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The Download: OpenAI’s future research, and US climate regulation is under threat

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-12-22 00:10:00

—Will Douglas Heaven For the past couple of years, OpenAI has felt like a one-man brand. With his showbiz style and fundraising glitz, CEO Sam Altman overshadows all other big names on the firm’s roster. But Altman is not the one building the technology on which its reputation rests. That responsibility falls to OpenAI’s twin heads of research—chief research officer Mark Chen and chief scientist Jakub Pachocki. Between them, they share the role of making sure OpenAI stays one step ahead of

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1Password deal: Get 50 percent off plans for the back-to-school season

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-22 00:00:38

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . The sale brings the price of the Individual plan down to $18 for a year. 1Password is running a notable back-to-school sale in the middle of July, but the deals more than make up for the chronological discrepancy. Many subscription plans are half off until September 12. This includes

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AI Is Taking Over Your Search Engine. Here's What It's Doing and Why It Matters

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-21 23:00:06

For decades, the way we find information on the internet changed only in small ways. Doing a traditional Google search today doesn't feel all that different from when, in the 1990s, you would Ask Jeeves. Sure, a lot has changed under the hood, the results are likely far more relevant and the interface has some new features, but you're still typing in keywords and getting a list of websites that might hold the answer. That way of searching, it seems, is starting to go the way of AltaVista, may i

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Galaxy Z Fold 7 Breaks Record for Highest Number of Fold Preorders

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-21 23:00:08

Samsung's latest foldables are already making quite a statement, beyond their bold new designs -- or maybe because of them. The phone-maker said in a newsroom post Thursday that the Galaxy Z Fold 7, which is its thinnest foldable yet, racked up more preorders "than any previous Z Fold device in US history." It added that both the Z Fold 7 and the Z Flip 7 saw a more than 25% hike in total preorders compared with last year's handsets. Carriers also saw an uptick in sales. Samsung says there was

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Catch the Perseids Meteor Shower This Week, and See Bright Fireballs in the Skies

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-21 23:15:03

Skygazers have had a lot to look at recently. A couple of dueling meteor showers graced the skies earlier this week, but if you missed that then you can still catch perhaps the most popular meteor shower of the year: the Perseids meteor shower. Perseids are known for their bright fireballs and plentiful meteors. The show started on July 17, and will run through Aug. 23. The reason the Perseids meteor shower is so popular is twofold. First, it takes place in the summer, so going outside and wat

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GEPA: Reflective Prompt Evolution Can Outperform Reinforcement Learning

news.ycombinator.com Grigory Sapunov 2025-12-22 10:57:58

Authors: Lakshya A Agrawal, Shangyin Tan, Dilara Soylu, Noah Ziems, Rishi Khare, Krista Opsahl-Ong, Arnav Singhvi, Herumb Shandilya, Michael J Ryan, Meng Jiang, Christopher Potts, Koushik Sen, Alexandros G. Dimakis, Ion Stoica, Dan Klein, Matei Zaharia, Omar Khattab Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19457 TL;DR What was done? The authors introduced GEPA (Genetic-Pareto), a novel algorithm for optimizing prompts in complex, multi-module AI systems. Instead of relying on traditional reinforceme

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Hey Microsoft, is it ‘Xbox PC’ or ‘Xbox on PC’?

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-12-22 09:37:31

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft first started using the “Xbox PC” term in a blog post announcing the Gears of Wars remaster in early May. It was a new branding effort designed to signal that games are available on PC through its own Xbox PC app and store. The Xbox PC branding didn’t last long though, as Microsoft has now started using “Xbox on PC” instead. Which one is it, Microsoft? The Xbox PC br

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Robinhood reports second-quarter earnings beat with revenue climbing 45%

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2025-12-22 10:50:42

Robinhood beat Wall Street expectations for the second quarter Wednesday, extending a hot streak that has made it the best-performing large-cap U.S. tech stock this year. Here is how Robinhood's results compared to Wall Street estimates, according to analysts surveyed by LSEG: Earnings per share: 42 cents vs. 31 cents expected 42 cents vs. 31 cents expected Revenue: $989 million vs. $908 million expected Revenue jumped 45% year-over-year to $989 million, while net income more than doubled to

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Samsung's profit more than halves, missing expectations as chip business plunges 94%

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-12-22 12:33:13

Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported a second-quarter operating profit of 4.7 trillion Korean won, missing expectations, weighed by a 93.8% profit slump in its chip business. While Samsung's second-quarter operating profit beat its own forecast of around 4.6 trillion won, it was a steep drop from the 10.44 trillion won recorded in the same period last year. The South Korean technology giant posted a quarterly revenue of 74.6 trillion won, up slightly from 74.07 trillion won a year earlier

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Stop Using Q-Tips to Clean Your Ears. Seriously.

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-22 10:00:00

Keeping your ears clean and getting rid of excess wax buildup is essential for good hygiene and ear health -- but there are right and wrong ways to do it. Despite what most of us learned growing up, you should not shove cotton swabs in your ears to remove earwax. Here's why you should stop using this outdated method and try these safer ways of keeping muffled hearing at bay and your favorite earbuds cleaner. The truth about Q-tips The cotton swab, better known as the Q-tip, is the most common

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Best Sleep Headphones of 2025: Tested for Quality Rest by CNET Experts

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-22 18:00:00

Cole Kan/CNET I've always been a light sleeper -- even the slightest sounds yank me out of my slumber. As a CNET sleep team member, I've tested countless bedtime products to find what truly works, from white noise machines to sleep supplements to headbands that alter your brainwaves. David Carnoy, CNET executive editor and resident headphone expert, has tested hundreds of different types of headphones over the last 10 years. We banded together to uncover the best sleep headphones on the market

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Best Budget Earbuds for 2025: Cheap Wireless Picks

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-22 23:05:00

Anker Soundcore AeroFit 2: Anker's Soundcore AeroFit 2 used to be on list but their list price has risen from $100 to $130, so I had to pull them off the list. These open earbuds have been completely redesigned and look quite different from the original AeroFit buds, which also listed for $100. The second-gen Aerofit are not only more comfortable but look sleeker, sound significantly better and offer all-around improvements. The buds aren't as light as the Shokz OpenFit 2 buds and don't sound qu

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Zuckerberg: AI increased the time spent on Facebook and Instagram in Q2

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-12-23 00:21:46

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg credited AI with driving up the time users spent on the company’s apps in the second quarter. While consumers are increasingly complaining about the prevalence of “AI slop” — or low-quality AI-generated content flooding social apps — Meta says that AI systems are getting better at helping users connect with recommended content. “AI is significantly improving our ability to show people content that they’re going to find interesting and useful,” Zuckerberg told investors

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Meta shares climb 10% on revenue beat, raised forecast

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-12-23 05:52:10

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg holds a smartphone, as he makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event, at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S. September 25, 2024. Meta shares jumped as much as 10% after the company reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat on revenue. Here's how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share : $7.14 vs. $5.92 expected : $7.14 vs. $5.92 expected Revenue: $47.52 vs. $44.80 billi

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Robinhood reports second-quarter earnings beat with revenue climbing 45% over last year

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2025-12-23 05:34:15

The logo of Robinhood Markets is seen at a pop-up event on Wall Street after the company's initial public offering in New York City on July 29, 2021. Robinhood beat Wall Street expectations for the second quarter Wednesday. Here is how Robinhood's results compared to Wall Street estimates, according to analysts surveyed by LSEG: Earnings per share: 42 cents vs. 31 cents expected 42 cents vs. 31 cents expected Revenue: $989 million vs. $908 million expected Revenue jumped 45% year-over-year

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Google tool misused to scrub tech CEO’s shady past from search

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-23 05:18:18

Google is fond of saying its mission is to "organize the world's information," but who gets to decide what information is worthy of organization? A San Francisco tech CEO has spent the past several years attempting to remove unflattering information about himself from Google's search index, and the nonprofit Freedom of the Press Foundation says he's still at it. Most recently, an unknown bad actor used a bug in one of Google's search tools to scrub the offending articles. The saga began in 2023

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Microsoft reports strong cloud earnings, with Windows and Xbox up too

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-12-23 05:12:05

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft just posted the fourth and final quarter of its 2025 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $76.4 billion in revenue and a net income of $27.2 billion during Q4. Revenue is up 18 percent, and net income has increased by 24 percent. Like clockwork, cloud services are the strong point of Microsoft’s revenue this quarter. Azure revenue grew 39 percent year-ov

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$15 billion in NIH funding frozen, then thawed Tuesday in ongoing power war

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-23 10:03:10

Amid the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to wrest the power of the purse from Congress, an estimated $15 billion allotted by lawmakers to fund life-saving biomedical research via the National Institutes of Health was temporarily frozen and then said to be released Tuesday. According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal, the initial decision to withhold the funding came from Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget for the Trump administration and Project 202

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I test wireless earbuds for a living, but this pair is unlike anything I've ever seen

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-23 20:38:43

Moto Buds Loop ZDNET's key takeaways These Moto Buds Loop earbuds are avaialble now on Amazon for $300. With plenty of bling factor, these earbuds don't skimp on the sound You'll definately want to use the app and the custom EQ option to get the best sound from these earbuds. View now at Amazon I'll be honest: when I first opened the box containing the Moto Buds Loop with Crystals by Swarovski®, I laughed. Why would anyone want earbuds (especially those designed for active lifestyles) that ar

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What's Not to Like?

news.ycombinator.com Max Byrd 2025-12-23 20:00:42

Similes! I have hundreds of them on three-by-five notecards, highbrow and lowbrow, copied from newspapers, comic strips, sonnets, billboards, and fortune cookies. My desk overflows with them. They run down to the floor, trail across the room into the hallway. I have similes the way other houses have ants. Why? To start, for the sheer laugh-out-loud pleasure of them. “His smile was as stiff as a frozen fish,” writes Raymond Chandler. “He vanished abruptly, like an eel going into the mud,” writes

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Before Nvidia, founder and CEO Jensen Huang designed microprocessors for...

techspot.com Unknown 2025-12-24 00:50:00

Choose wisely! The correct answer, the explanation, and an intriguing story await. Correct Answer: AMD When Verizon bought AOL in 2015, how many people were still paying for dial-up Internet? Long before Nvidia became a global leader in AI and computing, Jensen Huang was already making his mark in the semiconductor industry. After beginning his studies at Oregon State University at just 16 years old, Jensen graduated in 1984 with a degree in electrical engineering. He began his journey as a

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Microsoft set to report earnings after the close

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-12-24 00:00:01

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on , April 4, 2025. Microsoft is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter results after markets close on Wednesday. Here's what analysts are expecting, according to LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $3.37 $3.37 Revenue: $73.81 billion The estimates imply around 14% year-over-year revenue growth for Microsoft, the world's No. 2 company by marke

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Google upgrades AI Mode with Canvas and 3 other new features - how to try them

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-12-24 00:30:47

Google Love it or hate it, Google's AI Mode has revamped the way you search for information. Instead of presenting you with tens of thousands of website links, Google serves up an AI-generated overview and summary of the results. Also: Sick of AI in your search results? Try these 7 Google alternatives with old-school, AI-free charm That can save you time and labor by cutting to the chase. But it can also steer you away from the publishers and websites that do the actual work and potentially p

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Google DeepMind says its new AI can map the entire planet with unprecedented accuracy

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-12-24 10:00:00

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 Google DeepMind announced today a breakthrough artificial intelligence system that transforms how organizations analyze Earth’s surface, potentially revolutionizing environmental monitoring and resource management for governments, conservation groups, and businesses worldwide. The system, called AlphaEarth Foundations, addresses a critical

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AAPL Q3 2025: Analysts expect low growth, iPhone and Mac up, iPad down

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-24 15:26:48

We’re just a day away from the AAPL Q3 2025 earnings report, covering April to June. Apple said it expected single-digit growth, and analysts expect this to be toward the lower end of the scale. Digging into the detail, the consensus view is that both iPhone and Mac revenue will be up year-on-year, while iPad earnings will be down … AAPL Q3 2025 revenue expectations Apple saw revenue grow 5% year-on-year in fiscal Q2, and said we should expect similar in Q3. Analysts are slightly more pessimi

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How to clear your TV cache (and why it makes such a noticeable difference)

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2025-12-24 15:52:00

Adam Breeden/ZDNET In the age of smart TVs, convenience is king. With just a few clicks, we can dive into endless entertainment -- but that ease comes with a downside: the buildup of cache data. Also: How to disable ACR on your TV (and why doing so makes such a big difference) Just like on your phone or computer, a cluttered TV cache can lead to sluggish performance, app crashes, and even hinder new content from loading properly. That's why it's important to clear all that extra cache and mak

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Apple is facing pressure from Wall Street to figure out its AI strategy

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-12-24 20:03:21

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook and Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi speak during Apple's annual World Wide Developers Conference at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California, U.S., June 9, 2025. Laure Andrillon | Reuters While its megacap tech peers are bragging about building island-sized data centers filled with Nvidia chips to power artificial intelligence devices of the future, Apple remains lar

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Robinhood's 175% rally this year is best among U.S. tech stocks

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2025-12-24 20:36:04

As Robinhood investors await second-quarter earnings, expectations are sky-high. The online broker, known for popularizing stock and crypto trading with young investors, has seen its shares surge 177% this year, outpacing all other U.S. tech companies valued at $5 or more, excluding those that went public in 2025. The next best performer is Palantir , up 107%. Robinhood's pop this year follows a 192% rally in 2024. The company's market cap now sits at $91 billion, putting it slightly behind Co

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10 ways true Linux power users get more out of the world's best OS

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-24 20:35:55

nadla/Getty Images Linux is powerful, flexible, and can do just about anything. However, to really get the most out of Linux and your computer(s), there are certain skills and habits you need to bolster; otherwise, you're not really enjoying the riches that can be mined from Linux. Also: 8 ways I quickly leveled up my Linux skills - and you can too Trust me, there are riches in that open-source operating system. So, if you want to get serious about this, read on and consider these tips as e

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A decade of Windows 10: Chaos, Cortana, and conspiracy theories that never panned out

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2025-12-25 06:58:00

Andrew Burton/Getty Images Windows 10 turned 10 years old this week. It's a bittersweet birthday, as it marks the beginning of a steady march toward a forced retirement that will kick off with the official end of support on October 14, 2025. For a computer operating system, time is measured in something roughly equivalent to dog years, and by that measure, 10 years is an eternity. Windows 10, you are old. Also: Can't upgrade your Windows 10 PC? You have 5 options before EOS To mark the occas

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Latest Tech News

The Download: OpenAI’s future research, and US climate regulation is under threat

1Password deal: Get 50 percent off plans for the back-to-school season

AI Is Taking Over Your Search Engine. Here's What It's Doing and Why It Matters

Galaxy Z Fold 7 Breaks Record for Highest Number of Fold Preorders

Catch the Perseids Meteor Shower This Week, and See Bright Fireballs in the Skies

GEPA: Reflective Prompt Evolution Can Outperform Reinforcement Learning

Hey Microsoft, is it ‘Xbox PC’ or ‘Xbox on PC’?

Robinhood reports second-quarter earnings beat with revenue climbing 45%

Samsung's profit more than halves, missing expectations as chip business plunges 94%

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Best Sleep Headphones of 2025: Tested for Quality Rest by CNET Experts

Best Budget Earbuds for 2025: Cheap Wireless Picks

Zuckerberg: AI increased the time spent on Facebook and Instagram in Q2

Meta shares climb 10% on revenue beat, raised forecast

Robinhood reports second-quarter earnings beat with revenue climbing 45% over last year

Google tool misused to scrub tech CEO’s shady past from search

Microsoft reports strong cloud earnings, with Windows and Xbox up too

$15 billion in NIH funding frozen, then thawed Tuesday in ongoing power war

I test wireless earbuds for a living, but this pair is unlike anything I've ever seen

What's Not to Like?

Before Nvidia, founder and CEO Jensen Huang designed microprocessors for...

Microsoft set to report earnings after the close

Google upgrades AI Mode with Canvas and 3 other new features - how to try them

Google DeepMind says its new AI can map the entire planet with unprecedented accuracy

AAPL Q3 2025: Analysts expect low growth, iPhone and Mac up, iPad down

How to clear your TV cache (and why it makes such a noticeable difference)

Apple is facing pressure from Wall Street to figure out its AI strategy

Robinhood's 175% rally this year is best among U.S. tech stocks

10 ways true Linux power users get more out of the world's best OS

A decade of Windows 10: Chaos, Cortana, and conspiracy theories that never panned out

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