AA hulking gray giant rises from the desert. Inside, engineers create the force behind our phones and computers and appliances, our streaming services and search engines and chatbots and vibe-coded apps and websites. The complex is simultaneously massive and squat, dwarfed by the mountains that surround it, and it is endless. I drive past one
Linköping University professor Peter Jonsson is set to have his work presented in two weeks’ time at one of the most prestigious conferences in theoretical computer science. As of Monday, much of that work is “dead,” he says, after AI showed that a 27-year-old hypothesis underpinning it is wrong. Both OpenAI and Anthropic claimed this
Apple has officially entered the touchscreen MacBook Pro era, and apparently, it wants to drain your wallet while it’s at it. The new touchscreen MacBook Pro starts at $2,899, which is already a hefty price tag in this economy. But if you want the absolute top-of-the-line model with every possible upgrade, prepare to cough up
A new NATO artificial intelligence model gives Ukraine’s forces a frontline map of where Russian drone activity is expected the next day, per the alliance’s innovation center. The system, called Initiative 13 or Model 13, “turns an array of disparate data into a clear map of expected activity” for commanders to plan their next day
Reddit is giving users new ways to sift through its billions of posts. The move follows recent platform changes that eliminated RSS feeds and limited access to the site’s classic desktop layout, Old Reddit. In a blog post published on Wednesday, Reddit says it will introduce For You and Following tabs, similar to those used
On Tuesday, defense contractor Anduril and chipmaker Qualcomm announced a partnership to build laptops entirely in the United States, starting with a single model in 2027. They also announced a “long-term goal” of pushing the computer industry to create “a fully domestic supply chain.” Even a single Made-in-USA laptop would be a surprise, because no
