2025-03-16
Director of rural broadband program exits with a warning about shift to ‘worse’ satellite internet
Evan Feinman, who directed the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program meant to bring high-speed internet access to rural areas, exited the role on Friday after he was no [...]
2025-03-16
Baidu claims its Ernie X1 reasoning model matches Deepseek-R1 performance at half the price
Baidu has introduced two new AI models that take aim at Western competitors with aggressive pricing and plans for open-source release.<br /> The article Baidu claims its Ernie X1 reasoning model [...]
2025-03-15
OLMo 2 32B sets a new standard for true open-source LLMs with public code, weights, and data
A new open-source language model has achieved performance comparable to leading commercial systems while maintaining complete transparency.<br /> The article OLMo 2 32B sets a new standard for t [...]
2025-03-14
1Password subscriptions are up to 50 percent off right now
One of the best things you can do for your online security is to make sure you have a robust, unique password on every single one of your accounts. But not many of us have the ability to memorize the [...]
2025-03-14
Engadget Podcast: MacBook Air M4 review, Apple delays smarter Siri
It's both a great and bad week for Apple. In this episode, we dive into Devindra's review of the excellent M4-equipped MacBook Air (and briefly chat about the new Mac Studio). We also discus [...]