Models like o3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro feel like “Jagged AGI”: unreliable, even at some mundane tasks, but still offering superhuman capabilities in many areas
Amid today's AI boom, it's disconcerting that we still don't know how to measure how smart, creative, or empathetic these systems are.
Tesla says a “bitcoin impairment” negatively impacted its Q2 profitability and that it sold 75% of its bitcoin, worth approximately $936M, in the quarter
“Bitcoin impairment” prompted the sale, the company said. — Tesla sold 75% of its Bitcoin, worth approximately $936 million, according to its Q2 earnings report.
Solana is back up after suffering a network outage for around 17 hours, which its engineers say was caused by “network exhaustion”
Andrew Hayward / Decrypt :
Thousands of marginalized streamers implore Twitch to counter “hate raids”, where groups of malicious users fill a streamer's chat with targeted abuse
in which trolls use fake accounts to overwhelm chat with slurs—has hit a boiling point. my story on @rekitraven and the many other streamers demanding that #twitchdobetter: https:/...
John McAfee has died by suicide in a Spanish jail cell, according to his lawyer, hours after news that he would be extradited to face federal charges in the US
and prison system so cruel—that native-born defendants would rather die than become subject to it. Julian Assange could be next. Until the system is reformed, a moratorium should r...
John McAfee has died by suicide in a Spanish jail cell, according to his lawyer, hours after news that he would be extradited to face federal charges in the US
and prison system so cruel—that native-born defendants would rather die than become subject to it. Julian Assange could be next. Until the system is reformed, a moratorium should r...
China's Sichuan Province closes crypto mines, following Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Yunnan; an estimated 90% of China's mining capacity has now been shut down
reiterating 2017 banking ban Arjun Kharpal / CNBC : China's renewed crypto crackdown wipes $400 billion off the market as bitcoin slides Sean Murray / thegamer.com : Bitcoin Crackd...
Bitcoin drops below $30,000, its lowest level since January 28 after a $64,000 peak in mid-April, as China continues to crackdown on mining
The decline brings the year-to-date gain down to just 3%, according to CoinDesk 20 data. — Bitcoin dipped below the long-held support at $30,000 on Tuesday …
FCC approves a $50/month high-speed internet subsidy for low-income households and a one-time discount of up to $100 on a computer or tablet for eligible homes
Cecilia Kang / New York Times :
Users noticed Google iOS apps warning them the apps were out of date, despite Google not updating them since before Apple's Dec. 8 privacy label change
Though Google has promised to update its suite of apps with App Privacy labels to comply with App Store rules that Apple began enforcing in December …Source:product considerations.
As Palantir files to go public, questions remain about whether to define the company as a software business, a less-profitable consulting firm, or both
New York Times :
In a letter from Palantir's S-1, CEO Alex Karp says Silicon Valley's “engineering elite” don't know “how society should be organized or what justice requires”
KEY POINTS — In Palantir's filing to go public on Tuesday, CEO Alex Karp said Silicon Valley engineers …
Facebook says it has created a new group to run all of its payments projects with David Marcus at the helm; hires former Upwork CEO as VP of Facebook Payments
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg :
ConsenSys launches an automated service to track the regulatory compliance of the 280K+ tokens issued on Ethereum
and more than 280k #Ethereum based tokens now on the market—to the financial mainstream. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Mark ‘brrRizzn’ Hopkins / @rizzn : Regulatory compliance seem...
Some sex workers on OnlyFans say they are being pushed out in favor of mainstream celebrities and influencers, as the site is scrutinized amid SESTA/FOSTA laws
EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone : Tweets: @madame_glitter , @hypnofemdom , @rizzn , @cherubbrat , @racebaitr , and @lauraagustin Tweets: Madame Glitter / @madame_glitter : Educate your...
Joe Rogan's podcast, which he said had ~190M downloads/month in 2019, will become a Spotify exclusive this year; his YouTube will no longer have full episodes
A massive gain for the platform — Joe Rogan, comedian and host of one of the most popular podcasts in the world, is taking his show to Spotify.
Uber suspends 240 accounts of users in Mexico who came into contact with two drivers who possibly had the coronavirus, to help contain its potential spread
Justin Villamil / Bloomberg :
Google says it will shut down App Maker, G Suite's low-code environment for building custom business apps, on January 19, 2021
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
Facebook confirms it is considering testing removal of Like counts
a mixed blessing https://techcrunch.com/... Ellen K. Pao / @ekp : Social platforms have known as early as 2014 that social media impacts mental health and only now is Facebook star...
US government charges Anthony Levandowski, a former star engineer at Google and Uber, with 33 counts of theft and attempted theft of Google trade secrets
this time in criminal court Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : Former Waymo lidar lead Anthony Levandowski charged with stealing trade secrets Sasha Lekach / Mashable : Former Google...