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Google has launched Gemma 4 12B, a 12-billion-parameter open AI model designed to run locally on your laptop without depending entirely on cloud infrastructure. WION reports: According to Google, the new model delivers performance close to much larger AI systems while requiring significantly less memory. The company says Gemma 4 12B can run locally on devices equipped with just 16GB of VRAM, making advanced AI more accessible to developers, researchers and businesses. The launch highlights a growing trend across the AI industry: bringing powerful AI models directly to personal computers instead of relying solely on remote data centers.

Gemma is Google's family of open AI models built using technology and research from its Gemini program. The new Gemma 4 12B model contains 12 billion parameters and has been designed to handle multiple types of information, including text, images and audio. Unlike traditional AI systems that focus only on text, Gemma 4 12B can understand visual content, process audio inputs and perform advanced reasoning tasks. This makes it suitable for a wider range of applications, from software development and content creation to research and automation. Google says the model is available under the Apache 2.0 licence, allowing developers and organizations to use, modify and deploy it with relatively few restrictions.

[...] One of the most significant technical changes in Gemma 4 12B is its new unified architecture. Traditionally, multimodal AI systems use separate components known as encoders to process images, audio and text before combining the information. Google says Gemma 4 12B removes the need for separate multimodal encoders. Instead, the model processes different types of information through a unified architecture. According to the company, this helps improve efficiency while reducing memory requirements and computational overhead. The result is a model that can deliver advanced multimodal capabilities while remaining small enough to run locally on modern hardware.

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According to supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple has reportedly doubled 2026 MacBook Neo production from 5 million to 10 million units after stronger-than-expected demand for its $599 budget laptop. MacRumors reports: On an earnings call in late April, Apple's CEO Tim Cook said that customer response to the MacBook Neo was "off the charts," and the popularity of the laptop has reportedly led the company to significantly boost production. [...] Apple was very optimistic about the MacBook Neo before announcing it, but the company still "undercalled" the level of enthusiasm that the laptop would generate, according to Cook. He said that MacBook Neo demand exceeded Apple's expectations and helped to drive a record number of first-time Mac buyers last quarter.

New figures from market research firm IDC support Apple's claim that the MacBook Neo is selling well, and the Windows PC industry has taken notice. For example, Dell recently introduced a redesigned XPS 13 laptop from $699 and said it has features "you won't find on a MacBook Neo," such as a touch screen and a backlit keyboard. "Apple's MacBook Neo is a capable machine, and its arrival confirms that there's real appetite for premium quality at accessible prices," admitted Dell.

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Visit to St Aloysius' College Sevenhill
On the afternoon of Saturday the Catholics and many Protestants assembled at St Patrick's, Undalya, to escort the Bishop to Sevenhill. A procession was formed, in which were not fewer than 300 horsemen and between 30 and 40 vehicles of every description. The residents of the Village of Sevenhill had erected a triumphal arch, on which were beautifully worked in evergreens the crosier and mitre — emblems of the episcopal office. On the College grounds two other arches were erected by the students, who displayed great taste in their design and ornamentation.

The Bishop first visited the Sanctuary of the intended church, and was highly pleased with its beauty and richness.

Two addresses were then presented to His Lordship — one by the laity, who welcomed their Bishop most affectionately, and tendered their hearty co-operation whenever His Lordship would call upon them: the other, which was written in the Latin language, by the students of Sevenhill College.

To both addresses His Lordship responded in his usual felicitous manner, telling them that he attributed these demonstrations not to himself, who was almost unknown to them, but to the high and sacred office he bore as Bishop of the Catholic Church and successor of the Apostles.

At least 1,000 persons were present on Sunday to witness and assist at the dedication of a portion of St Aloysius' Church, an event long and ardently desired by all present.

The Bishop, assisted by the Very Rev Joseph Tappeiner, and the Revs Kranewitter, Polk, Pallhuber, Hinteroecker, Reynolds, and Byrne, and by the students as acolytes, began the ceremony of dedicating the sanctuary, during which the choir sang most impressively the Miserere and Litany, which were responded to by the clergy.

His Lordship then baptised four aborigines—two men and two women—who have been for several months receiving instruction from the Rev Father Hinteroecker. I may say that this good father has translated into the native language the Our Father, the Hail Mary, the Apostles' Creed, and other portions of the Christian doctrine.

The dedication of the church and baptism of the natives finished, a procession was formed to accompany the Blessed Sacrament from the oratory to the church. About 100 girls dressed in white headed the procession: then came the acolytes in soutans and surplices. The priests, robed in their vestments followed, after whom the Bishop, under a canopy and bearing the ciborium containing the Holy Sacrament, and lastly came the laity. The choir, during this grand and solemn ceremony, played the beautiful hymn "Pange Lingua."

The Solemn High Mass, at which the Bishop assisted pontifically, was then commenced. The Very Rev Joseph Tappeiner was assisting priest: the Rev C A Reynolds, the celebrant: the Rev J N Hintervecker. deacon: and the Rev A Kranewitter, sub-deacon. The choir, under the able guidance of the Rev J Pallhuber, executed with great effect Tauman's Mass by Peteres. His Lordship administered communion to the native neophytes.

After Mass, the Sacrament of Confirmation was administered to 85 persons, among whom were the four above-mentioned neophytes, and also another native man, who was previously received into the Church.

The offerings on the occasion amounted to the handsome sum of £378 16s 5d in cash, and £59 12s in promises, making a total of £438 8s 5d.
Ref: South Australian Weekly Chronicle (Adelaide SA) Saturday 24 November 1866.

*Opening of St Aloysius' Church, Sevenhill
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Adelaide, accompanied by Father Tappeiner, arrived at Sevenhill Jesuit College, via Farrell's Flat Railway Station, on Saturday, February 6, to re-open the new church at the former place.
The church, which was first used about eight years ago, has been greatly enlarged since, and is now 50 feet long and 50 feet wide, and the walls are 22 feet high.

The front is very tastefully built of white freestone, and the tower at the western end is at present 70 feet high, but will be raised at a future time.

The eastern gable is surmounted by a large stone cross 7 feet in height, and the roof is of slate. At 11 ©'clock on Sunday a procession formed and walked round the structure.

Afterwards high mass was celebrated by the Bishop, and an eloquent sermon was preached. The edifice was crowded with people from the district for miles round, and it is estimated that there must have been nearly 700 persons present. The weather being very pleasant induced many to attend. The church is not quite finished inside, and the seating accommodation for such a large gathering was rather limited. About £250 was taken at the doors.
Ref: Evening Journal (Adelaide SA) Tuesday 9 February 1875.