Spanish ‘soonicorn’ Multiverse Computing releases free compressed AI model Large language models have a problem: they are large. Multiverse Computing, a Spanish startup, is addressing this issue with compressed models that aim to close the gap between what frontier models can do and what companies can actually afford to deploy.  The secret sauce is CompactifAI, a compression technology...

Dezi Freeman: Questions remain after Australian fugitive's deathUnanswered questions remain after death of Australia's most wanted fugitiveWatch: How Australia’s seven-month-long manhunt came to an endJust weeks ago, from the foothills of the mountains Dezi Freeman had disappeared into months before, police told the world they "strongly" believed Australia's most wanted man was dead.The...

Human rights advocates: War with Iran could spark new age of nuclear proliferation Could the war with Iran lead to a world with more nuclear weapons, not less? Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Zeid Raad Al Hussein, about a potential new age of nuclear proliferation.

At a critical moment, Snap loses a top Specs exec Snap has big plans to release the newest version of its AR glasses, Specs, later this year. Despite the strategic priority that the hardware product represents, the company recently shed one of the top executives tied to the project, reportedly over a dispute with Snap CEO Evan Spiegel. The tech blog Sources originally reported that the...

Cash App launches ‘pay later’ feature for P2P pay transfers Cash App, the peer-to-peer fintech app owned by Jack Dorsey’s Block, has launched a new “pay-over-time” deferred payment feature that allows eligible users to pay for their everyday transfers over an extended period of time. Companies have increasingly offered deferred payments for relatively mundane and everyday purchases. About a...