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Scaling Indic Pretraining: 2.8 Trillion Tokens and an Open Data Generation Pipeline
10/18/2026
Native-script data for 22 languages, romanized data for twelve, and a reusable GPU-accelerated pipeline for translation, quality assessment, and repair. Authors: AI4Bharat — Mohammed Safi Ur Rahman Khan, Mitesh Khapra, Anoop Kunchukuttan. N…
AI · Design · Performance
AI & Platforms
Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns
10/18/2026
Meta recently updated its commercial terms of use, declaring that the company can “use any content from [a business account’s] domains, web pages, or URLs to provide, develop, improve, research, train, and maintain the integrity of” Meta pr…
AI
Mobile
You Don't Have To Turn Off Your Phone To Switch SIM Cards (But You Probably Should)
10/18/2026
A quick step removes the small chance of anything going wrong and requiring more of your time. Mikhail Artamonov/Shutterstock If your phone has a SIM tray, it's not something you likely open often, but there are still reasons to. You may be…
AI · Android
AI & Platforms
Mark Wahlberg wants to take on the longevity-startup crowd with an affordable gym concept
10/17/2026
Mark Wahlberg has started companies of his own and backed plenty of others. But the gym he’s opening in December, he says, has him more excited than anything he’s done in his entire career. It also goes after a corner of the market where ve…
AI
AI & Platforms
Katie Zacharia Was Linked to an AI Rare-Earths Startup. It’s Even Weirder Than It Sounds
10/17/2026
Before being fired five days into her stint as White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia spent much of the day attempting to explain her past.Throughout her brief tenure, Zacharia’s résumé was the source of much intrigue. Foremost was the…
AI
AI & Platforms
The Tesla Roadster Should Go Into Production In 2028, But Don't Get Your Hopes Up
10/17/2026
I drive upside down on the boulevard of broken dreams. Tesla dominated the headlines on Thursday thanks to a very cool stunt. In announcing the redesigned Roadster at its October 15 event, the electric car company put some jet fuel in the m…
AI · Design
Web Development
Relive Tesla's Ridiculous(ly Fun) Roadster Stunt Show
10/16/2026
Watch the new Roadster make crazy jumps. Screenshot by Aaron Souppouris (Tesla) Tesla's Roadster launch event was pretty exciting to say the least, with loads of car stunts that we enjoyed watching. The Roadster first appeared during the ev…
AI
AI & Platforms
We Got Hot and Heavy With Meta’s Muse—and Baffled by Apple’s HomeView
10/16/2026
Oct 15, 2026 5:18 PMThis week on Uncanny Valley, we dive into an unexpected Muse feature, shadowy spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC, and men’s tendency to lie about how much they know about AI.Photo-Illustration: WIRED Staff; Getty…
AI · Design
Web Development
KDE turns 30 with Plasma 6.8, remote upgrades, and an X11 farewell
10/16/2026
Marking the 30th anniversary of software developer KDE on October 14, the company released Plasma 6.8, debuted a movie, and retired Plasma’s native X11 session support. The announcement from KDE dubs the new Plasma 6.8 as the “30th Annivers…
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