Meta releases first new AI model since shaking up team
Meta on Wednesday released an artificial intelligence model, Muse Spark, it touts as smarter and faster than what it offered before shaking up its Superintelligence Labs unit.
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Machine learning & AI
Meta on Wednesday released an artificial intelligence model, Muse Spark, it touts as smarter and faster than what it offered before shaking up its Superintelligence Labs unit.
Apr 9, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Remember the iPod? It's making a quiet comeback. Four years after Apple killed off its digital music player, secondhand sales are surging. It's fueled in part by young people interested not just in its retro looks but a desire ...
Apr 9, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have uncovered a path to design superionic polymer electrolytes for solid-state batteries and other energy applications that could help ensure a future ...
Apr 9, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
The conflict in Iran—but also the war in Ukraine—show not only that AI is radically changing the economics of war (which may be good news), but also that we may be heading toward some kind of "Chernobyl moment." We may soon ...
Apr 9, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
With the push of a button, the elevator descends hundreds of meters in seconds into the dark depths of Onkalo.
Apr 9, 2026
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Business
A US appeals court on Wednesday denied Anthropic's request to put on hold a move by the Pentagon to label it a supply chain risk, but ordered the AI startup's legal battle with the Department of War to be put on a fast track.
Apr 9, 2026
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Engineering
Researchers at the University of Florida are developing artificial intelligence models to pinpoint early signs of sinkholes before they appear. "I'm always looking for real-world problems," said Minhee Kim, Ph.D., an assistant ...
Apr 9, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Nevada's largest utility says it will need three times the electricity required to power Las Vegas just to handle proposed data centers—and it probably can't do that without fossil fuels.
Apr 9, 2026
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Engineering
Some batteries have been known to catch fire or explode at high temperatures or when under stress. This safety concern has pushed researchers to experiment with different ways to design safer batteries that can ideally still ...
Energy & Green Tech
UNSW researchers have redesigned hydrogen fuel cells to solve a critical flaw, bringing clean energy for aviation, heavy transport and beyond closer to reality. Hydrogen fuel cells, using locally produced green hydrogen as ...
Apr 8, 2026
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