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Google adjusts Gemini’s new usage limits in response to complaints

[ad_1] At I/O 2026 last week, the Gemini app switched to compute-based usage limits. In response to “feedback about hitting limits too quickly,” Google today announced some changes. The new “compute-used” approach (5-hour refresh until weekly limit is met) to usage is meant to take into account the complexity of prompts, what tools are used,…

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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes during testing in Florida

[ad_1] Blue Origin’s New Glenn mega-rocket just exploded during testing at a launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida, according to a live stream from NASASpaceFlight.com. Blue Origin later confirmed the explosion. Jeff Bezos’ space company was performing a static fire test ahead of an anticipated fourth launch of the new rocket in the coming weeks….

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Apple Watch sleep data helps Harvard researchers study menopause transition

[ad_1] Researchers at Harvard have published the results of a study that blockyzed more than 94,000 nights of Apple Watch sleep data to better understand how sleep patterns change during perimenopause. Here are the details. Study blockyzed more than 94,000 nights of Apple Watch sleep data For the past several years, Apple has used the…

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This tiny $22 cable charges nearly everything you own and opens your beer

[ad_1] TL;DR: The GoCable 8-in-1 EDC 100W Cable is on sale for $21.99 (reg. $49.99) and combines fast charging, multiple connectors, cable management, and everyday tools in one compact gadget. $21.99 $49.99 Save $28.00   Is your bag, desk drawer, or carry-on overflowing with charging cables, adapters, and random accessories? The GoCable 8-in-1 EDC Cable…

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Researchers automated LLM reasoning strategy design and cut token usage by 69.5%

[ad_1] Test-time scaling (TTS) has emerged as a proven method to improve the performance of large language models in real-world applications by giving them extra compute cycles at inference time. However, TTS strategies have historically been handcrafted, relying heavily on human intuition to dictate the rules of the model’s reasoning. To address this bottleneck, researchers from…

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Why Would Someone Publicly Burn $8 Million Worth of Bitcoin? Theories Are Flying

[ad_1] Earlier this week, someone burned 107 bitcoin (currently worth roughly $7.8 million) by sending the coins to an address where they would become provably unspendable. Initially, the public lighting of digital money on fire caused more confusion than anything else, but now a few theories are emerging as to what may have happened here….

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The $6 Billion Chinese Startup Trying to Build Hands for Every Robot

[ad_1] If you could buy a humanoid robot for less than a smartphone, would you? Would you buy several robots to handle cooking, cleaning, babysitting, and even your job?This is the pitch being made by Zhou Yong, the 40-year-old founder and chief technology officer of LinkerBot, one of China’s leading manufacturers of dexterous humanoid hands….

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Meta Copies Snapchat’s Homework Again With ‘Plus’ Features for Instagram and Facebook

[ad_1] Meta announced new upcoming subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp this week. Instagram isn’t going behind a paywall, no. Rather, users will now be able to pay $4 a month for extra features, like seeing who rewatched your story post or pinning more posts to the top of your profile. Instagram Plus, Facebook…

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