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The Oura ring just got new sleep features that even the Apple Watch doesn’t have



1KTechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 17h
The Oura ring is already an excellent sleep tracker, but it’s about to get even better, with three new features and updates to several existing ones. These new features will be added to the Oura app for free with the next update, and include a similar sleep profile or ‘chronotype’ feature to the ones used by competitors such as Samsung and Fitbit. Oura outstrips the Apple Watch in this regard, wh


This 20-Pound Portable Microwave Can Heat 11 Meals In Between Charges
1KGizmodo / 13h
Sometimes, the only thing that can get you through a long day of work is having a hot meal halfway through it. That’s not always an option if you’re stuck on a construction site, or even on the road, unless you’ve brought along Makita’s latest power tool : a cordless microwave that zaps instead of cuts. Read more...


'SpaceEngine' Is Your Ticket to Exploring the Universe
500+Lifehacker / 15h
Real space exploration takes a long time. Pluto is roughly 10 years away from Earth , given you’re traveling on a speedy ship like New Horizons . The nearest planet outside our solar system, however, is about four lightyears away , which means it would take about 81,000 years to reach by New Horizons speeds. You’d need… Read more...



IKEA just launched a $15 waterproof Bluetooth speaker
Engadget / 2min
IKEA's Vappeby lineup continues to grow with a new waterproof Bluetooth speaker designed for the shower and priced at just $15 — undercutting all but the cheapest no-name devices. "The fundamental goal with the new product was to offer quality sound in a versatile product that can really be used anywhere," said product design developer Stjepan Begic in a press release . It's silicone-coated and j


A lifetime subscription to this comprehensive mental fitness app is on sale for £50
Mashable / 6min
TL;DR : A lifetime subscription to the Calmind Mental Fitness App is on sale for £50, saving you 91% on list price. If you’re feeling extra stressed lately, you’re definitely not alone. If you want to try alleviating some of that stress, you may want to start thinking about ways you can prioritise your mental health. Try decompressing with the Calmind Mental Fitness App . This innovative software


How to watch the Formula 1 livestream online for free
Mashable / 6min
SAVE 49%: Watch Formula 1 livestreams in 2023 from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for £86.15 and includes an extra three months for free — 49% off for a limited time. Formula 1 showcases intense rivalries, incredible scenery, and a whole lot of drama. There are also plenty of talented drivers in extremely fast cars. You've no doubt got plen


Duolingo's new GPT-4 AI will happily explain why your Spanish is wrong
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11min
Duolingo is launching a new virtual tutor that aims to replicate real-world scenarios to help students learn better. And it’s all powered by the recently released GPT-4 AI model. Making its home in the new Duolingo Max subscription tier , the tutor consists of two features: Explain My Answer and Roleplay. The former, as its name suggests, gives users the opportunity to, if they’re confused by som


'Quordle' today: Here are the answers and hints for March 17
Mashable / 55min
If Quordle is a little too challenging today, you've come to the right place for hints. There aren't just hints here, but the whole Quordle solution. Scroll to the bottom of this page, and there it is. But are you sure you need all four answers? Maybe you just need a strategy guide. Either way, scroll down, and you'll get what you need. What is Quordle ? Quordle is a five-letter word guessing gam


Twitch CEO And Co-Founder Resigning After 16 Years
SlashGear / 3h
With Emmet Shear vacating his CEO position at Twitch, the role will now be fulfilled by the company's current President, Dan Clancy.


3 Ways To Find The Picture NASA Took On Your Birthday
SlashGear / 3h
There are various avenues to follow to check out an image recorded by NASA or by Hubble specifically on your birthday or the day you were born.


Amazon Hit With Lawsuit For Not Disclosing Facial Recognition Use
SlashGear / 4h
A class action suit filed to a New York district court suggests Amazon violates a law requiring it to disclose its use of biometric identification technology.


Wordle today: Here's the answer, hints for March 17
Mashable / 4h
It's Friday, which means it's time to end your work week with a new Wordle puzzle. And as always, we're back with our daily hints and tips to help you figure out the solution. If you prefer to just be told the solution, you can scroll to the end of this article for March 17's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather work through it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies


The revolution underway in India's diamond industry
31BBC News - Technology / 5h
India's long history with diamonds enters a new chapter as lab-grown versions of the gem take off.


Shazam! Fury of the Gods' big cameo wasn't a shock last-minute inclusion
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 5h
Full spoilers follow for Shazam! Fury of the Gods. Shazam! Fury of the Gods director David F. Sandberg has revealed that Wonder Woman's unexpected cameo was part of the superhero movie from the get-go. Speaking exclusively to TechRadar ahead of the DC Extended Universe ( DCEU ) film's release – read our Shazam! Fury of the Gods review if you haven't already – Sandberg explained how Gal Gadot's su


2023 Nissan Ariya E-4ORCE First Drive: AWD Gives This Stylish EV The Pep It Deserves
SlashGear / 5h
Nissan is launching its next version of the Ariya electric crossover and we've taken our first drive. Will this EV stand up to its closest competition?


Genesis Electric Cars Reach More States, But Not All
SlashGear / 5h
This announcemment brings the total number of states in which Genesis, the luxury brand for Hyundai, EVs are sold to 15.


TikTok: UK ministers banned from using Chinese-owned app on government phones
1KBBC News - Technology / 5h
Ministers fear sensitive data is at risk - but TikTok denies handing information to Chinese government.


The tech helping women manage the menopause
100+BBC News - Technology / 5h
A growing number of start-ups are making wearables and apps to help alleviate the symptoms.


Samsung’s Galaxy A54 is an Affordable Way to Get One of the Best Smartphone Displays
Gizmodo / 6h
The Pixel 7a is around the corner, but if you don’t care for Google’s series of smartphones, there’s always a Samsung alternative. This week, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy A54 5G, the mid-range follow-up to its Galaxy S flagship series. Like the last two generations of the Galaxy A-series, the Galaxy A54 5G is worth a… Read more...


Valve’s year-old Steam Deck is on sale for the first time
Ars Technica - All content / 6h
A fun Valve video showcases some of the highlights from the Steam Deck's first year. Valve is celebrating the first year of official availability for the Steam Deck with the hardware's first-ever official sale. Those looking to buy Valve's portable hardware can get a unit for 10 percent off until March 23 as part of Steam's regular spring software sale. In the US, that translates to the following


The Last of Us' Clicker Recording Sessions Contain No Zombies, Only Audio Terrors
Gizmodo / 6h
While HBO’s The Last of Us might have spent most of its time reinforcing the fact that in any given apocalypse, human beings are the worst of all monsters —the show’s clickers were also downright terrifying too. Prepare yourself for the horrifying flashbacks that will come with this video of performers recording the … Read more...


The US government ramps up its pressure campaign against TikTok
21TechCrunch / 6h
The Biden administration is escalating its pressure campaign against TikTok, threatening a U.S. ban against the world’s most popular app if the company doesn’t split with its Chinese ownership. The current administration’s public concerns around the hit app have ratcheted up considerably in recent days. The Wall Street Journal reported this week that the U.S. government is again seeking to separa


ByteDance is reportedly under investigation for surveillance of US journalists
66Engadget / 6h
In December, ByteDance confirmed that it fired four employees who had used TikTok to spy on the locations of two journalists. Now, Forbes reports that the FBI and the Department of Justice have been investigating the incident. News of the investigation comes at a moment when ByteDance is facing mounting pressure to sell its stake in TikTok. The company confirmed that US officials have said that T



Citizen如何通过招募亚裔老年人来重塑自己
MIT Technology Review / 6h
Editor’s note: This is a translation of a story about how the crime-tracking app Citizen has been giving away free subscriptions to elderly Asians in the Bay Area. Find the English language version here . 本文是与普利策中心的人工智能问责网络合作撰写的。 当外面天黑的时候，约瑟芬·赵（Josephine Zhao）哪怕只是走几个街区就能回到旧金山的家，有时也会多叫一双“眼睛”——字面意义的眼睛。 赵打开手机上的Citizen App，通过一个名为“实时监控”的功能，与该平台的一个客服人员建立联系。而该平台也可以通过网络追踪到赵的GPS位置，客服只要点击另一个按钮，就可以得到打开她手机摄像


uwmspeccoll: Publishers’ Binding ThursdayThis Publishers’...
Music, Arts & Literature / 6h
uwmspeccoll : Publishers’ Binding Thursday This Publishers’ Binding Thursday I’m happy to share A New Book of the Fairies by British writer and suffragette Beatrice Harraden (1864-1936). Harraden was a founder of the Women’s Social and Political Union , and a leading member of the Women Writers’ Suffrage League . Published in 1897 by Griffith, Farran, Browne & Co. in London, the book features 44


The Best Drones For Photographers That Won't Break The Bank
SlashGear / 6h
Drones can help even the novice photographer to significantly increase their range and quality of shooting. These options even make it affordable.


Steam Deck Gets Anniversary Discount In Steam Spring Sale
SlashGear / 6h
Steam has kicked off its seasonal spring sale, and alongside great deals on popular games, the Steam Deck receives its first major discount since launch.


Daily Crunch: Microsoft waives its waitlist and opens up its AI-powered Bing chatbot to all
200+TechCrunch / 7h
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here . Happy Thursday, Crunchers! An agreement among a group of the nation’s largest banks to deposit some $30 billion with First Republic Bank could save its bacon, Christine reports, and over on TC+, Ram breaks down everything you need to get caught up on the SVB crisis


At Virgin Orbit, it never should’ve come to a staff furlough
20TechCrunch / 7h
Last night, CNBC broke the bombshell news that Virgin Orbit was pausing operations for at least a week while it looked for funding to support the business. As part of that pause, company executives reportedly told staff in an all-hands meeting that they were being furloughed — and that it would be unpaid. The news isn’t exactly a surprise. Virgin Orbit’s financial woes have been discussed and dis


Star Trek: Picard's Showrunner Says Its Latest Surprise Return Always Had to Be the Plan
31Gizmodo / 7h
Star Trek: Picard ’s last season is throwing everything it can at Patrick Stewart’s legendary hero, in terms of big shocks, big enemies, and big reunions. But while the show teased the run up to season three by loudly proclaiming the returns of The Next Generation ’s iconic bridge crew, some returns have been kept… Read more...


Chinese tech giant Baidu releases its answer to ChatGPT
25MIT Technology Review / 7h
On Thursday, Robin Li, Baidu’s cofounder and CEO, took the stage in Beijing to showcase the company’s new large language model, Ernie Bot. Accompanied by art created by Baidu’s image-making AI, he showed examples of what the chatbot can do, including solve math questions, write marketing copy, answer questions about Chinese literature, and generate multimedia responses. Baidu had planned for this


Pornhub owner MindGeek sold to private equity firm
100+TechCrunch / 7h
MindGeek — owner of several adult entertainment sites, including Pornhub, Brazzers and Redtube — was acquired by a Canadian private equity firm, Ethical Capital Partners (ECP). ECP, which was formed last year, did not disclose the terms of the deal. “In MindGeek, we have identified a dynamic tech brand that is built upon a foundation of trust, safety and compliance, and with ECP’s resources and b


Google warns users to take action to protect against remotely exploitable flaws in popular Android phones
67TechCrunch / 7h
Google’s security research unit is sounding the alarm on a set of vulnerabilities it found in certain Samsung chips included in dozens of Android models, wearables and vehicles, fearing the flaws could be soon discovered and exploited. In a blog post , Google’s Project Zero head Tim Willis said the in-house security researchers found and reported 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Exynos modems produ


Man Who Ran a Website that Illegally Streamed Major League Sports Gets 3 Years Behind Bars
Gizmodo / 7h
A Minnesota man was sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday for illegally streaming major league sports content to outside third parties. Joshua Streit, also known as Joshua Brody, was arrested in 2021 after an investigation found he had hacked into a Major League Baseball system and attempted to extort… Read more...


Is Chat GPT-4 Worth the Upgrade? | Future Tech
Gizmodo / 7h
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Belkin's Wemo Products Will Take a 'Big Step Back' From Matter
Gizmodo / 7h
One of the most popular brands for smart home tech, Belkin’s Wemo, is officially pausing development of Matter devices. What was supposed to be a revolution in interconnectivity and ease of access has now lost one of its biggest contributors. Read more...


Microsoft and Google Unveil AI Tools for Businesses
23NYT > Technology / 7h
New artificial intelligence technology is roiling Silicon Valley. For now, the most obvious ways to use it are in software like Microsoft’s suite of products.


At least 67 people got botulism after trying to paralyze their stomachs
37Ars Technica - All content / 7h
Enlarge / Micrograph of Clostridium botulinum (credit: Getty | BSIP ) Health officials in Europe are warning of an outbreak of botulism linked to botched weight loss procedures carried out in Turkey that aimed to paralyze stomach muscles to reduce appetite. So far, authorities have identified 67 cases—53 in Turkey, 12 in Germany, and one each in Austria and Switzerland. Botulism is a life-threate


RIP (again): Google Glass will no longer be sold
Ars Technica - All content / 7h
A woman uses Google Glass Enterprise Edition in a marketing image for the product. [credit: Google ] This week, Google announced that it has stopped selling Google Glass Enterprise Edition, marking another end-of-life for the Glass product that was originally meant to start an augmented reality revolution. First launched to a limited audience back in 2013, Glass was supposed to be a revolutionary


AI imager Midjourney v5 stuns with photorealistic images—and 5-fingered hands
100+Ars Technica - All content / 7h
Enlarge / An example of lighting and skin effects in the AI image generator Midjourney v5. (credit: Julie W. Design ) On Wednesday, Midjourney announced version 5 of its commercial AI image synthesis service, which can produce photorealistic images at a quality level that some AI art fans are calling creepy and " too perfect ." Midjourney v5 is available now as an alpha test for customers who sub


Authors risk losing copyright if AI content is not disclosed, US guidance says
46Ars Technica - All content / 7h
Enlarge (credit: StudioM1 | iStock / Getty Images Plus ) As generative AI technologies like GPT-4 and Midjourney have rapidly gotten more sophisticated and their creative use has exploded in popularity, the US Copyright Office has issued guidance today to clarify when AI-generated material can be copyrighted. Guidance comes after the Copyright Office decided that an author could not copyright ind


Federal agency hacked by 2 groups thanks to flaw that went unpatched for 4 years
IoC > 2 IPs•
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4 TTPs
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Multiple threat actors—one working on behalf of a nation-state—gained access to the network of a US federal agency by exploiting a four-year-old vulnerability that remained unpatched, the US government warned. Exploit activities by one group likely began in August 2021 and last August by the other, according to an advisory jointly published by the Cybersecurity and


Free data-center heat is allegedly saving a struggling public pool $24K a year
25Ars Technica - All content / 7h
Enlarge (credit: Getty ) A public pool in the UK is expected to save £20,000 (about $24,000) and cut carbon emissions by 25.8 tons annually by warming a 25 m and children's pool with waste heat from a data center from startup Deep Green . Data center owners have long tried to limit the impact of heat emanating from their machines, with some going as far as to submerge servers in water and others



Remake of Gruesome Horror Classic Faces of Death Is Still On—and It Has a Cast
Gizmodo / 7h
What’s left to remake these days in the shock-horror realm, now that Texas Chainsaw Massacre has been put through it multiple times ? Until Hollywood remembers that European sleaze merchants made a lot of cannibal pictures in the 1970s , one of the most notorious mondo movies is making a comeback: Faces of Death , a… Read more...


Video Shows Russian Jet Showering US Drone With Fuel Before Colliding With It
31Futurism / 8h
Fuel For Thought The US military has released a dramatic video of a mid-air exchange between an American drone and a Russian fighter jet that first doused the drone in jet fuel before colliding with it. As CNN and other outlets report, the aircraft altercation occurred earlier this week above the Black Sea in Eastern Europe. According to officials, the entire encounter — which is the first time U


FCC proposes satellite-to-phone rules to eliminate ‘no signal’ once and for all
26TechCrunch / 8h
The FCC has officially proposed, and voted unanimously to move forward with, a framework under which satellites can communicate directly with smartphones in a structured and useful way. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking , circulated earlier this month and formally voted on today, is essentially a complete first public draft of what the FCC hopes to accomplish by establishing rules and guidelines


OneWeb Has Given Up on Trying to Get Its Hijacked Satellites Back From Russia
Gizmodo / 8h
British satellite company OneWeb is counting its losses, and not its satellites. Following a fallout with the Russian space agency that led to 36 of its satellites being held captive in Kazakhstan, a company official said that they have “moved on.” Read more...


GPT-4 Is a Giant Black Box and Its Training Data Remains a Mystery
Gizmodo / 8h
“You don’t want to know how the sausage gets made.” Read more...


This Airline Worker Looks Defeated By Life – He’ll Rise Up Like The Hero We Need
View from the Wing / 8h
An airline passenger captured the moment when an employee out on the ramp took a moment, sat himself down, and appears defeated - or at least contemplating life - likely before rising up again to face the challenges of the airport. The worker's solemn look is everything . Continue reading ...


Deal alert: Amtrak early morning and late evening fares starting at $5
200+The Points Guy / 8h
Travelers who frequently ride Amtrak between New York City and Washington, D.C ., can save big on early morning and late evening departures with Amtrak’s new ultra-low Night Owl Fares, starting at just $5 one-way. Fares between $5 and $20 are available on select Amtrak Northeast Corridor routes , including those that stop at New York’s Penn Station, Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station, Baltimore’s


Deal: Book discounted Singapore Airlines awards with KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes
100+The Points Guy / 8h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. While Singapore Airlines has a reputation for offering a solid product, booking its premium cabin, long-haul award flights isn’t easy. You’ll find sporadic award availability using the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan or Air Canada Aeroplan , but you’ll usually find better availability through Singapore Airlines KrisFlye


Experimental Pill Shows Promise Against Leukemia in Early Trial
20Gizmodo / 8h
In a study out this week, scientists describe a novel experimental pill that may be able to help patients with a difficult-to-treat form of leukemia. Nearly half of patients in the Phase I trial responded to the treatment, called revumenib, while about a third experienced a complete remission of their cancer. More… Read more...


Twitter's bookmark counter is a new way to convince yourself tweeting is worth your time
75Engadget / 8h
If you take pride in people bookmarking your social media posts, Twitter is ready to feed your ego. The social network has added a bookmark counter to its iOS app . Similar to the counts for likes, quotes and retweets, you'll know just how many people saved a given tweet for later reference. The company hasn't mentioned when the feature might come to Android or the web. Twitter stresses that book


Finance YouTubers sued over promotion of FTX
24TechCrunch / 8h
A new class action lawsuit alleges that several well-known finance YouTubers, including Graham Stephan , Andrei Jikh , Jaspreet Singh and others, should be held responsible for promoting now-disgraced cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The lawsuit’s plaintiff is Edwin Garrison, a private investor who also filed a lawsuit against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, plus celebrity promoters like Tom Brady,


Ember's $400 Baby Bottle Heats Milk (Or Formula) to 98.6 Degrees in Five Minutes
Gizmodo / 8h
Best known for its self-heating cups and mugs that come with spit-take inducing price tags , Ember is expanding its precise temperature control technology to wee ones with its new Ember Baby Bottle System , which promises to save parents from having to guess if milk and formula is at the perfect temperature for an… Read more...


Parents Group Demands Meeting With Meta and TikTok Over Child Suicide
29Gizmodo / 8h
A family advocacy group called Parents Together published an open letter Thursday demanding a meeting with the heads of Meta and ByteDance , arguing that the companies knowingly expose children to a variety of dire threats, including the risk of suicide, and that they refuse to address these problems in lieu of growth… Read more...


Originally aired in the summer of 1984, this commercial was for a fund designed to help “save” the Detroit Public Libra...
Music, Arts & Literature / 8h
Originally aired in the summer of 1984, this commercial was for a fund designed to help “save” the Detroit Public Library, which was facing budgetary concerns at the time.


YouTube TV Is Going Up in Price
How-To Geek / 8h
YouTube TV started out at just $49 when it was first introduced, but it has gradually climbed in price over the years. It’s now becoming even more expensive. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›


One of the Oldest Warriors in Warhammer 40K Is Getting a Glorious, Gold-Toed Update
Gizmodo / 8h
When zillions of people die every other minute in the grimdark future of Warhammer 40,000 , a long life is something to be feared—and no one embodies that more in Games Workshop ’s esoteric lore than Luis Dante, the leader of the Blood Angels Space Marines. And after waiting a suitably long time, he’s getting quite the… Read more...


Twitter now shows bookmark counts on tweets
Mashable / 8h
Twitter has slapped yet another social media stat on users' tweets: Bookmark counts. On Thursday, Twitter started to roll out analytics onto tweets that show how many times a tweet has been bookmarked . As of publishing time, the bookmark count stat is only showing up on Twitter's iOS apps but will soon expand and be displayed on Twitter for web and other platforms too. This is what the bottom of


US Government Makes It Clear – You Can't Copyright AI-Generated Images
SlashGear / 8h
The US Copyright Office has issued a ruling on AI-generated imagery and copyright protection, but there's a catch depending on the level of authorship involved.


Here's How To View Instagram Stories Anonymously
SlashGear / 8h
For whatever reason, if you wish to view an Instagram Story anonymously, there are some ways to do it without your account showing as one of the viewers.


YouTube TV’s Price Is Increasing to $73 a Month, and It Makes Me Want to Cancel My Subscription
500+Gizmodo / 8h
YouTube TV has announced that it’s increasing the monthly price of its basic tier of over-the-air streaming TV. The company made this known in an email to current customers. I received an email this morning telling me my $65/month subscription is going up to $73/month. That doesn’t include the $16/month I pay for HBO… Read more...



Goodbye Google Glass, we knew you well
TechCrunch / 8h
Update: Google tells TechCrunch that it remains committed to augmented reality, stating, “For years, we’ve been building AR into many Google products and we’ll continue to look at ways to bring new, innovative AR experiences across our product portfolio.” I know at least one TC staffer who is gutted by the inevitable second death of Google Glass. I won’t call them out by name, but will say that I


What to expect from Power Book II: Ghost season 3
Mashable / 8h
We sat down with the cast and crew of Power Book II: Ghost to discuss what fans can expect in season 3.


Disney World will put your holographic face on a Tron action figure for $90
200+Engadget / 8h
Disney is pushing out new Tron merchandise despite the 13 years since the last movie (not to mention the four decades since the original). Although another sequel — this one with Jared Leto — may be in the works, the toys coincide with the Disney World opening of Tron Lightcycle / Run , the high-speed ride that debuted at Shanghai Disneyland in 2016. The action figures are customized using the pa


Leading Denier Think Tank Uses AI Image of Dead Whale and Wind Turbines
Gizmodo / 8h
Readers of the daily email newsletter of one of the country’s leading right-wing, fossil fuel-funded think tanks were treated to a bizarre sight this week: an AI-generated image of a dead whale washed ashore on a beach in front of wind turbines, above a fearmongering story about offshore wind. Unfortunately, what is… Read more...


Microsoft's Stunning Copilot AI Demo Could Change Office Work Forever
100+Futurism / 8h
Clippy on Steroids You can run, but you can't hide — AI is coming for your office work. All of it. Still riding high on the success of integrating ChatGPT in Bing, Microsoft just announced that its GPT-4-powered Copilot is coming to Office 365 apps. With it, users will be able to generate entire Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, Outlook emails, and PowerPoint presentations with a click of a but


Meet CupidBots, the Horrifying Dating App Using AI to Harass Women
58Futurism / 8h
Auto-Dating As if dating apps aren't horrific enough , supposed ex-Tinder employees have created an especially ghoulish app called CupidBots, Vice reports , and it wants to completely automate the dating process. Even worse, their ideal users are — and this is real — men either too pathetic or too lazy to ask a woman out. Now, guys with zero game can try their luck with CupidBots. For $15 a month


Anonymous app Sidechat picks up rival Yik Yak…and users aren’t happy
TechCrunch / 8h
Sidechat , the anonymous posting platform that began blowing up last year on college campuses, appears to have acquired a rival anonymous social platform, Yik Yak . While you may recall Yik Yak’s troubles from earlier years, where bullying and harassment ultimately led to an ignominious exit in the form of an acqui-hire by Square , the gossip app relaunched under new Nashville-based ownership in


Wedding platform Joy will let you outsource your vows to OpenAI
62TechCrunch / 8h
There’s nothing more romantic than having an AI-powered bot write your vows for you. Earlier this month, wedding planning platform Joy launched a new OpenAI-powered “ Wedding Writer’s Block ” tool that uses AI technology to generate a draft for one of the most important speeches of your life. The AI assistant is designed to help write vows and wedding toast speeches, among other “wedding-related


Beware of the tax advice you're getting on TikTok
21Mashable / 9h
Tax season sucks. Lots of us — and this includes me — need a little help getting our taxes done. But be warned: You should be wary of where you get your advice. As Mashable's Elena Cavendar covered in detail , lots of folks use TikTok as a search engine. The results you might get about doing your taxes could be dangerous and dead wrong. Keeper , a tax app aimed at gig and creator economy workers,


Air Canada launches new summer route from Montreal to Amsterdam
53The Points Guy / 9h
A new nonstop Montreal to Amsterdam route will take off this summer thanks to strong demand for European travel, Air Canada announced. Canada’s flag carrier will fly its Boeing 787 Dreamliners from the country’s second-largest city to the popular Dutch capital five times weekly between June 2 and Oct. 14. The route will depart Montreal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) at 10:10 p.m. (local time


Why You Should Start Using Passkeys
How-To Geek / 9h
Passwords have been our first line of defense against hackers since the 1960s. But, now they’re showing their age and limitations in the 21st-century data wars. Not even password managers are safe. Passkeys are now here to help. Here’s why you should switch and enjoy a more secure digital future. Read This Article on Review Geek ›


Amazon Go Store Accused of Violating NYC's Biometric Surveillance Law
100+Gizmodo / 9h
Amazon is facing a class-action lawsuit that was filed on Thursday, claiming the company did not inform Amazon Go customers that they were being recorded at its New York City location. According to the lawsuit, Amazon was in violation of the Biometric Identifier Information Law passed in 2021 which requires all New… Read more...


NASA's Mars Orbiter Appeared to Be Running Out of Fuel—Until It Wasn't
31Gizmodo / 9h
For nearly two years, NASA engineers had been worried that the fuel supply of the Mars Odyssey orbiter was running low, bringing a tragic end to the precious spacecraft. But as it turns out, they had miscalculated what’s left in the orbiter’s gas tank and that it’s good to go for another two years, according to NASA . Read more...


Somebody Sold a 'Pixel 7a Prototype' On eBay For Five Times Its Purported Retail Price
Gizmodo / 9h
An eBay user spent more than $2,500 for what might be Google’s upcoming mid-range phone, a device that by the seller’s admission doesn’t even work. Whatever you think of the sale, it at least means we’re getting a few more pictures of the alleged Pixel 7a that could be hitting store shelves in just three month’s time. Read more...


Twitch CEO Emmett Shear Resigns After 16 Years
30Gizmodo / 9h
Twitch, the livestreaming platform that’s brought us infinity steamed hams and an avenue for gaming creators to more easily monetize their video work, is going through a transition. The Amazon-owned company’s CEO and co-founder, Emmett Shear, is resigning after 16 years spent leading Twitch into what it is today. Read more...


Legend of the White Dragon, Jason David Frank's Final Film, Will Release in Theaters
100+Gizmodo / 9h
The death of Power Rangers actor Jason David Frank was a big shock when the news broke last November. Following the end of his storied career with the superhero franchise , Frank had moved on to other creative pursuits, one of which was a 2020 short film called Legend of the White Dragon. Thanks to crowdfunding , it’s… Read more...


Course Hero, once an edtech unicorn valued at $3.6B, conducts layoffs
20TechCrunch / 9h
Course Hero, a tutoring business last valued by investors at $3.6 billion, has cut 15% of staff, or 42 people — its first round of layoffs in 17 years, TechCrunch has learned from numerous sources. A spokesperson confirmed the layoffs, saying that “the layoffs are happening as a part of a strategic effort to set Course Hero business line up for future growth.” The company says it does not anticip


China’s ChatGPT rival Baidu Ernie is off to a rough start
100+TechCrunch / 9h
Following on the heels of GPT-4’s buzzy debut and the announcement of Microsoft 365’s AI makeover , Baidu, China’s search engine giant, introduced its Ernie Bot. Since ChatGPT blew the world away, Baidu has been widely considered the closest Chinese candidate to build an equivalent to the OpenAI chatbot. Naturally, Ernie’s launch was much anticipated. On Thursday, Baidu CEO Robin Li gave a one-ho


The Classic Land Rover Defender 90 Is The Next LEGO Icons Set
SlashGear / 9h
LEGO commemorates another automotive milestone with the 75th anniversary Land Rover Defender 90 kit - featuring customizable off-road bits and a moving winch.


FCC proposal would make it easier for smartphones to link to satellites
400+Engadget / 9h
Satellite-to-phone service is only just getting started, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to give a boost. The regulator is proposing rules that would make it easier for phone carriers and satellite operators to provide coverage in remote and underserved areas. Under the plan, satellite companies teaming with cellular providers could get FCC permission to operate on some lice



The coolest rooms at sea? This cruise line is converting a helicopter hangar into super suites
The Points Guy / 9h
They will be suites with such commanding views that being in one will feel like being in a helicopter. Which is fitting, since the space they will occupy originally was designed for a helicopter. Luxury line Silversea Cruises on Thursday announced that it would add six super suites to the top of its new luxury expedition ship, Silver Endeavour, in a soaring space with a prime location that until


Large language models also work for protein structures
23Ars Technica - All content / 9h
Enlarge (credit: CHRISTOPH BURGSTEDT/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY ) The success of ChatGPT and its competitors is based on what's termed emergent behaviors. These systems, called large language models (LLMs), weren't trained to output natural-sounding language (or effective malware ); they were simply tasked with tracking the statistics of word usage. But, given a large enough training set of language s


FCC orders phone companies to block scam text messages
100+Ars Technica - All content / 9h
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | B4LLS) The Federal Communications Commission today finalized rules requiring mobile carriers to block robotext messages that are likely to be illegal. The FCC described the rules as the agency's "first regulations specifically targeting the increasing problem of scam text messages sent to consumers." Carriers will be required to block text messages that come from "


Intel’s record-winning 56-core rig sucks as much power as a tumble dryer
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 9h
Details have emerged about the recent world record achieved by Elmor, a professional overclocker, using Intel’s fastest single-socket processor , the Xeon W9-3495X, running on Maxon’s popular 3D renderer, Cinebench R23, a staple across many workstation PCs . It was cooled down to -92.8 degrees Celsius (-135 degrees Fahrenheit) and boosted to 5.5GHz - across all 56 cores - using liquid nitrogen; a


Alarmed Scientists Discover “Terrifying” Rocks Made of Plastic Trash on Remote Island
34Futurism / 10h
Very Bad Scientists are reeling from the discovery of "plastic rocks" on a remote volcanic island off of the Brazilian coast — a troubling sign, experts told Reuters , of just how deeply plastic pollution has embedded itself into Earth's geological patterns. The rocks, dubbed "plastiglomerates" — a molten mixture of sediment and debris, held together by melted plastic — have been discovered at a


Virgin's Satellite Launch Company Is in Deep Financial Doo-Doo
53Futurism / 10h
In the Crapper Virgin Orbit's financial woes have apparently deepened to the point that it has reportedly had to furlough its staff while looking for new money. In a regulatory filing , the Richard Branson-owned satellite launch outfit conceded that it is trying to "conserve capital" while it "conducts discussions with potential funding sources and explores strategic opportunities." That effort,


FCC makes its first rule to block scam robotexts official
39Engadget / 10h
Last month, the FCC proposed a new set of rules designed to combat the nuisance of robotext scams. Those rules are now official : not only will carriers be required to block messages that are likely to be illegal, but the new order also takes the first steps toward closing a loophole that allows scammers to dodge Do-Not-Call Registry protections. Specifically, the rule targets text messages that


Bitcoin rises about 14% in 7-day span as US banking system wobbles
TechCrunch / 10h
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important crypto stories delivered to your inbox every Thursday at 12 p.m. PT, subscribe here . Welcome back to Chain Reaction. It’s been an insanely busy and chaotic past seven days. Unless you live under a rock, you probably know what I’m talking about. But for those who don’t (or just want a recap), let’s get into it. Last week, a few massive U


‘BRB, storing my money in gold’: Founders scramble to figure out which banks are safe
TechCrunch / 10h
Founders are still shaking off the dust a week after Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse . Rumors are swirling about who might be looking to buy the beleaguered bank’s assets. Some of the top firms urged their portfolio managers to diversify their assets as the bank was collapsing, and are continuing to do so, even though regulators have stepped in to guarantee that all depositors would get access to


The Latest HIV Cure Is the First of Its Kind
39Gizmodo / 10h
Doctors say they’ve likely cured yet another person of HIV using a specialized form of stem cell transplant. The patient has remained HIV-free for six years and is the first known woman to have successfully undergone the procedure. The doctors used a novel technique that transplanted stem cells from a relative and a… Read more...


Emirates reveals stylish new livery
64The Points Guy / 10h
Like to peer out of the airport window and admire the different plane livery on display? Well, keep your eyes peeled for Emirates ‘ new look. The airline, a flag carrier for the United Arab Emirates, has just revealed a refreshed livery upgrade. It includes a range of tweaks to a design last updated almost a quarter century ago. The new design includes a 3D effect added to the UAE flag on the tai


Ben Barnes Loves Being Shadow and Bone's Best Villain
Gizmodo / 10h
After Shadow and Bone fans went wild for Ben Barnes’ General Kirigan in season one, io9 famously asked the audience at large, “ what do you see in this douchebag? ” It remains a perfect article. However, I think regardless of people’s personal feelings toward the character , we can all agree: Barnes has an absolute… Read more...


The Best AI-Equipped Photo Apps for Erasing Unwanted Objects From Your Images
Gizmodo / 10h
There’s plenty of talk around what AI can do right now, with new language and machine learning models popping up seemingly every day. It’s easy to lose track of all the areas where artificial intelligence is impacting our lives, including the topic of this particular article: Removing unwanted people and objects from… Read more...


Employers Can Dock Paid Time Off If Workers Don't Meet Quotas, U.S. Court Rules
87Gizmodo / 10h
You like your vacation days? You like your little paid scraps of freedom, personal leave, and sick time that allow you to indulge in frivolous human needs like going to the doctor, seeing faraway family, or resting when ill? Well then, you better not fall behind at work, because all of it could legally disappear in an… Read more...


Valve's Steam Deck is on sale for the first time
100+Engadget / 10h
There's some good news if you've been holding off on buying a Steam Deck . Valve's terrific portable gaming system is on sale for the first time, just over a year after the company started shipping the device . The price of the Steam Deck has dropped by 10 percent. The 64GB model is currently $359.10 ($40 off). The 256GB variant has dropped from $529 to $476.10. The 512GB Steam Deck, which has a


Here are some of our favorite luxury hotel deals in London right now
400+The Points Guy / 10h
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new deals. Yes, travel demand is up, and rates have responded accordingly. However, hotel deals really do exist, and we’re here to help you find them. For example, if you’re paying cash, you can sometimes get a third or a fourth night free at popular high-end hotels such as the Langham, Corinthia or Rosewood hotels in London. That is if you know how


Mistaking performance for competence
TechCrunch / 10h
A year or two before launching Actuator, someone on staff floated the idea of my writing a weekly robotics newsletter. I balked at the suggestion. Surely, I suggested, we would be struggling to fill the pages by week two. It’s not so much that I doubted whether there was enough robotics content to keep the engine running; it was more a question of whether there would be enough relevant robotics c


Damn, Where Has This Star Trek: Picard Been?
200+Gizmodo / 10h
Star Trek: Picard is a show that, for its first two seasons, vacillated wildly between whether or not it wanted to be a self-serious look at how time had changed and wounded Jean-Luc Picard, or a daring, often unhinged heroic adventure for its titular hero. Its third season has been as strong as it is nostalgic, but… Read more...


YouTube TV raises prices to an outrageous $73 per month
200+Engadget / 10h
YouTube TV is getting another price hike, from $65 to $73. The company says new members will see the updated pricing starting today while existing subscribers will pay more beginning April 18th. It’s the latest in a long line of YouTube TV price hikes. Before the latest increase, it had last raised them by $15 in June 2020. The service started at a mere $35 in 2017 and has ballooned incrementally


Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear steps down as CEO
100+Engadget / 10h
After 16 years with Twitch, company co-founder Emmett Shear is stepping down from his role as CEO . Shear was there at the beginning, when the popular entertainment platform was still called Justin.tv, a live video site designed to host a 24/7 reality show about the life of co-founder Justin Kan. When the company spun the platform's growing gaming category into its own brand, Twitch was born. She



unrighteousbooks : The name of this lovely little book is The Casket . This might seem like an odd name for a book fill...
Music, Arts & Literature / 11h
unrighteousbooks : The name of this lovely little book is The Casket . This might seem like an odd name for a book filled with poems and excerpts from literature, particularly to Americans, for whom the word “casket” is a synonym for coffin. To the British, naturally, the word means a jewelry box. But in bygone days, the word was also used to describe a collection of literary or musical selection


First Republic Bank could see $30B in rescue deposits coming, report says
20TechCrunch / 11h
An agreement among a group of the nation’s largest banks to deposit some $30 billion with First Republic Bank could be coming this week, according to a Bloomberg report . Bloomberg reports that banks said to be involved in this deal include JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., Morgan Stanley, U.S. Bancorp, Truist Financial Corp. and PNC Financial Service


Top crypto app downloads rise over 15% following SVB collapse
27TechCrunch / 11h
Following a shakeup in the U.S. banking system over the past week, crypto exchanges and wallets gained momentum as some look for bankless alternatives. The top 10 crypto applications for exchanges and wallets have risen about 15% since Silicon Valley Bank’s stock fell 60% last week, according to a chart from real-time app data provider Apptopia. The top 10 crypto apps were defined as Coinbase, Cr


Texas Education Officials Want to Rewrite Climate Science in State Textbooks
36Gizmodo / 11h
Officials in Texas want to make sure the state’s science textbooks don’t paint oil and gas in a bad light. The Texas State Board of Education shifted its guidance to schools last month, asking that they focus on the supposedly “positive” aspects of fossil fuels in educational material, E&E News reported . Read more...


If You Can Decipher These 2,000-Year-Old Scrolls, You Could Win $250K
94Gizmodo / 11h
In 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius lay waste to a library in Herculaneum that was owned by the father-in-law of Julius Caesar. Now, former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and some scientists are giving $250,000 away in prizes to the person or team who successfully uses modern technology to decipher scrolls recovered from the site of… Read more...


Google Glass Enterprise has finally bitten the dust
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
Google is pulling the plug on Glass Enterprise, the smart glasses product it was working on for the last ten years. In a short announcement posted on the company website, Google said the hardware can no longer be purchased, while the software will reach end-of-life in roughly six months’ time. “Thank you for over a decade of innovation and partnership,” the announcement reads. “As of March 15, 20


We can’t wait for Microsoft’s new ChatGPT features to roll out to everyone
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
Microsoft has unveiled Copilot , a new AI-powered tool that’s designed to make it easier to do your job. This ChatGPT -powered system will upgrade the existing suite of Microsoft 365 applications. Can’t make your next Teams meeting? An AI can go in your place. It won’t make suggestions on your behalf, but it will take notes and can later give you a summary of what was discussed. Or, if you need h


15 Things I Love About Chase’s Aeroplan Credit Card
View from the Wing / 11h
It's a strong-earning credit card, which earns valuable points, and is one of the better-integrated cards into a frequent flyer program out there. What's more it pairs with the newly-relaunched Aeroplan program which is hugely underappreciated as a tool for U.S. frequent flyers. Continue reading ...


Bing Chat Now Won’t Make You Wait for Access
How-To Geek / 11h
Microsoft entered the generative AI space with the big guns, including a complete revamp of Bing to include an AI chatbot that can help you do anything you want. After revealing that the chatbot uses the just-announced GPT-4, Microsoft is seemingly removing the waitlist to use the feature. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›


YouTube TV Gets a Price Hike for Some, but a Discount for Others
How-To Geek / 11h
Three years ago, YouTube TV turned on the money printer and changed its Base Plan price to $65 a month. But the three-year streak ends today—YouTube TV now costs $73 a month before add-ons or upgrades. And, in an odd twist, 4K subscribers are actually getting a price cut. Read This Article on Review Geek ›


How to Fix No Audio on TV on a Steam Deck With Windows
How-To Geek / 11h
If you run Windows on your Steam Deck and experience audio issues when hooking it to a TV, you’ve come to the right place. Our troubleshooting guide features nine potential solutions, one of which should solve your audio issues when connecting Steam Deck with Windows to a TV. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›


The Numbers Are In: Replacing All CEOs With AI Just Makes Sense
500+Futurism / 11h
Automated CEO To all the CEOs out there who might be interested in — or already are — replacing their employees with autonomous, AI-powered robots: sorry, but as The Hustle reports , the numbers are in... and it looks like it actually makes the most sense to put your job on the proverbial chopping block instead. And frankly? It makes a lot more sense than you might think. It's no secret that chie


Moon-gate: Samsung fans are mad about AI-processed photos of the moon
57Ars Technica - All content / 11h
Enlarge / Samsung's Galaxy S23 ad, showing the moon photography mode. (credit: Samsung ) If you take a photo of the moon on a Samsung device, it will return a detailed photo of the moon . Some people are mad about this. The issue is that Samsung's software fakes some details the camera can't really see, leading a Reddit user called ibreakphotos to accuse the company of "faking" moon photos. The u


Microsoft 365’s AI-powered Copilot is like an omniscient version of Clippy
59Ars Technica - All content / 11h
Enlarge / Microsoft 365 Copilot will attempt to automate content generation and analysis in all of the former Microsoft Office apps. (credit: Microsoft) Today Microsoft took the wraps off of Microsoft 365 Copilot , its rumored effort to build automated AI-powered content-generation features into all of the Microsoft 365 apps . The capabilities Microsoft demonstrated make Copilot seem like a juice


Where did FTX customer money go? Firm says Bankman-Fried took $2.2 billion
51Ars Technica - All content / 11h
Enlarge / Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at court in New York on Feb. 16, 2023. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Sam Bankman-Fried received about $2.2 billion in payments and loans from FTX entities, mainly from Alameda Research, FTX and its affiliated debtors said yesterday. Bankman-Fried's fellow executives received another $951 million combined, including $839 million to three executives who alre


Pitch Deck Teardown: StudentFinance’s $41M Series A deck
28TechCrunch / 11h
There’s no shortage of “upskilling” startups out there, but it’s rare to see one raise a $41 million round. That’s what Spanish startup StudentFinance pulled off a couple of weeks ago . Today, we are taking a closer look at the pitch deck the company used to make that happen. We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that . Sl


Latest Pixel 7a leak all but confirms it's coming soon
58TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
The Pixel 7a has finally been Bluetooth certified, ahead of an expected debut at Google I/O in May. The certification was noted by the publication 9to5Google , and essentially indicates that the next Pixel is all but good to go. Based on the Bluetooth SIG certification , we know that the Pixel 7a should arrive with at least Bluetooth 5.3 onboard (the Pixel 7 supports Bluetooth 5.2). It's a minor


Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Is Coming to Chromebooks
How-To Geek / 11h
Minecraft, or at least one edition of it, is available on nearly every desktop, mobile, and console platform. Chromebooks have been (partially) missing from that list, and that’s finally changing. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›


AI-generated images from text can't be copyrighted, US government rules
74Engadget / 11h
Any images that are produced by giving a text prompt to current generative AI models, such as Midjourney or Stable Diffusion , cannot be copyrighted in the US. That's according to the US Copyright Office (USCO), which has equated such prompts to a buyer giving directions to a commissioned artist. "They identify what the prompter wishes to have depicted, but the machine determines how those instru


Twitch’s Chief Executive Says He Is Resigning
100+NYT > Technology / 11h
Emmett Shear was a co-founder of the Amazon-owned streaming service and managed it for 16 years.



Dave Filoni Basically Confirms That Big Star Wars TV Crossover Is Still Coming
300+Gizmodo / 11h
Just a reminder: like Marvel’s various Netflix series combined to create a Defenders crossover series, its sister company Lucasfilm has similar plans for its sprawling Star Wars TV universe . Lucasfilm head honcho Kathleen Kennedy mentioned it back in 2020, but in a new interview with the Wrap the grand overseer of… Read more...


Everything We Learned From the NASA-Axiom Moon Suit Unveiling
37Gizmodo / 11h
Axiom Space revealed its new Moon suit yesterday during an event held at NASA’s Space Center Houston. It’s the first Moon-specific suit since the Apollo era and a key component of NASA’s Artemis program, which seeks to return humans to the Moon later this decade. Here’s what we learned about the new suit, dubbed AxEMU. Read more...


One of the world’s best-known luxury cruise brands to shrink in size with ship sale
The Points Guy / 11h
Another major cruise line is downsizing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Luxury line Seabourn on Thursday announced it had sold one of its six vessels — the 458-passenger Seabourn Odyssey — to a Japanese company that offers cruises aimed at the Japanese market. The buyer of the ship, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., will charter it back to Seabourn for the next 17 months so that Seabourn can conti


'Diablo IV' and 'Redfall' will support NVIDIA's DLSS 3 on launch
300+Engadget / 11h
NVIDIA's DLSS 3 upscaling (Deep Learning Super Sampling 3) will soon be available for some particularly high-profile games. To begin with, Diablo IV will use the AI-based technology when the game launches on June 6th. If you have a GeForce RTX 40 series GPU, you can push the click-heavy action RPG to a high resolution without worrying so much about a frame rate drop. Bethesda's open-world vampire


Elon Musk Is Super Pissed OpenAI Became Successful After He Left
500+Futurism / 11h
Moneymaking While OpenAI is soaking up the limelight after releasing ChatGPT and its next-generation GPT-4 language model, this week , Elon Musk, who was a co-founder of the company, hasn't shied away from expressing his disdain (or horror) over its newfound direction and success. And he's not done with his groaning and moaning about the company, replying to a Twitter user who mocked its pivot to


Famed Astronomer Willing to Bet His Dog's Life That We're Living in a Multiverse
200+Futurism / 11h
Enter the Multiverse With the outstanding question of " what caused the Big Bang " continuing to puzzle physicists, one of the world's most respected academics in the field has proposed a devilishly simple bargain: that we're living in a multiverse — and he'd be willing to bet his dog's life on it. In a piece for The Conversation , Cambridge cosmologist and astrophysicist Martin Rees noted that e


Senator Warner on the Restrict Act and a US TikTok Ban
63Wired / 12h
WIRED spoke with the coauthor of the Restrict Act, a bipartisan bill to crack down on tech from six “hostile” countries.


YouTube TV hikes price to $72.99 per month due to rising ‘content costs’
22TechCrunch / 12h
YouTube has announced that it’s raising the price of its YouTube TV subscription to $72.99 per month. The new monthly price is an $8 increase from the current $64.99 monthly fee. New members will see the new price starting today, while existing members will see the price change starting on April 18. The Google-owned company blames a rise in “content costs” for the change. To soften the blow, the


Everything you need to get caught up on the SVB crisis
21TechCrunch / 12h
On Friday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced that it had taken over Silicon Valley Bank , and as we rushed to plan coverage, one of my colleagues succinctly described the situation: “This is historic shit.” A week later, we can all agree they were right. But a lot has happened, and unless it’s your job to edit the news, it’s possible you missed a slice of the saga, if not the en


China’s Answer to ChatGPT Gets an Artificial Debut and Disappoints
500+NYT > Technology / 12h
The promised “live” demonstration of the bot had, in fact, been recorded. Shares of Baidu, the company behind the technology, tumbled in Hong Kong.


Apple Rumored To Be Developing An AI To Rival ChatGPT
SlashGear / 12h
Apple's been rumored to be working on AI advancements for some time, but with the popularity of ChatGPT, Apple reportedly has its own chatbot in the works.


Microsoft 365 Copilot Confirmed, Bringing AI To Word, PowerPoint, Teams, And Excel
SlashGear / 12h
Microsoft 365 Copilot is the company's AI partner program, integrated with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more, to help streamline everyday work productivity.


The Best Android Widgets For Tracking Stock Prices
SlashGear / 12h
If you're a day trader or just want to keep an eye on your portfolio, these Android widgets will help keep you up to date with the stock-trading world.


Why Your Android Phone Screen Won't Rotate, And How To Fix It
SlashGear / 12h
It's easy to forget about auto-rotate in everyday smartphone usage, but once it stops working, it can be an annoyance you'll want to remedy immediately.


Meet Microsoft Copilot, Your New Know-It-All Coworker
How-To Geek / 12h
It seems that Microsoft is fully committed to conversational AI. The company recently integrated ChatGPT with Bing, and now, it’s testing an AI “Copilot” that helps you complete work in the Microsoft 365 office suite. Read This Article on Review Geek ›


Tinder now lets you specify gender pronouns and non-monogamous relationship types
100+Engadget / 12h
Tinder announced this week that its users can now add relationship types and pronouns to their profiles. For example, you can specify whether you’re seeking monogamous or non-monogamous relationships (or are still figuring it out) and list your preferred gender pronouns. Both new features are borrowed from Hinge, owned by the same parent company, which added the same profile options last year. Ti


Meet Copilot, Microsoft's AI tool for work and productivity
57Mashable / 12h
Microsoft 365 apps now have an AI assistant that's lightyears ahead of Clippy. On Thursday, Microsoft announced Microsoft 365 Copilot, a tool that combines large language models (LLMs) with 365 apps and Microsoft Graph's user data into a productivity beast. Copilot works within Microsoft 365's app ecosystem which includes Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Teams. As Microsoft showed


Grab the Dell 34 Curved Gaming Monitor at $120 off to level up your favorite games
Mashable / 12h
SAVE $120: As of March 16, the Dell 34 Curved Gaming Monitor is on sale for $379.99, down from $499 at Dell. That's a savings of $120 and 24% off the sticker price. Opens in a new tab Credit: Dell Dell 34 Curved Gaming Monitor (opens in a new tab) $379.99 at Dell (save $120) (opens in a new tab) There are tons of great games on the horizon: Resident Evil , The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdo


Microsoft is bringing AI to Microsoft 365
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
In the wake of the world's most famous AI writer , ChatGPT, arriving on the Bing search engine , Microsoft has now unveiled its plans to use the same technology to improve workplace productivity, with the introduction of Microsoft 365 Copilot. Copilot is powered by the same sort of prompt-based AI that drives ChatGPT - meaning that, with a written instruction less than a sentence long, Microsoft


Why you should renew your passport for summer travel now
100+The Points Guy / 12h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. Although you may still be enjoying spring break , it might be time to plan your summer vacation — if you haven’t already done so. There are 11 things on your summer travel checklist that you should start on now, including renewing your U.S. passport . Unfortunately, as of mid-March, expect a minimum of eig



American Express grace period: ‘Please pay by’ date isn’t your payment due date
The Points Guy / 12h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. While banks and credit card issuers haven’t always been the most consumer-friendly, things have generally improved for cardholders since the financial crisis of 2008. (An exception to that is recent events with some small- and mid-sized banks .) Legislation, especially the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility a


Save up to $450 on a certified refurbished Peloton
Mashable / 12h
Save $450: As of Mar. 16, you can snag a Peloton certified refurbished bike starting at $995 down from its usual price of $1,145, further down from the usual $1,445 for a brand-new bike. That's a discount of 31% overall. Opens in a new tab Credit: Peloton Peloton certified refurbished bike (opens in a new tab) $995 at Peloton (save $450) (opens in a new tab) The coveted Peloton bike changed the w


Today's top deals include the M1 MacBook Air, Arlo video doorbell, and Acer 516 GE Chromebook
Mashable / 12h
We've rounded up the best deals we could find on March 16 — here are some of our top picks: BEST APPLE DEAL : 2020 MacBook Air 13-inch laptop (M1 chip, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $799.99 $999 (save $199.01) BEST HOME DEAL : Arlo Essential wired video doorbell — $79.99 $149.99 (save $70) BEST TECH DEAL : Acer 16-inch 516 GE cloud gaming Chromebook (Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $449 $649 (save $


Technical interview platform Karat snaps up Triplebyte to add adaptive quizzes for engineers
28TechCrunch / 12h
The technology industry continues to rack up an ever-longer list of layoffs — which now stand at nearly 139,000 according to Layoffs.fyi — but taking the wider job market, the overall pace of recruiting engineers and other technical talent has not let up. Now, one of the bigger players in the area of technical recruitment is making an acquisition in a consolidation play to better tackle the oppor


Virgin Orbit pauses operations for a week to conduct a search for cash
TechCrunch / 12h
Virgin Orbit is halting all operations for a week to save money while it “conducts discussions with potential funding sources and explores strategic opportunities,” the company announced in an SEC filing. The company has been struggling financially and a recent launch failure clearly exacerbated those issues. The January launch was accompanied by much fanfare, as it was very possibly the start of


Review: New British Airways First Class 777 (EWR-LHR)
300+One Mile at a Time / 12h
For the next portion of my four trips across the Atlantic , I flew British Airways’ new Boeing 777-300ER first class from Newark to London. While British Airways is well known for its new Club Suites business class , the airline has also introduced new first class seats with doors on select 777s, though on a much more limited basis. I was looking forward to this flight, not only because of the ne


Razer Debuts a New Tempered Glass Mouse Pad
How-To Geek / 12h
PC gamers know that a good mouse pad can make a big difference, which is why the popular gaming accessory maker Razer just announced the Atlas, its all-new tempered glass mouse pad. It has an ultra-smooth yet etched surface to deliver consistent and fast swipes, all for only $99. Read This Article on Review Geek ›


Ben Affleck Says He's Done With DC Films, No Matter Who's in Charge
400+Gizmodo / 12h
Ben Affleck is currently promoting both his new equity-first production company and the biopic Air, but of course the Hollywood Reporter is going to ask him some questions about Batman . He’s briefly appearing as the DC hero in The Flash , but that doesn’t mean he’s keen to return to the character in a greater… Read more...


ChatGPT-style tech brought to Microsoft 365
100+BBC News - Technology / 12h
The tech giant reveals how AI will be embedded into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams.


Uh Oh: Bing's Deranged AI Chat Is Now Open for Anyone to Use
100+Futurism / 12h
Waitlist Begone The floodgates have officially opened. According to Windows Central , Microsoft's chatty, AI-powered search feature — you know, the one that tried to break up a New York Times writer's marriage , named its enemies , and threatened users that provoked it, among a few other things — is now open for general use. The feature was formerly available to just a limited number of users, wh


Belkin Gives Up on Matter, Locking Its Thread Devices Into HomeKit
How-To Geek / 12h
The Matter protocol promises to make all smart home devices interoperable, regardless of their branding. But after a messy and confusing launch, the excitement for Matter has slowed a bit. And now, Belkin is pausing Matter development for its Wemo-branded products. Read This Article on Review Geek ›


How to Find Windows 11’s Blue Screen of Death Logs
How-To Geek / 12h
Got a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death)? Checking Windows 11’s error logs could reveal what caused it. You can use either Event Viewer or Reliability Monitor, and you can also force the BSOD screen itself to display the error information in the future. Here’s how to do that. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›


CISA says hackers had access to federal agency for months
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An unnamed U.S. civilian executive branch has unintentionally been feeding intel to cybercriminals and state-sponsored threat actors for six months, a new report from the country’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies claims. Earlier this week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), as well as other agencies, published a joint


Microsoft Stuffs AI Into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and More
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Microsoft is now putting its AI into all of its 365 apps , including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and more. What’s more, Microsoft said it will be accessing your data, including anything you might have in your OneDrive,