Volvo plans 10 new, updated models in next 2 years
Retailers at a meeting with CEO Jim Rowan in South Carolina got to drive the battery-powered Volvo EX90 crossover......»»
Marvel Snap devs vow to fix one of its biggest problems in 2025
Acquiring every new Marvel Snap card has become a nearly impossible task for players, but Second Dinner plans on addressing this issue in 2025......»»
Not to be outdone by OpenAI, Google releases its own “reasoning” AI model
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is Google's take on so-called AI reasoning models. It's been a really busy month for Google as it apparently endeavors to outshine OpenAI with a blitz of.....»»
Generative-AI-powered video editing is coming to Instagram
Instagram plans to release a generative AI video editor built atop Meta's Movie Gen model some time next year......»»
Marvel Snap devs vow to fix on of its biggest problems in 2025
Acquiring every new Marvel Snap card has become a nearly impossible task for players, but Second Dinner plans on addressing this issue in 2025......»»
Molecular tool demonstrates how bad eggs are identified for destruction by reproductive system
The biological factory that produces reproductive cells has a robust quality control system to identify and eliminate eggs with chromosomal abnormalities. For years, cell biologists have sought to uncover the mechanisms behind this system, relying on.....»»
Extended chart of life shows ancient species may have evolved slower and lasted longer
If all the world's a stage and all the species merely players, then their exits and entrances can be found in the rock record. Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but.....»»
Apple Intelligence Chinese launch remains problematic as talks continue
An Apple Intelligence Chinese launch isn’t looking much closer, as the company continues forced talks with local companies about partnerships. Apple reportedly wanted to use its own generative AI models in China, but that would require governmen.....»»
Deals: M4/Pro MacBook Pro up to $250 off from $1,399, iPad 10 $250, iPhone SSDs, HomeKit gear, more
Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by a pair of return all-time lows on Apple’s most affordable M4 and M4 Pro MacBook Pro configurations. You’re looking at $200 and $250 off, respectively, to mark the return of the best prices ever on th.....»»
Tencent & ByteDance may be Apple Intelligence launch partners in China
Apple is reportedly in talks with ByteDance and Tencent to integrate their AI models with Apple Intelligence in China, so it can expand the feature set to the lucrative market.Apple Intelligence has a long way to go before launching in ChinaApple is.....»»
Apple-Nvidia collaboration triples speed of AI model production
Apple's latest machine learning research could make creating models for Apple Intelligence faster, by coming up with a technique to almost triple the rate of generating tokens when using Nvidia GPUs.Training models for machine learning is a processor.....»»
How Apple"s smart home revolution begins in 2025
Apple has a master plan to conquer the smart home, and after years of HomeKit being just a hobby, it all will begin in 2025. Here's what Apple has in mind.Apple is ready to take the smart home seriously starting in 2025The smart home market has been.....»»
A family reunion 150 million years in making: Paleontologists identify nearly 50 hidden relatives of Pterodactylus
Christmas is the time for families to come together, and in the midst of the festive season, University of Leicester paleontologists have announced that they have reunited a family that has been separated for 150 million years......»»
This Oscar-winning Martin Scorsese movie doesn’t really hold up now
Twenty years ago, Martin Scorsese's The Aviator premiered to rave reviews, but why is it never top-of-mind when people discuss the director's 21st century oeuvre?.....»»
Arctic Siberia summers were up to 10°C warmer than today during the Last Interglacial, study finds
Interglacials are, as the name suggests, warm periods between planetary glaciations when the expanse of ice on Earth shrinks. Currently, we are in an 11,000 year-long interglacial period known as the Holocene. Prior to this, the Last Interglacial occ.....»»
Anomalous magnetic moment of the muon: New calculation confirms Standard Model of particle physics
The magnetic moment of the muon is an important precision parameter for putting the Standard Model of particle physics to the test. After years of work, the research group led by Professor Hartmut Wittig of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence at Johann.....»»
Top 10 plant and fungal species named new to science in 2024
Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and their partners reveal their pick of the top 10 plants and fungi named new to science in 2024......»»
Elevation Lab has an accessory that extends the AirTag battery to 10 years
Elevation Lab has an accessory called the TimeCapsule that extends the AirTag battery life to as much as 10 years! The post Elevation Lab has an accessory that extends the AirTag battery to 10 years appeared first on Phandroid. Apple’s A.....»»
Apple scraps plans for iPhone subscription program
A new report claims that Apple has scrapped their plans to go with an iPhone hardware subscription program, which is great news. The post Apple scraps plans for iPhone subscription program appeared first on Phandroid. Last year, there was.....»»
Apple collaborates with NVIDIA to research faster LLM performance
In a blog post today, Apple engineers have shared new details on a collaboration with NVIDIA to implement faster text generation performance with large language models. Apple published and open sourced its Recurrent Drafter (ReDrafter) technique.....»»
Massive volcanic eruptions did not cause the extinction of dinosaurs, say climate scientists
Massive volcanic eruptions on the Indian peninsula have long been proposed as an alternative cause for the demise of the dinosaurs. This phase of active volcanism took place in a period just before Earth was struck by a meteorite, 66 million years ag.....»»