Baidu's Unlimited OCR reads dozens of document pages in a single pass, where previous systems topped out at about ten. A modified attention mechanism keeps memory use flat no matter how many pages the model processes. It currently holds the top spot on the most important OCR benchmark. The article Baidu's "Unlimited OCR" processes dozens of document pages in one pass by treating memory like human forgetting appeared first on The Decoder .
On July 2, Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft’s commercial business, announced the formation of the Microsoft Frontier Company. The new The post Microsoft, AWS and Anthropic are spending billions — and not on better models appeared first on The New Stack .
"Group project, but make it 1776." That's how a new commercial for Google Workspace opens. And things only get cringier from there. The clip imagines what it would be like if the founding fathers turned to Google's collaboration tools and Gemini to help them draft the Declaration of Independence. Ben Franklin texts Thomas Jefferson to […]
Flipper Devices says development of the Flipper Zero firmware will continue, albeit with a smaller internal team and greater reliance on community contributions. [...]
Populist right leader Nigel Farage has been referred to the UK parliament's standards watchdog after a report that he failed to declare benefits. The Reform UK leader is already under investigation over a separate gift.
AfD leaders have used their party conference to underline their goal of entering government at state and federal level. Meanwhile, Germany travel complaints hit record in first half of 2026. DW has more.
The UK Maritime Trade Office said a vessel was attacked 30 nautical miles southwest of Hodeida, which is under control of the Houthi rebels. The Iran-backed group recently vowed to resume attacks in the Red Sea.
Exclusive: Prof Simon Baron-Cohen says his language was misunderstood and it is a myth that autistic people lack empathy The scientist who pioneered the “extreme male brain” theory of autism has said he regrets characterising the condition in this way because the phrase lends itself to misunderstandings. Prof Simon Baron-Cohen’s theory that autistic people tend strongly towards systemising over empathising has been hugely influential in shaping the popular perception of autism over the past two decades. The underlying science had stood the test of time, he said, but he now views the “extreme male brain” label as unhelpful. Continue reading...
Baking sourdough bread is inherently old-fashioned, relying on natural fermentation and wild yeast instead of the simple, predictable commercial stuff. So it might sound anathema to bring a gadget into the mix. The trick to the Sourdough Sidekick - backed and branded by King Arthur flour - is that it promises to automate the boring […]
Halfway through 2026, artificial intelligence has been at the center of every major story inside the world of software development The post 10 moments that defined AI’s turbulent first half of 2026 appeared first on The New Stack .
Before Keurig, the coffee in your office was almost certainly terrible. Old, burned, made by someone who would rather poorly eyeball than properly measure. Just altogether gross. After Keurig? You could make your own coffee, a cup at a time, exactly when you needed it. The single-cup brewer was an elegant solution to an extremely […]
When I first started testing Vizio's 65-inch Mini LED Quantum TV, I thought the big story was that Vizio was back and that it had a quantum-dot TV for under $398 - the cheapest on the market. Vizio's been pretty quiet since it was acquired by Walmart in 2024, so putting out a TV with […]
With apologies to Gil Scott-Heron and his timeless 1971 protest song, if anyone thought the AI revolution would not be The post The AI revolution will not be televised — it’ll be quantized appeared first on The New Stack .