Smart appliance buyers aren't keeping their devices connected to the Internet
Smart appliances aren't "connecting" with owners
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There's a technology revolution everywhere and it's manifesting in more ways than we can imagine.
While Microsoft pours billions into OpenAI, Meta's AI chief says ChatGPT is "not particularly innovative"
Hopefully this doesn't mean the return of Clippy in AI form
Insecure server exposes the US government's "No Fly List"
A bloated database mostly flagging Arabic or Russian-sounding names
Earth's inner core might be reversing its spin
Core might oscillate on a decades-long cycle, but scientists disagree
Recent nationwide grounding of flights was due to someone accidentally deleting a file
More than 7,300 flights were delayed and 1,100 canceled
The first small modular nuclear reactor has been approved for use in the US
Sustainable energy or an expensive risk?
These are the severance packages tech giants like Google, Meta and Amazon are offering to fired employees
Over 100,000 tech workers have lost their jobs since the year began
Classified military documents were posted to the War Thunder forum twice this week
Some people want to win arguments no matter the cost
Playing Call of Duty Can Improve Your Driving Skills
#TBT "Playing video games can make you a better driver," it's not exactly what you imagine. Ironically, studies show that first-person shooters like Call of Duty provide more benefits for drivers than driving games do.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says semiconductors will become more important than oil in geopolitics
Big quote: It's often said that there are three significant influences on global politics (and wars): oil, land, and religion. According to Intel boss Pat Gelsinger, semiconductors will join that list and become more important than the location of oil reserves for the next five decades.
AI art generator Stable Diffusion faces another copyright lawsuit, this time from Getty
Does data scraping fall under fair use? Not according to Getty Images
Bitcoin has seen a resurgence this month, but is the crypto winter really thawing?
Here's what analysts think
Artists launch copyright lawsuit against AI art generators Stable Diffusion and Midjourney
"Another step toward making AI fair & ethical for everyone"
Researchers have created a new and potentially dangerous encryption-breaking quantum algorithm
Some cryptography researchers see the claim as misleading, others see it as a potential warning sign
US government publishes annual unclassified report on unidentified aerial phenomena
More than 500 UAP reports have been cataloged
Congress refuses Army request to spend $400 million on Microsoft HoloLens-based headsets
It awarded $40 million to build a new version instead
What just happened? The controversial deal between Microsoft and the US Army for the military branch to buy 6,900 HoloLens-based headsets at the cost of $400 million has been blocked by congress. As a consolation, the government approved $40 million for Microsoft to build a new and improved version that soldiers will hopefully hate less.
Bill Gates reveals which phone is his new daily driver
It's not from Microsoft
In a nutshell: Bill Gates has an impressive CV: co-founder and, at various times, chairman, chief executive officer, president, and chief software architect of Microsoft; the sixth wealthiest person in the world; author; and renowned philanthropist. But what people really want to know is which phone he uses as his daily driver. That question has now been answered, and it seems Gates is a fan of foldables, though not ones from his former company.
A live-action Dungeons & Dragons series is coming to Paramount+
Producers double down on the as-yet-unknown success of their theatrical adaptation
In a nutshell: If you are looking forward to the upcoming theatrical release of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, then you might be pleased to learn that Paramount has just agreed to bring a live-action D&D series to the small screen via its streaming service. The pilot is in very early production, with Rawson Marshall Thurber writing and directing.
John Deere provides some right-to-repair concessions to customers
What just happened? John Deere finally caved, offering its customers some rights to repair and fix their expensive equipment however they like. There's a catch, though: if state or federal right-to-repair laws go into effect, the concessions are no more.
Facial recognition leads to week-long wrongful imprisonment
Louisiana police have few, if any restrictions on using facial recognition