Apple facing potential App Store probe in China
China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) is expected to begin a full-scale antitrust investigation on Apple’s App Store. The measure is expected in response to the recent trade tariffs imposed on Chinese goods by the United States. The upcoming probe is expected to target the App Store’s 30% commission on in-app purchases…Read More
Ferrari-Powered Alfa Romeo Rally Car Sees Daylight After 28 Years
This homebrew mid-engined special packs a Ferrari V8 into the body of an Alfa Sprint…Read More
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra’s Gorilla Armor 2 glass scratches more easily than original Armor
The new Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra has exclusive use of the new Gorilla Armor 2 glass, which can survive drops from 2.2m (7.2ft) onto concrete. Corning claims that Armor 2 maintains the scratch resistance of the original Gorilla Armor that was used in last year’s S24 Ultra…Read More
vivo V50 hands-on images leak
vivo is launching the V50 soon, possibly on February 17 with sales going live on February 24. The brand has already started teasing the device, revealing its design and key specs, but nothing beats staring at actual hands-on images, right? Well, here you go. These hands-on shots have been leaked today and they show the […]
How the Rubin Observatory will help us understand dark matter and dark energy
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. We can put a good figure on how much we know about the universe: 5%. That’s how much of what’s floating about in the cosmos is……Read […]
Three things to know as the dust settles from DeepSeek
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. The launch of a single new AI model does not normally cause much of a stir outside tech circles, nor does it typically spook investors enough to wipe out $1 trillion in……Read […]
Roundtables: What DeepSeek’s Breakout Success Means for AI
Recorded on February 3, 2025 What DeepSeek’s Breakout Success Means for AI Speakers: Charlotte Jee, news editor, Will Douglas Heaven, senior AI editor, and Caiwei Chen, China reporter. The tech world is abuzz over a new open-source reasoning AI model developed by DeepSeek, a Chinese startup…Read More
Anthropic has a new way to protect large language models against jailbreaks
AI firm Anthropic has developed a new line of defense against a common kind of attack called a jailbreak. A jailbreak tricks large language models (LLMs) into doing something they have been trained not to, such as help somebody create a weapon. Anthropic’s new approach could be the strongest shield against jailbreaks yet…Read More
The Download: following DeepSeek’s lead, and OpenAI’s new research agent
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How DeepSeek ripped up the AI playbook—and why everyone’s going to follow its lead When the Chinese firm DeepSeek dropped a large language model called R1 two weeks ago…Read More
Wreckfest 2 Crashes Onto Steam Early Access On 20 March
A version of the sequel to 2018’s gratuitously destructive racer lands next month…Read More