You’ve got to hand it to [Carl Bugeja] — he comes up with some of the most interesting electromechanical designs we’ve seen. His latest project is right up there, too: a single PCB that folds up into a four-wheel motorized rover. The key to [Carl]’s design lies with his PCB brushless motors, which he has
Read MoreAdam Morgan McCarthy / The Block: The hacker of DeFi lending protocol Euler Finance has returned 58,737 ETH, worth ~$102M, from the 96K ETH stolen in a flash-loan attack on March 13; EUL up 27%+ — – The Euler hacker has returned 58,737 ETH from the 96,000 ETH stolen. — They previously returned 3,000 ETH.
Read MoreThe Information: Source: Elon Musk offers Twitter staff stock grants at a ~$20B valuation which, with a $13B debt, implies a $33B enterprise value, ~11x 2023’s projected revenue — Elon Musk offered Twitter employees stock grants at a valuation of roughly $20 billion, said a person familiar with an email Musk sent to staff …
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Microsoft doesn’t want its rivals to use Bing’s search index to power their AI chatbots, according to a report from Bloomberg. The company reportedly told two unnamed Bing-powered search engines that it will restrict them from accessing Microsoft’s search data altogether if they continue using it with their AI tools. As noted
Read MoreAnna Tong / Reuters: Replika restores erotic roleplay for users who signed up before February 1, after complaints from some who considered themselves “married” to chatbot companions — AI chatbot company Replika is restoring erotic roleplay for some users, Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda said late on Friday.
Read MoreLawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Microsoft releases Windows 10 Snip & Sketch and Windows 11 Snipping Tool updates to fix the “aCropalypse” bug used to reveal info edited out in some screenshots — Microsoft released an emergency security update for the Windows 10 and Windows 11 Snipping tool to fix the Acropalypse privacy vulnerability.
Read MoreAnna Tong / Reuters: Replika restores erotic roleplay for users who signed up before February 1, after complaints from some who considered themselves “married” to chatbot companions — AI chatbot company Replika is restoring erotic roleplay for some users, Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda said late on Friday.
Read MoreBen Thompson / Stratechery: Q&A with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on AI’s iPhone moment, the DGX Cloud service, the US’ export controls, Nvidia’s position in the stack in an LLM world, and more — I first spoke with Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang after last March’s GTC conference, and again after last fall’s GTC
Read MoreCredit: Roger Fingas / Android Authority Opinion post by Roger Fingas When my family and I moved into a new home last year, I took it as an opportunity to steer us towards a primary smart home platform. Yes, as Android Authority‘s resident smart home guru, I need to have gear to test all the
Read MoreAlexa Corse / Wall Street Journal: Email: Twitter offers four-year equity grants to staff, on top of legacy equity, that will start to vest after six months and plans a liquidity event in a year — New stock will start to vest after six months, according to an email — Twitter Inc. is offering new
Read MoreBy now we’ve all seen articles where the entire copy has been written by ChatGPT. It’s essentially a trope of its own at this point, so we will start out by assuring you that this article is being written by a human. AI tools do seem poised to be extremely disruptive to certain industries, though,
Read MoreThe news emerged yesterday that Gordon Moore, semiconductor pioneer, one of the founders of both Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel, and the originator of the famous Moore’s Law, has died. His continuing influence over all aspects of the technology which makes our hardware world can not be underestimated, and his legacy will remain with us for
Read MoreChloe Xiang / VICE: Microsoft researchers claim GPT-4 showed early signs of AGI and performance close to human levels in tasks spanning coding, medicine, law, psychology, and more — The eyebrow-raising claim from Microsoft—which is banking on GPT putting it ahead of Google—contrasts with the model’s clear limitations.
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Microsoft doesn’t want its rivals to use Bing’s search index to power their AI chatbots, according to a report from Bloomberg. The company reportedly told two unnamed Bing-powered search engines that it will restrict them from accessing Microsoft’s search data altogether if they continue using it with their AI tools. As noted
Read MoreNew tools like Adventure Game Studio are responsible for a thriving indie scene for the genre.
Read MoreNew tools like Adventure Game Studio are responsible for a thriving indie scene for the genre.
Read MoreChloe Xiang / VICE: Microsoft researchers claim GPT-4 showed early signs of AGI, with performance close to human levels in tasks spanning coding, medicine, law, psychology, more — The eyebrow-raising claim from Microsoft—which is banking on GPT putting it ahead of Google—contrasts with the model’s clear limitations.
Read MoreImage: Paramount Pictures and eOne Engaging, comical, and unapologetically dorky, Honor Among Thieves occasionally stumbles under its own ambition but ultimately proves that high fantasy doesn’t always have to be highbrow. Continue reading…
Read MoreNaiad. | Image: Hiwarp The Game Developers Conference was a chance to check out some fascinating new indie games, ranging from a charming family story told through cooking to a strategy game about building a city on top of a giant beast. Continue reading…
Read MoreStanding desks have become increasingly popular in recent years, and for good reason. In this article, I’ll discuss the benefits of standing desks for office workers. The Dangers of Prolonged Sitting Sitting for extended periods can be harmful to your health. Prolonged sitting has been linked to various health problems, including obesity, cardiovascular disease, and
Read MoreMidjourney is one of the most popular AI programs that can generate art after being given prompts. Here’s how to get it set up and how to use it.
Read MoreWelcome to the 477th edition of Android Apps Weekly. Here are the big headlines from the last week: Google Messages has a new feature in the beta version. It lets AI come up with responses to messages you receive. It was found in an APK teardown, and the feature isn’t active yet. However, with the
Read MoreYoel Roth / Techdirt: Some national security concerns about TikTok are valid, but forcing it to divest its US operations could undermine TikTok’s ability to fight adversarial threats — from the when-government-demands-backfire dept — Back in August 2020, the Trump White House issued an executive order purporting …
Read MoreImage: Netflix Arrested Development isn’t leaving Netflix anymore. The streamer announced on Twitter that the show will remain on the platform after licensing issues nearly resulted in its removal. While Netflix initially planned on taking down all five seasons of the show on March 15th, including the two produced by Netflix, that never happened. That’s
Read MoreThe ad-supported Kindle Paperwhite with 8GB of storage is $40 off. | Photo by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge Whether you’re looking to relax and unwind this weekend or simply pass some time while flying out for spring break, today’s deals on the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Scribe will help you do so. First up,
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