President Trump’s funding freeze has thrown into confusion the future of a Syrian desert camp holding thousands of Islamic State members and their families, the camp’s director and people familiar with it said, describing it as a potential security threat in the region. The camp, Al Hol, which houses some 39,000 people, has been whipsawed by a halt to U.S.-funded …
Read More »White House suggests Palestinians won’t be permanently resettled – as ex-Israeli PM casts doubt on Trump plan | World News
The White House has appeared to backtrack on Donald Trump’s assertion that Palestinians should be permanently resettled from Gaza – as a former Israeli PM told Sky News he was “deeply doubtful” about the plan. On Tuesday, during a visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mr Trump said: “If we can get a beautiful area to resettle people, permanently, …
Read More »As Truce Takes Hold, Gazans and Israelis Express Elation Tinged With Doubt
As a truce took hold on Sunday in Gaza, potentially ending the longest and deadliest war in a century of Israeli-Palestinian conflict, two men used the same metaphor to describe how they felt. “The weight on my chest has lifted,” said Ziad Obeid, a Gazan civil servant displaced several times during the war. “We have survived.” “The rock lying on …
Read More »Latest Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim rumor casts doubt on US release
TL;DR Samsung has long been rumored to be building a “Slim” version of the Galaxy S25. New claims suggest the S25 Slim may arrive similarly to the Galaxy Z Fold 6 Special Edition. US carriers may not end up getting access to the S25 Slim, with Samsung selling it exclusively abroad. Samsung’s latest and greatest smartphones are right around the …
Read More »Creating Artificial Doubt Greatly Improves AI Math Accuracy
What makes an AI system good at math? Not raw computational power, but something that seems almost contradictory: being neurotically careful about being right. When AI researchers talk about mathematical reasoning, they typically focus on scaling up — bigger models, more parameters, and larger datasets. But in practice, mathematical ability isn’t about how much compute you have for your model. …
Read More »Big-screen TVs are everywhere at CES 2025, but I doubt they’ll replace projectors anytime soon
At CES 2025, it’s been all about the big-screen TVs. Several TV brands have confirmed new 100-inch-plus TVs including Hisense, Samsung, TCL and LG. While this isn’t Hisense or TCL’s first rodeo into the 100-inch TV world, Samsung announced a 115-inch version of its Samsung QN90F Neo QLED TV as part of its 2025 Neo QLED lineup. LG also revealed …
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