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From AI to AGI — how Honor’s Alpha Plan is making a big bet on the agentic future
AI is everywhere at MWC 2025, as it has been in the tech space as a whole for the past two years. But Honor’s new embrace of this technology with its Alpha Plan is another level of preparation for future developments and upcoming devices. For one, Honor is now no longer a smartphone-focused company but an “AI device ecosystem company,”…
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Kakegurui Live-Action Series ‘BET’ Gets 2025 Release Window
Netflix announced that Kakegurui was getting a live-action adaptation in May last year, and now, we finally know when the project will arrive on the streaming platform. After the arrival of the critically acclaimed One Piece live-action series, Netflix started supporting more live-action anime projects. The list includes Yu Yu Hakusho, Parasyte: The Grey, and several other mind-boggling titles. Now,…
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Why CEO Matt Garman is willing to bet AWS on AI
Today, I’m talking with Matt Garman, the CEO of Amazon Web Services, or AWS. Matt took over as CEO last June — you might recall that we had his predecessor, Adam Selipsky, on the show just over a year ago. That makes this episode terrific Decoder bait, since I love hearing how new CEOs decide what to change and what…
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AWS bet big on Anthropic in the race against Microsoft and OpenAI, now it’s doubling down
AWS has announced another round of investment into AI startup Anthropic, doubling down on a previous $4 billion investment recently approved by a UK regulator. The firm will invest a further $4 billion into Anthropic, AWS said, and will build on its partnership with the AI developer through expanded collaboration in the training process. Where the last investment set AWS…
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Can Nintendo’s Alarmo run Doom? You bet it can
That’s exactly what hacker GaryOberNicht, who recently figured out how to run custom firmware on the Alarmo, did in a video posted to Mastodon and their X account yesterday. In it, they play by turning or pressing the mushroom-shaped blob on top of the Alarmo to move and pressing the other buttons to shoot or open doors. Here, have a…
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Unpacking Australia’s $1 Billion Bet On a Future PsiQuantum Quantum Computer
Earlier this year, Australia agreed to invest nearly AUD $1 billion in U.S.-based quantum start-up PsiQuantum in an effort to become the first country to own a commercial-scale quantum computer. The technology is expected to be operational by 2027. “This investment marks the start of a manufacturing and production partnership that will create hundreds of local high-skilled jobs,” the Australian…
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