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Apple’s cheapest AirPods have hit $89

The AirPods 4 are the best entry-level AirPods yet. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Image: William Warby / Unsplash It’s a good day for Apple fans on a budget. Not only did the company introduce a new budget phone, its entry-level AirPods 4 are also on sale. Right now, you can snag…

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Meta’s new deal with Nvidia buys up millions of AI chips

Meta has struck a multiyear deal to expand its data centers with millions of Nvidia’s Grace and Vera CPUs and Blackwell and Rubin GPUs. While Meta has long been using Nvidia’s hardware for its AI products, this deal “represents the first large-scale Nvidia Grace-only deployment,” which Nvidia says will deliver “significant performance-per-watt improvements in [Meta’s]…

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AI Video ‘Jia Zhangke Wishes Everyone Happy New Year’ Emerges Online

An AI-generated video titled “Jia Zhangke Wishes Everyone Happy New Year” has surfaced online and is also circulating widely across social media, featuring a digital recreation of the acclaimed Chinese filmmaker in a scripted, meta-fictional exchange about authorship, technology and artistic control. The short clip, posted on YouTube by COMA — the Chinatown Organization for…

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The AI Alliance Shakeup: Apple Bets on Google’s Gemini in Strategic Siri Overhaul

Introduction In a move that redefines the competitive landscape of artificial intelligence, Apple has reportedly selected Google’s Gemini AI engine to power the next generation of its Siri assistant. This strategic partnership, confirmed by sources to Ars Technica, signals a seismic shift in Silicon Valley alliances, prioritizing Google’s technology over a competing offer from OpenAI’s…

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