Africanfuturism,” describing a subcategory of science fiction that’s “more … Read more