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Google Cloud Fleshes Out its Databases at Next 2025, with an Eye to AI
Google Cloud unveiled a major round of database enhancements at its Next 2025 conference, including a host of new AI features in AlloyDB, a MongoDB-compliant API for Firestore, continuous materialized views in BigTable, MCP connections galore, new database migration services, and the introduction of Oracle Exadata in its cloud. When it comes to AI, Google…
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WordPress’ new AI website builder helps you quickly create your own site – and it’s free
No coding required – but there is one catch. Here’s how to get started.
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OpenAI gets ready to launch GPT-4.1
OpenAI is getting ready to unveil a number of new AI models, sources familiar with the companyâs plans tell The Verge. Among the new AI models will be a release of what Iâm expecting will be branded GPT-4.1, which one source describes as a revamped version of OpenAIâs GPT-4o multimodal model. GPT-4o was originally introduced…
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T* and LV-Haystack: A Spatially-Guided Temporal Search Framework for Efficient Long-Form Video Understanding
Understanding long-form videos—ranging from minutes to hours—presents a major challenge in computer vision, especially as video understanding tasks expand beyond short clips. One of the key difficulties lies in efficiently identifying the few relevant frames from thousands within a lengthy video necessary to answer a given query. Most VLMs, such as LLaVA and Tarsier, process…
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Here come the e-bikes using DJI’s excellent Avinox drive system
DJI’s Avinox e-bike drive system includes everything you need to electrify a bicycle. | Image: DJI Bosch should be worried after several bicycle brands just announced their first e-bikes built on top of DJI’s compact and lightweight Avinox drive system, which is surprisingly powerful and torquey. These international brands include Forbidden, Unno, Smartmotion, Megamo, Paprika 53,…
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Microsoft’s 50th birthday party sure was eventful
Microsoft’s 50th anniversary stage. I wasnât really sure what to expect from Microsoftâs 50th birthday party. Sure, cofounder Bill Gates and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer would be there, but I was keen to see how Microsoft would create a party atmosphere while also launching new Copilot features. As it happens, having three CEOs onstage,…
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Labor Leaders Fear Elon Musk and DOGE Could Gain Access to Whistleblower Files
Companies tied to Elon Musk have dozens of workplace health and safety cases open at OSHA. Unions leaders and former OSHA officials are concerned.
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ByteDance Introduces VAPO: A Novel Reinforcement Learning Framework for Advanced Reasoning Tasks
In the Large Language Models (LLM) RL training, value-free methods like GRPO and DAPO have shown great effectiveness. The true potential lies in value-based methods, which allow more precise credit assignment by accurately tracing each action’s impact on subsequent returns. This precision is crucial for complex reasoning, where subtle errors can lead to catastrophic failures.…
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iOS 18.4 is a bigger iPhone upgrade than I expected: Try my 5 favorite features
The iOS 18.4 update may not be huge but it’s made a big difference in my iPhone. Here’s how.
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How to Fast-Charge Your Smartphone
From PD to PPS and MagSafe to Qi2, we explain common smartphone charging technologies and how to fast-charge your phone.