Google’s new Gemma 3 AI model is optimized to run on a single GPU
Google claims Gemma 3 will be able to tackle more challenging tasks compared to the older open source Google models. The context window, a measure of how much data you can input, has been expanded to ...
How one’s hand configuration affects the sound of clapping
A new paper published in the journal Physical Review Research provides experimental support for the hypothesis that hand clapping essentially acts like a Helmholtz resonator —akin to the hum generated ...
OpenAI pushes AI agent capabilities with new developer API
The AI industry is doing its best to will "agents"—pieces of AI-driven software that can perform multistep actions on your ...
Meta mocked for raising “Bob Dylan defense” of torrenting in AI copyright fight
The authors mocked Meta for raising what they call "the Bob Dylan defense" of its torrenting, citing song lyrics from "Sweetheart Like You" that say, "Steal a little and they throw you in jail / Steal ...
If Starlink is turned off in Ukraine, are there any good alternatives?
Lately, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has taken an aggressive posture toward Europe. He has called for the United States to exit NATO, a strategic alliance that has been the bedrock of trans-Atlantic ...
Despite everything, US EV sales are up 28% this year
Perhaps surprisingly, growth in the much more EV-tolerant European Union was barely higher, at 29 percent for the year to ...
Apple M4 MacBook Air review: I have no notes
The new M4 Air also starts with 16GB of RAM. And Apple is launching it at $999 ($1,199 for the 15-inch), ditching the M2 and M3 versions of the Air. It's hard not to be impressed with a laptop that ...
DOGE’s “extremely severe” FTC cuts prompt request to delay Amazon trial
The Federal Trade Commission is moving to push back a trial set to determine if Amazon tricked customers into signing up for Prime subscriptions. At a Zoom status hearing on Wednesday, the FTC ...
Toyota and Lexus tweak their EVs for EU—and likely the US
Toyota and Lexus debuted some improved and some new electric vehicles. The event was focused on the European market, where battery EV penetration is relatively high, and I wouldn't expect either the ...
Ryzen 9 9950X3D review: AMD irons out nearly every single downside of 3D V-Cache
That's the audience for the new Ryzen 9 9950X3D, a 16-core, Zen 5-based, $699 monster of a processor that AMD begins selling ...
Pocket Casts makes its web player free, takes shots at Spotify and AI
"The future of podcasting shouldn't be locked behind walled gardens," writes the team at Pocket Casts. To push that point ...
This is what it looks like when parasitic worms directly invade your brain
Blood tests showed elevated eosinophils, which can be a sign of a parasitic infection, among other things. They searched for ...