DeepSeek claims its reasoning model beats OpenAI’s o1 in certain benchmarks
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has released an open source version of DeepSeek-R1, a so-called reasoning model, which it claims performs as well as OpenAI's o1 in certain AI benchmarks. R1 is available from AI dev platform Hugging Face under the MIT license, meaning it can be used commercially without restrictions. According to DeepSeek, R1 beats o1 in AIME, MATH-500,...
MAGA Influencers Take a Victory Lap, With Big Tech Picking Up the Tab
At the Power 30 party sponsored by TikTok, conservative content creators encouraged new subscribers, dancing to top 40 hits for hours in Make America Great Again hats with TikTok-labeled earmuffs. At another TikTok-sponsored party at the Capital One arena Saturday night, conservative creators received company merchandise, like koozies with graphics of Trump dancing or earmuffs in pink and blue...
RedNote Recruits US Influencers to Promote App Amid TikTok Ban
While the future of TikTok remains in the balance, Xiaohonghshu, better known as RedNote in English, is trying to gain new popularity by collaborating with US influencers who can help promote the company and bring more Americans to the platform. The Chinese lifestyle and travel app, which has more than 300 million monthly active users, climbed to the top...
The Best Underwear to Beat Burn to Bits (2025)
Why should you trust me about chafing? Well, I once ran the equivalent of 67 marathons in 67 days with a 25-pound backpack on. This is my toolkit for anyone trying to avoid pain. Lube up: Anti-chafing products like petroleum jelly or special balms are the best anti-chafe defense. Even if the carefully chosen fabric annoys you, a generous...
How to Use Parental Controls on Google, Apple, and Microsoft Accounts
You can, for example, make sure that only key applications like the Phone app are available after a certain time at night. Screen Time works on Apple computers and mobile devices, so these settings are carried over, and of course you can change them at any time as your children get older.MicrosoftThe Microsoft account you use to sign in...
How to Use Apple’s Genmoji to Create New Types of Emojis
For decades, choosing emojis has been limited to what's available on your smartphone's keyboard. Every year brings a new emoji—I like the "face with bags under the eyes," though that's still rolling out. But there are times when the pre-installed options just aren't specific enough. Luckily, Apple has a solution, and it's called Genmoji. With the help of Apple...
The Best Cookware for Meal Kits (2025), Tested and Reviewed
I have tried every meal kit on the market over the past few years. And while not denying the absolute convenience it offers, there are also a few tips and tricks I've learned to make the experience smoother - namely, the gadgets and gizmos I love every time a new box arrives at my door, full of ingredients for...
Blinkit signals an expensive war ahead in India’s fast trading market
Zomato's e-commerce unit, Blinkit, is slowing expansion and expecting continued losses as competition increases in India's fast delivery market. Blinkit now aims to reach 2,000 dark stores - small warehouses in residential areas that specialize in serving online orders - by December 2025, a year ahead of its previous guidance, after surpassing 1,000 stores at the end of the...
Download: what’s next for Neuralink, and Meta AI language translation
This is today's edition of The Download, a weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's happening in the world of technology. What to expect from Neuralink in 2025 In November, a young man named Noland Arbaugh announced that he would be live streaming from his home for three days straight. It broadcasts in a number of distinctive...
X launches vertical video feed exclusively for US users
Social network X is trying to capitalize on removing ByteDance apps like TikTok and Lemon8 from US app stores by launching a dedicated vertical video feed. The company added a video tab to the bottom of the app for users in the US to quickly access video content on the platform. "A new immersive home for video is rolling...
