How a 30-year-old techno-thriller predicted our digital isolation

In April, Mark Zuckerberg, as tech billionaires are so fond of doing these days, pontificated at punishing length on a ...
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Beyond Model Stacking: The Architecture Principles That Make Multimodal AI Systems Work

1. It with a Vision While rewatching Iron Man, I found myself captivated by how deeply JARVIS could understand a ...
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Study: Meta AI model can reproduce almost half of Harry Potter book

The Google Books precedent probably can’t protect Meta against this second legal theory because Google never made its books database ...
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The Download: Talking dirty with DeepSeek, and the risks and rewards of calorie restriction

AI companions like Replika are designed to engage in intimate exchanges, but people use general-purpose chatbots for sex talk too, ...
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Trump Mobile: the truth and lies behind the T1 Phone 8002

On this episode of The Vergecast, Nilay’s off doing business meetings or whatever, so David and Jake are joined by ...
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’28 Years Later’ Director Danny Boyle Says Shooting on iPhones Let Him Capture ‘Startling’ Violence

In 2001, Danny Boyle had a problem. To make his new postapocalyptic horror movie, 28 Days Later, he had to ...
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Solar Company Sues Google for Giving Damaging Information in AI Overviews

A solar firm in Minnesota is suing Google for defamation after the tech giant’s shoddy AI Overviews feature allegedly made ...
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The FDA Just Approved a Long-Lasting Injection to Prevent HIV

The US Food and Drug Administration has just approved lenacapavir, an injectable form of HIV prevention that is almost 100 ...
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How to use the viral AutoMix feature on iOS 26 (and which iPhone models support it)

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Apple Music users have often watched Spotify take the lead when it comes to innovative features and personalized ...
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