Month: October 2025
Sony’s updated PS5 Slim launches with less storage in Europe
The digital-only console says it has 825GB of storage right on the box. | Image: Austin Evans via YouTube Sony launched an updated PlayStation 5 digital console in Europe, but instead of offering 1TB of storage for €499, it now comes with just an 825GB Solid-State Drive (SSD) at the same price, as reported earlier … Read more
Solana Gets Another Treasury Firm with $2B Plan Backed by DeFi Protocol Marinade
Beijing-based VisionSys AI (VSA), a publicly-traded firm dedicated to brain-machine interface technologies and artificial intelligence systems, unveiled Wednesday a $2 billion Solana (SOL) treasury strategy, joining a growing trend of listed companies pivoting to digital asset treasury plays. The initiative, led by VisionSys subsidiary Medintel Technology, is to begin with a plan to acquire and … Read more
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Jumps 3.5% as All Constituents Trade Higher
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 4138.75, up 3.5% (+140.63) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. All 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: NEAR (+7.6%) and APT (+7.0%). Laggards: BTC (+2.3%) and AVAX (+2.8%). The … Read more
Samsung teams up with OpenAI to deliver Stargate chips
OpenAI is teaming up with South Korea’s Samsung and SK Hynix for “strategic partnerships” to supply the advanced computer chips needed for its mammoth Stargate project. The Korean firms said they will scale production in order to meet OpenAI’s growing demand for memory chips needed to power its compute-hungry AI models. OpenAI said it expects … Read more
Netflix’s latest Frankenstein trailer is all about the creature
Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming take on Frankenstein has looked great in trailers (and looked great when I saw it in theaters) but one element has been largely shrouded in mystery: the monster itself. Yesterday Netflix teased a bit of the creature’s new look in a poster, and now we have a trailer that shows how … Read more
Sidelined No More: Aptos Influencer ‘Buzz’ Joins Crypto Network as Advisor
The “true Aptos missionary” plans to reposition the network as a premium platform for stablecoins and leverage his relationship with WLFI.
Foreground vs. Background: Analyzing Typographic Attack Placement in Autonomous Driving Systems
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Related Work 2.1 Vision-LLMs 2.2 Transferable Adversarial Attacks Preliminaries 3.1 Revisiting Auto-Regressive Vision-LLMs 3.2 Typographic Attacks in Vision-LLMs-based AD Systems Methodology 4.1 Auto-Generation of Typographic Attack 4.2 Augmentations of Typographic Attack 4.3 Realizations of Typographic Attacks Experiments Conclusion and References 4.3 Realizations of Typographic Attacks Digitally, typographic attacks … Read more
The Role of Consistency and Sharing in Efficient Fine-Tuning
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Background 2.1 Mixture-of-Experts 2.2 Adapters Mixture-of-Adaptations 3.1 Routing Policy 3.2 Consistency regularization 3.3 Adaptation module merging and 3.4 Adaptation module sharing 3.5 Connection to Bayesian Neural Networks and Model Ensembling Experiments 4.1 Experimental Setup 4.2 Key Results 4.3 Ablation Study Related Work Conclusions Limitations Acknowledgment and References Appendix … Read more
How to Run a RAG Powered Language Model on Android With the Help of MediaPipe
A couple of months ago, I gave a talk about running on device SLMs in apps. It was well received and refreshing to be able to give a talk where mobile apps can gain an advantage from the rise in language model usage. After the talk, I had a few pieces of feedback from attendees … Read more
Meta plans to sell targeted ads based on data in your AI chats
Meta plans to use data from your interactions with AI products to sell targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.
Google’s Home app, a command center for the smart home, gets a Gemini upgrade
Google redesigns its Home app for better usability and adds Gemini-powered features.
Google teases its new Gemini-powered Google Home speaker, coming in spring 2026
Google teases a new Gemini-powered smart speaker, due out in spring 2026.
Google unveils AI-powered Nest indoor and outdoor cameras, and a new doorbell
Google’s new Nest cameras and doorbell are getting a Gemini upgrade.
Meta will soon use your AI chats to personalize your feeds
Meta will soon use your conversations with its AI assistant to personalize the ads you see on its platforms. The change, which goes into effect on December 16th, means you’ll also start seeing suggested posts, reels, and Facebook groups related to your AI text and voice chats, too. So if you ask Meta AI about … Read more
Philips’ new Roku TVs come with their own immersive backlights
Philips’ Ambilight TVs are now available with Roku TV. | Image: Philips Philips has announced a new lineup of LCD TVs featuring both built-in immersive backlighting and the Roku TV operating system. The company’s Ambilight technology, which uses a series of color-changing LEDs on the back of the TV set to project colors onto walls … Read more
Hey Google, meet Gemini: the new voice of your smart home
Gemini is coming to all Google Nest smart speakers, including the new Google Home Speaker, launching early next year. Google is rolling out its biggest smart home overhaul in years. Launching October 1st, Gemini For Home is a suite of new AI-powered features for Google’s smart home hardware and software. The biggest change: Gemini is … Read more
Hands-on with the new Google Home Speaker coming next year
The Google Home Speaker comes in four shades, including this bright berry red, which matches Google’s new Nest Cam. Google is finally launching a new smart speaker, and it’s a complete redesign. The new Google Home Speaker features a new flattened sphere shape, new colors, a new light ring, and lots of new AI-powered features. … Read more
Walmart’s Onn cameras were developed with Google and start at just $23
Walmart is now making smart home security cameras. Walmart is adding cameras to its in-house tech brand Onn, and these low-cost gadgets were designed and built to work with Google Home and its new Gemini features. The $22.96 Onn Indoor camera and $49.86 Onn Video Doorbell launch today, October 1st, at Walmart.com. Both cameras work … Read more
Google reveals its Gemini-powered smart home lineup and AI strategy
Google brings Gemini to the smart home with new devices, AI for existing customers and more.
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Machi Big Brother’s $44M profit shrinks to $9M loss on Hyperliquid
Despite the nearly $9 million loss, Machi and other large investors are betting on the price of the XPL token recovering.
How high can Bitcoin price go in October?
On-chain data suggests Bitcoin isn’t overheated yet, with $122,000 and $138,000 emerging as the next significant resistance levels to watch for BTC price.