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Top 10 — News
- The Download: the North Pole’s future and humanoid data This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
- Netflix wants you to watch ‘Clips,’ its TikTok-like vertical video feed Netflix is redesigning its mobile app and introducing Clips, a vertical video feed intended to help users discover new content by sharing h…
- OpenAI talks about not talking about goblins OpenAI is opening up about its goblin problem.
- More than half of all “long shot” bets on Polymarket pay off Sensitive information and the prediction markets can be a winning combination.
- OpenAI says it hit its 10 gigawatt compute goal years ahead of schedule OpenAI says it has reached its goal of 10 gigawatts of AI compute capacity in the United States several years ahead of schedule.
- Anti-DDoS Firm Heaped Attacks on Brazilian ISPs A Brazilian tech firm that specializes in protecting networks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has been enabling a botnet…
- With $1 Cyberattacks on the Rise, Durable Defenses Pay Off Transforming a newly discovered software vulnerability into a cyberattack used to take months.
- These Men Allegedly Profit Off Teaching People How to Make AI Porn Three Arizona women have filed a lawsuit against a group of men that alleges they used the women’s photos to make AI porn influencers, then…
- Sociodemographic Biases in Educational Counselling by Large Language Models arXiv:2604.25932v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly integrated into educational settings, unde…
- Transmission Hardware Corona Performance and HVDC Submarine Cable EM Fields
Laboratory or in-field measurements are often considered the gold standard for certain aspects of power system design; however, measurement…
AI tools & model updates
- Tencent’s 440 MB AI model translates 33 languages offline on your phone Tencent has released a compact AI translation model as an open-weight model that it claims outperforms Google Translate and runs completely…
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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
Netflix is redesigning its mobile app and introducing Clips, a vertical video feed intended to help users discover new content by sharing h…
OpenAI is opening up about its goblin problem.
Meta said over 8 billion advertisers have used at least one of its gen AI tools
Sensitive information and the prediction markets can be a winning combination.
DeSantis had called for a special session to take up the proposed changes.
Google says it respects user privacy in AI, but the reality is not so black and white.
The security bug is now fixed, but the patient who found it said it was challenging to alert the software company about the issue.
X is rolling out a rebuilt ads platform powered by AI as it works to grow revenue again.
Spotify looks for an identifiable artist presence both on and off platform, like concert dates, merch, and linked social accounts on their…
The update targets content aggregators that don't post original content and instead simply re-upload others' posts.
Nintendo eShop gift cards can be used to buy games, apparel, and even hardware or accessories from its online storefront.
After some protracted legal drama, Subnautica 2 is finally about to launch.
Following its sliding screen handheld that debuted last June with a design that some reviewers found to be too chunky and thick, Anbernic h…
I'm currently wearing a pair of smart glasses called the Even Realities G2.
Adam Scott grew up watching horror movies at, as he describes it, "probably too young" an age.
This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
There may be a long wait before the end of the RAM shortage that's driving up prices on everything from phones to gaming handhelds.
Blaze Entertainment, the company behind the cartridge-based Evercade consoles, has announced two new handhelds that reimagine iconic '80s p…
Spotify is launching a new verification program to combat spam, fakes, and AI.
OpenAI says it has reached its goal of 10 gigawatts of AI compute capacity in the United States several years ahead of schedule.
A Brazilian tech firm that specializes in protecting networks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has been enabling a botnet…
With BioMysteryBench, Anthropic wants to show that Claude can solve real bioinformatics problems at an expert level.
The White House has rejected Anthropic's plan to expand access to its AI model Mythos to roughly 70 additional companies, the Wall Street J…
Anthropic is reviewing investor offers for a new funding round that would value the AI company at over $900 billion, Bloomberg reports.
Transforming a newly discovered software vulnerability into a cyberattack used to take months.
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Alphabet is investing up to $190 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure through 2026, and the company says spending will rise "significantl…
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The FDA is launching a pilot program to monitor clinical trials in real time using AI and cloud computing, a move the agency says could dra…
Softbank is planning to launch and take public a new AI and robotics company called Roze in the United States, the Financial Times reports.
Laboratory or in-field measurements are often considered the gold standard for certain aspects of power system design; however, measurement…
Three Arizona women have filed a lawsuit against a group of men that alleges they used the women’s photos to make AI porn influencers, then…
The LinkedIn cofounder now has an AI drug discovery startup—and thinks not asking chatbots for medical advice is “bordering on committing m…
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arXiv:2604.25932v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly integrated into educational settings, unde…
arXiv:2604.25933v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As large language models (LLMs) increasingly generate and process clinical text, scalable e…
arXiv:2604.25934v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The deployment of large language models (LLMs) as interactive agents has exposed a category…
arXiv:2604.26075v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Governments increasingly deploy AI in public services, making transparency essential for ac…
arXiv:2604.26343v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Due to U.S.
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arXiv:2604.26482v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Advances in generative artificial intelligence, particularly agentic coding systems capable…
arXiv:2604.26539v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The ICT sector has been one of the most successful and fastest-growing industry in history.
arXiv:2604.26851v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: When generative AI (genAI) systems are used in high-stakes decision-making, its recommended…
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arXiv:2604.26233v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: As Large Language Models (LLMs) are proposed as legal decision assistants, and even first…
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Tencent has released a compact AI translation model as an open-weight model that it claims outperforms Google Translate and runs completely…