Tuesday, July 22, 2025

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Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

Simon Willison / simonwillison - Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507Significant new model release from Qwen, published yesterday without much fanfare.This is a follow-up to their April release of the full Qwen 3 model family, which included a Qwen3-235B-A22B model which could handle both …

Back to Top / Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 6:20 pm / permalink 10686 / 5 stories in 7 months

Amazon Acquires AI Wearable Startup Bee

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Amazon acquires Bee, the startup behind an 'always-on' listening AI wearable, intensifying the AI hardware race and raising significant privacy questions.The post Amazon Acquires AI Wearable Startup Bee appeared first on WinBuzzer.

Back to Top / Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 2:21 pm / permalink 10656 / 9 stories in 7 months

Splitgate 2 Fails To 'Make FPS Great Again,' Shuttering Before Relaunching Next Year

Ethan Gach / kotaku - Things have gone from bad to worse for Splitgate 2. The portal-based sci-fi multiplayer shooter has been bleeding players and continues to face negative Steam reviews, as fans clamor for basic features like leaderboards and balk at the free-to-play live s…

Back to Top / Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 2:21 pm / permalink 10655 / 6 stories in 7 months

Microsoft announces Surface Laptop 5G for Business

Anna Washenko / engadget - Microsoft has unveiled a new Surface Laptop 5G as part of its computing collection for business customers. The company said that a 5G option was in the works for its business line back in January when it unveiled other updates to the Surface Pro and Surfa…

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Apple trials fourth developer betas of iOS 26, iPadOS 26

appleinsider - Apple has moved on to its fourth developer beta round, covering iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 Tahoe, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26.Apple's hardware getting the 26-generation update - Image Credit: AppleThe fourth round arrives after the third, which …

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Microsoft poaches top Google DeepMind staff in AI talent war - Financial Times

google - Microsoft poaches top Google DeepMind staff in AI talent war Financial Times

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Honda and Acura EV owners can now use Tesla Superchargers

Emma Roth / theverge - Honda has launched a new EV charging adapter that will allow its all-electric Prologue and Acura ZDX to power up at over 23,500 Tesla Supercharger stations. The $225 adapter lets vehicles equipped with Combined Charging System (CCS) plugs use Tesla’s Nort…

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Apple's Latest App Store Changes Satisfy EU, No More Fines Coming

Juli Clover / macrumors - The European Union is set to accept the June updates that Apple made to its App Store to comply with the Digital Markets Act, reports Reuters. As a result, Apple will not face daily fines for non-compliance.Apple changed its App Store fee setup and remove…

Back to Top / Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 10638 / 4 stories in 7 months

xAI’s High-Stakes Gamble: $12B New Fundraising Bet Fuels AI Arms Race

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Elon Musk's xAI seeks $12B in new funding to compete in the AI arms race, facing controversies over Grok 4's ethics and environmental lawsuits in Memphis.The post xAI’s High-Stakes Gamble: $12B New Fundraising Bet Fuels AI Arms Race appeared first on WinB…

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Battlefield 6 Officially Announced And Teasing Attack On NYC

Zack Zwiezen / kotaku - The next main entry in EA’s long-running Battlefield franchise has finally been given a name. Say hello to Battlefield 6 and get ready for a big new trailer on Thursday, revealing more about the upcoming military FPS. And is that New York City I see in th…

Back to Top / Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 11:21 am / permalink 10634 / 4 stories in 7 months

There's a Switch 2 bundle with Pokémon Legends: Z-A dropping on October 16

Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Now that AAA video games cost a full $70, console bundles are the way to go to save a few coins. Nintendo is dropping another Switch 2 bundle just in time for the holiday season, and it's a real treat for Pokémon fanatics. The Nintendo Switch 2 + Pokémon …

Back to Top / Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 11:21 am / permalink 10633 / 5 stories in 7 months

OpenAI and Softbank’s $500 Billion Data Center Project Is Already Stumbling

Bruce Gil / gizmodo - Six months after a White House press conference, Stargate reportedly hasn't secured any data center deals.

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OpenAI partners with Oracle to built out 4.5 gigawatts in data center capacity

Andre Revilla / engadget - OpenAI has struck a deal with Oracle to add an astounding 4.5 gigawatts of US data center capacity to power the massive workload required by its large language models. The companies haven't specified where these new centers will be built, but Bloomberg is…

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UK to ban public sector orgs from paying ransomware gangs

Sergiu Gatlan / bleepingcomputer - The United Kingdom's government is planning to ban public sector and critical infrastructure organizations from paying ransoms after ransomware attacks. [...]

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Everything We Saw At Today's Pokémon Presents Showcase

Kenneth Shepard / kotaku - It’s time for another Pokémon Presents, the twice-a-year presentation The Pokémon Company puts on to tell the world about some of the projects it has in the works. This is usually where we get a bunch of updates on live-service games like Pokémon Unite, T…

Back to Top / Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 10615 / 13 stories in 7 months

Telegram’s crypto wallet launches in the US

Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - Telegram is expanding access to its crypto wallet for its 87 million users in the US.

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21-year-old MIT dropouts raise $32M at $300M valuation led by Insight

Tage Kene-Okafor / techcrunch - Karun Kaushik and Selin Kocalar weren’t planning to raise a Series A so soon. Their AI compliance startup, Delve, which announced a $3 million seed round in January, was growing fast and signing customers at a steady clip. Then, inbound interest started r…

Back to Top / Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 10613 / 4 stories in 7 months

Mandiant: China-Linked Hackers Behind Recent Microsoft SharePoint Zero-Day Attacks

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google's Mandiant links a China-nexus hacking group to attacks on a critical SharePoint zero-day (CVE-2025-53770), as Microsoft issues emergency patches.The post Mandiant: China-Linked Hackers Behind Recent Microsoft SharePoint Zero-Day Attacks appeared f…

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Hellraiser: Revival Brings Pinhead And Pals To First-Person Survival Horror

Jason Fanelli / gamespot - After cryptic teases across social media--as well as a special teaser site created just for this new project--Saber Interactive has finally lifted the curtain on its next hellish adventure. Hellraiser: Revival is a new first-person survival horror adventu…

Back to Top / Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 8:20 am / permalink 10606 / 5 stories in 7 months

iOS 26 Public Beta May Arrive as Soon as July 23, According to Leaker’s New Info

Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - A leaker with a strong track record has shared evidence pointing to the release date of the iOS 26 public beta release date.The post iOS 26 Public Beta May Arrive as Soon as July 23, According to Leaker’s New Info first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

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