Alibaba’s new open source Qwen3.5-Medium models offer Sonnet 4.5 performance on local computers

Alibaba’s now famed Qwen AI development team has done it again: a little more than a day ago, they released the Qwen3.5 Medium Model series consisting of four new large language models (LLMs) with support for agentic tool calling, three of which are available for commercial usage by enterprises and indie developers under the standard…

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The surge of video podcasts raises an awkward question for the industry: Why do we still call them ‘podcasts’?

As Netflix builds out its visual-podcasting slate, some media watchers say we need new language to describe the medium. It might not be that easy. With Netflix now streaming original podcasts and Apple announcing a “category-leading video experience” on its app this spring, the meaning of the word “podcast” has grown increasingly diffuse.

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The White House wants AI companies to cover rate hikes. Most have already said they would.

The proliferation of AI data centers plugging into the national electrical grid has helped increase consumer electricity prices, driving up the average national electricity price by more than 6% in the last year. That’s not a good look for the incumbents ahead of this fall’s elections, and President Donald Trump addressed the challenge in his…

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