OpenAI Calls a ‘Code Red’ + Which Model Should I Use? + The Hard Fork Review of Slop
“For OpenAI to realize its ambitions, it is not going to be enough for them to make a model that is as good as Gemini 3. They need to be able to leapfrog it again.”
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Chip Company Plotted to Send Technology to China, Ex-C.E.O. Says
The former chief executive of Nexperia, a Dutch chipmaker, said Dutch officials had known for years that the company’s Chinese owner sought to move its technology to China.
New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work
Filed in federal court on Friday, the suit joins more than 40 other court disputes between copyright holders and A.I. companies.
EU Hits Elon Musk’s X With $140 Million Fine
The case over online transparency has become a point of contention between the European Union and the Trump administration.
Anthropic unveils Opus 4.5 with major performance and memory upgrades
Opus 4.5 delivers state-of-the-art results in coding tasks, tool-use evaluations, general reasoning tests Anthropic has introduced Opus 4.5, the latest and final release in its 4.5 series of AI models. The rollout follows earlier launches of Sonnet 4.5 in September and Haiku 4.5 in October. The company says Opus 4.5 delivers state-of-the-art results across several … Read more
Rebecca Heineman, Transgender Video Game Pioneer, Dies at 62
Fleeing an abusive home life, she went on to win a national Space Invaders tournament, taught herself to program and left a trail of popular games in her wake.
Samsung unveils Galaxy Z TriFold, its most expensive foldable yet
Samsung says the 10-inch triple-fold model is a ‘special edition’, not aimed at mass sales The Galaxy Z TriFold will go on sale on December 12 and is more than twice the cost of the new iPhone 17. Source: AFP The Galaxy Z TriFold will go on sale on December 12 and costs more than … Read more
Trump’s Nvidia Chip Deal Reverses Decades of Technology Restrictions
President Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell its chips to China has raised questions about whether he is prioritizing short-term economic gain over long-term American security interests.
Red Dead Redemption arrives on Netflix Games, marking franchise’s mobile debut
Release features mobile-optimised controls, including touch-based shooting, movement Netflix has added Red Dead Redemption to its gaming catalogue, making the acclaimed Rockstar Games title available on iOS and Android for the first time. The game is accessible to all Netflix subscribers and can be downloaded through the platform’s mobile app. The release features mobile-optimized controls, … Read more
It’s Not Just You. Users Struggle With the Instagram Repost Button.
The new repost option, sandwiched between comment and share, has led to consternation and accidental reposts by some users.
