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Decentralized open source social network Mastodon is rolling out its latest release, version 4.5, which brings support for Quote Posts to all server operators, along with other features for admins, conversation improvements, and more. The addition of quote posts is one of the bigger changes to how Mastodon’s social network operates, as the social network attempts to compete against larger rivals, like X and Threads. Quoting can be a conversation driver and is considered a baseline feature for text-first social networks. But Mastodon wanted to ensure the feature launched with more user protections so as not to change the culture…

Black Friday is still a few weeks away, but one of the best smartphone deals may have already landed. If you’re looking to upgrade your phone and are a fan of Google’s Pixel lineup, this Pixel 9 deal is one you won’t want to pass up. Currently on Amazon, you can score a Google Pixel 9 for $500, saving you $300 off its regular price of $800. This deal is exclusively for the 128GB Pixel 9 and is available for three of the phone’s color options: obsidian, hazel, and porcelain. What makes this deal particularly noteworthy is that it makes…

Even as concern and skepticism grows over U.S. AI startup OpenAI's buildout strategy and high spending commitments, Chinese open source AI providers are escalating their competition and one has even caught up to OpenAI's flagship, paid proprietary model GPT-5 in key third-party performance benchmarks with a new, free model. The Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI’s new Kimi K2 Thinking model, released today, has vaulted past both proprietary and open-weight competitors to claim the top position in reasoning, coding, and agentic-tool benchmarks. Despite being fully open-source, the model now outperforms OpenAI’s GPT-5, Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Thinking mode), and xAI's Grok-4…

Home » Artificial intelligence » Sacks Says OpenAI is Not Too Big to Fail David Sacks, AI and Crypto Czar, said there will be no federal bailout for AI. The U.S. has at least 5 major frontier model companies. If one fails, others will take its place. OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said OpenAI wants the U.S. government to provide a backstop or guarantee for AI financing. Sam Altman believes that the government is the insurer of last resort for AI financing. Brian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His…

Enlarge Image The GV60’s look is youthful without being too over-the-top. Andrew Krok/CNETHyundai Motor Group managed to strike gold three times in a row. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 are both brilliant midsize electric crossovers with unique styling and fun driving dynamics. Surely Korea can’t develop a third car on the same platform that stands out enough to warrant attention, right? Wrong. The 2023 Genesis GV60 is that third car, and it rocks. Like Killer aesthetics inside and out Drives wonderfully Better-than-expected efficiency Don’t like Touchy brakes Tires get overwhelmed easily Small car, big price tag The GV60…

Delphi, a two-year-old San Francisco AI startup named after the Ancient Greek oracle, was facing a thoroughly 21st-century problem: its “Digital Minds”— interactive, personalized chatbots modeled after an end-user and meant to channel their voice based on their writings, recordings, and other media — were drowning in data. Each Delphi can draw from any number of books, social feeds, or course materials to respond in context, making each interaction feel like a direct conversation. Creators, coaches, artists and experts were already using them to share insights and engage audiences. But each new upload of podcasts, PDFs or social posts to…

Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Battlefield REDSEC arrives seven years after the battle royale genre began in earnest, boasting a free-to-play structure, a whole lot of destruction, and of course, a Battle Pass. It launched as a surprise free-to-play update to Battlefield 6, but it can also be downloaded separately.Review infoPlatform reviewed: PS5 ProAvailable on: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X and Series SRelease date: October 28, 2025I imagine you now have a clear picture…

Google Cloud is introducing what it calls its most powerful artificial intelligence infrastructure to date, unveiling a seventh-generation Tensor Processing Unit and expanded Arm-based computing options designed to meet surging demand for AI model deployment — what the company characterizes as a fundamental industry shift from training models to serving them to billions of users.The announcement, made Thursday, centers on Ironwood, Google's latest custom AI accelerator chip, which will become generally available in the coming weeks. In a striking validation of the technology, Anthropic, the AI safety company behind the Claude family of models, disclosed plans to access up to…

Zohran Mamdani won the race to be New York City’s mayor by a landslide this week, leaving his Democrat-turned-independent rival Andrew Cuomo in the dust. Mamdani ran a strikingly effective campaign that showed him as a genial and relatable young man with a penchant for connecting authentically with voters, often by talking to them right on the street. He kept a laser focus on popular issues of affordability, and projected an infectious sense of optimism. But Mamdani’s fortunes were unquestionably boosted by Cuomo’s campaign being an unmitigated disaster. No matter how hard Cuomo’s aides tried, they couldn’t cover up the…

Every year, nubia releases its top-of-the-line flagship phone with an innovative design and special camera features. And each time, nubia brings the flagship to the global stage, bless it! This year, we have the nubia Z80 Ultra, and while it may look similar on the outside, it’s a much, much better smartphone than any of its predecessors! The Z70 Ultra had a 6,150mAh battery with 80W wired charging, the nubia Z80 Ultra ups the ante to a 7,200mAh Si/C unit with 90W wired and 80W wireless charging. Being a nubia, it has the under-display camera for an uninterrupted display experience.…