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iPhone 17 has 12GB RAM

iPhone 17 has 12GB RAM

According to a reliable source, the iPhone 17 could come with 12GB of RAM, on par with the Galaxy S25 Ultra. Apple has never really taken the iPhone's RAM seriously. It wasn't even mentioned at the launch event, nor is it prominently featured in the iPhone feature list on the company's website. Photo: Tom's Guide. The Cupertino giant has never tried to match Android flagships in terms of RAM, especially Samsung's high-end lineup. However, that could eventually change, with the iPhone 17 expected to have the same amount of RAM as the Galaxy S25 Ultra. Analyst Ming-chi Kuo predicts that…
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Intel to lay off more than 20,000 employees

Intel to lay off more than 20,000 employees

Intel plans to cut 20% of its workforce, or more than 20,000 people, to save costs and streamline its organization. Reuters reported that Intel will announce plans to cut its workforce by 20% this week as part of a turnaround plan by new CEO Lip-Bu Tan. As of December 28, 2024, Intel had 108,900 employees, including thousands of employees at Altera, an independent company co-owned by Intel and Silver Lake. Photo: Reuters. Intel previously laid off about 15,000 people in August 2024. The new cuts will mainly affect non-technical positions, such as administrative, sales, marketing and support functions. The manufacturing…
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‘Don’t ask what AI can do, ask what it is doing to us’

‘Don’t ask what AI can do, ask what it is doing to us’

Experts are concerned that the emergence of ChatGPT and Gemini is making humans dependent on information and that the brain will gradually become less intelligent and creative. "The biggest concern in the age of AI is not whether it can harm human creativity or intelligence, because it has already done so," Robert Sternberg, a psychologist at Cornell University (USA) and author of many groundbreaking studies on human intelligence, told the Guardian. Fifty years ago, it could take a person hours to compose an article, but AI only takes a few minutes. Tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok allow text to be…
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Warning about ‘hallucinated’ ChatGPT

Warning about ‘hallucinated’ ChatGPT

A number of recent studies have shown that GPT o3 and o4-mini - the most powerful models in OpenAI's product portfolio - are fabricating false information more than their predecessors. Photo: Fireflies Just two days after announcing GPT-4.1, OpenAI officially launched not one but two new models, named o3 and o4-mini. Both models demonstrate superior inference capabilities with many powerful improvements. However, according to TechCrunch, this pair of new models still suffer from "hallucination" or fabricating information. In fact, they suffer from "hallucination" more than some of OpenAI's older models. According to IBM, hallucinations are when a large language model…
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Alphabet Acquires Wiz for $32 Billion

Alphabet Acquires Wiz for $32 Billion

Alphabet, Google's parent company, has just announced the acquisition of cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32 billion. This is the largest deal in Alphabet's history, aiming to strengthen the security capabilities of Google's cloud services and compete more strongly with rivals such as Microsoft and Amazon. Wiz's homepage also announced that the company had merged with Google. Founded in 2020 by former members of Israel's 8200 cyber intelligence unit, Wiz has quickly become one of the fastest-growing software companies. The company provides advanced cloud security solutions that help businesses identify and remediate security risks in cloud environments. Prior to the acquisition,…
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OpenAI CEO: Programmers Must Learn AI or Lose Their Jobs

OpenAI CEO: Programmers Must Learn AI or Lose Their Jobs

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman estimates that AI is doing up to 50% of programming work in some companies, causing a sharp decline in the demand for programmers. In an interview with Stratechery, Sam Altman spent a lot of time talking about the shift in demand for programmers in the coming period. He emphasized that learning how to work with AI will be key to staying relevant in a rapidly changing technology landscape. The OpenAI chief compared learning to master AI tools today to learning programming skills when he was younger. "It's like when I graduated from high school, it was…
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Prominent AI models 2025

Prominent AI models 2025

Tech companies are continuously launching new AI models, which may leave many people feeling overwhelmed when choosing a useful tool for themselves. Currently, there are over one million AI models worldwide from major AI companies like Google, OpenAI, and startups such as Anthropic and xAI. TechCrunch has compiled a list of the most advanced AI models launched since early 2025. OpenAI GPT 4.5 Orion Described by OpenAI as their largest model to date, Orion boasts strong "world knowledge" and "emotional intelligence". However, it performs worse in reasoning tasks compared to some newer models. Available via a $200/month subscription. Claude Sonnet…
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DeepSeek Dethroned

DeepSeek Dethroned

Tencent’s chatbot Yuanbao has just surpassed DeepSeek to become the most downloaded iPhone app in China. Yuanbao integrates Tencent’s proprietary AI technology, Hunyuan, along with DeepSeek’s R1 reasoning model. This event highlights the fierce competition in China’s AI industry, as major tech giants race to develop smart chatbots to attract users, according to Bloomberg. Three of the five most downloaded free apps on China's App Store are AI chatbots. Photo: Bloomberg. Currently, three out of the top five free iPhone apps in China are AI chatbots, including Doubao from ByteDance, along with Tencent’s Yuanbao and DeepSeek. DeepSeek’s rapid rise in…
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Elon Musk Talks About AI’s Potential to Wipe Out Humanity

Elon Musk Talks About AI’s Potential to Wipe Out Humanity

Billionaire Elon Musk believes that while the probability of AI wiping out humanity is only 20%, the fact that AI is becoming smarter than humans remains an existential threat. Speaking on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast over the weekend, Musk expressed optimism, saying: "There is a 20% chance that humanity could be destroyed by artificial intelligence, but there's an 80% probability of a good outcome." Elon Musk at the CPAC event in Washington, USA on 20. Photo: AFP However, he emphasized: "I have always thought AI would be far more intelligent than humans. It is an existential risk, and that…
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Cryptocurrency Market Surges Over $300 Billion After Trump’s Decision

Cryptocurrency Market Surges Over $300 Billion After Trump’s Decision

The cryptocurrency market skyrocketed after U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to include Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in the national strategic reserve. Bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies have skyrocketed thanks to the move to put them into the national reserve fund by the administration of US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters. According to Reuters, on March 2 (U.S. time), President Trump revealed the names of three cryptocurrencies that will be included in the U.S. strategic reserve. Immediately after the announcement, the prices of these assets surged dramatically compared to the rest of the market. Trump stated that an executive order…
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