OpenAI responds to DeepSeek competition with detailed reasoning traces for o3-mini
Source: Venture Beat By showing a more detailed version of the chain of thought of o3-mini, OpenAI is closing the gap with DeepSeek-R1. Read Full Article
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Apple’s ELEGNT framework could make home robots feel less like machines and more like companions
Source: Venture Beat Apple introduces ELEGNT, allowing robots to convey intentions, emotions and attitudes through movement, — rather than just functional tasks. Read Full Article
Netflix’s Prince documentary has been axed by the late artist’s estate
Source: The Verge They all appear in the film and give differing accounts of their experiences. Some, like Jill Jones, describe his cruelty and diminishment of them; others, like Electra and Fantastic, are still spellbound by their time with him and speak of how he buttressed their sense of self. The women emerge as variously…
FEMA’s website started deleting ‘climate change’
Source: The Verge The term “climate change” has started to vanish from Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) website. Its former “climate resilience” website has been rebranded under the title “future conditions.” There are still subtle references to climate change there, but it’s more of a whisper than an urgent warning as it was before. It’s…
Musk promises to reinstate DOGE staffer linked to racist account
Source: The Verge Marko Elez, the 25-year-old staffer Department of Government Efficiency staffer linked to a social media profile with racist posts, “will be brought back,” shortly after he resigned, Elon Musk announced on X. Elez resigned from his role where he reportedly had the ability to rewrite code in sensitive payments systems at the…
Apple drops lawsuit against former iOS engineer accused of leaking Vision Pro details
Source: The Verge I spent nearly eight years as a software engineer at Apple. During that time, I was given access to sensitive internal Apple information, including what were then unreleased products and features. But instead of keeping this information secret, I made the mistake of sharing this information with journalists who covered the company….
A tiny satellite showed it can take high-res pics from space
Source: The Verge It has precision attitude control, a TASA-developed Korsch off-axis optical system, a CMOS TDI (Time Delay and Integration) image sensor, and image compression hardware that all fits inside its 6U form factor, which is about the size of a desktop computer or suitcase. ArkEdge Space shared black and white images zoomed into…
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man gets community justice right
Source: The Verge Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man star Hudson Thames left many eyebrows raised last week after his comments about fearing the Disney Plus series would be “annoying and woke.” During a subsequent Reddit AMA, series creator Jeff Trammell was quick to start doing damage control, and he insisted that Thames had misspoken. But even…
How small businesses are leveraging tech to unite generations
Source: The Verge Today’s workplace stretches four generations. The oldest members of Generation Z are reaching their mid-20s, while the youngest baby boomers are turning 60. That leaves employers to account for a range of backgrounds and ways of working. It’s become vital that companies use technology to enable more seamless collaboration and productivity. But…
DOGE wreaked havoc on the government in just one week
Source: The Verge Within the past week, Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)-affiliated staffers have gained unprecedented access to sensitive US financial systems with data on millions of Americans, claimed to shut down one federal agency without an act of Congress, and invaded numerous government agencies. They’ve been opposed by lawsuits, public…