The KV Cache Compression Race: TurboQuant vs OSCAR vs EpiCache
Long-context large language models (LLMs) face a memory bottleneck that has nothing to do with…
Uber surprised robotics company Serve by selling its entire stake
Uber has sold off its entire stake in Serve Robotics, the autonomous delivery robot company that spun out of the ride-hailing company more than five years ago. Uber made the disclosure in a regulatory filing that was first reported by Bloomberg. Uber’s exit from Serve Robotics has been brewing for at least a year, according…
Curaleaf looks to buy Aurora Cannabis, takes bid directly to shareholders
Curaleaf Holdings Inc. says it intends to launch a takeover bid for Edmonton-based cannabis company Aurora Cannabis Inc. Curaleaf said in a news release on Tuesday it plans to make an offer to purchase all of Aurora’s issued and outstanding common shares. If successful, the move would create a combined cannabis company with a footprint…
Scotland, Netherlands criticise ICC’s World Cup format changes
LONDON: Cricket Scotland and the Royal Dutch Cricket Association (KNCB) have criticised the International Cricket Council (ICC) for changing the format of the 2027 Men’s ODI World Cup less than 18 months before the tournament. The ICC introduced a new Super Series phase under which the teams ranked 12th, 13th and 14th in the qualification…
The Video Production Stack Now Fits on One Desk: LTX-2.5 Launches as NVIDIA-Accelerated Open Weights World Model
Video production is shifting as social clips, ad creative and film pre-visualization move from cloud to local GPUs. LTX today released LTX-2.5, an open weights world model for video generation, real-time applications, and physical AI, built for exactly that shift. LTX optimized the model for local inference on NVIDIA RTX GPUs and NVIDIA DGX Spark,…
CF Montréal makes major splash, signing Chilean great Alexis Sanchez – Montreal
CF Montréal has made a major splash, signing Chilean legend Alexis Sanchez through the abbreviated 2027 Major League Soccer sprint season on Tuesday. The agreement includes a club option for the 2027-28 campaign. The 37-year-old forward becomes the MLS club’s highest-profile signing since former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba joined in 2015. The value of the…
Pakistan names Asian Games shooting squad
KARACHI: Pakistan has finalised an 11-member shooting contingent, including eight shooters and three officials, for the Asian Games slated to be held in Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4. The selected shooters are Usman Chand and Imam Haroon in skeet, Farrukh Nadeem in trap, Ghulam Mustafa Bashir, Mohammad Umar and Mohammad Shabbir in…
Google’s Gemini app surges to one billion users
In a significant milestone for Google, CEO Sundar Pichai announced via X that the Gemini app has become one of the company’s fastest-growing products, recently surpassing 1 billion monthly active users. Pichai also noted it was the 14th Google product to hit the 1 billion mark. With this rapid growth, Gemini is keeping pace with…
Taylor Farms recalls jalapeno products amid salmonella outbreak – National
Food producer Taylor Fresh Foods, the parent company of Taylor Farms, said it has voluntarily recalled several of its prepared foods with jalapenos due to possible salmonella contamination, including salsa, taco dip, pico de gallo and guacamole. The announcement comes a few weeks after Taylor Farms voluntarily recalled its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central…
Aston Villa gear up for PSG test
UEFA Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain will lock horns with UEFA Europa League champions Aston Villa on Wednesday(today) in the UEFA Super Cup at StadionSalzburg in Austria. Aston Villa manager Unai Emery says his side are entering a “new era” as they prepare to face Paris Saint-Germain in the 2026 UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday. Villa qualified for the showpiece after winning the…
Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app
Decentralized social network Bluesky was one of the bigger beneficiaries of the exodus from Elon Musk’s X in November 2024, following the U.S. elections. But now, nearly two years later, the social network and would-be X competitor is struggling to hold onto its momentum. According to data from digital intelligence provider Similarweb, Bluesky’s mobile app…
