2025-05-14

Mission: Impossible should never have gone full sci-fi

The Mission: Impossible film franchise has always dabbled in the, well, impossible. We've seen Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt climb his way up the Burj Khalifa, have a motorcycle joust to prevent t [...]

2025-10-13

Self-improving language models are becoming reality with MIT's updated SEAL technique

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are gaining renewed attention for developing and open sourcing a technique that allows large language models (LLMs) — like those underp [...]

2025-11-11

Meta’s SPICE framework lets AI systems teach themselves to reason

Researchers at Meta FAIR and the National University of Singapore have developed a new reinforcement learning framework for self-improving AI systems. Called Self-Play In Corpus Environments (SPICE), [...]

2025-05-28

Apple’s Self Service Repair program now extends to iPad

Apple’s increasingly comprehensive Self Service Repair program now includes iPad too. Starting tomorrow, owners of various models of Apple’s slate can easily acquire official parts, repair manuals [...]

2025-07-09

The best Amazon Prime Day 2025 robot vacuum deals that you can get right now

Amazon Prime Day typically brings great discounts on all sorts of electronics, but it’s a good idea to go for the expensive gear first. We consider robot vacuums to be in that category because, whil [...]

2025-07-11

The best Amazon Prime Day robot vacuum deals end tonight: Save on machines from Shark, iRobot, Dyson and others

Robot vacuums are some of the pricier smart home gadgets you can get, making them great items to look for during sales like Amazon Prime Day. The annual shopping event always includes solid deals on e [...]

2025-10-09

The Prime Day vacuum deals still available on Amazon include iRobot, Shark, Dyson and others

It's the final day of Amazon Prime Day, but it's not too late to get a heavy discount on a traditional or robotic vacuums from Amazon. We're hoping this sale helps ease some of the more [...]

2025-11-26

Alibaba's AgentEvolver lifts model performance in tool use by ~30% using synthetic, auto-generated tasks

Researchers at Alibaba’s Tongyi Lab have developed a new framework for self-evolving agents that create their own training data by exploring their application environments. The framework, AgentEvolv [...]

2025-12-17

How a VPN works (and why you should care)

The best VPNs can make your online life more private with software that's convenient and cheap — sometimes even free. While keeping your IP address invisible, you can use your VPN to explore st [...]