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Earlier this week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared the company’s newest reasoning model, o3, ready for public consumption after it passed its external safety testing and announced that it would soon be arriving as both an API and ChatGPT model option in the coming weeks. On Thursday, Altman took to social media to confirm that the lightweight version, o3-mini, won’t just be made available to paid subscribers at the Plus, Teams, and Pro tiers, but to free tier users as well. big news: the free tier of chatgpt is going to get o3-mini! (and the plus tier will get tons…

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Perplexity announced Thursday that it is beginning to roll out an agentic AI for Android devices, called Perplexity Assistant, which will be able to independently take multi-step actions on behalf of its user. “We are excited to launch the Perplexity Assistant to all Android users,” Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas wrote in a post to X on Thursday. “This marks the transition for Perplexity from an answer engine to a natively integrated assistant that can call other apps and perform basic tasks for you.” The Assistant will be available through the Perplexity mobile app and will run atop the platforms existing…

Americana Restaurants Welcomes Pizza Hut Oman to Its Portfolio Dubai, UAE, 24 January 2025: Americana Restaurants International Plc, the leading out-of-home dining and quick-service restaurant operator in the MENA region and Kazakhstan, has completed the acquisition of Pizza Hut brand in Oman from the Khimji Ramdas Group.  The acquisition of 46 Pizza Hut restaurants, with an annual revenue of approximately $11 million in 2024, supports Americana Restaurants’ strategy to expand its regional footprint and strengthen its presence in existing markets. Operating in Oman since 1986 through its popular brands KFC and Hardee’s, Americana Restaurants has built a strong connection with…

Noise-canceling headphones and earbuds are one of the best ways to indulge in your favorite tunes while tuning out the outside world. We’ve had the opportunity to review many different noise-canceling audio wearables over the years and we often think fondly of our time spent with the original Apple AirPods Max. These puppies are still sold brand-new, but the $550 MSRP has acted as quite a deterrent for some time. But not today: For a limited time, when you purchase the Apple AirPods Max with Lightning at Best Buy, you’ll only pay $400. We tested these headphones a few years…

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NASA astronaut Don Pettit has captured another remarkable shot, this one showing the Betsiboka River estuary in Madagascar. “Betsiboka river in Madagascar, remind me of the arteries in your retina,” Pettit said in a post accompanying the image that he captured from the International Space Station (ISS) some 250 miles above Earth. Betsiboka river in Madagascar, remind me of the arteries in your retina. pic.twitter.com/ZM7KG0nFgx — Don Pettit (@astro_Pettit) January 23, 2025 Please enable Javascript to view this content The bright red color is due to the high concentration of iron-rich sediments carried by the waterway. The estuary is a…

Table of Contents Table of Contents Anora (2024) The Brutalist (2024) A Complete Unknown (2024) Conclave (2024) Dune: Part Two (2024) Emilia Pérez (2024) I’m Still Here (2024) Nickel Boys (2024) The Substance (2024) Wicked (2024) The nominations for the 2025 Oscars are now live. Netflix’s Emilia Pérez asserted its dominance with 13 Oscar nominations, one short of the record shared by All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land. The Brutalist and Wicked each garnered 10 nominations and look to be Emilia Pérez’s toughest competition. The biggest prize of the night is Best Picture. The 10 films nominated for Best Picture are Anora,…

Table of Contents Table of Contents Go small, but not too small Be colorful Will I miss the camera? I’ve picked them up, put them down, used the software, and generally fondled each of the new Samsung Galaxy S25 smartphones. It wasn’t for a long period of time, but it was for several hours over the course of two events, giving me some breathing space to collect my thoughts about each one. It was all the time I needed to make my decision about which one I’d buy. Go small, but not too small It may come as a surprise,…

Tesla’s revamped Model Y is rolling out in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico in March, the automaker announced on Thursday. Among a flurry of social media posts, Tesla included a short video showcasing the freshly designed Model Y, which starts at $59,990 in the U.S. Y pic.twitter.com/Dnr4IxVujb — Tesla (@Tesla) January 24, 2025 Please enable Javascript to view this content The first major update for the Model Y since its launch in 2020 brings a new Cybertruck-inspired full-width LED light bar at the front and rear, and a more aerodynamic bumper. The electric vehicle is about 4cm longer than its…