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Move Over OpenAI, Microsoft Has a New Darling Startup
Microsoft announced a new partnership with Mistral AI on Monday, a French startup whose advanced large language models rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. Mistral also released Mistral Large, its most advanced language model to date, and “le Chat,” a chat interface built on top of Mistral’s models. The multi-year partnership marks a mainstream embrace…
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Physicists Measure Gravity of Smallest Mass Yet
Despite keeping us grounded and warping light that travels through space, gravity is actually quite a weak force. The smaller the mass, the less gravity appears to have any pull, until at quantum scales it appears to have no force at all. Now, physicists in England and Europe have measured a tiny—but apparent—gravitational pull on…
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The Odysseus Lander Is Tipped Over on Its Side on the Moon
Intuitive Machines’ private lander stumbled on its way down to the lunar surface and is possibly leaning over on a rock on the Moon. The vehicle is still operational and flight engineers are working to gather more data on its less than ideal position, the company said. Odysseus landed on the Moon on Thursday, overcoming…
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Apple MacBook Pro M3 Max vs. Razer Blade 16: Battle of the Heavyweight, Ultra-Expensive Laptops
I’m pitting the best gaming laptop against the best productivity laptop and seeing who comes out on top. It’s a real sumo match of the big boys of the laptop world. No, not in bulk, but the highest-end Razer Blade 16 and MacBook Pros with M3 Max bill themselves as top-of-the-line laptops that thread the…