Science-centric streaming service Curiosity Stream is an AI-licensing firm now

Curiosity Stream’s owner has more content for AI companies than it does for subscribers.

Anthropic introduces cheaper, more powerful, more efficient Opus 4.5 model

Longer chats address a long-standing criticism of Claude.

Russia’s Soyuz 5 will soon come alive. But will anyone want to fly on it?

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Western market for satellite launches dried up.

OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide

OpenAI’s response to teen suicide case is “disturbing,” lawyer says.

Valve’s Steam Machine looks like a console, but don’t expect it to be priced like one

Upcoming gaming box will be priced in line with a similarly specced PC, Valve says.

Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week

Plex is starting to enforce its new rules, which prevent users from remotely accessing a personal media server without a subscription fee.

UK government will buy tech to boost AI sector in $130M growth push

Plan will offer guaranteed payments for British startups making AI hardware

GPU prices are coming to earth just as RAM costs shoot into the stratosphere

Some RAM kits are over three times as expensive as they were three months ago.

Anthropic introduces cheaper, more powerful, more efficient Opus 4.5 model

Longer chats address a long-standing criticism of Claude.

In 1982, a physics joke gone wrong sparked the invention of the emoticon

A simple proposal on a 1982 electronic bulletin board helped sarcasm flourish online.

Are we ready to live amongst robots?

Arguably the most important thing that the rise of intelligent AI could potentially bring is access. Access to goods, services, and information not just for the few, but for everyone.

Researchers isolate memorization from problem-solving in AI neural networks

Basic arithmetic ability lives in the memorization pathways, not logic circuits.