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There's a new iOS update, and along with the bug fixes and security enhancements, Apple has some new features for iPhone users as well.iPhone users can now upgrade their mobile devices to iOS 26.3, though users need an iPhone 11 or later. Just go to Settings, then General, then tap Software Update on your iPhone.So, what's new in iOS 26.3?First up, Apple has created separate Wallpaper options for Astronomy and Weather on your iOS device. Along with that, Apple has released three pre-designed Wea

Researchers at Nvidia have developed a technique that can reduce the memory costs of large language model reasoning by up to eight times. Their technique, called dynamic memory sparsification (DMS), compresses the key value (KV) cache, the temporary memory LLMs generate and store as they process prompts and reason through problems and documents.While researchers have proposed various methods to compress this cache before, most struggle to do so without degrading the model's intelligence. Nvidia'

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Chinese AI startup MiniMax, headquartered in Shanghai, has sent shockwaves through the AI industry today with the release of its new M2.5 language model in two variants, which promise to make high-end artificial intelligence so cheap you might stop worrying about the bill entirely. It's also said to be "open source," though the weights (settings) and code haven't been posted yet, nor has the exact license type or terms. But that's almost beside the point given how cheap MiniMax is serving it thr

Apple's augmented reality headset is only just now getting a real YouTube app. The home for internet videos is now available in app form on the App Store for anyone who owns an M2 or M5 Apple Vision Pro device. With this app, you can watch YouTube videos in a theater-like virtual environment, with full access to playlists, Shorts, and everything else you'd find on YouTube. M5 Vision Pro owners can also watch videos in 8K if they happen to exist in that format.SEE ALSO:Samsung Galaxy XR review: A

TL;DR: Live stream Latvia vs. USA in men's ice hockey for free on CBC Gem. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.Are we heading towards a showdown between USA and Canada in the international men's ice hockey? There's a lot of hockey to be played before medals come into the equation, and nothing is guaranteed at this level. Every side possesses a lot of talent, so USA will need to be at their best to overcome Latvia in their opening game.If you want to wat

AI is once again on the witness stand. In comments made during preliminary trial proceedings, Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff decided that documents prepared by an AI tool and then shared with an attorney are admissible in court, existing outside of attorney-client privilege, reported Law360. SEE ALSO:We need to talk about that Mike Tyson Super Bowl ad
The decision relates to the case of Beneficient CEO Bradley Heppner, charged with committing $150 million in securities and wir

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TL;DR: Live stream Hull City vs. Chelsea in the FA Cup for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free live stream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.The FA Cup action continues this week with a number of really interesting matchups, including Hull City vs. Chelsea. All eyes will be on Chelsea as they look to bounce back after dropping points to Leeds United mid-week. Cole Palmer missed a huge chance to grab three points at the end of that game. Can Palmer come good and guide Chelsea into the

It seems that scams are everywhere these days — in our texts, emails, and phone calls to start. And con artists continue to become more sophisticated in the age of AI, so much so that a recent survey suggested that they're increasingly imitating your loved ones.Some also prey on people's vulnerability and loneliness, pretending to be potential love interests: Romance scammers. New research from online protection company McAfee found that two in five young adults (ages 18-24) encounter pote

In the wake of xAI losing two of its co-founders and other prominent employees, Elon Musk held an all-hands meeting at his his AI company, which recently merged with SpaceX.And in an unusual move, xAI posted the entire 45-minute meeting online.This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
No time to watch or listen? We've got you. Here are the main takeaways: xAI splits into teamsThe most consequential news from the meeting: xAI is splitting into four different te

ICE", surrounded by snow-covered flowers.">In the ongoing struggle between 2,700 immigration agents sent to Minneapolis this winter, and the large majority of Minnesotans who oppose them, it was supposed to be ICE that had technology on its side. ICE agents have been using battlefield tech to make arrests. They've boasted about using facial recognition (made by Clearview AI as well as the controversial Mobile Fortify app) on neighborhood observers as well as undocumented immigrants. The agen

PlayStation 5 owners might want to have YouTube open on Thursday afternoon.As announced earlier this week, PlayStation is holding one of its State of Play livestreams on Thursday at 5 p.m. ET. These events are basically Nintendo Directs but for PlayStation, and this is a particularly beefy one at about 60 minutes in length. You can watch it on the PlayStation YouTube channel when the time is right.SEE ALSO:The PlayStation DualSense Edge controller is still marked down to its best-ever price at A

OpenAI on Thursday launched GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, a stripped-down coding model engineered for near-instantaneous response times, marking the company's first significant inference partnership outside its traditional Nvidia-dominated infrastructure. The model runs on hardware from Cerebras Systems, a Sunnyvale-based chipmaker whose wafer-scale processors specialize in low-latency AI workloads.The partnership arrives at a pivotal moment for OpenAI. The company finds itself navigating a frayed relati

TL;DR: Live stream Dortmund vs. Mainz in the Bundesliga for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free live stream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.For a long time it has seemed like Bayern Munich would walk towards the Bundesliga title, but the gap at the top has been closing in recent weeks. Now Dortmund are only six points behind the leaders. They face Mainz at home this weekend, a game they'll expect to win. Mainz have the talent to shock the Westfalenstadion, but they'll need to be at

If you've been patiently awaiting Nintendo's pastel purple and green Switch 2 Joy-Con controllers since their unveiling last month, you can now officially add them to your cart.Officially called "Light Purple" and "Light Green" — though the green is definitely more of a pastel teal — the new set is available for $99.99 as of Feb. 12. Aside from the color, the controllers are an exact match to the ones that come with the Switch 2. They feature the same magnetic connectors, wrist

It's been a big week for Sony. The brand just launched the new XM6 earbuds which have proven to be some of the most well-rounded noise-cancelling earbuds Mashable has ever tested. But if you're more of an over-the-ear headphones type of person, Sony has something exciting in store for you.If you're a fan of pink, the new colorway can do no wrong.Credit: Sony
On Feb. 12, Sony introduced the Sand Pink colorway to the lineup of XM6 headphone options. Previous colorway options included Black, Midnig

Now would be a good time to ensure your Windows OS is up to date. Microsoft recently patched a serious vulnerability in Windows 11 related to Notepad, its text-editing tool.The company said it fixed a "remote code execution" vulnerability. As technology website Techradar noted, the vulnerability had to do with Markdown — in which users can employ symbols to format text (e.g., asterisks to create italics) — which could allow bad actors to insert a dangerous link. "An attacker cou

TL;DR: Live stream Atlético Madrid vs. Barcelona in the Copa del Rey for free on ITVX. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.The Copa del Rey final is calling for the four remaining teams in contention. Athletic Club and Real Sociedad have already met in the first leg of their semi-final matchup, and now it's the turn of Atlético Madrid and Barcelona. This fascinating game is the ultimate clash of cultures. Diego Simeone will relish the chan

Focus Features is coming to freak you out. While Obsession doesn't hit theaters until May, the movie's promotional team is taking advantage of Valentine's Day fervor (or loathing) to zero in on the film's creepy premise. Yesterday, Mashable shared in our Instagram stories the unnerving Valentine's Day surprises that Obsession sent our way, ranging from traditional gifts like roses, chocolates, and valentines, to less conventional romantic gifts, like a hank of hair and a brick. Just a real heavy

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When an AI agent visits a website, it’s essentially a tourist who doesn’t speak the local language. Whether built on LangChain, Claude Code, or the increasingly popular OpenClaw framework, the agent is reduced to guessing which buttons to press: scraping raw HTML, firing off screenshots to multimodal models, and burning through thousands of tokens just to figure out where a search bar is.That era may be ending. Earlier this week, the Google Chrome team launched WebMCP — Web Mod

Apple's big Gemini-powered upgrade for Siri won't be ready for the next iOS update.According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple may have internally pushed back the release of the AI-enhanced Siri, which was supposed to at least partially launch with iOS 26.4 in March. This is a bit of a surprise because, as recently as a couple of weeks ago, Bloomberg also reported that Apple would reveal the new Siri in February. Per the newest report, we might have to wait until May or September to see the

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One of the many, many highlights of 2018's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was hearing Nicolas Cage go full grizzled detective mode as Spider-Man Noir. Cage's scene-stealing Spider-Man variant showed up in black and white, with the wind following him wherever he went. As he revealed in his backstory, he's a private eye with a passion for egg creams and punching Nazis. What more do you need to be obsessed?SEE ALSO:2026 TV preview: All the TV shows you need to know, and where to stream them
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Sony's latest flagship audio product, the WF-1000XM6 earbuds, is officially here as of Feb. 12. Just like last year's XM6 headphones, these earbuds feature better active noise cancellation, improved sound quality, and an upgraded design. Also like their headphones counterpart, those updates come at a cost — Sony bumped up the starting price to $329.99, which is $30 more than the release price of the WF-1000XM5 earbuds released three years ago.After spending a week testing out the earbuds,

Earbuds and headphones aren't getting any cheaper, folks.Audio brands keep proving it: over the past year, Bose, Sony, and Bowers & Wilkins matched or beat record-high list prices with their flagship launches.The Sony WF-1000XM6 are the latest addition to that list, launching Feb. 12 at $329.99. Yes, they're really expensive — just $20 cheaper than the Bose QuietComfort headphones. And while my budget-buy-loving heart is loathe to admit it, they're also unfortunately really excellent e

When Ryan Murphy gets his hands on a landmark event in American history, you can never be quite sure how it will translate to TV. Will it be a canny re-examination of how the moment shaped American culture, in the vein of The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story? Or will it follow the more exploitative path of Netflix's Monster anthology? SEE ALSO:'The Beauty' review: Ryan Murphy's latest is gorgeous, unhinged ridiculousness
That's the question facing Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr

Lowering the cost of inference is typically a combination of hardware and software. A new analysis released Thursday by Nvidia details how four leading inference providers are reporting 4x to 10x reductions in cost per token.The dramatic cost reductions were achieved using Nvidia's Blackwell platform with open-source models. Production deployment data from Baseten, DeepInfra, Fireworks AI and Together AI shows significant cost improvements across healthcare, gaming, agentic chat, and customer se

BTS will not only stream their first tour back after a hiatus on Netflix, but they're also bringing it to cinemas.Announced on Thursday, the Bangtan Boys will bring their 'ARIRANG' world tour concerts to movie theatres. It's a collaboration between HYBE, BigHit Music, and Trafalgar Releasing, the team that brought Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour to theaters.This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. SEE ALSO:Netflix will livestream BTS' first concert after hiatus
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Well, that was fast. Just a day after Samsung finally decided to give us the date for its big Samsung Galaxy S26 series unveiling, the entire lineup leaked online. Yes, the Galaxy Unpacked event is set for Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 10 a.m. PT (9 a.m. ET). And thanks to leaker Evan Blass, we just got an early glimpse of what the phones will look like. Well, it's more than a glimpse: Blass actually obtained official-looking photos of the entire lineup. Don't get too excited, though; the phones look ve

TL;DR: Live stream Australia vs. Zimbabwe in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 for free on ICC.TV. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.The 2026 T20 World Cup group stage is slowly getting settled. Australia won their opening game against Ireland, and now face off against Zimbabwe. In fact, both sides have a perfect record going into this clash after Zimbabwe overcame Oman in Colombo. Australia will be expected to win this fixture and basically guarantee progre