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What We Can Learn from Avocado: Meta’s Unreleased AI Model

In the competitive landscape of AI agents, where businesses are closing investment deals everyday to build and expand their AI infrastructure and software, the companies that seemed to be leading the race are OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Google, and Amazon. But despite the success of its large language models (LLMs) family, one of the big […]

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OpenCode, AI Code vs. Shipped Code, and LiteLLM Breach: SED News

SED News is a monthly podcast from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer unpack the biggest stories shaping software engineering, Silicon Valley, and the broader tech industry. In this episode, they cover the resurgence of ARM and CPUs as serious compute infrastructure for running local AI agents, a supply chain attack

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Generare Raises €20M to Decode 97% of Microbial Chemistry

The Paris techbio company screens microbial genomes to find molecules that evolution spent three billion years producing, and claims to have characterised more novel small molecules in 2025 than the rest of the field combined. Alven and Daphni co-led the Series A. Generare, the Paris-based techbio company reading microbial genomes for molecules that drug development […]

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Details and Benchmarks Emerge for Entry-Level Intel Core i3-304 Wildcat Lake Processor

Wildcat Lake processor

Intel discreetly introduced the Wildcat Lake Core Series 3 CPUs at CES 2026 with some high-level specifications, but no part numbers or exact CPU, GPU, and NPU frequencies. Some leaks reveal more details about the Wildcat Lake parts, notably the Intel Core 3 304 penta-core processor, for which we also have some benchmarks. Intel Wildcat Lake SKUs The data below comes from a post by Jaykihn on X. While we have six SKUs in the table above, the Intel Core 5 320/330 and Core 7 350/360 only differ in terms of SIPP (Intel Stable IT Platform Program) support. SIPP is an enterprise initiative that ensures that key platform components, such as processors, chipsets, graphics, storage, networking, and wireless, remain consistent with minimal or no changes for a guaranteed period. The GPU turbo clocks are much higher than in Alder Lake-N/Twin Lake chips (typically 1 GHz to 1.35 GHz), and LPDDR5x […]

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Trump’s birthright citizenship ban may fail — but the administration already went too far

On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Trump v. Barbara, a case challenging President Donald Trump’s 2025 executive order banning birthright citizenship. Justices seemed skeptical of the administration’s argument, but by taking up birthright citizenship at all, they showed how much ground nativists have gained since Trump’s first term. The 14th Amendment is […]

Amazon Engages in Acquisition Talks for Globalstar, Shaped by Apple’s Investment

Amazon is said to be in talks to purchase Globalstar, a key player in the satellite connectivity capabilities of Apple’s iPhone and Apple Watch. This possible acquisition is made more complex by Apple’s notable 20% ownership in Globalstar, which was assessed at around $400 million upon its acquisition in November 2024. Additionally, Apple invested $1.1 billion in upfront payments to improve Globalstar’s satellite infrastructure.

Since Apple’s investment, Globalstar has experienced a noteworthy rise in valuation, potentially increasing the worth of Apple’s share to about $1.1 billion, corresponding with its prepayment for services. At present, Apple leverages Globalstar’s technology for the Emergency SOS via satellite functionality on iPhone 14 and newer models, as well as the Apple Watch Ultra 3. This feature is vital for users requiring a connection to emergency services when traditional cellular networks are not available.

Amazon’s pursuit of Globalstar fits into its larger plan to create a competitive satellite internet service, named Amazon Leo, which was previously known as Project Kuiper. This venture seeks to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink, which has already made major advancements in offering satellite internet access.

The discussions between Amazon and Apple underscore the intricacies of corporate acquisitions, especially when there are existing alliances and investments in play. As the satellite communication sector continues to progress, the results of these negotiations could significantly impact both corporations and their respective technologies.