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Google AI Releases C2S-Scale 27B Model that Translate Complex Single-Cell Gene Expression Data into ‘cell sentences’ that LLMs can Understand

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A team of researchers from Google Research, Google DeepMind, and Yale released C2S-Scale 27B, a 27-billion-parameter foundation model for single-cell analysis built on Gemma-2. The model formalizes single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) profiles as “cell sentences”—ordered lists of gene symbols—so that a language model can natively parse and reason over cellular states. Beyond benchmarking gains, the research…

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Hohem launches iSteady X3 and iSteady V3 Ultra gimbals in India with AI tracking

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Hohem has expanded its smartphone gimbal portfolio in India with the launch of the iSteady X3 and iSteady V3 Ultra, designed to offer advanced stabilization, AI-powered tracking, and portability for creators, vloggers, and travelers. The new models cater to both beginners and professionals seeking smooth, high-quality video capture on the go. The Hohem iSteady X3…

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Baidu’s PaddlePaddle Team Releases PaddleOCR-VL (0.9B): a NaViT-style + ERNIE-4.5-0.3B VLM Targeting End-to-End Multilingual Document Parsing

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How do you convert complex, multilingual documents—dense layouts, small scripts, formulas, charts, and handwriting—into faithful structured Markdown/JSON with state-of-the-art accuracy while keeping inference latency and memory low enough for real deployments?Baidu’s PaddlePaddle group has released PaddleOCR-VL, a 0.9B-parameter vision-language model designed for end-to-end document parsing across text, tables, formulas, charts, and handwriting. The core model…

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LG unveils ‘Essential Series’ of home appliances tailored for Indian homes

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LG Electronics has announced the launch of its new Essential Series, a lineup of home appliances created exclusively for the Indian market. Developed using extensive consumer insights from across the country, the series embodies the philosophy of “Made in India, Made for India”, with an emphasis on practical design, durability, and affordability. The Essential Series…

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Qualifire AI Releases Rogue: An End-to-End Agentic AI Testing Framework, Evaluating the Performance of AI Agents

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Agentic systems are stochastic, context-dependent, and policy-bounded. Conventional QA—unit tests, static prompts, or scalar “LLM-as-a-judge” scores—fails to expose multi-turn vulnerabilities and provides weak audit trails. Developer teams need protocol-accurate conversations, explicit policy checks, and machine-readable evidence that can gate releases with confidence. Qualifire AI has open-sourced Rogue, a Python framework that evaluates AI agents over…

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Rent a Cyber Friend will pay you to talk to strangers online and will show off its platform at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

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Francesco Vitali will be the first to admit that when his co-founder Chris Siametis first pitched him on Rent a Cyber Friend, he didn’t quite get the idea. “Who’s going to pay somebody to speak with somebody?” Vitali told TechCrunch. “But Chris was insistent. Chris is a millennial, and I’m Gen X, so it wasn’t…

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Dyson Purifier Cool PC1 – TP11 launched in India to tackle the pollution season

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Dyson India has unveiled its latest innovation – the Dyson Purifier Cool PC1 – TP11, a smart and efficient air purifier engineered to ensure cleaner, healthier indoor air during the upcoming pollution season. The Dyson Purifier Cool PC1 is designed with Dyson’s advanced core filtration technology, features a fully sealed HEPA filter capable of capturing…

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