Alibaba claims no. 1 spot in AI math models with Qwen2-Math - Technology news - NewsLocker (2024)

They outperform all others in the world — including the vaunted OpenAI GPT-4o, Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and even Google.Read More

Lost Highway

In 2004, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced plans for a “hydrogen highway.” It called for a new kind of fuel station, built to support a new kind of electric vehicle. Cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells could help clean up the air and free the US from foreign oil — and California could lead the way.
That’s not what happened. Twenty years later, the American auto industry is shifting overwhelmingly to electric vehicles... but they run on batteries, not hy

Hydrogen cars flopped, butfuel cells are finding new life in trucks and boats

The Energy Observer, a boat powered by hydrogen and other renewable energy sources, sailing in the Gulf of Thailand in 2022.| Photo by Pitcha Dangprasith / AFP via Getty Images Mining trucks, cement mixers, and terminal tractors all seem like the perfect use of hydrogen fuel cells. But they run into the same challenges around price and fueling. Continue reading…

How to troubleshoot a Windows PC that won’t boot

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Having your Windows PC start up is something that’s normally taken for granted — until it pauses mid-boot. You may be faced with a serious problem that needs some serious troubleshooting.
Here are some key steps for dealing with problems that may come up when you’re booting a Windows PC. With loads of possible hardware and software combinations out there, it’s hard to be definitive about what might have gone wrong or how to fix it,

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How to Back Up Your Slack Archive Before Slack Deletes It

The app is going to delete older posts from free workspaces. Here’s how to archive everything—and, if you want to, move your community over to Discord.

A24’s Y2K looks like an apocalyptic rager in first trailer

A24 People imagined all sorts of global nightmare scenarios were coming in the months building up to January 1st, 2000, but none of them were quite as absurd as the premise of Y2K from director Kyle Mooney, A24’s new disaster comedy.Set on New Year’s Eve in 1999, Y2K tells the story of how a group of teens set out to celebrate the new millennium by throwing (or at least attending) the party of a lifetime. Though everyone’s heard of the Y2K bug, all Eli (Jaeden Martell), Danny (

22 Best Wireless Chargers of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

Stop fumbling for cables in the dark. These WIRED-tested stands and pads will take the hassle out of refueling your phone, wireless earbuds, and watch.

Nvidia’s new G-Sync monitors no longer need a dedicated hardware module

Image: Nvidia Nvidia is bringing its full set of G-Sync features to monitors that won’t need a proprietary G-Sync module. Nvidia is partnering with MediaTek to integrate all of its current and future G-Sync features into MediaTek scalers, eliminating the need for a dedicated G-Sync module.
“We are working with MediaTek to bring G-Sync to their market leading monitor scalers,” says Nvidia. “We will bring all the G-Sync technologies, including our most recent – Pulsar

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Nvidia is linking Xbox accounts to GeForce Now so you can automatically sign in to games

Image: Nvidia Nvidia will soon let you link an Xbox account to its GeForce Now streaming service to enable automatic sign-in for supported games. Starting on August 22nd, the new account linking feature will mean you only need to sign-in and link an Xbox profile once so that it’s stored for all future GeForce Now sessions.
“This new feature joins Xbox game library sync on GeForce Now, which allows members to sync their supported Xbox Game Pass and Microsoft Store games to their cloud

Atari’s new 7800 console remake can also play your old Atari 2600 cartridges

Image: Atari Atari has a treat for those of you sitting on a cache of Atari 7800 game cartridges — a new compact recreation of the classic home console complete with backward compatibility. The company has teamed up with Plaion to announce the Atari 7800 Plus, which comes equipped with an HDMI port to connect to modern televisions, alongside support for both Atari 2600 and 7800 game cartridges — just like the original console.
The $129.99 Atari 7800 Plus is available to preorder now,

17 Top New Android 15 Features (2024): How to Install, Features, Release Date

Android 15 is creeping closer to its release date. Here are the notable features and upgrades Google has in store.

Back to School for High Schoolers (2024): Backpacks, Laptops, Headphones

Your little kid isn't so little anymore. Start off on the right track with these WIRED-approved laptops, backpacks, and more.

How to watch Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024

Photo by Sascha Thelen/picture alliance via Getty Images Geoff Keighley’s big Opening Night Live (ONL) show for Gamescom is back for another year. and we’re set to see some new looks at many upcoming games and hopefully a few surprises.
The X account for The Game Awards — another big showcase hosted by Keighley — has already shared that we can expect to see Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Monster Hunter Wilds, Marvel Rivals, Dune: Awakening, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle,

Disney gives up on trying to use Disney Plus excuse to settle a wrongful death lawsuit

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Disney has now agreed that a wrongful death lawsuit should be decided in court following backlash for initially arguing the case belonged in arbitration because the grieving widower had once signed up for a Disney Plus trial.
“With such unique circ*mstances as the ones in this case, we believe this situation warrants a sensitive approach to expedite a resolution for the family who have experienced such a painful loss,” chairman of Disney exper

Valve bans Razer and Wooting’s new keyboard features in Counter-Strike 2

Image: Valve Valve is banning Counter-Strike 2 players from using keyboard features to automate perfect counter-strafes. Razer was the first keyboard maker to add a Simultaneous Opposing Cardinal Directions (SOCD) feature to its range of Huntsman V3 Pro keyboards last month, followed shortly by Wooting. Using Snap Tap as Razer calls it or Wooting’s Snappy Tappy will now get you kicked from Counter-Strike 2 games.
“Recently, some hardware features have blurred the line between manual

The Acolyte has been canceled

Image: Disney Though Disney Plus’ The Acolyte series introduced some very compelling new characters and lore to the Star Wars canon, its story about the dark side of the Force won’t be continuing with a second season.
Though its season one finale seemed to be setting up the series for more episodes, Deadline reports that Disney has canceled The Acolyte. Things were rocky from the start for the show as Star Wars fans displeased with its cast and premise took to review-bombing it in dr

Robot coaches are reading brain signals to support stroke rehabilitation

Robot coaches that read brain signals could pave a new way for the rehabilitation of stroke and brain injury survivors. That’s according to the EU-funded VITALISE project, led by researchers from the UK’s National Robotarium and developed in partnership with the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. The three-month trial, which was completed in Vienna, targeted individuals with upper limb impairments. These affect approximately 80% of acute stroke survivors and are a common side eff

Plaintext passwords may have struck again

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge National Public Data (NPD) confirmed last week that it suffered a security breach dating back to December last year. An alleged stolen NPD database containing 2.9 billion lines of data, including Social Security numbers, was advertised on the dark web in April by a hacker group known as USDoD for $3.5 million, and the stolen data has since been posted publicly in various locations.
Now, Krebs On Security reports a roughly identical website to NPD calle

Plain text passwords may have struck again

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge National Public Data (NPD) confirmed last week that it suffered a security breach dating back to December last year. An alleged stolen NPD database containing 2.9 billion lines of data, including Social Security numbers, was advertised on the dark web in April by a hacker group known as USDoD for $3.5 million, and the stolen data has since been posted publicly in various locations.
Now, Krebs On Security reports a roughly identical website to NPD calle

The Best Early Labor Day Mattress Deals (2024)

It's one of the best times of the year to score a new mattress. Here's all the best deals (plus some exclusive sale codes) to snag ahead of the long weekend.

Turtle Beach’s new Stealth 700 gaming headset has two USB dongles

Image: Turtle Beach Turtle Beach’s redesigned Stealth 700 Gen 3 wireless gaming headset is redefining #donglelife by including two USB transmitters, allowing it to quick-switch across consoles and PC / Steam Deck at the push of a button once it launches September 22nd — with preorders available now for $199.99.
This isn’t the first headset to try the one-button switching thing, but the new Stealth 700 goes a very different route than Logitech’s pricier Astro A50 X, which

Anova will start charging a subscription fee for its sous vide companion app

Starting on August 21st, 2024, new Anova customers will have to pay a yearly or monthly fee to use the companion app. | Image: Anova Starting on August 21st, 2024, Anova will be introducing a subscription fee for new users of its sous vide cookers who want to take advantage of additional features available through its mobile companion app, including controlling the appliance remotely.
Similar to the Snoo, a smart bassinet that recently locked previously free features behind a monthly subscriptio

Today is your last chance to save on Paramount Plus before its next price hike

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Starting tomorrow, August 20th, Paramount Plus's latest price hike will go into effect, meaning today is your last day to subscribe at the current rate before prices increase on several plans. Right now, new customers can still lock in a subscription to Paramount Plus Essential for $5.99 a month before the price jumps to $7.99. What’s more, new and returning subscribers can still get a month of Paramount Plus Essential for free with promo code OGGMPZ

Do we know enough about the health risks of new semiconductor factories?

President Joe Biden gives a speech at the Intel Ocotillo Campus on March 20th, 2024 in Chandler, Arizona. | Photo by Rebecca Noble / Getty Images The Biden administration has been on a funding spree for new computer chip factories. It needs to conduct more thorough environmental reviews of new facilities, advocates contend.Continue reading…

Apple Podcasts now has a web app

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has launched a web app for its Podcasts app, and you can access it right now at podcasts.apple.com. The app works on Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari, MacRumors reports.
If you’ve used the Podcasts app for Mac or iOS, the web app should feel pretty familiar: there are sections like a Browse tab where you can see featured podcasts, a Home tab where you can check out episodes from the shows you follow or that Apple thinks you might be interested

Ticketmaster’s nontransferrable ‘SafeTix’ are anti-competitive, DOJ suit claims

Image: The Verge / Kenishirotie (via Getty) The real intent of Ticketmaster’s push for non-transferrable tickets was to make it harder for fans to use rival platforms like StubHub and SeatGeek, the newly updated complaint in the Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation alleges. The complaint, which was amended Monday after 10 states joined the DOJ’s lawsuit, cites internal Ticketmaster documents obtained during the legal

Ticketmaster’s nontransferable ‘SafeTix’ are anticompetitive, DOJ suit claims

Image: The Verge / Kenishirotie (via Getty) The real intent of Ticketmaster’s push for nontransferable tickets was to make it harder for fans to use rival platforms like StubHub and SeatGeek, the newly updated complaint in the Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, alleges. The complaint, which was amended on Monday after 10 states joined the DOJ’s lawsuit, cites internal Ticketmaster documents obtained during the leg

Waymo’s new robotaxi will feature fewer sensors to help lower costs

Waymo’s sixth-gen robotaxi is already being tested on public roads.| Image: Waymo Waymo published a blog post today previewing its new sixth-generation robotaxi, which is an electric minivan manufactured by the Chinese automaker Zeekr.In the post, Waymo VP of engineering Satish Jeyachandran touts the new robotaxi as more high tech than past iterations, while also featuring fewer sensors to help reduce costs for the Alphabet-owned company. And within its high-powered computer, it contains a

The AI photo editing era is here, and it’s every person for themselves

Google’s Pixel 9 is poised to usher in a whole new era of weird vacation photos. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge I had no problem taking out the vaping couple on a beach towel. They’re in the background of one of my vacation photos, and they’re really mucking up the vibe. The Google Pixel’s Magic Editor feature takes them right out with a few taps, and you know what? I felt fine about that. It’s drawing the line that I’m having a hard time with.
My taken-on

Trump posts a fake AI-generated Taylor Swift endorsem*nt

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Former President Donald Trump posted what appeared to be a series of AI-generated images over the weekend to drum up support for his presidential candidacy, including a false endorsem*nt from pop star Taylor Swift.
The posts show how Trump might wield generative AI in a way that confounds attempts to police AI-created election disinformation, thanks in part to long-standing legal precedent allowing candidates to lie in political ads. They arrive on