Leading US AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic are releasing cheaper models as they fight to retain cost-conscious customers who are switching to cut-price alternatives from Chinese rivals. The price war comes as rising AI bills push companies to curb usage and seek cheaper models, helping Chinese developers including Moonshot and DeepSeek make inroads...
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PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider
After its cloud storage provider went defunct, a PBS affiliate decided to sue a data center provider to regain access to 50TB of TV shows, videos, and other data dating back 70 years. As reported this week by Current, a trade newspaper covering public broadcasting, St. Louis affiliate Nine PBS filed a lawsuit against Iron...
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Russell Westbrook, retirement and unspoken superpowers
Listen to this story Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Russell Westbrook, a force of nature and inevitable first-ballot Hall of Famer, retired from the NBA on Wednesday in a manner worthy of his career — with praise and prestige from a man named Michael Jordan. I mean, why not? Jordan Brand has...
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Vegan Yellow Cake
This easy vegan yellow cake recipe deserves a place in your baking rotation! Get ready to dive into two layers of moist, tender, golden-yellow cake filled and frosted with silky-smooth chocolate buttercream. In my 17+ years of baking, I’ve seen a lot of cake. I actually ran a successful at-home bakery for 5 of those...
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Top 5 Matchups For LeBron James’ Philadelphia 76ers
The fact that LeBron James is actually a member of the Philadelphia 76ers is starting to feel a bit more real, if only for the fact that the full NBA schedule was officially released on Thursday. We now have the entire picture of what this upcoming season will look like for LeBron, from Game 1...
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I Tested a Popular A.I. Slop Detector. It Felt Empowering.
Pangram excels at distinguishing chatbot-generated words from human writing. But it’s not reliable for spotting artificial images.
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America Wants to Make Its Own Humanoid Robots. That Won’t Be Easy.
China already manufactures humanoid robots by the thousands. A new generation of U.S. start-ups is betting that there is still time to compete.
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Private security firms will soon be allowed to hack overseas cybercriminals
The Trump administration is recruiting private security firms to conduct federal government-authorized operations, including cyberattacks, against overseas-based criminal organizations that commit hacks on US persons, organizations, or government entities. In a National Security Presidential Memorandum issued Thursday, US President Donald Trump directed the National Coordination Center (NCC), which operates under the Homeland Security Task Force,...
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Denver Broncos DC Vance Joseph has 3 tips for young coaches
Andscape senior NFL writer Jason Reid speaks to coordinators leaguewide about what meaningful advancement looks like for Black coaches at the highest level of football “I’m qualified, and I’m ready for it.” Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph is clear about his hope to lead an NFL team again, even as his priority remains the...