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How is China doing in the AI race? Tech giants and startups are pushing boundaries | DailyAI
Alibaba Cloud recently released over 100 new open-source models in its Qwen 2.5 family. These models range in size from 0.5 to 72 billion parameters and handle tasks from coding to math in 29 different languages. The company’s Tongyi model, available through the Model Studio platform, has seen its user base jump from 90,000 to…
NORAD’s sleigh surveillance: How Santa got tangled in military tech
Summary A child’s wrong number call sparked NORAD’s Santa tracking tradition in 1955. NORAD, formed in 1958, protects US and Canada’s airspace — it doesn’t just keep an eye on Santa. NORAD’s annual Santa tracking now involves global volunteers and millions of website visitors. Let’s throw it back to a Christmas Eve sometime in the…
CES 2025: The new tech we’re expecting to see in Las Vegas from AMD, NVIDIA, Hyundai and more
The holiday season has barely begun, but some of us are already getting ready for CES 2025. Shortly after New Year’s Day, many from the Engadget team will be packing our bags to fly to Las Vegas, where we’ll be covering tech’s biggest annual conference. As usual, our inboxes are already flooded with pitches from…
Our favorite Sony earbuds hit an all-time low, plus the rest of the week’s best tech deals
We’re less than a week from Christmas, and if you haven’t finished your holiday shopping, well, you should probably get on that. While it’s likely too late to get most items shipped by Wednesday morning, there are still tons of decent tech deals available for those you’re seeing after the holiday — or if you…