The BitNet b1.58 2B4T model was developed by Microsoft's General Artificial Intelligence group and contains two billion parameters – internal values that enable the model to understand and generate language. To compensate for its low-precision weights, the model was trained on a massive dataset of four trillion tokens, roughly equivalent......
Google demos Android XR smart glasses with Gemini AI, visual memory, and multilingual capabilities
Until now, Google's Android XR glasses had only appeared in carefully curated teaser videos and limited hands-on previews shared with select publications. These early glimpses hinted at the potential of integrating artificial intelligence into everyday eyewear but left lingering questions about real-world performance. That changed when Shahram Izadi, Google's Android......
Western Digital and Microsoft launch HDD recycling program to recover rare earths from e-waste
Although solid-state drives have become the standard for personal computers, mechanical hard drives remain the backbone of data centers worldwide. When these drives are retired, they are often shredded for data security, and their components – ranging from aluminum and steel to rare earth magnets – frequently end up in...
Progressive icon and ex-US Rep. Barbara Lee wins race for mayor of struggling Oakland
Progressive icon and former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee is the new mayor of troubled Oakland, California, a city she represented for more than two decades in Congress
Missouri State football standout Todric McGee dies at 21
Missouri State has announced the death of football player Todric McGee
Three Hegseth aides ousted in leak investigation decry ‘baseless attacks’
Three former senior advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are decrying what they called “baseless attacks” after each was escorted from the Pentagon in an expanding probe on information leaks
Oregon community college coach and player killed when truck collides with softball team bus
An Oregon community college softball player and a coach have been killed when their team bus was hit by a pickup
Small plane crash in Illinois kills all 4 on board
A single-engine aircraft has crashed in a field in central Illinois, killing all four people on board
Man who fatally shot 23 at El Paso Walmart set to plead guilty to murder nearly 6 years on
Nearly six years after a man fatally shot 23 people in a racist attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border, the gunman's criminal case is set to come to a close
Winning numbers drawn in Saturday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 07-25-37-39-63, Powerball: 1