Month: October 2024
If you think your robot vacuum is watching you, you might not be wrong
Sometimes I look at my robot vacuum and wonder if it knows how much I like it. I do not ponder if it’s staring back at me, thinking…well…who know what? If I owned an Ecovac robot vacuum, though, that might be all I was thinking about and, soon, throwing a…
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Arc’s ‘better mobile browser’ is now available on Android
Arc is The Browser Company’s take on web browsing, billing itself as offering better customization options than competitors. The Arc Search app also comes with an AI feature, called “Browse for me,” that searches the web for your query and comes up with a summary based on its sources. The…
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The smartphone-sized Boox Palma e-reader’s on sale exclusively for Verge readers
Kindles are great and all, but if you want a pocketable e-reader that doesn’t require you to lock yourself into Amazon’s ecosystem, the Boox Palma might be worth a look. The 6.1-inch ebook reader normally runs for $279.99, but now through October 9th, readers of The Verge can score a…
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One of the world’s largest mobile networks will train its trillion-parameter strong LLM on Huawei’s AI chips as Nvidia, AMD are sidelined
Chinese state-owned carrier China Telecom has announced the development of two LLMs trained entirely on domestically produced chips. In a statement from the Institute of AI at China Telecom, published on WeChat and reported by the South China Morning Post, its open-source TeleChat2-115B, which has over 100 billion parameters, and…
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Amazon Prime Day 2024: The best early deals to shop ahead of the October Big Deal Days event next week
Now that we know the Amazon Prime Big Deal Days event is coming up soon, it’s time to start thinking about what you may want to snag at a discount during the sale. Some may shudder at the thought of holiday shopping already, but if you pay the $139 annual…
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Meta’s Movie Gen looks like a huge leap forward for AI video (but you can’t use it yet)
At this point, you probably either love the idea of making realistic videos with generative AI, or you think it's a morally bankrupt endeavor that devalues artists and will usher in a disastrous era of deepfakes we'll never escape from. It's hard to find middle ground. Meta isn't going to…
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