Interplanetary travel might be about to get a whole lot faster — and hotter. UK startup Pulsar Fusion today unveiled “Sunbird,” a nuclear fusion-powered rocket concept that could halve the time it takes to travel across our solar system — and, maybe, beyond it. Machine learning models show the rocket could potentially propel a spacecraft with a mass of about 1,000kg (2,200lb) to Pluto [...]
Meta’s next language model, Llama 4, is reportedly nearing release after repeated delays and significant changes to its development process.<br /> The article Meta reportedly prepares to launch Llama 4 after delays and internal overhaul appeared first on THE DECODER. [...]
In April, a US District Court ruled that Google monopolized open-web digital ad markets. Now, the tech giant and the US Justice Department are at odds about what Google must do about it. The DOJ argues that Google should sell AdX, or Ad Exchange, a platform for publishers to sell unused ad space in real-time. It also wants the company to offload Google Ad Manager, previously DoubleClick for Publis [...]
Unreal Engine, which has been known in its various incarnations as the premiere — perhaps even de facto — game engine for over a decade, is already quite familiar to major game developers, especially those with AAA experience. It might be harder to explain to the world of animated TV shows, though perhaps not for […] [...]
Anthropic kicked off its first-ever Code with Claude conference today with the announcement of a new frontier AI system. The company is calling Claude Opus 4 the best coding model in the world. According to Anthropic, Opus 4 is dramatically better at tasks that require it to complete thousands of separate steps, giving it the ability to work continuously for several hours in one go. Additionally, [...]