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Orcas smash dead sunfish into bite-sized pieces
Scientists in the Gulf of California caught this explosive never-before-seen feeding method on camera. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Orca off the North Island of New Zealand who ate fish caught by deep sea fisherman, as the lines were brought up from the deep. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .
Engadget Podcast: Is Siri AI actually useful in iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate?
Engadget Podcast: Is Siri AI actually useful in iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate? Engadget Podcast: Is Siri AI actually useful in iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate? Also, we try to make sense of OpenAI's rumored AI smart speaker. Apple finally launched the public betas for iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate and all of its other new software this week. Siri AI seems genuinely useful, and potentially less annoying to consumers than Microsoft's Copilot.
Philippines condemns Chinese media depicting it as monkey in AI video
The Philippines has condemned the dehumanising and racist portrayal of the country as a timid monkey strong-armed by the US and Japan to take Beijing on over the South China Sea . Last week, China Daily posted an AI-generated video featuring a monkey in a Filipino shirt. It screams as arms bearing the Japanese and US flags shove it onto a rickety karaoke stage set up in a boat. After it gets scolded for singing the wrong song, it pulls out a sheet reading South China Sea arbitration award. It is then flung into the sea and blasted by a water cannon.
Public betas for iOS 27, macOS 27 and more Apple platforms are now available
Try the new Siri AI and system-wide performance improvements. Adventurous early adopters, your moment has arrived: the first public betas of Apple's 2027 software updates are here . Previews of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate and watchOS 27 are now available to be installed directly on your device. The headliner of iOS 27 is the long-awaited Siri AI . The new version transforms from a basic voice-command system into a modern AI assistant.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's World Cup Team Is Already Changing the Country's Story
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Siri AI Hands On: A Smart, Helpful Assistant
The new Siri AI is conversational, omnipresent, and actually helpful. I'm outside hiking and testing a developer beta of Siri AI, Apple's revamped voice assistant, when fog engulfs the Golden Gate Bridge behind me. So, I pull out my iPhone and ask this new Siri where I can grab some fluffy pancakes nearby. A translucent orb at the top of the smartphone screen spins around a few times, then the voice assistant responds with a recommendation: a spot called Eats in the Inner Richmond. This version of Siri--conversational, omnipresent, actually helpful--has been long delayed.
Scientists ' First Exam: Probing Cognitive Abilities of MLLM via Perception, Understanding, and Reasoning
Scientific discoveries increasingly rely on complex multimodal reasoning that integrates information-intensive scientific data and domain-specific expertise. Empowered by expert-level scientific benchmarks, scientific Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) hold the potential to significantly enhance this discovery process in realistic workflows. However, current scientific benchmarks mostly focus on evaluating the knowledge understanding capabilities of MLLMs, leading to an inadequate assessment of their perception and reasoning abilities. To address this gap, we present the Scientists First Exam (SFE) benchmark, designed to evaluate the scientific cognitive capacities of MLLMs through three cognitive levels: scientific signal perception, scientific attribute understanding, scientific comparative reasoning. Specifically, SFE comprises 830 expert-verified VQA pairs across three question types, spanning 66 multimodal tasks across five high-value disciplines. Extensive experiments reveal that current state-of-the-art GPT-o3 and InternVL-3 achieve only 34.08% and 26.52% on SFE, highlighting significant room for MLLMs to improve in scientific realms. We hope the insights obtained in SFE will facilitate further developments in AI-enhanced scientific discoveries.
MacOS 27 Golden Gate: Top New Features
Apple has announced the latest version of macOS. It's all about the reintroduction of Siri, which is now accessible from anywhere on the Mac desktop. The official name of the Mac's operating system is macOS 27 Golden Gate, keeping the California naming scheme around. This year's update is focused on the relaunched Siri (now known as Siri AI), which really strives to transform into a proper AI chatbot along the lines of ChatGPT or Google Gemini--with a unique Apple twist. Is Your Mac Compatible With macOS Golden Gate?
Mysterious giant sharks that outlived the dinosaurs lurking in Puget Sound
Researchers from Seattle Aquarium are studying the sixgill shark to learn more about their elusive lives. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Most sharks have five gill slits on either side. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Most sharks have five gill slits on either side.