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Created with ChatGPT From record AI funding and multimodal model launches to malware campaigns, robotaxi failures, and fresh waves of layoffs, this week’s tech news read like a speedrun through the industry’s biggest ambitions and messiest vulnerabilities. Together, these stories capture a sector pushing hard into the future while still tripping over security gaps, platform risks, and the human cost of constant reinvention. Top news AI innovation accelerates across the globe Alibaba unveiled its Qwen3.5 Omni model, a multimodal AI capable of processing text, images, audio, and video in over 100 languages. The release introduces a new architecture for smoother…
For a 50-year-old company, Apple remains pretty hip and nimble. This week, Devindra and Senior Reporter Igor Bonifacic dive into Apple’s big birthday, the state of the company today and what the next 50 years could bring. It remains one of the few PC companies that’s still firmly committed to the idea of personal computing. Also, we celebrate the successful launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission, which will bring us back to the Moon (but just for a close look).Subscribe!TopicApple at 50: Why it’s still all about personal computing – 1:16Artemis II is safely on its way to the moon,…
The famous fan fiction website Archive of Our Own or AO3 has finally exited open beta, 17 years after it launched way back in 2009. AO3 is a nonprofit created by the by the Organization for Transformative Works. In an announcement, the team reminisced about its early days and how volunteers had to manually send out invitations to prospective writers. Upon launching the website on open beta, it only had 347 accounts and hosted 6,598 works. Now, it has 10 million registered users and is hosting 17 million fan-created works.The team has highlighted some of the most useful features it…
You can’t discuss a car’s ride quality without also talking about tyres. As the only point of contact between the vehicle and the road surface, the rubber wrapped around the wheels are going to play a crucial role in how bumps and lumps are transmitted through to the cabin. Of course, there are many other factors to consider, such as suspension components and geometry, even the stiffness of the car’s chassis, but here we’re going to take a closer look at tyres. To most people, tyres are all pretty much the same, which is round and black, but dig deeper…
NASA’s Artemis II successfully , with its crew on a 10-day mission to circle the Moon. It’s the and a major step toward humanity returning to our little neighbor in the future. Since launch, the vehicle has separated from its launch system and been manually piloted, testing how the Orion capsule will dock with future lunar landers. There have been some snags, however: The onboard toilet went awry, and .Jokes aside, there is something magnificent about seeing humanity taking to the stars once again. That, for all of our worst instincts, we can still come together to solve problems and…
The Integrity, the name of the Orion capsule carrying Artemis II astronauts on a trip around the moon, has left Earth’s orbit. NASA has announced that it has successfully completed a key burn of Orion’s main engine. That six-minute firing of the engine provided approximately 6,000 pounds of thrust, which gave the spacecraft the acceleration it needed to set it on its path to the moon. “Today, for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972, humans have departed Earth orbit,” said Dr. Lori Glaze from NASA Headquarters in Washington. “Orion is operating with crew for the first time in…
An increase in the number of speeding drivers across the UK has sparked more members of the public to take speed monitoring into their own hands and these groups claim lawmakers are refusing to act, despite being presented with evidence of reckless driving and even collisions. Since 2022, speeding fines nationally have increased by around 15%, according to freedom of information requests. In response, the number of police-backed organisations, such as Community Speedwatch groups, has risen to 2500 and the number of volunteers operating them to more than 17,000. However, in some areas where locals have shown there is a speeding…
Tesla is taking the fight to the new Mercedes GLB EQ, Skoda Peaq and Peugeot E-5008 with a new seven-seat option for its best-selling Model Y crossover. The US brand offered the Model Y with three rows of seats for a brief period before it was heavily updated last year, but the current car has been exclusively a five-seater until now. As of today, the top-spec Model Y Long Range All-Wheel Drive is available to order with two extra chairs for £54,490, £2500 more than the standard car, with deliveries due to start in May. The extra weight trims the…
Ahead of its premiere, Dave Filoni has revealed that the Star Wars animated series Maul: Shadow Lord will return for a second season. The Lucasfilm co-president revealed that season 2 is already in the works, telling Esquire that “at the end of the day, people like that character.”Filoni didn’t reveal any other details about the plot or release date for season 2. However, the news isn’t a great surprise given Lucasfilm’s past history with its animated series — The Clone Wars ran seven seasons, Star Wars Rebels four seasons, Star Wars Resistance two seasons and Star Wars: The Bad Batch…
For April Fools’ Day, the developer of Look Outside released an update that added a new option to your interactions with NPCs: kissing. Instead of just fighting or talking to enemies and surviving neighbors in the cursed apartment building, you could give ’em a smooch. Their dialogue and sprites were updated accordingly, too. Cue stammering eldritch horrors with bright red blushing cheeks. April Fools’ Day is (thankfully) over now, but there’s good news for anyone who has been enjoying the lovefest or didn’t get a chance to try it. Developer Francis Coulombe has built in a way for players to…