Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 395 for April 2.
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OpenAIās o3 model might be costlier to run than originally estimated
When OpenAI unveiled its o3 āreasoningā AI model in December, the company partnered with the creators of ARC-AGI, a benchmark designed to test highly capable AI, to showcase o3ās capabilities. Months later, the results have been revised, and they now look slightly less impressive than they did initially. Last week, the Arc Prize Foundation, which [ā¦]
Epic Games CEO calls Apple and Google āgangster-styleā businesses in need of competition
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, whose company makes Fortnite and tools for other developers, including Unreal Engine, called out Apple and Google as āgangster-style businessesā engaged in illegal practices while speaking at a Y Combinator event on Wednesday. The executive also emphasized how the big tech companiesā practices directly affected his own business by scaring [ā¦]
You might be following Second Lady Usha Vance on Instagram now
Starting Wednesday, Meta says it will begin combining the Instagram accounts of the Second Lady of the United States, Usha Vance, and the former Second Gentleman of the United States, Doug Emhoff. As a result, the 1.2 million people who were previously following the Instagram account of Kamala Harrisās husband, @secondgentleman46archive (recently archived by the [ā¦]
FAA Tries to Stop You Tracking Celebrity Private Jets. Here’s How
According to reports, the FAA’s move to hide ownership details might not stop those who post private jet details on social media.
The affidavit of a Rippling employee caught spying for Deel reads like a movie
Rippling released the affidavit of the its employee who admitted he was spying for Deel.Ā
Modelling the demography of agricultural transitions
Using a mathematical model, researchers have shed new light on the transition from hunter-gatherer to farming societies. Rather than focusing exclusively on external factors, they looked at internal demographics and the significant impact of human interactions. The model identified potential societal outcomes based on demographic changes, emphasising aspects such as migration rates, cultural assimilation and the role of mortality in these transitions. The researchers aim to further develop their model with the aim of making it a standard tool for studying historical demographic interactions.
Every Switch 2 Game Releasing at Launch
This is going to be a big launch lineup for Nintendo.
WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce. The layoffs will impact 16% of staff across divisions, an Automattic blog post published Wednesday reveals. Ahead of the layoffs, Automatticās website listed 1,744 employees, which means north of 270 people may have lost their jobs. (Automattic [ā¦]
Metamaterials: Highly twisted rods store large amounts of energy
An international research team has developed mechanical metamaterials with a high elastic energy density. Highly twisted rods that deform helically provide these metamaterials with a high stiffness and enable them to absorb and release large amounts of elastic energy. The researchers conducted simple compression experiments to confirm the initial theoretical results.