2026-04-24
DeepSeek-V4 arrives with near state-of-the-art intelligence at 1/6th the cost of Opus 4.7, GPT-5.5
The whale has resurfaced. DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup offshoot of High-Flyer Capital Management quantitative analysis firm, became a near-overnight sensation globally in January 2025 with the release of its open source R1 model that matched proprietary U.S. giants.It's been an epoch in AI since then, and while DeepSeek has released several updates to that model and its other V3 series, t [...]
2026-04-24
The MacBook Neo is a glimpse into John Ternus's Apple
John Ternus was unavoidable when Apple debuted the Macbook Neo. He kicked off an intimate media event for the Neo, introducing it as a transformative machine for Apple thanks to its low $599 cost ($499 for education customers) and premium build quality. He was interviewed on Good Morning America, the sort of prominent media feature CEO Tim Cook typically handles. And when I asked Apple workers abo [...]
2026-04-24
This AI neck band lets you have ‘silent conversations’ without saying anything — South Korean researchers say camera-equipped wearable uses a ‘movement map’ on the neck to restore ‘lost voices’ with surprising accuracy
A rather ingenious use of AI has emerged from a research lab at the Pohang University of Science and Technology. [...]
2026-04-24
I test TVs for a living and these are my top 6 recommendations if you're looking for a new TV for the World Cup – LG OLEDs, Hisense, TCL, and Samsung mini-LEDs
The World Cup is weeks away so if you're looking for a new big screen TV, I've picked my top six options to get you started. [...]