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Google releases its new flagship model Gemini 2.0 and plans to test it in search and AI Overviews, saying 2.0 makes “it possible to build agents that can think” — Company expects AI assistants will follow its users around the web — Google debuted a new version …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google unveils Deep Research, an AI tool to let its Gemini chatbot scour the web and write a detailed report, available in English for Gemini Advanced users — Google has just revealed a new AI tool called Deep Research that lets you call upon its Gemini bot to scour the web for you and write a detailed report based on its findings.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Google unveils an updated Project Astra, which can record and summarize videos recorded using an Android app or prototype glasses and answer questions — Astra can then summarize what it sees and answer a wide range of questions, drawing on an array of Google services including Search, Maps, Lens and Gemini.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Google unveils the lower-latency Gemini 2.0 Flash model, which can generate images, audio, and text and use 3rd-party apps and services, rolling out in January — Google's next major AI model has arrived to combat a slew of new offerings from OpenAI. — On Wednesday, Google announced Gemini 2. Flash …
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| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Google unveils Trillium, its sixth-gen AI chip powering Gemini 2.0, with 4x the training performance of its predecessor while using significantly less energy — Google has just unveiled Trillium, its sixth-generation artificial intelligence accelerator chip, claiming performance improvements …
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Apple rolls out iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2, with Apple Intelligence features including ChatGPT integration, Image Playground, and Genmoji — ChatGPT integration is also included with this update. — Apple has begun rolling iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 to iPhones and iPads.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple Intelligence launches outside of the US for the first time and is now available in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the UK, and South Africa — Apple Intelligence is officially launching outside of the U.S. for the first time today, as a result of the features gaining expanded language support.
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
A global outage has hit Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, starting at approximately 12:40pm ET; Meta says it's “99% of the way” to resolving the issue — Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp suffered a massive worldwide Wednesday afternoon, with services impacted in varying degrees based on user's region.
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| Greg Stohr / Bloomberg: |
SCOTUS dismisses Nvidia's appeal over facing a lawsuit alleging it misled shareholders about its reliance on crypto mining revenue, leaving it to face the suit — - Investors can press suit stemming from crypto-mining revenue — Court dismisses its second securities-fraud case this term
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Sources: Apple is working with Broadcom to develop its first AI server chip, codenamed Baltra and set for 2026 mass production, a milestone for its silicon team — Apple is developing its first server chip specially designed for artificial intelligence, according to three people … | Alexander Maxham / Android Headlines: |
Sources: Google Pixel 9a will cost $499 for the 128GB model with Tensor G4, 8GB of RAM, a 6.3" screen with 2,700 peak nits, 5,100mAh battery, 23W wired charging — We're getting closer and closer to the Pixel 9a being announced by Google. While we've already confirmed a number of specs about the device … | Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: |
Binance and Circle partner to promote USDC; Binance plans to list more crypto trading pairs denominated in USDC and hold USDC for its own corporate treasury — - Circle faces increased challenges in the stablecoin market — Binance will support more USDC usage on its platform| Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: |
Filing: Microsoft expects an $800M charge in Q2 2025 over GM's exit of the Cruise robotaxi business, after acquiring a minority stake in Cruise in January 2021 — Microsoft (MSFT.O) expects to record an impairment charge of around $800 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025 over General Motors' …
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Adobe reports Q4 revenue up 11% YoY to $5.61B, vs. $5.54B est., Digital Media revenue up 12%, forecasts FY 2025 revenue below est.; ADBE drops 8%+ after hours — - Fiscal year sales, profit forecasts fall short of estimates — Software maker plans a new higher-priced tier for AI tools
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| Sheena Vasani / The Verge: |
Google rolls out two updates to Android's unknown tracker alerts feature, letting users pause location updates from their phone and pinpoint unfamiliar trackers — Google is rolling out two new updates to its unknown tracker alerts feature that should make it easier for Android device owners …
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TechInsights: Huawei's new Mate 70 Pro Plus has a Kirin 9020 chip made by SMIC using the same 7nm process as in 2023's Mate 60 Pro, despite rumors of a 5nm chip — - Kirin chip is built with 7nm technology like phone last year — Some had predicted Huawei would move to 5nm technology
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| Emilia David / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI expands Canvas, its side-by-side digital editing space, to all ChatGPT users and adds support for Python, more text pasting, and launching in custom GPTs — OpenAI is extending access to its side-by-side digital editing space, Canvas, to all ChatGPT users and added new features … | Kurt Wilms / YouTube Official Blog: |
YouTube says viewers streamed 1B+ hours of content daily on TVs in 2024 globally, including 400M+ hours of podcasts monthly; sports content watchtime grew 30% — The living room was the place to be for entertainment this year: We watched J Balvin and Lana Del Rey rock Coachella … | Richard Milne / Financial Times: |
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