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New market research from Counterpoint Research shows that global smartphone sales fell by 20% in the third quarter of this year compared with the same period a year ago. This is the lowest level for a third quarter since 2012. The decline is attributed to the ongoing shortage of memoryContinue Reading

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Microsoft has launched Decision-1, an AI model that returns probabilities for predefined answers, allowing software applications to use its outputs directly instead of processing a free-form response from a large language model (LLM). The model targets tasks such as classifying requests, prioritizing incidents, and checking AI-generated responses. Microsoft says itContinue Reading

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“This tomato is blowing my mind,” says Nermine Hassanin. The MIT graduate student in architecture is marveling at the fruit in her salad.  She and several MIT School of Architecture and Planning classmates had spent their morning working at Hannan Healthy Foods Farm in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and then harvested theContinue Reading

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Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi has succeeded because ground commanders thought small instead of big Rather than hoping for a major breakthrough, they fought incrementally and with heavy support from the air Contrast Operation Vivaldi’s small but successful thinking with the big thinking of Ukraine’s failed 2023 counteroffensive Five months after launchingContinue Reading

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The Canadian Atheist Podcast is, “A podcast about news, current events & commentary about ALL things atheism from a Canadian perspective.” From their website: Episode 204 “This week, Micheal & Dean are joined by Melanie Trecek-King. Melanie is a science communicator, teaches critical thinking & information literacy. We have anContinue Reading

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Man City host PSG in their first UCL match since being found guilty of serious Premier League financial breaches., Who: Manchester City vs Paris Saint-Germain What: UEFA Champions League, matchday 2 Where: City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, United Kingdom When: Wednesday, October 14, at 8pm (19:00 GMT) How to follow:Continue Reading

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Eric Nshimiye, a US citizen, says the evidence against him consists of unreliable eyewitness accounts., Eric Nshimiye, an American citizen, says the evidence against him consists of unreliable eye witnesses. Boston, Massachusetts, United States – A United States federal court in Boston has begun hearing the case of a Rwandan-AmericanContinue Reading