Apple to revamp Siri as a built-in iPhone, Mac chatbot to fend off OpenAI

The new approach will go well beyond the abilities of the current Siri — or even a long-promised update that's coming earlier ...
Opinion

Contributor: The weird bipartisan alliance to cap credit card rates is onto something

Consumer credit is less expensive elsewhere in the world because of greater competition and tougher regulation.
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The Massive Secondhand Store In North Carolina Where Locals Score Insane Good Deals

Hidden in plain sight along a bustling Cary thoroughfare stands a retail wonderland where time seems to slow and shopping carts mysteriously fill with treasures – the Dollar Tree at 2810 NC-55, a ...
InfoQ

Google Releases Gemma 3 270M Variant Optimized for Function Calling on Mobile and Edge Devices

FunctionGemma is a new, lightweight version of the Gemma 3 270M model, fine-tuned to translate natural language into structured function and API calls, enabling AI agents to "do more than just talk" ...

Silicon Valley Wants to Build A.I. That Can Improve A.I. on Its Own

Ricursive Intelligence, founded by two former Google researchers and valued at $4 billion, is among several efforts to ...
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The Ducati That Balances Exotic Performance With Real-World Usability

Like the tech-savvy engine, the Ducati Multistrada’s feature list is super premium. A six-axis IMU starts things off, ...