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Thursday April 24, 2025. 01:44 AM
Google’s AI Overviews feature credible-sounding explanations for completely made-up idioms.
Google revealed in court that its Gemini AI chatbot reached 350 million monthly active users worldwide as of March 2025 -- up from 9 million daily users in October 2024. TechCrunch reports: Usage of Google's AI offerings has exploded in the last year. Gemini had just 9...
The headline sets the stage, and the article delivers. This was the most interesting bug I’ve encountered for a while. I initially had a hard time believing that a bug like this would directly tie to a specific OS release, but I was proven completely wrong. At the end of...
WhatsApp is rolling out a new 'Advanced Chat Privacy' feature that blocks others from exporting chat histories or automatically downloading media. While it doesn't stop screenshots or manual downloads, it marks the first step in WhatsApp's plan to enhance in-chat privacy...
In a devastating display of economic hardship, America's 19 wealthiest households somehow managed to survive 2024 with only $1 trillion in new wealth, reports The Wall Street Journal. That's barely more than Switzerland's entire economy – how will they cope? — Read the rest ...
You. Will. Love. The. LLM. The latest update to Microsoft 365 Copilot brings AI-powered search, so-called reasoning agents, and a new Agent Store. Some users already have access to certain features, while others may have to wait through May.…
International visitors are turning away from the United States, as billions in losses are predicted. Trump says, 'Not a big deal.' Trump on the steep drop in international tourism to the US: "It's not a big deal" — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) — Read the rest The post...
Who better than comedian Bill Hader to star as Jim Jones in a TV show about the cult leader and his doomed 'agricultural project' in Guyana? Variety has learned exclusively that Hader and Daniel Zelman are currently developing an HBO series centered on Jim Jones and the...
President Trump has cut a deal with Rwanda to take people he doesn't like. It's his second offshore detention program after El Salvador — Germany had concentration camps in 9 countries, so he has a lot of catching up to do! — Read the rest The post Trump expands offshore...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Wizards of the Coast has released the System Reference Document, the heart of the three core rule books that constitute Dungeons & Dragons' 2024 gameplay, under a Creative Commons license. This means the company cannot...
Tech giants don't need smartphone mics to target adverts – your insurer just gives your data away, anyway US health insurance giant Blue Shield of California handed sensitive health information belonging to as many as 4.7 million members to Google's advertising empire,...
Wednesday April 23, 2025. 11:58 PM
I came to the U.S. in the early 2000s and was a technology journalist within the decade, so everything from before then I find packed with intrigue and mystery and, sometimes, bafflement. Today I learned about the raccoons who made computer magazine ads great, dredged from...
Ryan Coogler’s horror movie has shattered box office records—and the myth that audiences don’t care about original stories.
A Japanese bus driver just learned that the price of a $7 theft is exactly $84,000 in pension benefits. As reported in Mainichi, the case, which ended up in the Supreme Court this month, centers on a 58-year-old Kyoto City Bus driver who pocketed a 1,000-yen ($7) bill...
Discord CEO and co-founder Jason Citron is stepping down from his leadership role at the company and being replaced by Humam Sakhnini, a former executive from Activision Blizzard. 'Citron will remain on Discord's board of directors, and fellow co-founder Stanislav...
When Pete Hegseth isn't openly chatting on Signal about war plans in Yemen, the Defense Secretary is keeping busy at the DOD with another urgent matter: converting a Pentagon room into a glitzy makeup studio. 'The renovation that was initially planned was estimated to cost...
Elon’s not the only one sounding the alarm over the AI giant’s cash grab A group of AI heavyweights and ex-OpenAI staffers are urging the attorneys general of California and Delaware to block the ChatGPT shop's latest restructuring into a for-profit corporation. …
Meta has expanded both the feature set and availability of its Ray-Ban smart glasses. Notable updates include live translation with offline support through downloadable language packs, the ability to send messages and make calls via Instagram, and conversations with Meta AI...
TL;DR: Host the best movie nights on the block this summer with the $119.97 CinéMini portable projector. You've never had a movie night as good as the one you'll get with the CinéMini, the CES-featured portable projector that creates up to a 200' display anywhere. — Read...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Monday, the State Bar of California revealed that it used AI to develop a portion of multiple-choice questions on its February 2025 bar exam, causing outrage among law school faculty and test takers. The admission...
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