I am nothing if not a huge movie buff. I watch way too many of them, and I’m always on the hunt for a new format in which to experience them. So when XREAL, the smart glasses company, sent me an a01 — one of its newer models, which it released in May of this…
Elon Musk replaced Twitter with X three years ago. Now another company is testing whether that rebrand left the Twitter name up for grabs. Startup Operation Bluebird has launched Twitter.now, a social network built around the familiar Twitter name and posting format, while arguing that X abandoned its rights to the Twitter and Tweet trademarks….
Some AI industry leaders, such as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, are obsessed with artificial general intelligence, or AGI. While the term has no universally agreed-upon definition, it generally refers to AI that can match or even surpass human cognitive abilities across a large range of tasks. In a recent interview, Altman shared that OpenAI believes…
Milo Yiannopoulos, a British national known for his near-constant reinventions as a vizier within far-right American politics for more than a decade, has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Louisiana, according to the department’s records. While it’s not clear which detention facility Yiannopoulos is currently being held in, the ICE directory instructs…
Chrome alternative Brave just added a good reason to make the switch to its browser: email aliases. The feature, announced this week, allows Brave’s users to sign up for websites and other online services without having to share their personal email addresses. To use the feature, you first need to create an account with Brave,…
A cyberattack on three of the U.K.’s busiest airports has exposed personal information belonging to about 8.7 million customers, turning routine airport Wi-Fi and booking records into a security concern. Manchester Airport, London Stansted and East Midlands Airport were targeted in an attack on Manchester Airports Group (MAG), which operates all three facilities. The compromised…
Another week, another Ninja product gone viral. This time, however, the viral videos are spurring awe rather than abject horror (please clean your Creami correctly, folks). Following the release earlier this month of the Ninja HydraSense — the brand’s first ever water filter — the internet has done what it does best and stress tested…
Don’t be fooled by the question mark in the title of an article published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association. When the authors, including medical superstar Ezekiel Emanuel and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, asked, “Will Autonomous AI Exceed AI-Physicians as the Best Medical Care?” they were being rhetorical. Their answer is…
For the fourth time in four years, Apple TV is hiking its subscription prices. Now, Apple TV subscriptions will cost $14.99 per month, up from the previous $12.99 per month. The annual subscription cost will also jump from $99 to $119. Apple One, the bundle that includes subscriptions to services like iCloud+, TV, Music and…
Australia’s biggest music chart is drawing a line between musicians who use AI and AI that makes the music for them. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has updated its Charts Code of Practice to require eligible recordings to be “substantially human made.” The new rules take effect with the chart dated Aug. 31 and…
