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Anthropic researchers discover the weird AI problem: Why thinking longer makes models dumber

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2026-01-06 23:27:31

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Artificial intelligence models that spend more time “thinking” through problems don’t always perform better — and in some cases, they get significantly worse, according to new research from Anthropic that challenges a core assumption driving the AI industry’s latest scaling efforts. The study, led by Anthropic AI safety fellow Aryo Pradipt

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The Escobar Phone scam saga has finally come to an end

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-01-06 23:27:49

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. The former CEO of the company that marketed the sketchy-looking Escobar Fold 1 and Escobar Fold 2 phones — which you may remember from a 2020 video from Marques Brownlee — has pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering, according to the US Department of Justice. In a plea agreement, United States attorneys detail how Olof Kyros Gustafsson and Escobar, Inc. took orders for t

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RIP Ozzy Osbourne, Music Legend and Master of the Macabre

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-01-07 14:37:38

Ozzy Osbourne, famed heavy metal singer, has died at the age of 76—just a few weeks after performing in Black Sabbath’s last official concert. He also enjoyed a robust solo career as well as fame that went beyond music. That included stints as a reality TV superstar thanks to MTV’s hit series The Osbournes, but also as a touchstone figure for fans who revered his notorious antics over the years as “the Prince of Darkness.” While many obituaries will go out today highlighting Osbourne’s many con

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Loot season 3 gets release date on Apple TV+

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-08 09:20:41

Apple TV+ keeps getting even better for comedy lovers, and shows no signs of slowing. The latest: Maya Rudolph’s Loot just got a season 3 release date. Apple TV+ comedy streak looks set to continue with Loot It’s a good time for comedies at Apple TV+. Following the hit The Studio earlier this year, more recently: Owen Wilson’s Stick is finishing its first season very strong Seth Rogen’s Platonic is almost back and looks better than ever Ted Lasso season 4 is officially in production And no

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Google Chrome for iOS now lets you switch between personal and work accounts

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2026-01-08 09:15:34

Google The BYOD trend has been a popular way for people to use their own devices at work. But the practice often blurs the line between personal and professional, triggering security risks and other issues. Now, Google has expanded a feature designed to ease and improve the process. On Monday, Google announced that Chrome users on iOS will now be able to switch between their work and personal accounts directly in the browser. This capability has already been available for Chrome desktop and An

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Font Comparison: Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono vs. JetBrains Mono and Fira Code

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-08 08:17:05

Font comparison and review: Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono Published: July 22nd, 2025 Updated: July 22nd, 2025 Recently, I modified anthes.is to use Atkinson Hyperlegible Next for sans-serif and Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono for monospace. Following the principle of eating your own dog food, I also switched to Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono in my terminal. After a month of daily use, I can now assess this font’s practical advantages and compare it to established programming fonts like JetBrains Mono and

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We Might Have Been Wrong About Where Spiders Came From

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2026-01-08 09:00:11

Technically speaking, every living thing on Earth can trace its origins to the sea. Some of these earliest creatures crawled onto land, evolving to become many different kinds of animals and insects—including, scientists believed for a long time, spiders and their relatives. A new study published today in Current Biology challenges the popular conception that spiders first emerged on land, instead suggesting that these arachnids and their relatives originated and evolved in the ocean. The team

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LA’s Museum of Jurassic Technology damaged by fire

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-08 09:10:26

One of the quirkier cultural gems in Los Angeles is the Museum of Jurassic Technology (MJT), featuring an eclectic collection of exhibits (of varying authenticity) inspired by historical Renaissance "cabinets of curiosities" (wunderkammers). It hasn't been broadly reported, but earlier this month, a fire broke out late at night, gutting the museum's gift shop and inflicting smoke damage on several exhibits, with lost revenues estimated to be around $75,000 until the doors reopen sometime next mo

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Apple to hold “Platonic” panel at L.A. store next week, limited spots

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-08 18:14:25

If you’re in the Los Angeles area and a fan of the Apple TV+ comedy series Platonic, you might want to clear out a spot on your calendar for next Monday evening. Apple is hosting a special panel, with cast members and creators of the show. Here’s how you can sign up. The event takes place on Monday (28), at 7:00 p.m. ET The special “Spotlight: Behind the Scenes of Platonic on Apple TV+” panel will take place on Monday, July 28, at the famous Apple Store at The Grove. It’s happening! Grab your

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DC Has Found a Familiar Face to Write the ‘Wonder Woman’ Movie

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-08 18:00:48

We may know how the new Resident Evil movie fits in with the games. Matt Shakman talks about working with the Russo Brothers to prep the Fantastic Four for Avengers: Doomsday. Plus, Ross Duffer debunks those wild Stranger Things season 5 runtime rumors. Spoilers, away! Wonder Woman The Wrap reports that Supergirl screenwriter Ana Nogueira has been tapped to pen DC Studio’s fast-tracked Wonder Woman movie. Resident Evil A synopsis for the new Resident Evil movie (via DanielRPK and Comic Book)

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This budget-friendly Panasonic TV can replace your old one in a pinch (but that's about it)

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2026-01-09 06:10:00

Panasonic W70B ZDNET's key takeaways The Panasonic W70B is available for $549 (65-inch) and six other screen sizes. It's an entry-level LED TV that gets the job done. Slow loading times and subpar images are discouraging. View now at Amazon It's unusual, but for this review, I tested a 50-inch version of Panasonic's 2025 W70B Fire TV. (Usually, I test 65-inch models.) At $349 for this screen size, I spent some time testing the W70B, and here's what I can tell you about it. Also: The best Sam

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‘Shape Island’ season 2 gets a premiere date on Apple TV+

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-08 23:42:59

Shape Island is a fun stop-motion animated series that debuted on Apple TV+ in 2023 to critical acclaim. And if you and your family haven’t seen it yet, now’s a good time to catch up, as Apple just announced the premiere date for season 2. Shape Island returns on August 29 The show is based on the best-selling Shapes picture book trilogy by Mac Barnett (National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature by the Library of Congress) and Jon Klassen. Both also co-created, and work as executive pro

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Google DeepMind makes AI history with gold medal win at world’s toughest math competition

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2026-01-09 12:33:34

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Google DeepMind announced Monday that an advanced version of its Gemini artificial intelligence model has officially achieved gold medal-level performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad, solving five of six exceptionally difficult problems and earning recognition as the first AI system to receive official gold-level grading from

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You can now better separate corporate and personal data in Chrome on iOS

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-09 23:14:34

If you’re a Chrome user on iOS and use your device for work, here’s some good news: you can now switch between personal and corporate accounts, keeping work and personal stuff separate without constantly logging in and out. No more login juggling Announced today in a Chrome Enterprise blog post, the update lets iOS users easily switch between personal and managed work accounts. This means organizations can enforce policies and protect corporate data, while users will have an easier time managi

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OpenAI wins gold at prestigious math competition - why that matters more than you think

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2026-01-09 18:34:00

OpenAI OpenAI has achieved a new milestone in the race to build AI models that can reason their way through complex math problems. On Saturday, the company announced that one of its models achieved gold medal-level performance on the International Math Olympiad (IMO), widely regarded as the most prestigious and difficult math competition in the world. Critically, the winning model wasn't designed specifically to solve IMO problems, in the way that earlier systems like DeepMind's AlphaGo -- wh

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‘Futurama’ Season 13 Arrives in September as a Binge Release

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-01-10 14:05:43

Futurama is back! Again! This time, at least, we knew it was coming. The series, most recently revived by Hulu, returned after 10 years in 2023—and is now renewed up through season 14. Season 13 is the next to arrive, and now we know exactly when it’ll be hitting the streamer, with a new twist to its release to boot. Season 13 arrives September 15, and all 10 episodes will drop together. (Unless you prefer to watch on FXX, then you’ll get two episodes per week starting September 15.) This marks

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Ted Lasso season 4 first image revealed with familiar faces

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-10 17:57:13

Until this year, Apple TV+ has never had a hit quite like Ted Lasso. And now, season 4 of the beloved series is officially in production, and a first look image has been shared. Production on Ted Lasso season 4 has officially started in Kansas City Today in a post on X, Apple CEO Tim Cook shared a first look at Ted Lasso season 4. The new image came with the announcement that production has officially kicked off. From biscuits to BBQ: Ted Lasso Season 4 kicks off production in Kansas City! ⚽

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Google adds separate work and personal accounts to Chrome on iOS

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-10 18:00:32

Google has introduced new features for Chrome on iOS that help users bifurcate work and personal data by using separate Google accounts. As more employers implement bring your own device (BYOD) policies, employees increasingly access company resources from browsers on their personal devices. Devices connected to a managed Google Workspace are able to leverage these additions. Chrome now supports easy account switching and data separation on iOS, similar to its approach on Android and Chrome for

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Gardeners Beware: Experts Warn These 9 Poisonous Flowers Might Be in Your Backyard

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-11 02:49:00

With summer now well and truly here, you're probably spending more time in your backyard or garden than you would through the rest of the year. The warmer weather also means that new plants and flowers are blooming, and all of that extra color is always welcome, right? But did you know that some plants aren't as safe as they might look? In fact, you might be surprised just how many common plants and flowers could be dangerous to you, your family and even your pets. In this article, we enlist the

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‘Peacemaker’ Season 2 Will Have a Major Connection to ‘Superman’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-11 09:00:50

James Gunn teases the “complete horror” of the Clayface movie. Get a tiny look at Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman’s returns for Practical Magic 2. Plus, a sneak peek at the season finale of Rick and Morty. Spoilers get! Shin Godzilla 2 According to a new report from Bloomberg, Toho is now considering a sequel to 2016’s Shin Godzilla, though a deal has yet to be made. Clayface During a recent interview with CBS Morning (via Fangoria), James Gunn described Clayface as “a complete horror film.

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From idea to first check: Raising pre-seed and seed capital with Charles Hudson and Navin Chaddha at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2026-01-11 09:15:00

More than 10,000 founders, investors, and tech insiders will convene at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27-29 for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — one of the year’s most anticipated tech conferences. Of the 250+ tech leaders taking the stage, don’t miss this standout panel on the Builders Stage featuring two of the most respected early-stage investors in venture: Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures and Navin Chaddha of Mayfield. Their session dives into one of the toughest moments in any s

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XSLT: A Precision Tool for the Future of Structured Transformation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-11 15:48:05

Vasu Chakkera gives a summary of some of the varied enterprise uses for XSLT Introduction While modern development trends lean toward JSON and microservices, XML continues to operate quietly but powerfully beneath the surface in enterprise domains like finance, healthcare, legal, education, and digital publishing. In these spaces, where precision, structure, and longevity are non-negotiable, XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) remains one of the most capable — and often under

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Learn 14 Languages from Babbel with this exclusive StackSocial deal

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-12 05:07:14

Learning a new language doesn’t have to mean night classes, bulky textbooks, or boring apps. With Babbel, you can pick up real-world conversation skills through short, fun, and practical lessons. And right now, you can get a lifetime subscription for only $159 (regularly $599). Why Babbel? Babbel gives you lifetime access to lessons in 14 languages, including French Spanish German Italian Portuguese Swedish Turkish And that’s just a small sample. You’re not limited to just one either,

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There's Neuralink—and There's the Mind-Reading Company That Might Surpass It

wired.com Emily Mullin 2026-01-12 04:00:00

Mark Jackson is playing a computer game with his mind. As he reclines in bed, three blue circles appear on a laptop screen a few feet away. One turns red: the target. Jackson is in control of a white circle, which he needs to steer into the target without running into the blue obstacles. The game is a bit like Pac-Man. Except instead of a joystick, Jackson uses his thoughts to control his little white circle. To move left, he thinks about clenching his right fist once. To move right, he thinks a

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Agents built from alloys

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-11 22:33:04

This spring, we had a simple and, to my knowledge, novel idea that turned out to dramatically boost the performance of our vulnerability detection agents at XBOW. On fixed benchmarks and with a constrained number of iterations, we saw success rates rise from 25% to 40%, and then soon after to 55%. The principles behind this idea are not limited to cybersecurity. They apply to a large class of agentic AI setups. Let me share. XBOW’s Challenge XBOW is an autonomous pentester. You point it at yo

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Weaving reality or warping it? The personalization trap in AI systems

venturebeat.com Gary Grossman 2026-01-11 21:30:00

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now AI represents the greatest cognitive offloading in the history of humanity. We once offloaded memory to writing, arithmetic to calculators and navigation to GPS. Now we are beginning to offload judgment, synthesis and even meaning-making to systems that speak our language, learn our habits and tailor our truths. AI systems are growing incr

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This is why I use two separate ChatGPT accounts

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-11 22:00:26

Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority I’ll admit it: I’m a bit of a recovering AI addict. While I’ve had mixed feelings about AI from the start, as someone who spends a lot of time lost in thought, I’ve found it can be a useful tool for ideation, proofreading, entertainment, and much more. Recently, I’ve started scaling back my usage for reasons beyond the scope of this article, but for a while, I actually had two paid ChatGPT accounts. I know what you’re thinking, and you’re right, it’s a bit e

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The 43 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now (July 2025)

wired.com Matt Kamen 2026-01-10 20:00:00

Streaming services are known for having award-worthy series but also plenty of duds. Our guide to the best TV shows on Netflix is updated weekly to help you know which series you should move to the top of your queue. They aren’t all surefire winners—we love a good less-than-obvious gem—but they’re all worth your time, trust us. Feel like you’ve already watched everything on this list that you want to see? Try our guide to the best movies on Netflix for more options. And if you’ve already comple

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This Is the Commodore Comeback Fans Have Waited for—but the Odds Are Still Against It

wired.com Craig Grannell 2026-01-11 23:00:00

In 1994, Commodore crashed and burned. Once a home computing giant across the US and Europe, the company was undone by mismanagement and misfires. The carcass was picked clean and the pieces resold so many times that it was hard to keep track, but with each new owner came the inevitable—an attempt to make a fast buck by slapping the famous C= logo on any old junk. Fans watched in horror as the brand appeared on the mediocre Web.it all-in-one PC, the bizarrely named Gravel in Pocket media player

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‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Isn’t Done With the Gorn Yet

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-01-11 18:15:17

The third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds finally started this week, and its opener, “Hegemony, Part II,” picked up right where the last season left off. But along the way, it surprisingly ended up taking the Gorn—a Trek mainstay and the show’s longest-running threat—off the board. In the episode itself, the Enterprise crew stop Captain Batel from Gorn infection, prevent their invasion of the Federation, and rescue their crew members captured by the Gorn at the end of last season. You’d

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Anthropic researchers discover the weird AI problem: Why thinking longer makes models dumber

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