Elon Musk, the tech mogul known for his unconventional approaches, has introduced a new chatbot named ‘Grok’ to X Premium Plus users. According to Gizmodo, this latest addition, described as snarky and anti-woke, is part of Musk’s broader agenda to challenge political correctness in digital spaces. Grok, available to X users who subscribe to the
Read MoreMeet Mammoth 2. The new kid on the block from Mastodon is determined to make an impression on the social media messaging space. When it was launched, Mastodon was well-received as a challenger to Twitter, now known as X, as it attempted to fill the space created by the noise of the Elon Musk-inspired notoriety
Read MoreImage: Microsoft Linux is getting its own version of a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). Phoronix reports that the latest release of systemd for Linux systems comes with a systemd-bsod service that’s able to generate a full-screen error message on Linux distributions. Much like how the Blue Screen of Death originated in Windows, Linux’s version
Read MoreCertain Galaxy phones haven’t received Google Play system updates in several months. Some of the affected phones include the Galaxy S23, Galaxy Z Fold 5, Galaxy S22, and Galaxy A33. What is causing the problem is currently unknown. Do you know when was the last time your Galaxy phone had a Google Play system update?
Read MoreHayden Field / CNBC: Q&A with IBM CEO Arvind Krishna on AI’s business uses, Biden’s EO, rolling out WatsonX in July 2023, growing IBM’s AI business, falling behind in AI, and more — – IBM is angling hard for an AI comeback story, and CEO Arvind Krishna is counting on a recent pivot to enterprise
Read MoreThere seems to be something of a firesale on the Google Pixel 7 Pro right now. We don’t know why, but we’re here for it. After reporting yesterday that Woot’s $400 price drop on the device was a rare find, Amazon has left us with egg on our face by undercutting its own subsidiary. It
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Meta rolls out tags on Threads, offering support for multiple words and spaces, and no # symbol; posts can only have one tag and the tag view is the search view — Tags — basically hashtags with a twist — are now rolling out globally on Threads, Instagram head Adam
Read MoreMaxwell Zeff / Gizmodo: X rolls out xAI’s snarky, anti-woke chatbot Grok to X Premium+ users; X CEO Linda Yaccarino describes Grok as “the ultimate ride or die” — Select users with X Premium Plus received access to the AI starting Thursday. — Elon Musk’s snarky, anti-woke chatbot, Grok …
Read MoreIf you are a certain age or just like retrocomputers, you probably have a soft spot for good old-fashioned BASIC. If you miss those days but don’t want to install a modern interpreter, you don’t have to. Just load a web page containing the “BASIC Anywhere Machine” from [CJ Veniot]. Worried about it being “in
Read MoreGoogle has now provided a date for when Google Podcasts will end — April 2024. Google is also launching a tool to help users migrate their podcasts to YouTube Music or other podcast apps. Users will be able to migrate or export their subscriptions until July 2024. Back in September, Google announced it would be
Read MoreFord and Resideo are testing an integration that could power your HVAC using a Honeywell Home smart thermostat and a Ford F-150 Lightning EV. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Smart homes can already help us charge our EVs more efficiently, but using an EV to power our smart homes is still largely
Read MoreMeta’s Threads app is set to revolutionize the way users interact with content, as announced by Instagram head Adam Mosseri. According to the platform is globally rolling out a new feature called ‘Tags’ — a creative twist on traditional hashtags. Unlike conventional hashtags, Tags on Threads offer a more flexible and expressive way to categorize
Read MoreIt’s cold outside, which is more than enough of an excuse to give in to the streaming services. Another good excuse is this amazing Roku Ultra deal, with the most powerful Roku hardware down to an all-time low price of just $66.99 today. Roku Ultra for $66.99 ($33 off)
Read MoreAnnie Palmer / CNBC: Amazon tests a $9.99/month grocery subscription service for Prime members, offering unlimited Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh grocery delivery on orders over $35 — – Amazon is betting members of its Prime program will want to pay a separate monthly fee for unlimited grocery delivery on some orders.
Read MoreAt Google I/O in May, the company debuted its new multimodal AI known as Google Gemini. During that launch, Google talked about what Gemini can do and how it will transform many of the company’s products. However, it wasn’t until early December that we actually got to see Gemini in action, and how it’ll start
Read MoreTaylor Soper / GeekWire: Seattle-based Rhythms, which plans to use AI to analyze companies’ patterns, such as monthly reviews and weekly meetings, comes out of stealth with a $26M seed — Seattle tech veteran Vetri Vellore is launching a new startup with a big vision to help companies improve their productivity …
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Tags — basically hashtags with a twist — are now rolling out globally on Threads, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Thursday. Tags work a little differently than hashtags do on platforms like Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). When composing a Threads post, you start a tag by tapping the # symbol
Read MoreIt’s like Microsoft Word, but Notepad. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft has been gradually improving its built-in Notepad app on Windows 11 in recent years, and now, it’s finally getting a character count. In a new Canary channel test version of Windows 11, Microsoft has added the character count at the bottom much like Microsoft Word’s
Read MoreWell, it was bound to happen at some point. [sporewoh]’s bunchiez40 keyboard for ants is made of mouse switches, which of course begs for a mouse made of keyboard switches. Image by [sporewoh] via GitHub[sporewoh]’s keyboards have been steadily shrinking, and they built this in order to get the smallest possible form factor for the
Read MoreIt’s less than four weeks until 2024 rolls around, and many of us start thinking about our fitness again. A health-oriented smartwatch is the ideal motivator to start chasing down your goals, and 47% off a top model is even better. That’s what this Fossil Gen 6 Wellness Edition deal is offering, with the smartwatch
Read MoreThe new Mammoth app is all about getting into Mastodon quicker. | Image: Mammoth One of the best things about Mastodon is the sheer number of apps available for it. The official Mastodon app is fine, but there’s also Ivory, Mona, Fedilab, Ice Cubes, Elk, Mastoot, and many others. This openness is part of the
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner says the “goal in firing Sam
Read MoreJoan Donovan is a prominent expert on disinformation campaigns. | Image: Whistleblower Aid A prominent expert in online disinformation campaigns, Joan Donovan, says Meta pushed her former employer Harvard to shutter a major research project on media manipulation. Donovan, who led Harvard’s Technology and Social Change Project (TaSC) until it ended this year, revealed her
Read MoreApple’s App Store subscription cut has stopped Spotify from offering in-app purchases, but something’s changing.
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Ganesh Venkataramanan, who led Tesla’s Dojo supercomputer project for five years, left Tesla in November; Tesla executive Peter Bannon now leads Dojo — Venkataramanan, who has lead the Dojo project for the last five years, left the company last month, the people said …
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