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What are we all playing this weekend?
See ya, suckers – I’m off to India for a week, and am only writing this introductory paragraph because Ollie stole my 'taking holiday' idea while I was distracted by a bird.Specifically, I’ll be in Dharamshala, the mountain town where the Dalai Lama lives.Maybe I’ll get to ask him what he thinks of my Steam Deck.
2 hours ago
Sigmoidal Scaling Curves Make Reinforcement Learning RL Post-Training Predictable for LLMs
Reinforcement Learning RL post-training is now a major lever for reasoning-centric LLMs, but unlike pre-training, it hasn’t had predictive scaling rules.Teams pour tens of thousands of GPU-hours into runs without a principled way to estimate whether a recipe will keep improving with more compute.The post Sigmoidal Scaling Curves Make Reinforcement Learning RL Post-Training Predictable for LLMs appeared first on MarkTechPost.
6 hours ago
Silicon Valley spooks the AI safety advocates
The White House's David Sacks and OpenAI's Jason Kwon caused a stir online this week for their comments about groups promoting AI safety.
7 hours ago
Pokémon Card Market Watch: Lost Origin is Going Through Some Mega Value Shifts This Week
As of Oct. 17, Pokémon TCG: Lost Origin cards are seeing major shifts. Gengar and Pikachu Trainer Gallery cards drop to $26–$38, while Giratina V soars past $720 on TCGPlayer.
8 hours ago
Secure Delta Sharing Between Databricks Workspaces Using NCC and Private Endpoints
This guide walks you through the steps to share Delta tables between two Databricks workspaces (NorthCentral and SouthCentral) and configure Network Connectivity Configuration (NCC) for a Serverless Warehouse.Disabling the History option on the Delta Share will simplify the share and prevent unnecessary access to historical versions. Additionally, review whether you can further simplify your share by partitioning the data where appropriate.Add the share to a catalog in Unity Catalog.
8 hours ago
Facebook’s new button lets its AI look at photos you haven’t uploaded yet
Meta has rolled out an opt-in AI feature to its US and Canadian Facebook users that claims to make their photos and videos more “shareworthy.” The only catch is that the feature is designed for your phone’s camera roll — not the media you’ve already uploaded to Facebook. If you opt in, Meta’s AI will […]
8 hours ago
The US has a new roadmap for fusion energy, without the funds to back it up
The Department of Energy (DOE) released a new roadmap for the US to realize the decades-long dream of harnessing fusion energy. It’s a commitment to support research and development efforts and pursue public-private partnerships to finally build the first generation of fusion power plants. And of course, the plan hypes up AI as both a […]
Friday, 17 October 2025 22:21:39
Black Friday 2025: When to Expect Sales to Start This Year
The season of savings is almost here.
Friday, 17 October 2025 22:15:00
A Coding Implementation to Build a Unified Tool Orchestration Framework from Documentation to Automated Pipelines
In this tutorial, we build a compact, efficient framework that demonstrates how to convert tool documentation into standardized, callable interfaces, register those tools in a central system, and execute them as part of an automated pipeline.As we move through each stage, we create a simple converter, design mock bioinformatics tools, organize them into a […]The post A Coding Implementation to Build a Unified Tool Orchestration Framework from Documentation to Automated Pipelines appeared first on MarkTechPost.
Friday, 17 October 2025 22:13:02
Real-Time Speech Intelligence for Global Scale: gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize in Azure AI Foundry
Now, with the general availability of gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize, the new automatic speech recognition (ASR) model in Azure AI Foundry, transforming speech into actionable text is faster, smarter, and more accurate than ever.With gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize seamlessly integrated, businesses can unlock critical insights from conversations, instantly converting audio into text with ultra-low latency and outstanding accuracy across 100+ languages.Gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize unlocks these insights, converting speech to text with ultra-low latency and high accuracy across 100+ languages.
Friday, 17 October 2025 22:04:15
Announcing Public Preview of VM Customization in Azure: Disable Multithreading & Constrained Cores
Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of VM Customization feature in Azure introducing two powerful new capabilities: Disable Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT/HT) and Constrained Cores.These features give customers unprecedented control over virtual CPU configurations, enabling performance optimization and significant software licensing savings across a wide range of workloads.VM Customization is now available today in public preview across select regions, including West Central US, North Europe, East Asia, and UK South.
Friday, 17 October 2025 21:52:05
Senate Republicans deepfaked Chuck Schumer, and X hasn’t taken it down
The video was posted Friday on the Senate Republicans X account. According to X’s policies, the platform prohibits “deceptively shar[ing] synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm.” Harmful content includes media that could “mislead people” or “cause significant confusion on public issues.”
Friday, 17 October 2025 21:44:07
Andrew Gordon Macpherson on Creating a New “Ambient Metal” Music Subgenre for Hulu’s 'Into the Void'
In the conversation below, Macpherson discusses his creative process for Into the Void.All eight episodes of Into the Void are now available on Hulu.NFS: Jason Eisener is one of the producers of Into the Void.
Friday, 17 October 2025 21:30:04
The 'Last Action Hero' Made Arnold Schwarzenegger Cry
Throughout the late '80s and early '90s, he was an unstoppable force, with hit after hit cementing his status as the world's biggest action star. However, in 1993, Arnold thought it would be the end of his career.Just a year later, Arnold starred in James Cameron's True Lies, which was a massive hit and re-cemented Schwarzenegger as the undisputed king of the box office.
Friday, 17 October 2025 21:20:04
What 8 Short Story Rules Can Teach You About Making Short Films
Writing instructor John Matthew Fox (who runs Bookfox, a resource for fiction writers) recently shared advice about crafting short stories that we can use over in the film community, too.If you're writing a short story or a short film, the challenges will be surprisingly similar.As someone who has screened short films for festivals, I beg of you—you don't need an opening credit sequence.
Friday, 17 October 2025 21:10:05
Borderlands 4 Players Are Tearfully Waving Goodbye to Their Hard-Earned Legendary Loot as It Erupts From Bosses and Gets Trapped Out of Bounds
Borderlands 4 is a looter shooter that revolves around… loot. But what happens when you can’t get your hard-earned Legendary drop because it got trapped out of bounds or behind an invisible wall? Desperate Borderlands 4 players are running into that exact problem and are now pleading with developer Gearbox for a fix.
Friday, 17 October 2025 21:06:04
Ranking Arnold Schwarzenegger's Best Films Across His Career
Today, I want to go over some of the movies I love the most that he starred in.We'll dissect his performances and look at how they cemented him as a certified star.Arnold plays Harry Tasker, a secret agent leading a double life.
Friday, 17 October 2025 21:00:05
How to Avoid the Latest Disney+ Price Hikes
Disney+ prices are going up again next week. If you're committed to the streaming service, there's some ways to get ahead of the hike.
Friday, 17 October 2025 20:53:01
Filmmaking Insights From Ari Aster: Tackling Westerns and Social Media in 'Eddington'
That's where I think every filmmaker can learn from Ari Aster. One of my favorite movies this year was Eddington.In order to write Eddington, Aster spent time researching how social media feeds affect people.
Friday, 17 October 2025 20:46:53
Rock In Rio Lisbon 2026: Katy Perry announced as ‘Pop Day’ headliner
She joins Linkin Park at the top of the bill for the Portuguese festivalThe post Rock In Rio Lisbon 2026: Katy Perry announced as ‘Pop Day’ headliner appeared first on NME.
Friday, 17 October 2025 20:35:59
Fictional gadget reviews: exploring the latest in fantasy and sci-fi tech
Modern gadgets are all well and good, but sometimes things get more exciting when you enter the realm of fantasy. And the worlds of gaming, TV, and film often feature extremely cool gadgets that we just wish were real, whether it’s an impossible VR headset or a smartphone powered by a ghost. So, every so […]
Friday, 17 October 2025 20:00:00
The Lenovo Legion Pro 5 RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Laptop with OLED Display Drops to $1,700
This is a powerful gaming laptop with excellent build quality and a gorgeous display.
Friday, 17 October 2025 19:55:00
Your AI tools run on fracked gas and bulldozed Texas land
If you're wondering why AI companies are pursuing this path, they'll tell you it's not just about electricity – it's about beating China.
Friday, 17 October 2025 19:53:30
Over Half of You Are Picking Totodile as your Pokémon Legends: Z-A Starter
Who's your starter Pokémon in Pokémon Legends: Z-A? Wait, wait, let me guess: is it Totodile?
Friday, 17 October 2025 19:44:54
Kevin Federline is now claiming Britney Spears abused cocaine while breastfeeding
He has made the allegations in his new memoir, with Britney claiming he is trying to "profit off my pain"The post Kevin Federline is now claiming Britney Spears abused cocaine while breastfeeding appeared first on NME.
Friday, 17 October 2025 19:33:33
Title Plan Update – October 17, 2025
🗂️ October 17, 2025 Title Plan Now AvailableAccess the latest Instructor-Led Training (ILT) updates anytime at http://aka.ms/Courseware_Title_Plan to ensure you're always working from the most current version.📌 Reminder: To help you stay informed more quickly and consistently, we’ve moved to a weekly publishing cadence for the title plan.
Friday, 17 October 2025 19:31:19
Battlefield 6 Sparks 'Zoomers' vs 'Battledads' War Over Movement — but the Devs Are Looking for Somewhere In-Between
Battlefield 6 movement is top of mind for EA, Battlefield Studios, and players, as the community’s latest debate has formed around the topic of "zoomers" vs. "battledads."
Friday, 17 October 2025 19:28:29
Trump DOE decides to keep at least one Biden-era energy program
The loan guarantee will backstop $1.6 billion for AEP, one of the nation's largest utilities, as it seeks to modernize a portion of its transmissions lines.
Friday, 17 October 2025 19:16:02
How To Sign In To Your Gaming Accounts On The Asus ROG Xbox Ally X
A breakdown of how to get into all your gaming accounts on the new Xbox Ally X, including Steam, the Epic Games Store, and Ubisoft Connect.