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Alibaba Qwen Team Introduces Qwen3.5-LiveTranslate-Flash: Real-Time Multimodal Interpretation Across 60 Languages at 2.8-Second Latency

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Simultaneous interpretation is one of the harder problems in applied AI. You’re asking a model to translate speech before the speaker has finished a sentence. Every extra second of delay breaks the illusion of real-time communication. Alibaba’s Qwen team has been chipping away at this with each release. Their latest model, Qwen3.5-LiveTranslate-Flash, brings that latency […]

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Google Introduces Gemini 3.5 Flash at I/O 2026: A Faster and Cheaper Model for AI Agents and Coding

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Google just released Gemini 3.5 Flash at Google I/O May, 2026. It is the first Gemini 3.5 model. The series combines frontier intelligence with action. Google calls it a major leap for intelligent agents. The Flash tier has historically been faster and cheaper. 3.5 Flash outperforms Gemini 3.1 Pro on challenging benchmarks. The previous premium

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Limit social media ban for under-16s to unsafe apps, Starmer urged

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Campaigners warn against blanket restrictions and say focus should be on blocking teenagers from platforms with ‘risky’ featuresOnline safety campaigners have urged Keir Starmer to block under-16s from accessing social media apps that do not meet strict safety standards, instead of implementing a broader Australia-style ban.The NSPCC, Molly Rose Foundation and Smartphone Free Childhood said

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Sony 1000XX the Collexion headphones review: supreme comfort and quiet luxury for your ears

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Special anniversary edition of award-winning headphones are some of the best sounding you can buy, but cost far more than top Sony noise cancellersSony’s latest noise-cancelling headphones are a special anniversary set made to celebrate a decade of its prized 1000X series, designed to be plusher, slimmer, more comfortable and the best sounding yet.The original

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Google Launches Antigravity 2.0 at I/O 2026: A Standalone Agent-First Platform with CLI, SDK, Managed Execution, and Enterprise Support

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Google used its I/O 2026 developer keynote to ship a meaningful architectural shift in how it packages AI-assisted development. The company announced Google Antigravity 2.0 — a standalone desktop application built entirely around agent orchestration alongside an Antigravity CLI, an Antigravity SDK, Managed Agents in the Gemini API, and enterprise support through the Gemini Enterprise

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‘Obvious markers of AI’: doubts raised over winner of short story prize

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Granta publisher says ‘perhaps we never will know’ true authorship of work that won Commonwealth prize A few syntactical tics – and the verdict of an AI detection platform – have sparked furore over the possibility that a short story given a prestigious literary award was written by AI.The foundation that awarded the prize and

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Meta is rapidly reorganizing its workers’ jobs around AI: ‘Transfers aren’t optional’

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Exclusive: Some employees will be moved to new teams focused on AI agents and cloud infrastructureAs Meta races to recenter itself around artificial intelligence, the tech giant is mandating more than 7,000 workers must move to new teams, and it’s radically changing some employees’ jobs. The Guardian has also learned that some of these reassigned

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Musk v Altman: tech bros at war over OpenAI – The Latest

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A long and bitter legal battle between tech billionaires Elon Musk and Sam Altman has culminated in victory for the OpenAI boss. Musk has vowed to appeal the verdict. But what did the trial reveal about big tech and the global AI race? Lucy Hough speaks to Guardian US tech and power reporter Nick Robins-Early

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What are Samsung union workers demanding and how might a strike play out?

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Nearly 48,000 workers are threatening an 18-day walkout amid fears of global memory chip shortagesSouth Korean memory chip maker Samsung Electronics is facing its worst-ever strike, with nearly 48,000 workers threatening to walk off production lines on Thursday for 18 days over a dispute about bonus payouts.Here are key things to know: Continue reading…

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Musk v Altman: tech bros at war over OpenAI – The Latest

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A long and bitter legal battle between tech billionaires Elon Musk and Sam Altman has culminated in victory for the OpenAI boss. Musk has vowed to appeal the verdict. But what did the trial reveal about big tech and the global AI race?Lucy Hough speaks to Guardian US tech and power reporter Nick Robins-Early Continue

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