Saturday, January 17, 2026

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GPT-5.2 Pro for solving another open Erdős problem. Going to be a wild year for mathematical and scientific advancement!

@gdb / x - GPT-5.2 Pro for solving another open Erdős problem. Going to be a wild year for mathematical and scientific advancement!Neel Somani (@neelsomani)I've solved a second Erdos problem (#281) using only GPT 5.2 Pro - no prior solutions found.Terence Tao calls …

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AMD Expected To Focus More On RX 9070 XT Than Its Non-XT Variant As It Needs Less Price Adjustments

Sarfraz Khan / wccftech - Similar to NVIDIA, AMD may prioritize some RDNA 4 GPU models over others to reduce the impact of high DRAM sourcing costs. AMD is Reportedly in a Difficult Position and May Not Sustain a Good Supply for Radeon RX 9070 as the XT Variant is Easier for Price…

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Stablecoin yield fight threatens to sink CLARITY Act as Coinbase and White House clash

Zack Abrams / theblock - Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the White House told him to go figure out a deal with the banks, or risk losing its support on the bill.

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Claude Is Taking the AI World by Storm, and Even Non-Nerds Are Blown Away

Bradley Olson / wsj - Developers and hobbyists are comparing the viral moment for Anthropic’s Claude Code to the launch of generative AI.

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Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 9 mobile CPU outperforms most desktop counterparts in new benchmark — Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus nearly matches flagship Core Ultra 9 285K in single-threaded performance

tomshardware - Intel's mainstream Arrow Lake lineup is due for a refresh later this year, and while we've already seen a lot about the desktop parts, the first mobile SKU has just appeared on PassMark with some impressive scores to boot. It beats every x86 laptop proces…

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Google Appeals Ruling in U.S. Antitrust Search Case

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - Google announced late Friday that it has appealed the ruling in U.S. v. Google (Search) and has asked to pause some of the imposed remedies.The post Google Appeals Ruling in U.S. Antitrust Search Case appeared first on Thurrott.com.

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Wikipedia is now 25 years old — world’s 7th most popular website now has over 7 million English articles and 7 billion monthly visitors

tomshardware - Wikipedia is 25. Founded on this day in 2001, this community contributor driven site has convincingly usurped what were once the default general reference works of choice, like Encyclopædia Britannica and Microsoft Encarta.

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Musk's $134 Billion OpenAI Lawsuit Is About Control, Not Cash

Marcus Schuler / implicator - The world's richest man wants $134 billion from OpenAI for a $38 million donation. The math is absurd. That's the point. As trial approaches, unsealed documents reveal both sides have something to hide.

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Black Forest Labs launches FLUX.2 klein AI models

Erin / testingcatalog - What's new? Black Forest Labs debuted FLUX.2 [Klein] 4B via Apache 2.0 and 9B via FLUX non commercial license with sub second inference on consumer GPUs;

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