Zuckerberg says Meta won’t slow down AI spend despite DeepSeek’s breakthrough Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said China-based DeepSeek has created a powerful artificial intelligence model, but it won’t likely curb Meta’s AI spending.

Nvidia Reels After DeepSeek’s A.I. Breakthrough The tech industry has had an insatiable appetite for Nvidia’s chips over the last two years. But the feast may be over sooner than many had expected.

What Google’s quantum computing breakthrough Willow means for the future of bitcoin and other cryptos Google’s new chip Willow made a big statement that quantum computing is coming to the real world. That could also mean a future of cryptocurrency hacking.

Electric Mercedes-Benz CLA Could Be A Breakthrough Moment Typically, when I get to do a ridealong in a new car, prototype or otherwise, the car is actually, you know, in motion. Today though, sitting in the passenger seat of a camouflaged prototype of the upcoming third-generation Mercedes-Benz CLA, we’ve spent most of the drive route completely stopped. That’s not anything… Read more…

Google says its breakthrough quantum chip can’t break modern cryptography Image: GoogleExperts believe that one day, quantum computers could make today’s systems of encryption utterly obsolete. But Google tells The Verge its new “breakthrough” Willow chip is nowhere near ready for that. “The Willow chip is not capable of breaking modern cryptography,” Google Quantum AI director and COO Charina Chou tells The Verge. …

Alphabet shares jump 6% after Google touts ‘breakthrough’ quantum chip Google shares rose on Tuesday after the company’s unveiling of “Willow,” its latest quantum computing chip.

Google reveals quantum computing chip with ‘breakthrough’ achievements Image: GoogleGoogle’s quantum computing lab just achieved a major milestone. On Monday, the company revealed that its new quantum computing chip, Willow, is capable of performing a computing challenge in less than five minutes — a process Google says would take one of the world’s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years, or longer than the age…

Google Makes New Quantum Computing Breakthrough Google unveiled an experimental machine capable of tasks that a traditional supercomputer could not master in 10 septillion years. (That’s older than the universe.)

Pedal legend Roger Mayer reveals how he perfected Bob Marley’s guitar tone for ‘Exodus,’ his global breakthrough submitted by /u/vwmusicrocks

Decentralized Science: A Better Way to Fund and Grow Breakthrough Ideas Imagine if the next blockbuster medication could be funded through a decentralized, transparent process? This would not only democratize the funding of critical research, but also ensure that rewards and recognition are fairly distributed among all contributors, says Azeem Khan.

Sweden and Iran Exchange Prisoners in a Breakthrough Swap Iran released an E.U. diplomat from Sweden and a dual Iranian-Swedish national, whereas Sweden released a senior former Iranian official serving a life sentence for war crimes.

After chip breakthrough, Huawei launches fresh lineup of phones to challenge Apple in China Huawei launched the Pura 70 series of smartphones on Thursday in a bid to continue its resurgence in China and ramp up its challenge to Apple in the market.

Yellen Sees ‘More Work to Do’ as China Talks End With No Breakthrough Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen was warmly received in China, but it was evident that the level of trust between the two sides does not run deep.

A Breakthrough in Plastic Recycling Is Coming Up Short Big brands like Procter & Gamble and Nestlé say a new generation of plants will help them meet environmental goals, but the technology is struggling to deliver.

U.S. Manages Expectations of a Breakthrough Before Biden and Xi Meet President Biden and President Xi Jinping of China will try to defuse a year of bubbling tensions on Wednesday at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Gets a Bigger Burst of Laser Energy Researchers at the National Ignition Facility during a July firing of 192 lasers improved on a December result, but also ended up with duds in other experiments.

Huawei’s chip breakthrough poses new threat to Apple in China — and questions for Washington Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro smartphone has a chip that appears to support 5G, despite U.S. sanctions that have sought to cut the Chinese tech giant off from the technology.

Tesla’s Carmaking ‘Breakthrough’ Also Comes With Plenty Of Downsides After previously announcing that it would be able to cast the front and rear subsections of the Model Y in a move to cut costs and reduce complexity a couple of years ago, it sounds like Tesla is close to another engineering breakthrough. Five people recently spoke with Reuters, claiming Tesla will soon be able to… Read more…

Tesla’s new car-building process could be a huge industrial breakthrough Photo by Loren Grush / The VergeTesla is closing in on a new manufacturing process that could significantly reduce costs and increase production of its electric vehicles. According to sources who spoke to Reuters, the new process will enable the automaker to die-cast almost the entire vehicle underbody as a single piece instead of building out a…

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