A phone maker now has the world’s top open-weight AI model

Xiaomi opened its MiMo-V2.6 announcement with that line on Tuesday. The phone and electric car maker released two open-weight models, Pro and Flash, under an MIT licence. The weights are on Hugging Face. The benchmark…

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a16z is challenging Silicon Valley’s love for drop-outs by launching a school

The academy is aiming to train these high school grads with hands-on coursework on a variety of topics ranging from the technical (such as “AI Research and Models”) to life philosophy (such as “The Geometry of Luck,”…

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How to Claim Your Cut of Apple’s $250 Million Siri Settlement

You have until December 21 to submit a claim. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images In May, Apple agreed to pay out $250 million as part of a class action lawsuit over claims the company overhyped its Apple Intelligence…

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Trump wants to rename Artificial Intelligence ‘Super Intelligence’ — but something else worries me

If there's one thing President Donald Trump is good at, it's misdirection: focusing your attention on what doesn't matter so he can actively ignore the most distressing problems. So it comes as little surprise that he is…

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Why I stopped using voice controls and turned on this one Android Auto feature

It was a way to see Google Maps and YouTube Music on a bigger screen. Still, despite the convenience, I was distracted by multi-tap menus and struggled with voice commands while the A/C blasted or my little one cried.…

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Talk about catch of the day — Florida fishing charter snags a huge military drone in the Gulf of Mexico, but no one is claiming it yet

Authorities arrived later that same day and retrieved the aircraft, though details about the recovery process itself remain largely unavailable to the public. . That base oversees restricted airspace and offshore zones…

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China is investigating DeepSeek and Moonshot, The Information reports

She and Qianer Liu reported for The Information that the Cyberspace Administration of China is investigating both companies over user data that may have reached Anthropic. Regulators have questioned staff at both. The…

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Zapata Quantum opens early access to Quantum Pilot, a roadmap tool for enterprise quantum

The company has launched early access to Quantum Pilot , a cloud-based software platform that works with any hardware. It helps businesses find possible quantum applications, evaluate their technical and commercial…

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OpenAI launches GPT-6 Sol and Luna, boasting lower cost and fewer mistakes

Now, the lab is expanding the GPT-6 generation with updated versions of the smaller Sol and Luna models. “GPT-6 Astra introduced a new generation of intelligence; these models extend its benefits by making that…

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How far away should you sit from your computer monitor or laptop?

Whether you work from home or are at the office full-time, you should have a proper computer setup: organized desk , comfortable office chair, proper lighting, and useful accessories. Once you have the gear, you need to…

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