Little LLM on the RAM: Google’s Gemma 270M hits the scene Summary Google has released Gemma 3 270M, a 270-million-parameter language model optimised for on-device and edge deployment. It requires…
Ex-PlayStation Boss Says Game Subscription Turns Developers Into ‘Wage Slaves’ Summary Former Sony Worldwide Studios chairman Shawn Layden has criticised subscription gaming services — notably models like Xbox Game Pass…
New Type of Supernova Detected as Black Hole Causes Star To Explode Summary Astronomers have observed what appears to be a new kind of supernova that resulted when a black…
PayPal No Longer Available for Steam Purchases Outside Major Currency Zones Summary Valve confirmed that PayPal payment processing has been unavailable for Steam purchases in most countries since early July…
Apple Returns Blood Oxygen Monitoring to the Latest Apple Watches Summary Apple has reintroduced blood oxygen (SpO2) monitoring to certain Apple Watch models sold in the United States by shifting…
Google Releases Pint-Size Gemma Open AI Model Summary Google has released Gemma 3 270M, a compact (around 270 million parameters) open AI model optimised to run on local devices. It…
Impoverished Streaming Services Are Driving Viewers Back to Piracy Summary The Slashdot post links to a Guardian piece arguing that the current streaming market—fragmented, pricier, ad-laden and region‑locked—is pushing many…
Dodgy Huawei Chips Nearly Sunk DeepSeek’s Next-Gen R2 Model Summary DeepSeek’s attempt to train its next‑generation R2 model on Huawei’s Ascend accelerators was repeatedly thwarted by unstable hardware, very slow…
Trump Administration Considers Stake In Intel Summary Intel’s stock jumped about 7% after reports that the Trump administration is considering taking a stake in the chipmaker to support US-based manufacturing.…
Plex Users Urged To Update Media Server After Security Flaw Exposed Summary Plex has quietly released a patched Media Server build after a security flaw was discovered via its bug…
