Ars Technica

Google’s Gemma 4 AI models get 3x speed boost by predicting future tokens

Google launched its Gemma 4 open models this spring, promising a new level of power and performance for local AI. Google’s take on edge AI could be getting even faster already with the release of ...
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Decoding your cat's purring | Pet Project

Does your cat purr then they're content? They might be purring for another reason. Pennsylvania SPCA animal advocate Carol Erickson breaks down what your feline friends might be trying to tell you in ...
The New York Times

J. Craig Venter, Scientist Who Decoded the Human Genome, Dies at 79

A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races. By Nicholas Wade J. Craig Venter, a scientist and entrepreneur who raced to decode the human ...
Ars Technica

Google’s Gemma 4 open AI models use “speculative decoding” to get up to 3x faster

Why is my immediate thought "great, LLMs plus speculative execution, what could go wrong?" That said, I'm interested in benchmarking it at least. Maybe it'll have a place in my local smart home. Click ...
Reuters

Google in talks with SpaceX for Suncatcher orbital data center project

May 12 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google on Tuesday said it has been in discussions with Elon Musk's SpaceX and others regarding future launches for its Project Suncatcher, an ...
The Verge

Google shuts down Project Mariner

The Project Mariner experiment lives on in Gemini Agent and AI Mode. The Project Mariner experiment lives on in Gemini Agent and AI Mode. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, ...
Reuters

Anthropic commits to spending $200 billion on Google's cloud and chips, the Information reports

May 5 (Reuters) - Anthropic has committed to spend $200 billion with Google Cloud over five years as part of a recent agreement, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing a person with knowledge of ...
Digital Trends

Google pulls the plug on Project Mariner, the AI agent that browsed the web like a human

Google has shut down Project Mariner, the autonomous web browsing agent it debuted at I/O last year. The tool, which could navigate Chrome, fill out forms, search listings, and book travel by taking ...
Android Authority

Google quietly kills Project Mariner as the AI agent race shifts gears

Google is shutting down its experimental AI browser agent that could browse the web, fill forms, search listings, and book trips for you. The tool relied on screenshots and visual recognition to ...
Wired

Google Is Rebranding the Fitbit App to ‘Google Health’

Google is sunsetting Google Fit by year’s end. While Fitbit remains very much alive, the rebranded Google Health app is your one-stop shop for all things health and fitness. More than a decade since ...
ZDNet

Google Maps vs. Waze: I've driven with the two best navigation apps, and one is much better

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...