At Apple, Pigs Are About to Fly
TL;DRApple teasing new MacBook Pro models with announcement next week.
Why it matters: New Pro hardware could signal Apple's silicon roadmap and affect pro workflow pricing/capabilities.
DeepSeek deep-sixed at all US federal civilian agencies
TL;DRUS federal agencies banned from using DeepSeek, China's AI service.
Inception launches Mercury 3, a diffusion-based LLM it claims is
TL;DRNew AI model Mercury 3 matches competitors' quality but runs 4-8x faster.
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An Australian minister says the eSafety Commissioner plans
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Amazon To Fund 12 Small Nuclear Reactors At Former Indiana Coal Plant
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US to Bar China’s DeepSeek From Federal Agency Systems
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ICANN testing tech to let law enforcement access non-public WHOIS info
ICANN tests system for police to access hidden domain registration data.
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