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Reasoning large language models (LLMs) are designed to solve complex problems by breaking them down into a series of smaller steps. These powerful models are particularly good at challenging tasks like advanced programming and multistep planning.But developing reasoning models demands an enormous amount of computation and energy due to inefficiencies in the training process. While a few of the high-power processors continuously work through complicated queries, others in the group sit idle.Researchers from MIT and elsewhere found a way to use this computational downtime to efficiently accelerate reasoning-model training.Their new method automatically trains a smaller, faster model to predict the…

A recent Omegle interaction between American streamer IShowSpeed and a Mongolian woman has gone viral. As IShowSpeed matched with the soundly sleeping woman on the video chat platform, he immediately started shouting, “Hey, wake the fuck up, wake up, wake up, yeah, wake up, it’s that time.” The startled woman woke up, initially appearing confused by the abrupt awakening. During their exchange, IShowSpeed told her it was “four o’clock in the evening, I mean afternoon,” to which she remarked that it was actually five in the morning in Mongolia. Upon learning her location, the streamer revealed he had previously visited…

A “coordinated developer-targeting campaign” is using malicious repositories disguised as legitimate Next.js projects and technical assessments to trick victims into executing them and establish persistent access to compromised machines. “The activity aligns with a broader cluster of threats that use job-themed lures to blend into routine developer workflows and increase the likelihood of code execution,” the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team said in a report published this week. The tech giant said the campaign is characterized by the use of multiple entry points that lead to the same outcome, where attacker-controlled JavaScript is retrieved at runtime and executed to facilitate…

The agreement between Orange and Samsung to scale Open RAN deployments across Europe in 2026 is being reported as a partnership announcement. We think it is something with higher stakes than that. Orange has committed to a RAN renewal tender covering all its European country sites this year, requiring every submitted solution to carry Open RAN support. The addressable scope is approximately 10,000 sites. That is not a pilot. That is a procurement posture that will force every vendor operating in European telecoms to respond to it. The technical architecture is worth understanding. Samsung’s AI-powered vRAN solution runs on Intel…

Open-source LLMs and multimodal models are released at a steady pace. Many report strong results across benchmarks for reasoning, coding, and document understanding. Benchmark performance provides useful signals, but it does not determine production viability. Latency ceilings, GPU availability, licensing terms, data privacy requirements, and inference cost under sustained load define whether a model fits your environment. In this piece, we’ll outline a structured approach to selecting the right open-source model based on workload type, infrastructure constraints, and measurable deployment requirements. TL;DR Start with constraints, not benchmarks. GPU limits, latency targets, licensing, and cost narrow the field before capability comparisons…

These F&B chains are winning over the taste buds of Singaporeans “I support foreign F&B [brands] over local ones.” It’s a statement that sparked debate on a Reddit thread—and it reflects a growing trend in Singapore’s dining scene. While Singaporeans still love their local fare, an increasing number are showing support for foreign F&B brands. This shift is evident in the wave of international F&B chains expanding and growing their presence here. Over the past few years, Singapore has seen a significant influx of international food and beverage operators. As of 2025, around 85 Chinese F&B brands alone were operating…

Perplexity just launched a feature that lets different AI models collaborate on the same task. Called Perplexity Computer, it taps Gemini, Grok, and ChatGPT 5.2 depending on what you need. But Computer does more than answer questions. It completes tasks. The tool is live today for Perplexity Max subscribers on desktop web and will reach Enterprise Max users soon. The system runs Opus 4.6 as its core reasoning engine. But for specific jobs, it hands off to specialist models. Gemini handles deep research by creating sub-agents. Grok jumps in for speed on lightweight tasks. ChatGPT 5.2 manages long-context recall and…

(Valve Software Image) A new suit filed by the New York attorney general seeks to stop Valve Software’s use of “loot box” mechanics in its popular PC games, accusing the Bellevue, Wash.-based company of making billions of dollars by luring children and teenagers into gambling on rare Counter-Strike skins. The lawsuit alleges that Valve’s first-party games are essentially an illegal gambling operation aimed at younger players. It seeks to stop Valve from implementing loot box mechanics in its games going forward, as well as hit the company with a fine equal to “three times the amount of its gain from…

Key Takeaways CNAPP consolidates CSPM and CWPP into unified dashboards across AWS, Azure, GCP Effective CNAPPs detect active threats beyond just misconfigurations Shift-left scanning integrates security directly into CI/CD pipelines Agentless architecture delivers compliance without performance overhead Policy parity prevents multi-cloud drift using CIS benchmarks Microagents enable one-click remediation across all cloud environments Cloud misconfigurations rank among the leading causes of cloud security incidents across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. CNAPP platforms deliver cloud security posture management (CSPM) with continuous detecting misconfigurations in multi-cloud environments, automated remediation for cloud misconfiguration, and unified policy enforcement.Security teams achieve continuous compliance while…

At the beginning of the year, The Cut kicked off a brief discourse cycle by declaring a new lifestyle trend: “friction-maxxing.”The idea, in a nutshell, is that people have overconvenienced themselves with apps, AI, and other means of near-instant gratification—and would be better off with increased friction in their daily lives, which is to say those mundane challenges that ask some minor effort of them.Whatever your feelings on that philosophy, the use of “maxxing” as a suffix assumed to be familiar or at least intelligible to most readers of a mainstream news outlet is evidence of another trend: the assimilation…