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Microsoft open sources its 14B-parameter AI model Phi-4 and its weights, available on Hugging Face under an MIT License, after releasing it in December 2024 (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

Techmeme

How the 'Black Barber Effect' Has White Guys Going Viral With Fresh, Crispy Fades

The Root

Garcelle Beauvais Made This Heartbreaking Admission About Dealing With Her Son's Drug Addiction

The Root

YouTuber With Millions of Followers Allegedly Fled the U.S. After Kidnapping Two Women With This Chilling Threat

The Root

The best microSD cards for the Asus ROG Ally

Polygon - All

Everything we know about Switch 2, Nintendo’s next-gen console

Polygon - All

Audio: Meta told the International Fact-Checking Network that its US partnerships end in March 2025, but its Community Notes rollout is expected to take time (Pranav Dixit/Business Insider)

Techmeme

Can Nvidia’s RTX 5070 really deliver RTX 4090 performance for $549?

The Verge - All Posts

Internal 2023 docs: Meta exempted some top advertisers from its usual content moderation process amid concerns that its systems mistakenly penalized top brands (Financial Times)

Techmeme

EU rejects Zuckerberg's claim that "Europe has an ever increasing number of laws institutionalizing censorship", saying it only requires illegal content removal (Philip Blenkinsop/Reuters)

Techmeme

Yes, even most unexpected landscapes in the US can and will burn

Vox - All

Omi is another AI companion wearable — but this one’s trying to read your mind

The Verge - All Posts

TikToker makes incredible Infinity Nikki figurine completely by hand

Polygon - All

You can get a $50 credit when you preorder the next Samsung Galaxy devices

The Verge - All Posts

JPMorgan files two lawsuits over its investment in fintech Viva Wallet; source: JPM claims €916M, alleging Viva deprived JPM the value of its 2022 investment (Sotiris Nikas/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

Mythic Quest is working through its AI woes in new season 4 trailer

The Verge - All Posts

Meta tests eBay listings in Facebook Marketplace

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Niklas Zennström says European startups can thrive by building apps on top of US AI platforms and believes pessimism about the region's prospects is exaggerated (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)

Techmeme

AT&T will credit you for a day’s service after some fiber or wireless outages

The Verge - All Posts

U.S. Healthcare System By The Numbers

The Onion