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2025-01-09

Demystifying the Department of Government Efficiency

This week we break down the new government committee being led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. [...]

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2025-01-09

Microsoft’s new rStar-Math technique upgrades small models to outperform OpenAI’s o1-preview at math problems

Phi-4 and rStar-Math paper suggest that compact, specialized models can provide powerful alternatives to the industry’s largest systems [...]

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2025-01-09

Targeted marketing can be most effective for games | Gamesight

Gamesight's State of Performance Marketing Report 2024 offers insights into how game studios can use tailored marketing approaches. [...]

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2025-01-09

The Los Angeles Fires Will Put California’s New Insurance Rules to the Test

The state’s insurance industry was reformed in late 2024 to promote coverage in disaster-prone areas. Tens of billions in fire damage will stress-test the new regime. [...]

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2025-01-09

The weirdest tech we saw at CES 2025

CES is a great place to check out all sorts of upcoming tech for the year, but it’s often the wildest gadgets that steal the show. The conference hosts thousands of exhibitors, all vying for attention, and you really never know what they’re gonna come up with. And this year&# [...]

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2025-01-09

Judge approves settlement in suit that Tesla's board overpaid themselves

A judge has approved the settlement that finally wraps up a case brought against Tesla by the Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit. The shareholders argued that Tesla's board of directors overpaid themselves between 2017 and 2020.<br /> Chancellor K [...]

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2025-01-09

Anker's newest charger from CES 2025 is already discounted

Just a couple of days after Anker announced its 140W four-port wall charger at CES 2025, it’s already on sale. The charging brick has a display (which lets you keep tabs on various metrics), multiple fast-charging options and an “odometer” to track its lifetime usage. You c [...]

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2025-01-09

This mean bean machine is bound to upset coffee fans

If you know anything about coffee, and coffee snobs, you’ll know they’re always going on about where their beans are sourced from. The preference for single origin beans is better for traceability, transparency, and when you discover a variety you adore, you can keep going ba [...]

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2025-01-09

DotLumen’s haptic headset could help blind people navigate

DotLumen founder Cornel Amariei describes his product as a “self driving” system to enable blind and low-vision people a way to get around. It’s essentially the electronic equivalent to a guide dog, helping users avoid obstacles when walking around. The Romanian company tur [...]