Category: Tech
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Rivian Halloween Update Turns R1, R2 Into Ghostbusting EVs Through Nov. 2
Halloween is one of my family’s favorite holidays, a sentiment clearly shared by somebody at Rivian. Every October, owners of its electric trucks and SUVs can activate Halloween Mode, which changes the exterior lights, sounds and graphics on…
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OpenAI announces three big science discoveries and a new way to work with academics
We would welcome discussion of three broader questions:What expectations should govern early access to AI-generated results, disclosure of conflicts of interest, and the use of unpublished material for subsequent research?How should credit…
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The Most Popular Streaming Platforms In The US Might Not Be What You Think
Netflix isn’t America’s most-watched streaming platform on TV, and two free services are giving bigger names some competition. …
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6+ Ways You Can Use Your PlayStation 5’s USB Ports
Those USB ports are for more than topping off your controller battery. …
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Grok Says Its AI-Generated Version of ‘The Odyssey’ Is ‘Not Historically Accurate’
You don’t hear the defenders of so-called Western civilization talk much about The Odyssey these days.Maybe that’s because their rabid denunciations of Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of Homer’s epic were buried in an avalanche of…
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Microsoft offers to buy out a quarter of its workforce
On Monday, Microsoft said it will offer voluntary buyouts to eligible employees in select parts of the company. CNBC reports that the buyouts will be offered to roughly 60,000 employees, or…
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Worm armed 42 GitHub repos by hiding a payload too big to fail
security Payload blobs measuring 12.9 to 13.7 MB were large enough to evade GitHub code search …
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Databricks co-founder shares his secrets for winning big enterprise customers
Startups have never been under more pressure to grow quickly. To do that, many of them must land large enterprises, the deep pockets of the IT world, as customers. But as any company that sells to enterprises will tell you, it’s not easy to…
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Samsung’s Switch 2-ready MicroSD Express card is on sale for less than $50
Running out of space on your Nintendo Switch 2? Thankfully, Samsung’s P9 MicroSD Express card is discounted at multiple retailers, with the 256GB version going for $47.99 (Amazon, B&H Photo) and the 512GB version $99 (Amazon, B&H Photo). The…
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Anthropic is burning gas to feed the AI boom
As it prepares to go public, Anthropic’s S-1 filing makes generative AI’s methane dependency glaringly obvious. “Competition for access to electrical supply and data center locations with adequate power availability is intense.” In…