The State Department reportedly pressured African countries to adopt Elon Musk’s Starlink
The State Department reportedly pressured African countries to adopt Elon Musk's Starlink The State Department reportedly pressured African countries to adopt Elon Musk’s Starlink After The Washington Post earlier this month revealed that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had instructed the State Department to help Starlink expand in order to fend off Chinese technological influence, […]
xAI posts Grok’s behind-the-scenes prompts
xAI posts Grok's behind-the-scenes prompts xAI posts Grok’s behind-the-scenes prompts xAI has published the system prompts for its AI chatbot Grok after an “unauthorized” change led to a slew of unprompted responses on X about white genocide. The company says it will publish its Grok system prompts on GitHub from now on, which provide some […]
Spotify is sorry that it revealed how many people listen to your podcast
Spotify is sorry that it revealed how many people listen to your podcast Spotify announced earlier this month that podcast creators and listeners would get a new data point: how many plays an episode has gotten. The idea, according to Spotify, was that listeners could discover new shows they hadn’t heard of, enticed by this […]
ChatGPT is getting an AI coding agent
ChatGPT is getting an AI coding agent OpenAI’s next “low-key research preview” has arrived. This time, it’s not ChatGPT, but a coding agent dubbed Codex that is being made available to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team subscribers starting Friday. By drumming up comparisons to how ChatGPT was first described, CEO Sam Altman and other company […]
8BitDo’s new all-button arcade controller is just 16mm thick
8BitDo's new all-button arcade controller is just 16mm thick 8BitDo’s new all-button arcade controller is just 16mm thick 8BitDo has slimmed down its arcade stick by replacing its joystick with buttons. | Image: 8BitDo Four years after the company released its first wireless arcade-style controller, 8BitDo is debuting a new version that’s almost one-third as […]
Microsoft says its Azure and AI tech hasn’t harmed people in Gaza
Microsoft says its Azure and AI tech hasn't harmed people in Gaza Microsoft says its Azure and AI tech hasn’t harmed people in Gaza Microsoft says it has found no evidence that the Israeli military has used its Azure and AI technology to harm Palestinian civilians or anyone else in Gaza. The software maker says it has “conducted an internal review […]
HBO’s no good very bad rebrand
HBO's no good very bad rebrand HBO’s no good very bad rebrand It’s not TV, it’s HBO. No, sorry, it’s HBO Go. And also HBO Now. But now it’s HBO Max, except wait, now it’s not HBO at all? It’s just Max? Actually, I’m being told it is once again HBO Max. Thank you for […]
I let lasers power my smart home — and I don’t want to go back
I let lasers power my smart home — and I don't want to go back I let lasers power my smart home — and I don’t want to go back This Alfred smart lock can be continuously charged by infrared lasers from this Wi-Charge transmitter. One morning last month, I walked into my kitchen to get a glass of […]
Anthropic blames Claude AI for ’embarrassing and unintentional mistake’ in legal filing
Anthropic blames Claude AI for 'embarrassing and unintentional mistake' in legal filing Anthropic blames Claude AI for ‘embarrassing and unintentional mistake’ in legal filing Not the best publicity for Anthropic’s chatbot. Anthropic has responded to allegations that it used an AI-fabricated source in its legal battle against music publishers, saying its Claude chatbot made an […]
Wooting’s 60HE v2 upgrades the best gaming keyboard with improved speed and sound
Wooting's 60HE v2 upgrades the best gaming keyboard with improved speed and sound Wooting’s 60HE v2 upgrades the best gaming keyboard with improved speed and sound Wooting set the standard for gaming keyboards with the original 60HE three years ago, and now it’s ready to launch a successor with an upgraded design. The 60HE v2 […]