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Wildfire season typically occurs during the summer and fall, peaking from early July to early September. In addition to destroying everything in its path, a wildfire releases a mixture of pollutants that can affect communities thousands of miles away. A wildfire isn't the only thing that can impact
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. First look: An open-source firmware project called OpenPuck lets Valve's Steam Controller mimic other gamepads without requiring Steam to run in the background. The project was built by an enthusiast known as
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For the longest time, I thought that, despite their annoyances, iPhones had something big over the best Android phones: PC connectivity. I'd always seen iPhone and Mac-owning friends quickly send files between the two, and assumed it was an Apple-exclusive feature. As it turns out, this isn'
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into
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Sony's highly anticipated FlexStrike wireless fight stick has been delayed indefinitely due to unexpected production issues, leaving gaming enthusiasts waiting for a new release date. Originally scheduled to hit shelves on August 6, the $199.99 accessory was meant to launch alongside MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls. Sony had
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Inexpensive software-defined radios (SDRs) have opened up a world of possibilities for anyone interested in exploring the RF spectrum. But a single receiver can only get you so far. Eventually, you’ll want to experiment with advanced techniques like direction finding or beamforming. To do that, you’ll need a
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Eco-friendly routes are worth checking out, but there are a few things to know before you do. Dave Meikleham for Engadget If you've ever wondered what the leaf symbol in Google Maps means, you're not alone. Google doesn't exactly scream about this icon from
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Apple’s upgraded AI assistant is finally here. Mat Smith for Engadget Apple is finally attempting to deliver the next-gen, AI-infused Siri experience. The iOS 27 beta is centered around an elevated Siri, transformed from a basic voice commander to something closer to the intelligent, personal helper we were promised
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A group of major book publishers and the author Scott Turow have sued Google, claiming it used millions of copyrighted books to train its Gemini AI without permission. The Google Gemini lawsuit calls it “one of the most prolific infringements of copyrighted materials in history.” The plaintiffs filed the complaint
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London fintech Velocity has raised a $38 million Series A to help businesses move money with stablecoins. The Velocity Series A, led by Dragonfly and FirstMark, brings the two-year-old company’s total funding to nearly $50 million. Velocity builds treasury and settlement infrastructure for companies that want to use stablecoins,
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TL;DR China approved Alibaba’s Qwen to power Apple Intelligence across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS. PrismML compressed the model to run on an iPhone 15. Alibaba confirmed on Wednesday that its Qwen AI model will be integrated into Apple Intelligence across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS for users
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Monumental has raised a $32m Series B led by Khosla Ventures, money it will spend putting more of its bricklaying robots on building sites in Britain and, for the first time, in the United States. Plural and Hummingbird, both backers of the company’s $25m round in early 2024, took
