Macworld No matter what profession you’re in, you likely deal or lead projects on a regular basis. Project organization and management can be a difficult task, but Microsoft Project Professional 2021 can help you start and end your projects successfully. Through May 22, Microsoft’s leading project management suite (4.4-star rated on GetApp!) is less than $20. It’s
Read MoreHow many lines do you need on a CP/M terminal? More is usually better, of course, but the MicroOffice RoadRunner managed with an 8-row, 80-column LCD screen. That may sound anemic, but in 1983, it was high-tech, as was the RoadRunner, and [Tech Time Traveller] tells us about them in a recent video you can
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google has published official documentation of Gemini’s upcoming YouTube Music extension. The documentation gives examples of prompts and prompt formats that you can use to create more prompts. The extension is not currently live within Gemini but could launch soon. We’re expecting some big AI announcements in the coming
Read MoreThe beautiful auroras witnessed across multiple countries were the result of solar flares, which caused geomagnetic storms and reportedly caused some electronic disruptions. Read more: What was the cause of Ireland’s Northern Lights event?
Read MorePart of the Choose France summit hosted by president Emmanuel Macron, the investment commitments will significantly enhance AI infrastructure in the country. Read more: France bags billions from Amazon and Microsoft in AI investment
Read MorePlatelets help blood clot, but they have a short shelf life. With blood in short supply, synthetic platelets could help meet demand.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority OpenAI will announce updates to ChatGPT and GPT 4 at its “Spring Updates” event today. The livestream for the announcements is set to start at 10 AM PT (1 PM ET). The company is reportedly working on a ChatGPT-powered search engine and a new multimodal assistant. As expected, OpenAI
Read MoreThe company is planning to expand into more US cities this year and claims its robotaxis are improving road safety, though the sector has faced some hurdles over the past year. Read more: Waymo says its robotaxis now complete 50,000 trips a week
Read MoreOpenAI CEO Sam Altman gave an hour-long interview to the “All-In” podcast (hosted by Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks and David Friedberg). And when asked about this summer’s launch of the next version of ChatGPT, Altman said they hoped to “be thoughtful about how we do it, like we may release it in a
Read MoreCredit: Adam Birney / Android Authority Motorola and Lenovo devices have been banned in Germany following a patent dispute. The companies must cease selling all smartphones and laptops WWAN modules enabling wireless internet connectvity. Only third-party retailers are selling affected Motorola and Lenovo devices right now, possibly till stocks last. A German district court has
Read MoreDon’t pack your bags for the trip to exoplanet K2-18b quite yet — it turns out that the James Webb Space Telescope may not have detected signs of life there after all. Last year, astronomers reported the possible presence of dimethyl sulfide there, a gas that (at least on Earth) is generally associated with phytoplankton
Read MoreSlashdot reader sonlas shared this report from the BBC: Australia has announced it will ramp up its extraction and use of gas until “2050 and beyond”, despite global calls to phase out fossil fuels. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government says the move is needed to shore up domestic energy supply while supporting a transition to
Read MoreiSCSI is a widely used protocol for exposing SCSI devices over a network connection, and some scanners have in the past been equipped with SCSI ports. So, could you have an iSCSI network scanner? [xssfox] details her journey making a Canoscan FS4000US film scanner work over iSCSI, sparked by someone’s overly-confident StackOverflow comment that it
Read More“Researchers are exploring ways to use features in modern cars, such as GPS, to make traffic safer and more efficient,” reports the Associated Press. “Eventually, the upgrades could do away entirely with the red, yellow and green lights of today, ceding control to driverless cars.” Among those reimagining traffic flows is a team at North
Read MoreWhen you think about virtualization, you usually think about making some CPU pretend to be another CPU. However, there are sometimes advantages to making a computer pretend to be the same computer. That’s the case with [oldvcr]’s KIMplement, which emulates a KIM-1 with a 6502 using a Commodore 64, which also uses a 6502.The reason
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google has quietly updated its support page to note new Google Wallet requirements. The payment app now requires Android 9 Pie or later, and Wear OS 2.x or later. This means you might want to upgrade your phone or watch if it’s very old. Google Wallet is the company’s
Read More“6.9 is now out,” Linus Torvalds posted on the Linux kernel mailing list, “and last week has looked quite stable (and the whole release has felt pretty normal).” Phoronix writes that Linux 6.9 “has a number of exciting features and improvements for those habitually updating to the newest version.” And Slashdot reader prisoninmate shared this
Read MoreFor all intents and purposes, photography here in 2024 is digital. Of course chemical photography still exists, and there are a bunch of us who love it for what it is, but even as we hang up our latest strip of negatives to dry we have to admit that it’s no longer mainstream. Among those
Read MoreOpenAI CEO Sam Altman gave an hour-long interview to the “All-In” podcast (hosted by Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks and David Friedberg). And speaking on technology’s advance, Altman said “Phones are unbelievably good…. I personally think the iPhone is like the greatest piece of technology humanity has ever made. It’s really a wonderful product.”
Read MoreReddit reported its first results since going public in late March. Yahoo Finance reports: Daily active users increased 37% year over year to 82.7 million. Weekly active unique users rose 40% from the prior year. Total revenue improved 48% to $243 million, nearly doubling the growth rate from the prior quarter, due to strength in
Read MoreOpenAI CEO Sam Altman gave an hour-long interview to the “All-In” podcast (hosted by Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks and David Friedberg). And speaking on technology’s advance, Altman said “Phones are unbelievably good…. I personally think the iPhone is like the greatest piece of technology humanity has ever made. It’s really a wonderful product.”
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shared this report from the Associated Press: A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that’s twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar system, researchers reported Wednesday. The so-called super Earth — known as 55 Cancri e — is among the few rocky planets outside our solar system with
Read MoreResearchers believe they’ve discovered a new material structure that can improve the energy storage of capacitors. The structure allows for storage while improving the efficiency of ultrafast charging and discharging. The new find needs optimization but has the potential to help power electric vehicles. * An anonymous reader shared this report from Popular Mechanics: In
Read MoreImage: John Deere The solar storms that have been wowing people with the Northern Lights across the United States the last two nights have also been disrupting GPS satellites, crippling some Midwest farmers’ operations, reports 404 Media. The issues have forced many to stop planting just as a crucial planting deadline for corn farmers approaches.
Read MoreMany camera apps are available via third-party sources or the Google Play Store. Some offer great features, and others do not. If you struggle to find much-needed features in your camera, this post might help you. We have discussed ten apps that will help you edit and enhance your photos. These apps are available as
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