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Tiny Circuits made an impossibly smol retro-styled TV set, with fully functional knobs and a wee remote control. Read more

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) serves a vital purpose in that it protects the Department of Defense’s data. But certification – which includes standards ensuring that businesses working with the DoD have strong cybersecurity practices – can be daunting. Fulfilling all the detailed requirements across multiple maturity levels is costly and time-consuming, especially for… Read more

The world’s richest man man has spent $118 million supporting Donald Trump’s campaign. His closing argument: “Vote For PNut! For Liberty! For Freedom!” Read more

More and more keyboards and video game controllers employ Hall effect sensors, but what exactly is this technology? We break it down. Read more

Foundation models hold promise in medicine, especially in assisting complex tasks like Medical Decision-Making (MDM). MDM is a nuanced process requiring clinicians to analyze diverse data sources—like imaging, electronic health records, and genetic information—while adapting to new medical research. LLMs could support MDM by synthesizing clinical data and enabling probabilistic and causal reasoning. However, applying… Read more

The two candidates have starkly different approaches to regulation and privacy. Here’s what each administration could mean for the industry and individuals. Read more

Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable in-context learning (ICL) capabilities, where they can learn tasks from demonstrations without requiring additional training. A critical challenge in this field is understanding and predicting the relationship between the number of demonstrations provided and the model’s performance improvement, known as the ICL curve. This relationship needs to be… Read more

Apple claims its newest line of phones will let you play everything from Apple Arcade indies to AAA titles. It does, but don’t expect a console-level experience. Read more

“I try to prepare customers not to expect the same pet all over again. The new pet is not going to know who you are right off the bat.” Read more

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. How a breakthrough gene-editing tool will help the world cope with climate change Jennifer Doudna, one of the inventors of the breakthrough gene-editing tool CRISPR, says the technology will help the world grapple… Read more