Prime Video's original content lineup in February has a little something for everyone, starting with a new comedy series executive produced by the late Normal Lear. Clean Slate (Feb. 6) stars George Wallace and Laverne Coxwho also created and produced the showas a father-daughter duo working on reconciliation when Cox's character returns home to Alabama as a proud trans woman. Later in the month, Prime Video is premiering the third installment of Reacher (Feb. 20), the crime thriller starring Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher, a former U.S. Army policeman and the titular character from Lee Child's book series. In season three, Reacher attempts to rescue a DEA informant from the criminal underworld. Also on tap in February is a new comedy special from George Lopez (Muy Catlico, Feb. 18), docuseries 50,000 First Dates: A True Love Story (Feb. 11), and My Fault: London (Feb. 13), a YA film adapted from the 2023 Spanish film of the same name and based on the Mercedes Ron novel Culpa ma. Here are all the originals coming to Prime Video in February. Whats coming to Prime Video in February 2025Available February 3Calleja en el espacio (part 1)Available February 6Invincible Clean Slate Available February 7NewtopiaAvailable February 1150,000 First Dates: A True Love StoryAvailable February 13My Fault: London (2025)Broken Rage (2025)Available February 18George Lopez: Muy CatlicoAvailable February 20ReacherAvailable February 24Prime Video Boxing 11Available February 27House of DavidSu Majestad

GoPro is rolling out a software update for its entry-level Hero camera that allows users to shoot 4:3 video in 4K. This is great for the kinds of clips that populate social media sites like TikTok, as the footage is taller. The update is available for free via the companys GoPro Quik app on iOS and Android. Obviously, the new aspect ratio is intended for social media content, but shooting in 4:3 has several use case scenarios. For instance, it can be the perfect choice for capturing video from a first-person perspective. If social media isnt your bag, GoPro says that these 4:3 videos can easily be cropped to 16:9 "for a traditional widescreen look." Theres another tool available with this update that adds a bit of pizzazz when converting from 4:3 to 16:9. The apps SuperView Digital Lens option adds a widening effect during the conversion process, which makes captured footage look faster, more immersive and more exciting. This app-based lens has been available for a while, but only worked with GoPros pricier offerings. Speaking of budgets, the cute lil Hero camera is just $180 right now. Its also incredibly light, at 86 grams. The companys calling it the smallest, lightest and widest angle GoPro, ever. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/cameras/gopro-pushes-update-to-its-entry-level-hero-camera-adding-43-video-for-social-clips-195325285.html?src=rss

OpenAIs latest machine learning mode has arrived. On Friday, the company released o3-mini and it's available to try now. What's more, for the first time OpenAI is making one of its "reasoning" models available to free users of ChatGPT. If you want to try it yourself, select the "Reason" button under the message composer to get started.According to OpenAI, o3-mini is faster and more accurate than its predecessor, o1-mini. In A/B testing, the company found o3-mini was 24 percent faster than o1 at delivering a response. Moreover, set to its "medium" reasoning effort, the new model can come close to the performance of the more expensive o1 system in some math, coding and science benchmarks. Like OpenAI's other reasoning models, o3-mini will show you how it arrived at an answer instead of simply responding to a prompt. Notably, the model works with ChatGPT Search out of box, enabling it to comb the web for the latest information and useful links. OpenAI says it's working on integrating search across all of its reasoning models."The release of OpenAI o3-mini marks another step in OpenAIs mission to push the boundaries of cost-effective intelligence. By optimizing reasoning for STEM domains while keeping costs low, were making high-quality AI even more accessible," OpenAI said. "This model continues our track record of driving down the cost of intelligence reducing per-token pricing by 95% since launching GPT-4 while maintaining top-tier reasoning capabilities. As AI adoption expands, we remain committed to leading at the frontier, building models that balance intelligence, efficiency, and safety at scale."With today's announcement, o3-mini will replace o1-mini in the model picker. Additionally, OpenAI is tripling the rate limit for Plus and Team ChatGPT users from 50 messages per day with o1-mini to 150 messages per day for o3-mini. OpenAI's recently launched $200 per month Pro tier offers unlimited access to the new system.When OpenAI first previewed o3 and o3-mini at the end of last year, CEO Sam Altman said the latter would arrive around the end of January. Altman gave a more concrete timeline on January 17 when he wrote on X that OpenAI was planning to ship in a couple of weeks.Now that its here, its safe to say o3-mini arrives with a sense of urgency. On January 20, the same day Altman was attending Donald Trumps inauguration, Chinas DeepSeek quietly released its R1 chain-of-thought model. By January 27, the companys chatbot surpassed ChatGPT as the most-download free app on the US App Store after going viral. The overnight success of DeepSeek wiped $1 trillion of stock market value, and almost certainly left OpenAI blindsided.In the aftermath of last week, OpenAI said it was working with Microsoft to identify two accounts the company claims may have distilled its models. Distillation is the process of transferring the knowledge of an advanced AI system to a smaller, more efficient one. Distillation is not a controversial practice. DeepSeek has used distillation on its own R1 model to train its smaller algorithms; in fact, OpenAIs terms of service allow for distillation as long users dont train competing models on the outputs of the companys AI.OpenAI did not explicitly name DeepSeek. We know [China]-based companies and others are constantly trying to distill the models of leading US AI companies, an OpenAI spokesperson told The Guardian recently. However, David Sacks, President Trumps AI advisor, was more direct, claiming there was substantial evidence that DeepSeek had "distilled the knowledge out of OpenAIs models.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/openais-o3-mini-is-here-and-available-to-all-users-190918706.html?src=rss

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Sean Duffy,the new transportation secretary, is facing his first major crisis just hours after his swearing-in.Duffy, who wasconfirmed by the Senate Tuesday, quickly emerged as a public face of the federal governments response to the deadly plane crash at Reagan National Airport, the closest airport to Washington, D.C. An Army helicopter collided with anAmerican Airlines jetcarrying 60 passengers and four crew members Wednesday night while the plane was landing, sending it careening into the frigid Potomac River. All onboard are feared dead in what is shaping up to be the deadliestU.S. air crashin decades.Our new Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy his second day on the job when that happened. Thats a rough one, Trump said as they appeared together during a White House briefing Thursday.Great gentleman. Just started. Its not your fault, he later said.Here are some things to know about Duffy:He was on scene at the airport and by Trumps side at the White HouseDuffy appeared alongside Washington, D.C.s mayor and other local officials at airport briefings overnight and early Thursday, representing the administration. And he joined Trump in the White House briefing room Thursday, where the new president offered prayers to the victims and lamented the tragedy, but also made a series of politically charged accusations that he acknowledged were not based on fact.Duffy began his remarks by complimenting Trump, saying his leadership has been remarkable during this crisis. And he assured victims loved ones that he was committed to getting to the bottom of what happened as quickly as possible.While Duffy did not explicitly echo Trumps claims that diversity hiring and lower standards were somehow to blame for the tragedy it is still unclear exactly what happened to cause the crash he also did not refute them.When we deal with safety, we can only accept the best and the brightest in positions of safety that impact the lives of our loved ones, our family members, Duffy said. We are going to take responsibility at the Department of Transportation and the FAA, to make sure we have the reforms that have been dictated by President Trump in place to make sure that these mistakes do not happen again.Hes a former reality TV star, lumberjack and congressman from WisconsinA former Republican congressman from Wisconsin, Duffys rsum includes stints as a lumberjack athlete, reality TV star, prosecutor and Fox News host.He was featured on MTVs The Real World: Boston in 1997 and met his his wife, Fox & Friends Weekend co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy, on the set of MTVs Road Rules: All Stars in 1998.Duffy later worked as a special prosecutor and the district attorney of Ashland County in northern Wisconsin. He won election to Congress as part of thetea party wave in 2010.Rep. Tom Tiffany, who succeeded Duffy in Congress, said he first knew of Duffy when he was a lumberjack in the 1990s before either of them entered politics.Hes got a big job ahead of him here, Tiffany said. Its jumping right into the frying pan with a situation like this.An underdog who served nine yearsWhen he first ran for Congress, Duffy was considered an underdog. But he attracted national attention with his campaign ads, which featured him dramatically chopping wood while donning a red flannel shirt. He told voters he came from a long line of lumberjacks and would bring his axe to Washington.Duffy served in the House for nearly nine years. He was member of the Financial Services Committee and chair of the subcommittee on insurance and housing.Fox News defenderAfter leaving Congress in 2019, citing the need to care for his growing family, Duffy became a contributor to Fox News and one of Trumps most visible defenders on cable television. He served as co-host of The Bottom Line on Fox Business before being picked for the new administration.He was one of several Fox personalities that Trump chose to fill his Cabinet, includingPete Hegseth, the new defense secretary.A father to nineDuffy has nine children, the youngest of whom was born with aheart condition.In announcing his pick, Trump noted that Sean knows how important it is for families to be able to travel safely, and with peace of mind.Because of his large family, Duffy will have empathy with the relatives of crash victims, said Mark Graul, a longtime Republican operative in Wisconsin who has known Duffy for more than 25 years.When you have the size of family he has, empathy is part of the process there, Graul said. Hes going to want to bring certainty to everyone who is hurting from this.Graul said Duffy is an incredibly decent person and very approachable, which will aid him as he navigates this crash.His family is the center of his universe and more than most politicians he cares a great deal about being successful, Graul said. He doesnt want to just do things to get attention. He likes having success.A sprawling agencyThe Transportation Department oversees the nations complex and aging transportation system, including its highways, railroads and airspace. It sets safety standards for trains, cars and trucks.The department regulates the airline industry through the Federal Aviation Administration, which has been grappling with a shortage of air traffic controllers. The agency also includes the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which regulates automakers and sets fuel economy standards for cars and trucks.In his statement announcing the pick, Trump had said Duffy would prioritize Excellence, Competence, Competitiveness and Beauty when rebuilding Americas highways, tunnels, bridges and airports and said he would make our skies safe again by eliminating DEI for pilots and air traffic controllers. DEI refers to diversity, equity and inclusion programs, which Trump has worked to bar through federal action since returning to office.In his first act after his swearing-in, Duffyrolled back fuel mileage standardsput in place by the Biden administration.His confirmation hearingDuringhis confirmation hearing earlier this month, Duffy had promised to scrutinizeBoeings safety issues and restore global confidence in the beleaguered company, as well as to hire more air traffic controllers amid a national shortage. (The plane involved in Wednesday nights collision was a CRJ-700 manufactured by Canada-based Bombadier.)Duffy also said he would cut DEI programs at the agency and create federal rules for self-driving cars instead of leaving that to a patchwork of state regulations, a key priority of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is running Trumps government efficiency effort.Duffy assured lawmakers that he would not interfere in ongoing agency investigations into Musks electric car company over the safety of Tesla vehicles.He was approved by a bipartisan 77-22 vote.Jill Colvin, Associated PressAssociated Press writer Scott Bauer contributed to this report.

Has anyone checked in on Hawk Tuah girl?When are we getting a new Talk Tuah episode? Were starving for more Talk Tuah, one X user posted yesterday. Where is hawk tuah girl. Is she safe. Is she alright, wrote another.Hailey Welch, better known as the hawk tuah girl, has been radio silent online since the end of 2024. That was when her cryptocurrency bombed, leaving her with a lawsuit and a lot of angry fans. Welchs last post on Instagram, where she has 2.6 million followers, was five weeks ago, her last X post was December 20, and the last episode of the Talk Tuah Podcast aired December 3. Ironically enough, it was titled How To Avoid Getting Cancelled.Welch shot to viral fame when she was interviewed by TimmandDeeTV in Nashville, Tennessee, last year, and responded to one of their questions with the now iconic hawk tuah catchphrase. The 22-year-old then parlayed her 15 minutes of fame into a business empire, launching her own merchandise, a successful podcast, and a Gen Z targeted dating app called Pookie Tools. She was everywhere. Then she got involved with cryptocurrency.In early December, Welch announced she would be releasing her own cryptocurrency memecoin called $HAWK, telling Fortune that the effort wasnt just a cash grab. $HAWK token was publicized heavily and quickly rose to a $490 million market cap when launched on December 4. It tanked just as quickly, and its value plunged $440 million in just 20 minutes.Due to how quickly the Hawk Tuah memecoin plummeted in value, some investors claimed Haliey Welch carried out a rug pull (wherein the creator will hype and pump a new token through social media and just when it reaches an all time high in value theyll abandon the project, with all the investors funds).This is one of the most miserable, horrible launches Ive ever seen in my life. Ive been tracing it on chain for a while. You guys generated over $1M in fees while yall fans got rug-pulled, said YouTube investigator CoffeeZilla. This is the worst tokenomics Ive ever seen and it is a scam. Last month, Newsweek reported that investors have filed a lawsuit against the people behind the project.Welchs last post addressing the controversy, posted December 20, said: I take this situation extremely seriously and want to address my fans, the investors who have been affected and the broader community.She continued, I am fully co-operating with and am committed to assisting the legal team representing the individuals impacted, as well as to help uncover the truth, hold the responsible parties accountable and resolve this matter. Underneath the post, one X user wrote, Talk tuah lawyer.

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British architectural photographer Marc Goodwin has gone behind the scenes to capture 17 architecture studios in Porto, Portugal.Spotlighting studios across the city, the project is the latest in an ongoing series by Goodwin, the founder of photography studio Archmospheres, in which he documents architecture offices worldwide.This collection features the studios of Fala Atelier, Joaquim Portela Arquitetos and Diogo Aguiar Studio, and follows the photographer's documentation of studios in Japan,Taiwan and Vienna.According to Goodwin, architecture studios in Porto are often small, youthful and focused on adaptive reuse."Most of the architects were young," he told Dezeen. "Most of the studios were small, with one to 10 people."Read: Nineteen Taiwanese architecture studios photographed by Marc Goodwin"Many of them were working on sustainable solutions to housing through adaptive reuse, modular elements to quickly scale up and things of that ilk," Goodwin added. "Lots of youthful enthusiasm matched with skill and know-how."Reflecting on the series, Goodwin noted the city's distinct "vibe" he believes is driven by the legacy of renowned Portuguese architects including lvaro Siza and architects often being placed "at the centre of cultural life"."It felt like a cultural scene, not just people at work," Goodwin said. "It is such a rich cultural hotbed well beyond what one might expect from a relatively small city.""There should be way more attention paid to Porto."Read on for an exclusive look inside 17 architecture studios across Porto:Fala AtelierIn this space since: 2018Number of members of staff: 10Size: 200 square metresBuilding's history: ResidentialArchitectural AffairsIn this space since: 2022Number of members of staff: 1Size: 250 square metresBuilding's history: GalleryATA AtelierIn this space since: 2023Number of members of staff: 4Size: 60 square metresBuilding's history: CommercialAtelierdacostaIn this space since: 2016Number of members of staff: 9Size: 120 square metresBuilding's history: UnknownAtelier LocalIn this space since: 2021Number of members of staff: 2Size: 150 square metresBuilding's history: Residential and commercialColectivo MelIn this space since: 2014Number of members of staff: 3Size: 400 square metresBuilding's history: ResidentialMarques de Aguiar Arquitectura e UrbanismoIn this space since: 2018Number of members of staff: 5Size: 90 square metresBuilding's history: ResidentialCrea-arquitetosIn this space since: 2014Number of members of staff: 6Size: 30 square metresBuilding's history: EducationalDiogo Aguiar StudioIn this space since: 2022Number of members of staff: 8Size: 250 square metresBuilding's history: GalleryExperimentalIn this space since: 2020Number of members of staff: 8Size: 270 square metresBuilding's history: WorkshopFAHR 021.3In this space since: 2023Number of members of staff: 3Size: 326 square metresBuilding's history: GarageJoaquim Portela ArquitetosIn this space since: 2019Number of members of staff: 8Size: 247 square metresBuilding's history: UnknownPaulo Moreira ArchitecturesIn this space since: 2018Number of members of staff: 4Size: 175 square metresBuilding's history: WarehouseMurmuroIn this space since: 2021Number of members of staff: 5Size: 50 square metresBuilding's history: OfficesNuno Melo SousaIn this space since: 2012Number of members of staff: 5Size: 100 square metresBuilding's history: GarageOitooIn this space since: 2018Number of members of staff: 10Size: 600 square metresBuilding's history: WarehouseSummaryIn this space since: 2019Number of members of staff: 10Size: 100 square metresBuilding's history: IndustrialThe post Seventeen Porto architecture studios photographed by Marc Goodwin appeared first on Dezeen.