Author: Awais

If you’re looking for an excellent Christmas gift for those who are prone to losing things, then you’ll probably want to get them a tracker of some kind, and for iPhone owners, that means going for some Apple AirTags. These things can help anyone keep track of just about anything, but they can be a little pricey. If you order today, you can get your hands on an Apple AirTag four-pack for just $70 at Best Buy. That’s less than $18 per AirTag, which is a fantastic price considering they sell for $29 individually. Amazon is listing the same four-pack…

[Submitted on 10 Jan 2025 (v1), last revised 11 Dec 2025 (this version, v4)] View a PDF of the paper titled Dynamics of Spontaneous Topic Changes in Next Token Prediction with Self-Attention, by Mumin Jia and Jairo Diaz-Rodriguez View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Human cognition is punctuated by abrupt, spontaneous shifts between topics-driven by emotional, contextual, or associative cues-a phenomenon known as spontaneous thought in neuroscience. In contrast, self-attention based models depend on structured patterns over their inputs to predict each next token, lacking spontaneity. Motivated by this distinction, we characterize spontaneous topic changes in self-attention architectures, revealing both their similarities…

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is pretty challenging. The purple one will either be easy for you or a true stumper. If you need help sorting the answers into groups, you’re in the right place. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program…

The latest Lenovo Legion Go 2 sports the recently-released AMD Ryzen Z2 and Z2 Extreme processors, an 8.8-inch FHD+ OLED panel, and fantastic software. In fact, the experience is so good that it almost made me fall in love with portable gaming handhelds—but it didn’t fully persuade me. Credit: Lenovo 7/10 Dimensions 295.6 x 136.7 x 42.25 mm Brand Lenovo Weight 2.03 pounds Chipset AMD Ryzen Z2/Extreme The Lenovo Legion Go 2 features the AMD Ryzen Z2/Z2 Extreme processor, up to 32GB of RAM, and an 8.8-inch OLED 144Hz display for gaming on-the-go. With a solid battery lift lasting over two…

WooCommerce announced that it will roll out integration with Stripe’s Agentic Commerce Suite, which will enable AI shopping assistants to conduct transactions. Agentic AI Shopping Agentic AI seems a long way off but OpenAI currently supports end-to-end shopping from the discovery and comparison stages to completing purchases. With the rollout in WooCommerce the infrastructure will be in place to enable over four million stores to be accept product browsing and payments through AI agents. Stripe Agentic Commerce Suite Stripe’s Agentic Commerce Suite uses the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), an open source protocol jointly created by Stripe and OpenAI. ACP is…

A collision in space was narrowly avoided last week when a newly deployed Chinese satellite came within a few hundred meters of one of the roughly 9,000 Starlink satellites currently operating in low Earth orbit. SpaceX is laying the blame on the satellite operator for not sharing location data.“When satellite operators do not share ephemeris for their satellites, dangerously close approaches can occur in space,” wrote Michael Nicolls, VP of Starlink Engineering. “A few days ago, 9 satellites were deployed from a launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwestern China. As far as we know, no coordination or…

At first glance, a Thunderbolt port looks just the same as any old USB-C port. Same shape, same cable, same satisfying click when you plug something in. But that small lightning bolt symbol next to the port signals something very different happening under the hood. Towards the end of 2025, I bought a new laptop and was reminded of how incredibly useful Thunderbolt ports are, especially the latest iteration, Thunderbolt 5. What’s interesting is that, externally, nothing looks special. But in reality, that tiny lightning symbol unlocks faster speeds, extensive display support, and hardware options unavailable to a regular USB-C…

Key Takeaways Duncan Hines Devil’s Food Cake Mix delivers moist, chocolatey, nostalgic flavor.At just $1.47 per box, this mix is an affordable option for any occasion.You only need to add eggs, water, and oil to create a reliable, crowd-pleasing cake. Every year I make my children’s birthday cake from scratch. I’ve made everything from a cake shaped like a Transformers shield and a hockey rink to a monster jam pit party and everything in between. I painstakingly make each cake layer from scratch, complete with a batch of German buttercream, a rather fussy frosting option. As much as I’ve wanted…

Photograph: Nicole KinningThe Home monitor can run wirelessly and charges via a USB-C cable. It relies on your Wi-Fi network to connect to the camera, so while you can carry the monitor around your home, you can’t take it fully “off-grid” or use it outside your home network (not a dealbreaker for many families, but thought it was worth noting).The flexibility does come with some limitations: The battery doesn’t last a full day, so if you’re using it off its charger, you’ll need to power it down when not in use to keep it alive. I found that most days,…

Samsung’s upcoming devices could get more expensive, and the price hike may extend beyond its flagship Galaxy S26 series. A report from early last month suggested that the company could raise prices of its next-gen flagships due to rising costs of key components like SoCs, camera modules, and RAM. Now, a new tip indicates that the South Korean giant may soon increase the prices of existing Galaxy A models in one market, fueling speculation that its next-gen A series devices could see similar hikes. According to a recent post by tipster Abhishek Yadav on X (via SamMobile), Samsung reportedly plans…