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Source: The Verge Family members of people who died in Tesla crashes are urging the US Department of Transportation not to scrap a Biden-era rule requiring companies to report crashes that involve fully or partially autonomous vehicles. They also say they are worried that Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s influence in the Trump administration may lead…
Source: The Verge Google’s brand new midrange phone, the Pixel 9A, won’t be shipping until sometime in April. That’s not strange in and of itself, but it turns out you can’t even preorder one at the Google Store. The latter situation is fairly unusual, as Google normally starts taking orders for new hardware right after…
Source: Venture Beat SEARCH-R1 trains LLMs to gradually think and conduct online search as they generate answers for reasoning problems. Read Full Article
Source: The Verge After 11 years, Boston Dynamics has said goodbye to its humanoid robot Atlas — but only the hydraulic version. In a video posted on YouTube, the robotics company says it’s time for Atlas to “kick back and relax” in retirement, letting the new all-electric Atlas take the reins. The new Atlas comes…
Source: The Verge Automattic-owned Day One has announced a Windows version of its journaling app, available now on the Microsoft Store. The company says it offers “the same trusted, distraction-free experience” as it does on other platforms. It’s also free to use, and won’t count against the free plan’s one-device syncing limit, for now. One…
Source: The Verge TikTok’s curse or blessing, depending on how you look at it, is that any video made by any random person can get millions of views without much rhyme or reason. Thousands of comments flood in, people make reaction videos, your random thoughts are referenced as gospel, and the TikTok content machine starts…
Source: The Verge Google Wallet’s latest update will let kids download the app and use tap-to-pay on Android with parental consent. The feature, which is rolling out over the next few weeks, will also let kids store passes such as event tickets, library cards, and gift cards within the app. After rolling out tap-to-pay support…
Source: The Verge Yeah, so, guess what: after getting up and running at our new factory, they soon let us know that it would cost quite a bit more to make a Playdate than it did at our previous factory. We were not very excited to hear this! (What next?!) But as a result, on…
Source: The Verge In a time when video game consoles are becoming more powerful and more connected than ever and AAA games are massive, bloated endeavors, Untitled Goose Game publisher Panic decided to go back to basics with the now $199 Playdate: a minuscule yellow handheld about the size of a Post-it note with a…
Source: The Verge Google’s latest acquisition is its most expensive yet — and perhaps its riskiest, too. On Tuesday, the search giant announced that it acquired the cloud security startup Wiz for $32 billion. It’s a major bet that Wiz can help beef up Google’s cloud business, which makes far less money than the offerings…
