Beyond benchmarks: How DeepSeek R1 and o1 perform on real world tasks

Real Madrid are shaping new soccer world order once again: Here's how Florentino Perez has done it

Whether it be landing coveted free agents like Kylian Mbappe or using his team's venue for Taylor Swift concerts, Real Madrid are showing how to excel in every facet possible

CBS Sports - Jan. 23

Turkey's central bank lowers benchmark interest rate to 45%

Turkey’s central bank has lowered its key interest rate by 2.5 percentage points to 45%

ABC News - Jan. 23

How Trump might change the world in his 2nd term

President Trump's first term and campaign promises may hint at his plans for America's relationships with Ukraine, Russia, China, Mexico and the Middle East.

ABC News - Jan. 22

SEC launches 'crypto task force'

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is launching “a crypto task force.” In a Tuesday press release, the SEC described the task force as “dedicated to developing a comprehensive and clear ...

The Hill - Jan. 21

Need a distraction from the real world? Try a British conspiracy thriller and a Swedish satire

In 'Prime Target' on Apple TV+ and 'Whisky on the Rocks' on Hulu, both premiering Wednesday, are both shows where the United States is not the focus.

Los Angeles Times - Jan. 21

GDC 2025 event will celebrate how games connect the world

UBM TechWeb unveiled the 39th edition of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) that will take place from March17 to to March 21 in SF.

VentureBeat - Jan. 21

Microsoft-backed firm Mistral sees the world moving beyond AI models this year

French AI firm Mistral's CEO said he sees AI broadly moving away from models toward "systems" that integrate models and contextual business data in 2025.

CNBC - Jan. 21

‘Now it’s our turn to shine!’ How world leaders greeted Trump’s inauguration

Most leaders were diplomatic about their differences, while others more ideologically aligned with the new US president voiced their joy. Donald Trump inauguration – live updates International ...

The Guardian - Jan. 21

Open-source DeepSeek-R1 uses pure reinforcement learning to match OpenAI o1 — at 95% less cost

The company developed DeepSeek-R1 by using pure reinforcement learning on top of DeepSeek-V3-Base, and matched or beat o1 on some benchmarks.

VentureBeat - Jan. 20

How can I watch the US inauguration, and who's performing?

A day of events is under way that will see Donald Trump return to the White House.

BBC News - Jan. 20

Hamilton raises $1.7M to tokenize real-world assets on Bitcoin

Hamilton, a protocol specializing in tokenizing real-world assets (RWA) on Bitcoin, has raised a $1.7 million pre-seed funding round.

VentureBeat - Jan. 20

As America braces for Trump 2.0, here's how the world views his return

While Trump's return to the White House on Monday is a day much longed for by his supporters, the rest of the world is watching on with bated breath.

CNBC - Jan. 20

How Trump has already changed the world

Donald Trump becomes the 47th president later but the global impact of his second term is already being felt.

BBC News - Jan. 20

How High Performing CEOs Across 6 Industries Are Preparing for Trump 2.0

From bolstering inventory to reshoring supply chains, here’s how some of America’s most successful companies are prepping for another four years of Donald Trump.

Inc. - Jan. 20

China keeps benchmark lending rates unchanged as it contends with a weakening yuan

Beijing contends with a weakening yuan while awaiting policy clues from the incoming Donald Trump's administration.

CNBC - Jan. 20

A final look at how the U.S. stock market performed under Joe Biden

U.S. stocks closed out the Biden era on a high note as the president bids farewell to the White House.

MarketWatch - Jan. 19

How an NYC real estate tycoon became Trump’s man in the room for Gaza negotiations

Steve Witkoff was Donald Trump’s man in the room as the ceasefire and hostage release deal was forged between Israel and Hamas.

NBC News - Jan. 19

Inside the Gaza Deal: How a New York Real Estate Developer Took on Netanyahu and Hamas

Envoy Steve Witkoff, carrying a message from Donald Trump, broke through the impasse in long-futile cease-fire talks.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 18

How did Unrivaled do on opening night? Did new 3×3 league perform in the arena and on TV?

The newest domestic women’s basketball league tipped off Friday, as Unrivaled staged its first two games outside of Miami. The 3×3 league co-founded by stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart ...

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 18

Beyond RAG: How cache-augmented generation reduces latency, complexity for smaller workloads

As LLMs become more capable, many RAG applications can be replaced with cache-augmented generation that include documents in the prompt.

VentureBeat - Jan. 17

The Most-Anticipated RPGs Of 2025 And Beyond

2025 promises to be a big year for role-playing games. Some of the most popular and beloved RPG series are slated to receive new entries, alongside remakes of all-time classics, and promising new ...

GameSpot - Jan. 17

Not just hype — here are real-world use cases for AI agents

Here's how robotics manufacturing company Baca Systems and corporate food ordering platform ezCater are using Salesforce's AI agents.

VentureBeat - Jan. 16

‘I’m rich beyond my wildest dreams’: I’m 66 and inherited $500,000. How do I make sure this money lasts?

“Should I buy an investment property? Stocks? CDs?”

MarketWatch - Jan. 13

This is how we do it: ‘At 96, I’m enjoying real intimacy for the first time in my life. I feel like a teenager’

Both widowed and in their 90s, Elizabeth and Alfred are enjoying a passionate, loving relationship that belies their years How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously . He ...

The Guardian - Jan. 11

Researchers improved AI agent performance on unfamiliar tasks using ‘Dungeons and Dragons’

AgentRefine gives AI agents and models the ability to recognize errors and self-correct to work better for general tasks.

VentureBeat - Jan. 10

How Nigeria’s biggest city became the world’s hottest winter party destination

Yahoo News - Jan. 10

Self-invoking code benchmarks help you decide which LLMs to use for your programming tasks

LLMs are good at coding simple functions. But how good are they at calling their own functions to solve complex problems?

VentureBeat - Jan. 10

Drama, high heels, and the dog-eat-dog world of ultrahigh-end real estate in ‘Selling the City’

The stars of the Netflix series stars reveal how they use high heels and high fashion to land high-paying real estate deals.

MarketWatch - Jan. 10

As Meta abandons fact-checking, here's how to tell what's real online

The CBS News Confirmed team shares tips you can use to tell fact from fiction online.

CBS News - Jan. 8

Active mutual funds struggle to beat large-cap stock benchmarks — again

Professional stock pickers in the mutual-fund industry had a tough time in 2024 beating indexes that passively track U.S. large-cap equities, according to BofA Global Research.

MarketWatch - Jan. 8

Beyond Trudeau: Canada's political future

After the PM's resignation, polls predict a shift to the right

BBC News - Jan. 8

USWNT coach Emma Hayes reveals plan for USA soccer for 2027 Women's World Cup and beyond

The USWNT will kick off the new year with a camp in Southern California and a new-look strategy aimed at player development

CBS Sports - Jan. 8

The anxiety secret: how the world’s leading life coach stopped living in fear

Famous for her work with Oprah Winfrey, Martha Beck is a bestselling author and self-help superstar. But for 60 years she was anxious and terrified - until she found a simple, uplifting answer. All ...

The Guardian - Jan. 7

From Igbo to Angika: how to save the world’s 3,000 endangered languages

With half of all languages predicted to die out in decades, activists are turning to online tools to preserve them. Every year, the world loses some of its 7,000 languages. Parents stop speaking ...