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When Liquid AI, a startup founded by MIT computer scientists back in 2023, introduced its Liquid Foundation Models series 2 (LFM2) in July 2025, the pitch was straightforward: deliver the fastest on-device foundation models on the market using the new "liquid" architecture, with training and inference efficiency that made small models a serious alternative to cloud-only large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI's GPT series and Google's Gemini. The initial release shipped dense checkpoints at 350M, 700M, and 1.2B parameters, a hybrid architecture heavily weighted toward gated short convolutions, and benchmark numbers that placed LFM2 ahead of similarly sized competitors…

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Measles is making a comeback in the Americas.  The United States may soon have to return its gold medal status of measles elimination, a ranking bestowed by the World Health Organization that signals the virus is under control and not widely circulating. The status loss would follow a similar loss from the United States’ neighbor to the north, Canada, a reminder that officials have a tenuous grip on a highly contagious virus.  Countries are considered measles-free if the virus has not continually spread among residents for at least 12 months. People who catch the virus somewhere else and arrive infected…

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Though Rian Johnson has noted there’s no performer he counts as a “white whale” for his budding Benoit Blanc/Knives Out universe, there is one seasoned actress he’d love to work with. “There are so many great actors I’d like to work with,” the Academy Award nominee told our sister publication IndieWire recently. “But, yes, if you’re reading this, Meryl Streep, I feel like you’d slot into a murder mystery very well.” When told that the Big Little Lies alumna finally appeared on the 50th season of Saturday Night Live, Johnson added, “If Lorne [Michaels] can do it, then, goddamn, so…

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While Lane Kiffin held the attention of the college football world for much of Saturday, and the weekend as a whole, there was still a massively entertaining weekend of rivalries and postseason-clinching games across the country. Conference title races and the College Football Playoff were top of mind as familiar foes clashed in the final week of the regular season, giving AP Top 25 poll voters one last full set of results to sort out the national landscape as we prepare for the postseason. Among the many adjustments that voters will have to address on their ballots is how to react…

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Ex-prime minister’s family calls for prayers for her early recovery after hospitalisation for a lung infection.Bangladeshi former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been hospitalised in “very critical” condition, according to members of her party, as her family and supporters urged well-wishers to pray for her speedy recovery.Zia’s personal physician, Dr A Z M Zahid Hossein, told reporters late on Saturday that the 80-year-old politician, who was taken to the Evercare Hospital in Dhaka on November 23, remains in intensive care.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listShe was admitted with symptoms of a lung infection and Hossein said she appeared…

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How Can I Best Prepare for Black Friday Sales?   To maximize savings on Amazon Black Friday 2025 deals, start by making a list of must-have items and tracking current prices so you’ll know when a true deal drops. Create or update your Amazon account for faster checkout, enable 1-Click ordering if you use it, and add your favorite products to your Wish List or cart so you can monitor price changes. For the biggest advantage, sign up for deal alerts, subscribe to our E! Insider Shop newsletter, and follow our Instagram updates for real-time Amazon Lightning Deals and early…

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Piastri’s pole came despite a major oversteer moment on the entry to Turn Four, which he estimated had cost him about 0.2secs and he described as “pretty scary – turning left in a right-hand corner is never good, especially when you’re doing however many hundreds of kilometres an hour you’re doing there”.Underlying Verstappen’s troubles, the Dutchman was beaten by his team-mate Yuki Tsunoda in qualifying for the first time this season, the Japanese faster by 0.009secs.Verstappen was complaining, with added swear words, through the session over the radio about the car bouncing.Despite that, he was fastest in the first session,…

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Apple doesn’t currently allow iPhone users to change the Side button’s Siri functionality to another assistant, but owners of iPhone 15 Pro and newer models can assign ChatGPT to the Action button instead. Keep reading to learn how. OpenAI’s free ChatGPT app for iPhone lets you interact with the chatbot using text or voice. What’s more, if you assign voice mode directly to the Action button, you can use it to jump straight into a spoken conversation, giving you quick, handsfree access to a far more capable assistant. Install the ChatGPT app, then sign into your account or create a…

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