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Google’s I/O event is less than two days away, and a new CNBC report might have just revealed some of the major AI-focused updates to be announced at the show.
One big component will be a new larg...
Daily Archives: May 8, 2023
Facebook and Instagram could soon be news-free for our neighbors to the north. Meta has once again said it would rather scrap news links on its platforms in Canada than comply with pending legislation.Read more...
Meta Doubles Down on Threats to Block News on Facebook ...
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Virgin Galactic is gearing up for its first crewed flight in nearly two years. The space tourism company announced that it will launch its Unity 25 crew into space later this month but didn’t provi...
Virgin Galactic’s next crewed flight will blast to the edge ...
Forty years ago, Han Solo said it best. “Boba Fett? Boba Fett? Where?” After the character’s unexpected return in The Mandalorian season two, he got a full backstory in The Book of Boba Fett. But now it’s been well over a year and even after a full se...
Robert Rodriguez Knows if Boba Fett Is Coming Back, But ...
Meta’s President of Global Affairs and top corporate punching bag Nick Clegg decided to abruptly bail on a hearing in Canada’s House of Commons after lawmakers changed the event’s title to be critical of the social media company. Rather than face a cle...
Facebook’s Head Flak Bailed on a Government Hearing Last Minute ...
It’s time to say goodbye to inactive Twitter accounts, CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet on Monday, in yet another apparent attempt to bring users back to the platform. The number of active Twitter accounts has been steadily decreasing since Musk took over...
Musk Says Twitter Will Purge Inactive Accounts
For nearly five months, teams behind NASA’s Lunar Flashlight mission have been trying to get the briefcase-sized satellite to fire up its thrusters and get on the right orbital track around the Moon. There’s now some hope with one of the thrusters show...
NASA Isn’t Giving Up on Troubled Water-Hunting Moon Cubesat
Chinese police arrested a man Sunday in what could be one of the first precedent-setting cases of a person using ultra-popular AI chatbot ChatGPT to allegedly spread misinformation. That, or it could be a new means for state actors to discredit real ne...
Police in China Arrest Man for Allegedly Lying About a ...
ChatGPT, the wildly popular AI chatbot, is powered by machine learning systems, but those systems are guided by human workers, many of whom aren’t paid particularly well. A new report from NBC News shows that OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, has bee...
ChatGPT Is Powered by Human Contractors Getting Paid $15 Per ...
I tried to pick the least spoiler-y screenshot from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom that I could. | Image: Nintendo
Dodging spoilers is becoming more difficult than ever. Thanks in large part to the many algori...