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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. In context: A new Mac Mini assembly line at Foxconn's Houston facility is expected to begin production later this year, expanding Apple's US manufacturing footprint for AI-related hardware. The project
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NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is designed for the fast, specialized model execution required by high-volume agentic workloads. With NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, you can access an open model designed for high-volume agentic workloads. With this launch, you can deploy Nemotron 3.5 Lightning from
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A retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) system is built to answer strictly from the documents it retrieves. But when engineers optimize these AI pipelines end-to-end, the reader module can learn a shortcut: instead of relying on retrieved evidence, it starts answering from its own internal memory — while the system's overall
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Last month, the Chinese government introduced new regulations designed to clamp down on AI companions. The rules state that AI tools can no longer “excessively cater to users, induce emotional dependence or addiction, and damage users’ real interpersonal relationships.” They also restrict AI romantic relationships that involve children. The new
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Right now, you can score the Amazon Fire Kids Tab 7 for almost 40% off. You can also get an impressive 50% off the Shark AI Ultra robot vacuum. Finally, you can grab the Bluetti portable power station for $80 off, all at Amazon. I’ve been tracking the prices
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It’s Monday, which means that CNET’s deal experts are back with a fresh batch of bargains for you to shop at Walmart. We’ve rounded up some of our top picks for today, Aug. 17, below, which include some serious savings on top tech. You can save over
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Groq, the AI-inference chip company that spent the better part of a decade pitching itself as the scrappy alternative to Nvidia, has raised fresh money at a valuation that quietly concedes how much has changed. The company announced on Monday that they took in $350m at a $3.5bn valuation,
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Jeff Gundlach has criticised Nvidia’s plan with six asset managers to mobilise more than $500bn for AI infrastructure, asking why assets of unknown life are collateral for long-term debt. Mark Cuban compared chips as an asset class to crypto. Jeff Gundlach thinks Wall Street has told on itself. “Assets
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The TikTok owner has agreed a pact with the Motion Picture Association, the trade body for the major US studios, to tighten copyright protections on its AI image and video generators, ending, at least officially, a standoff that began when the studios accused the company of building a machine for
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Synchrony Financial, which issues store credit cards for Amazon, Walmart and Lowe’s, is working with OpenAI so shoppers can buy inside ChatGPT using those cards. Its chief strategy officer says general-purpose cards will take six to twelve months and store-specific cards longer. Synchrony Financial wants its cards inside ChatGPT.
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Google claims to want to change your relationship to technology. * A dominant theme at its Made by Google event was how to use its phones less to "be more present". * It's
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Raspberry Pi boards have skyrocketed in price this year. * There are pros and cons to using an old phone as a Raspberry Pi replacement. * Here's a way to unlock your handset's
