No smart TV? No problem. If your screen is working fine otherwise, you don’t have to replace it to enjoy smart features. A Fire TV stick can do the job for considerably less, and you can now pick its latest model for under than $30. Amazon is currently offering the newest Fire TV Stick 4K…
Even Amazon can reach the point where they decide there can be too much of a good thing. They’ve been dangling the Samsung Odyssey G50D 32-inch QHD gaming monitor for an all-time-best discount of 42% off for weeks now ($249 down from $429) but that red “Deal Selling Fast” button on the page could mean that…
Smartwatches do a lot more than just track your steps and monitor your heart rate. The best options out there are made to help you stay connected, plus on top of your health and fitness levels, right from your wrist. Google makes some of the best Android smartwatches out there. Now is a great time…
For a company built on intellectual property, scale creates a familiar tension. Disney needs to produce and distribute content across many formats and audiences, while keeping tight control over rights, safety, and brand consistency. Generative AI promises speed and flexibility, but unmanaged use risks creating legal, creative, and operational drag. Disney’s agreement with OpenAI shows…
Renowned AI scientist Yann LeCun confirmed on Thursday that he had launched a new startup — the worst-kept secret in the tech world — though he said he will not be running the new company as its CEO. His startup is called Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) and has hired Alex LeBrun, co-founder and CEO of…
It’s all hands on deck at Meta, as the company develops new AI models under its superintelligence lab led by Scale AI co-founder, Alexandr Wang. The company is now working on an image and video model codenamed “Mango” along with a new text-based model internally known as “Avocado,” The Wall Street Journal reported. The tech…
Thrive Holdings’ push to modernise accounting and IT services is entering a new stage, as OpenAI prepares to take an ownership stake in the company and place its own specialists inside Thrive’s businesses. In doing so, OpenAI is testing an AI-driven model that pairs capital, sector expertise, and embedded technical teams. Thrive started its holding…
Zyphra, AMD, and IBM spent a year testing whether AMD’s GPUs and platform can support large-scale AI model training, and the result is ZAYA1. In partnership, the three companies trained ZAYA1 – described as the first major Mixture-of-Experts foundation model built entirely on AMD GPUs and networking – which they see as proof that the…
In its pursuit of a direct-to-consumer (DTC) first business model, Levi Strauss is weaving AI and cloud platforms into its core operations. The nearly 175-year-old apparel company is leveraging Microsoft technologies to modernise its consumer experiences and improve internal productivity. Levi Strauss’ approach provides a case study for other enterprises in using a unified technology…
A new paper from a Samsung AI researcher explains how a small network can beat massive Large Language Models (LLMs) in complex reasoning. In the race for AI supremacy, the industry mantra has often been “bigger is better.” Tech giants have poured billions into creating ever-larger models, but according to Alexia Jolicoeur-Martineau of Samsung SAIL…
