Centering on a ghost as it haunts a family in a cozy suburban home, Presence might seem like a horror movie in the vein of Poltergeist, The Amityville Horror, or The Conjuring. But in their follow-up to the tech thriller Kimi, longtime friends director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter David Koepp say that Presence was never … Read more
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is doubling down on Retro Biosciences, a biotech startup based in San Francisco that wants humans to live 10 years longer than what it calls a healthy human lifespan. Altman previously provided Retro Biosciences’ entire seed round of $180 million. Now, the startup is raising a $1 billion Series A that … Read more
What you need to know The Epic Games Store on mobile is inheriting a few fan-favorite features from the desktop version. Epic’s free games program is coming to Android and iOS, starting with monthly drops. Epic is still unsatisfied with Apple and Google’s sideloading policies, which it claims deters people from downloading the Epic Games … Read more
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google is making a change to how the Pixel Watch handles Emergency SOS. So far, after tapping the watch crown five times, Emergency SOS would call authorities unless you canceled. Going forward, the new default Emergency SOS behavior will require you to confirm the emergency by pressing and … Read more
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The game of chess has long been central to computer science and AI-related research, most notably in IBM’s Deep Blue in the 1990s and, more recently, AlphaZero. But the game is about more than algorithms, according to Marc Barthelemy, a physicist at the Paris-Saclay University in … Read more
Alibaba’s latest model, QwQ-32B-Preview, has gained some impressive reviews for its reasoning abilities. Like OpenAI’s GPT-4 o1,1 its training has emphasized reasoning rather than just reproducing language. That seemed like something worth testing out—or at least playing around with—so when I heard that it very quickly became available in Ollama and wasn’t too large to … Read more
When threat actors use backdoor malware to gain access to a network, they want to make sure all their hard work can’t be leveraged by competing groups or detected by defenders. One countermeasure is to equip the backdoor with a passive agent that remains dormant until it receives what’s known in the business as a … Read more
iOS 18 adoption is on pace with iOS 17 adoption last year, according to iOS 18 adoption statistics provided by Apple. iOS 18 is installed on 76 percent of iPhones introduced in the last four years, while 63 percent of iPads from the last four years are running iPadOS 18. 68 percent of all iPhones … Read more
Table of Contents Table of Contents How to preorder the Switch 2 When will preorders start for the Switch 2? Can I play the Switch 2 before launch? Now that the Switch 2 has made its official debut, everyone is ready to put their money down to get their hands on this new console. The initial … Read more
Choosing a music streaming service isn’t just about songs; it’s about finding the right mix of features, audio quality, and extras that match your taste and lifestyle. From audiophile-grade quality to endless discovery features, find out which service strikes the right chord with you. What You Need to Consider Before Subscribing to a Music Streaming … Read more