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R is niche, but it's the language every statistician actually uses

It may be niche, but it's a big niche in a data-driven world.

OpenAI Upgrades Codex With Computer Use, Image Generation Capabilities

Codex is now capable of natively accessing the web The coding app can now schedule future work for itself EU and UK users ...

Anthropic’s latest model is deliberately less powerful than Mythos (and that’s the point)

Claude Opus 4.7 improves on performance and usability, but is intentionally dialed down in capability as Anthropic ...

New open-source Python-based software boosts space-weather modeling

University of Birmingham experts have created open-source computer software that helps scientists understand how fast-moving ...
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ZX Spectrum with 48KB RAM pulls off a Kerbal moon landing

YouTuber and orbital mechanics expert Scott Manley has successfully landed a virtual Kerbal astronaut on the Mun, the in-game moon of Kerbal Space Program, using a ZX Spectrum home computer equipped ...
The Verge

DLSS 5: Has Nvidia’s AI graphics technology gone too far?

Follow along below for all the latest updates about Nvidia’s DLSS 5 upgrades. Nvidia surely thought it was doing a good thing for gamers by “upgrading” the faces of our favorite video game characters.
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Meta’s Manus launches ‘My Computer’ to turn your Mac into an AI agent

AI startup Manus has released its answer to OpenClaw and Perplexity’s Personal Computer. The similarly dubbed “My Computer” system runs on your Mac or PC, turning your machine into a personal AI agent ...
BBC

Nvidia faces gamer backlash over 'breakthrough' AI graphics feature

A new feature from chip-maker Nvidia that promises cinematic-quality graphics using AI has prompted a backlash online, despite the company claiming it would "reinvent" what is possible in video games.
The Verge

DLSS 5 looks like a real-time generative AI filter for video games

Nvidia’s latest AI upscaling tech can change a game’s lighting and materials. Nvidia’s latest AI upscaling tech can change a game’s lighting and materials. According to Nvidia, “The AI model is ...
Polygon

Nvidia's new graphics tech is impressive, until you see what it does to faces

What innovations should a new generation of video games bring with it? Bigger worlds? Faster load times? GPU maker Nvidia has an answer that I bet you've never thought of: What if you paid thousands ...
TechSpot

This $35,000 computer made of living human neurons can run Doom

First look: Australian biotech startup Cortical Labs has crossed another boundary in biological computing. Its latest hardware platform, the CL1, uses living human neurons as the core of a fully ...
New Scientist

Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week

A clump of human brain cells can play the classic computer game Doom. While its performance is not up to par with humans, experts say it brings biological computers a step closer to useful real-world ...