OpenAI: OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT plugins, starting with a web browser and a code interpreter, and open sources the code for a knowledgebase retrieval plugin — We’ve implemented initial support for plugins in ChatGPT. Plugins are tools designed specifically for language models with safety as a core principle …
Read MoreYouTuber and serial debunker [Thunderf00t] was thinking about the use of sodium to counteract global warming. The theory is that sodium can be used as a fuel when combusted with air, producing a cloud of sodium hydroxide which apparently can have a cooling effect if enough of it is kicking around the upper atmosphere. The
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Read MoreRyan McMorrow / Financial Times: China “firmly opposes” a forced sale of TikTok, warning the move would involve “technology export” and would “seriously damage” investor confidence in the US — Intervention by commerce ministry comes ahead of social media app chief’s appearance at US Congress
Read MoreAutonomous machines are still too clumsy for delicate tasks. But humans can operate mechanical arms from afar, turning physical labor into remote work.
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Read MoreA new report says that the DEA used Apple’s AirTag for surveillance by placing it inside a pill press used to make drugs.
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Read MoreIvan Mehta / TechCrunch: Snap unveils AR Enterprise Services, offering its AR Lenses and Filters to businesses, and says over 250M people engage with AR on Snapchat every day — Snap users are already quite familiar with the company’s expertise in AR thanks to Lenses and Filters. Now, the social media company …
Read MoreLauren Feiner / CNBC: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew tells Congress that “after Project Texas is done” no China-based ByteDance employee will have access to US TikTok data — – TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew told U.S. lawmakers that China-based employees at its parent company ByteDance may still have access to some U.S. data from
Read MorePhoto illustration by Alex Parkin / The Verge Can Wordle, The Athletic, and NYT Cooking bring the Times bundle to all of America? Continue reading…
Read MoreIn our previous article on Ball Grid Arrays (BGAs), we explored how to design circuit boards and how to route the signals coming out of a BGA package. But designing a board is one thing – soldering those chips onto the board is quite another. If you’ve got some experience with SMD soldering, you’ll find
Read MoreCoinDesk: Montenegro’s Interior Minister says Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon has been arrested at the Podgorica airport with falsified documents — The announcement was made by the minister of interior Filip Adzic. — Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.
Read MoreTaron Egerton as Henk Rogers in Tetris. | Image: Apple Director Jon S. Baird’s Apple TV Plus Tetris movie is a textbook example of a biopic that has no idea how to make its story pop. Continue reading…
Read MoreImage: Nvidia CD Projekt Red is releasing a technology preview of a new Cyberpunk 2077 ray tracing mode next month. Path tracing, also known as full ray tracing, will be enabled in the game on April 11th, which will bring even more accurately simulated light to the role-playing game. Path tracing is film-like rendering that’s
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips was hacked on Thursday and started posting videos for crypto scams, the latest in a series of crypto scam breaches on YouTube — Popular YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips has been hacked this morning, with the channel’s 15.3 million subscribers seeing videos …
Read MoreTim Sweeney. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Epic’s CEO, alongside executive VP Saxs Persson, talks about the future of virtual worlds and what needs to happen for the metaverse to really come to fruition. Continue reading…
Read MoreThirteen percent of women living in the United States will receive a breast cancer diagnosis this year, some 298,000. Fortunately, precision medicine has evolved to better treat cancer. However, treatment can be financially catastrophic. How expensive is it for breast cancer patients to get treatment? According to some estimates, totals can range upwards of several
Read MoreAnker’s 622 Magnetic Battery (MagGo) comes with a folding kickstand. | Image: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge There’s nothing more frustrating than a phone running out of battery while you’re enjoying your spring break sightseeing. Thankfully, though, we found a terrific deal on an updated version of Anker’s 622 Magnetic Battery (MagGo) today,
Read MoreReuters: Block drops 10%+ after Hindenburg Research discloses a short position and alleges the company overstated user counts and understated customer acquisition costs — Hindenburg Research said on Thursday it held short positions in Block Inc (SQ.N), alleging that the Jack Dorsey-led payments firm overstated …
Read MoreThe Mate X3 folded and unfolded. | Image: Huawei Huawei’s Mate X3 is its latest foldable phone, and it has a set of specs that, in an alternate universe, would give Samsung’s Z Fold 4 a run for its money. It pairs a 6.4-inch external display with a 7.85-inch internal foldable screen in a device
Read MoreThis is the Legion Slim 7i. | Image: Lenovo Lenovo has announced some of the top laptops that its Legion gaming arm will release in 2023. Among them are refreshes to the 16-inch Slim 7, Slim 7i, Slim 5, and Slim 5i as well as a new Slim 5 in a 14-inch size. These are,
Read MoreIt’s part minimalist, part maximalist, all brutalist The new Tesla Wireless Charging Platform is a beefy, brutalist multi-device charger. The wireless charging world is littered with options, from established ones like Belkin and Anker to endless no-name brands sold on Amazon. Many of them have tried to ride in the wake of Apple’s canceled AirPower
Read MoreImage: 2K Lego 2K Drive is a new open-world racing game from Visual Concepts, the studio best known for its annual licensed WWE and NBA sports games. As you’d expect from a game set in the Lego universe, there’s a strong emphasis on customizability, with the game offering over a thousand unique Lego pieces to
Read MoreThis smart scale measures your body composition and nerve and artery health, and it includes a year’s subscription to Withings Health+.
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