TSMC has started mass production at its first factory in Japan, located in Kumamoto.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-28
TSMC Kumamoto fab (Japan)
Meta expects AI-generated characters to generate and share content and, over time, exist on its platforms similarly to regular user accounts.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-28
Meta AI-generated characters content platform accounts
Meta expects AI-generated characters to “generate and share content” and “over time, exist on our platforms”, similarly to regular accounts
Financial Times · 2024-12-28 · #25
Expect increased hype around AI agents in 2025.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-28
AI agents
What to expect in 2025: increased hype around AI agents, new generative AI-powered gadgets, better weather forecasts due to Google DeepMind's GenCast, and more
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-28 · #11
The headline forecasts that AI will be everywhere in 2025.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-28
Artificial intelligence AI
What to expect in 2025: increased hype around AI agents, new generative AI-powered gadgets, better weather forecasts due to Google DeepMind's GenCast, and more
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-28 · #11
Microsoft says the issues affecting Xbox Cloud Gaming — elevated/incorrectly high wait times when launching cloud gaming titles — have been resolved and users should be able to connect faster.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-28
Microsoft Xbox Cloud Gaming
Microsoft says that the issues with Xbox Cloud Gaming have been resolved after users experienced long wait times when launching games for over a day
Engadget · 2024-12-28 · #19
Users experienced prolonged high wait times (over a day) when launching games via Xbox Cloud Gaming; xboxsupport acknowledged the elevated wait times and reported teams were working on a fix.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-28
Xbox Cloud Gaming
Microsoft says that the issues with Xbox Cloud Gaming have been resolved after users experienced long wait times when launching games for over a day
Engadget · 2024-12-28 · #19
Predictions indicate new generative AI-powered gadgets will appear in 2025.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-28
Generative AI AI-powered gadgets
What to expect in 2025: increased hype around AI agents, new generative AI-powered gadgets, better weather forecasts due to Google DeepMind's GenCast, and more
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-28 · #11
Google DeepMind's GenCast is expected to make weather forecasts smarter.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-28
Google DeepMind GenCast weather forecasts
What to expect in 2025: increased hype around AI agents, new generative AI-powered gadgets, better weather forecasts due to Google DeepMind's GenCast, and more
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-28 · #11
TSMC's Kumamoto facility is producing 12nm–28nm chips intended for automotive applications and image sensors.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-28
TSMC 12nm-28nm chips cars image sensors
TSMC has started mass production at its first factory in Kumamoto, Japan, producing 12nm–28nm chips for automotive applications and image sensors.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-27
TSMC first factory in Kumamoto, Japan 12nm-28nm chips cars image sensors
TSMC says it has started mass production at its first factory in Japan, located in Kumamoto, producing 12nm to 28nm chips for use in cars and image sensors
Kyodo News+ · 2024-12-27 · #9
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek releases DeepSeek-V3, an open-source Mixture-of-Experts model with 671B total parameters (37B activated per token), and claims it outperforms top models like GPT-4o.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-27
DeepSeek DeepSeek-V3
DeepSeek releases DeepSeek-V3, an open-source MoE model of 671B total parameters, with 37B activated per token, claiming it outperforms top models like GPT-4o
VentureBeat · 2024-12-27 · #7
OpenAI announces ChatGPT is mostly recovered and that its APIs and the Sora video generator are fully operational following an outage.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-27
OpenAI ChatGPT APIs Sora
OpenAI says ChatGPT is mostly recovered and APIs and Sora fully operational, after an outage led to the services “experiencing high error rates” for a few hours
The Verge · 2024-12-27 · #19
Microsoft bundles its Copilot AI assistant into Microsoft 365 offerings in Australia and Southeast Asia.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-27
Microsoft Copilot Microsoft 365 Australia Southeast Asia
Microsoft adds Copilot to Microsoft 365 in Australia and Southeast Asia and raises 365's price, a sign of how it aims to turn a profit from its AI investments
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-27 · #21
The model is described as an experimental research model focused on enhancing visual reasoning capabilities.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
QvQ-72B-Preview enhancing visual reasoning capabilities
Alibaba releases QvQ-72B-Preview, an experimental research model focused on “enhancing visual reasoning capabilities”, built on Qwen2-VL-72B
Qwen · 2024-12-26 · #21
FrontierMath is an emerging, more challenging AI evaluation intended to compare advanced AI models against human capabilities as models outpace existing benchmarks.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
FrontierMath AI models human capabilities
A look at the more challenging AI evaluations emerging in response to the rapid progress of models, including FrontierMath, Humanity's Last Exam, and RE-Bench
Time · 2024-12-26 · #24
Multiple viewers and commentators reported very good picture and sound quality for the Netflix Chiefs-Steelers broadcast, with some saying it was cleaner than many network games and better than Amazon's coverage.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
Viewers Commentators Chiefs-Steelers game Netflix
Netflix's first livestream of NFL games avoided major buffering and freezing issues that plagued the Tyson-Paul fight for the most part, after early glitches
New York Times · 2024-12-26 · #18
RE-Bench is a new, more challenging evaluation designed to assess advanced AI models relative to human capabilities as older benchmarks become insufficient.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
RE-Bench AI models human capabilities
A look at the more challenging AI evaluations emerging in response to the rapid progress of models, including FrontierMath, Humanity's Last Exam, and RE-Bench
Time · 2024-12-26 · #24
Bluesky launches a Trending Topics feature in beta on its desktop and mobile apps in English.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
Bluesky Trending Topics desktop app mobile app English beta
Bluesky launches a Trending Topics feature in beta on its desktop and mobile apps in English, and says users' muted words will transfer to Trending
TechCrunch · 2024-12-26 · #5
Evaluations comparing AI and human capabilities are evolving rapidly, producing more challenging benchmarks such as FrontierMath, Humanity's Last Exam, and RE-Bench in response to rapid model progress.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
AI evaluations FrontierMath Humanity's Last Exam RE-Bench
A look at the more challenging AI evaluations emerging in response to the rapid progress of models, including FrontierMath, Humanity's Last Exam, and RE-Bench
Time · 2024-12-26 · #24
Japan Airlines temporarily halted ticket sales, including for flights departing Thursday.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
Japan Airlines ticket sales flights departing Thursday
Japan Airlines halts ticket sales after a cyberattack hit its network equipment, causing delays to more than 40 flights, and says flight safety was not impacted
New York Times · 2024-12-26 · #3
Bluesky says users' muted words will transfer to Trending, meaning users' existing muted words settings will apply to the Trending Topics view.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
Bluesky muted words Trending
Bluesky launches a Trending Topics feature in beta on its desktop and mobile apps in English, and says users' muted words will transfer to Trending
TechCrunch · 2024-12-26 · #5
Some doctors are using AI tools such as Microsoft's Nuance DAX Copilot to automate administrative tasks like taking and summarizing notes.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
doctors Microsoft Nuance DAX Copilot
How some doctors are using AI tools, like DAX Copilot from Microsoft's Nuance, to automate administrative tasks like taking and summarizing notes
Washington Post · 2024-12-26 · #8
Toontown Rewritten has reached over 2 million players since its creation.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
Toontown Rewritten 2M+ players
A look at Toontown Rewritten, an unofficial recreation of Disney's Toontown Online game that shut down in 2013; Toontown Rewritten now has 10K DAUs and 50K MAUs
Wired · 2024-12-26 · #19
WIRED published a feature about Toontown Rewritten and its community-driven revival.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
WIRED Toontown Rewritten
A look at Toontown Rewritten, an unofficial recreation of Disney's Toontown Online game that shut down in 2013; Toontown Rewritten now has 10K DAUs and 50K MAUs
Wired · 2024-12-26 · #19
A fan community (notably teens in 2013) saved and recreated Disney's Toontown Online as Toontown Rewritten.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
Toontown Rewritten community Toontown Online
A look at Toontown Rewritten, an unofficial recreation of Disney's Toontown Online game that shut down in 2013; Toontown Rewritten now has 10K DAUs and 50K MAUs
Wired · 2024-12-26 · #19
Alibaba's Qwen team releases QvQ-72B-Preview, an experimental research model for visual reasoning.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
Alibaba Qwen team QvQ-72B-Preview
Alibaba releases QvQ-72B-Preview, an experimental research model focused on “enhancing visual reasoning capabilities”, built on Qwen2-VL-72B
Qwen · 2024-12-26 · #21
Reporters and analysts state that software bugs and immature drivers/toolchain support are preventing AMD's MI300X from realizing its theoretical hardware and TCO advantages.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
AMD AMD software AMD MI300X
Benchmarking AMD's MI300X and Nvidia's H100 and H200; in theory, AMD's GPU has advantages in specs and total cost of ownership, but software bugs hold it back
SemiAnalysis · 2024-12-26 · #26
The same analysis found Google was better for most searches overall.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
Google ChatGPT search most searches
An in-depth analysis of 62 AI queries: ChatGPT search beat Google on content gap analysis and disambiguation queries, but Google was better for most searches
Search Engine Land · 2024-12-26 · #17
An analysis of 62 AI queries found ChatGPT search beat Google on content gap analysis and disambiguation queries.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
ChatGPT search Google content gap analysis disambiguation queries
An in-depth analysis of 62 AI queries: ChatGPT search beat Google on content gap analysis and disambiguation queries, but Google was better for most searches
Search Engine Land · 2024-12-26 · #17
Netflix's first livestream of NFL games largely avoided the major buffering and freezing issues that affected the Tyson-Paul fight, though there were early glitches.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
Netflix NFL games Tyson-Paul fight
Netflix's first livestream of NFL games avoided major buffering and freezing issues that plagued the Tyson-Paul fight for the most part, after early glitches
New York Times · 2024-12-26 · #18