METR: Claude Opus 4.5 has a 50% task completion time horizon of about 4 hours and 49 minutes, more than double that of Claude Opus 4 released earlier this year
just careful, meticulous rigor. Nikola Jurkovic / @nikolaj2030 : This result updates me towards 4 month doubling times being my median estimate for the next two years. That means by EOY 2026 the time ...
A look at the potential future of personalized, AI-generated entertainment, and how it could both submerge human originality and enable new forms of expression
We're used to algorithms guiding our choices. When machines can effortlessly generate the content we consume, though, what's left for the human imagination? X: @newyorker . LinkedIn: Pinja Pakalen , ...
While AI hasn't yet led to new physics discoveries, the tech is proving powerful in the field, aiding in experiment design and spotting patterns in complex data
He and his team turned to AI — in particular, a software suite first created by the physicist Mario Krenn to design tabletop experiments in quantum optics. Bluesky: @hern , @hern , and @quantamagazine...
Sources: Apple's next operating systems will be called iOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, and more, as it plans a rebrand with numbers based on the upcoming year
here's what your iPhone could do José Adorno / BGR : macOS 26 may drop support to these Intel Macs as Apple winds down transition Tsveta Ermenkova / PhoneArena : iOS 26: 7 new features Apple might int...
Apple rolls out CarPlay Ultra, the next generation of CarPlay, in new and existing Aston Martins in North America after months of delays, before a wider rollout
here's all the new features Aston Martin USA : A world first as Aston Martin debuts next-generation Apple CarPlay Ultra® Emma Roth / The Verge : Apple's CarPlay Ultra is finally here, if you have a ne...
Amazon is working on letting Alexa mimic any voice after hearing less than a minute of audio, as a way to “make the memories last” of deceased family members
your dead relative's James Hennessy / The Terminal : Art, death and imagined conversations Argam Artashyan / Gizchina : So Will The New Alexa Feature Resurrect The Dead Or Not? Kate Kozuch / Tom's Gui...
Google says it will soon let users add missing roads and realign, rename, or delete incorrect ones in Maps simply by “drawing” on them
how it works Hamish Hector / TechRadar : Google Maps will let you add new roads Sagar Naresh / Android Headlines : Google Maps Update Lets You Add Images & Missing Roads Meghna Dutta / BGR India : Goo...
Matt Mullenweg says Automattic will add IAP for WordPress.com plans to WordPress iOS app after Apple froze app updates and demanded the addition
❗ Punctuation matters Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : Apple's At It Again, This Time With WordPress Joe Wituschek / iMore : WordPress says Apple has blocked it from updating its iOS app Surur / MSPoweruser...
Apple says its Weather app in iOS 14 will show severe weather tracking in the US, Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia, and next-hour precipitation chart in the US
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Tweets: @rjonesy , @karissabe , @superscientific , and @alexhern Tweets: Ryan Jones / @rjonesy : Apple's weather app is going to be legit. - dark sky rain - warmer/cooler al...
Apple rejects HEY appeal, noting email apps must work without paid subscription; Apple suggests offering in-app sub or to reconfigure app as IMAP and POP client
Ever since the story broke … Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider : House antitrust committee ready to subpoena Apple CEO Tim Cook for big tech investigation Kara Swisher / New York Times : Is It Finally Ham...