Google launches Gemma 4, a new open-source model: How to try it

Google just released the latest version of its open AI model, Gemma 4, on Thursday. Crucially, Gemma 4 is a fully open-source ...
Hackaday

Play A .WAV Instead Of Typing Line After Line Into Vintage Microcomputer

Casey Bralla] got his hands on a Rockwell AIM 65 microcomputer, a fantastic example of vintage computing from the late 70s. It sports a full QWERTY keyboard, and a twenty character wide display ...
9to5Google

Gemini now lets you import chats and memory from other AI apps

Besides Gemini 3.1 Flash Live today, Google is rolling out the ability to import memory and chats into Gemini from other AI ...
Fast Company

Why the industry that feeds 8 billion people still can’t read its own data

Agricultural data is “fragmented, distributed, heterogeneous, and incompatible.” That’s the verdict from a major Council for Agricultural Science and Technology report published barely a year ago, and ...
Wired

Data Broker Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses

A report copublished by WIRED sparked a probe into opt-out pages hidden by data brokers. Now congressional Democrats say breaches tied to the industry have cost people tens of billions of dollars.
New Atlas

Microsoft's tech for 10,000-year data storage now works with kitchenware glass

For roughly a decade, Microsoft has been perfecting a high-density storage technology that uses glass, lasers, and cameras, and ensures it stays intact for millennia. That's a huge improvement over ...
Reuters

India's retail inflation at 2.75% in first reading under new data series

NEW DELHI, Feb 12 (Reuters) - India's key inflation rate accelerated to 2.75% in January, the maiden print under a revised data series showed on Thursday, returning to the central bank's target band ...
The Verge

Microsoft wants to rewire data centers to save space

Superconducting cables could make for more compact data centers. Superconducting cables could make for more compact data centers. is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment ...
Time

Trump Administration Removes Some Redactions From Epstein Files After Outcry From Lawmakers

Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, left, and Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, arrive at a Department of Justice office in Washington, D.C., to inspect the Epstein files on Feb. 9, 2026 ...
The Hill

Massie asks social media followers regarding Epstein files ‘Which docs should I view?’

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Sunday asked his followers which files connected to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein he should review tomorrow when lawmakers begin examining the unredacted documents ...
New Atlas

What's the deal with space-based data centers for AI?

Terrestrial data centers are so 2025. We're taking our large-scale compute infrastructure into orbit, baby! Or at least, that's what Big Tech is yelling from the rooftops at the moment. It's quite a ...