Threads launches for nearly half a billion more users in Europe (www.theverge.com)
Months after its launch in over 100 other countries.
iOS 17.2 arrives with new Journal app and spatial video capture support (www.theverge.com)
Get updating.
Quantum computer performs error-resistant operations with logical qubits (arstechnica.com)
QuEra gets ready for error correction, runs operations with over 40 logical qubits.
Google launches Gemini, the AI model it hopes will take down GPT-4 (www.theverge.com)
Google let OpenAI take the lead in the AI race — now, it’s mounting a comeback.
Where are all the robot trucks? (www.theverge.com)
The promised wave of autonomous big rigs never materialized. But 2024 could prove to be a pivotal year for the technology.
1960s chatbot ELIZA beat OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 in a recent Turing test study (arstechnica.com)
AI chatbot deception paper suggests that some bots (and people) aren't very persuasive.
Japan debuts six-story experimental fusion reactor (gizmodo.com)
The reactor, a forerunner for the vast ITER experiment in France, has the potential to hasten the race for cleaner energy.
Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers (www.engadget.com)
YouTube's dramatic content gatekeeping decisions of late have a long history behind them, and there's an equally long history of these defenses being bypassed.
Exclusive: OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster -sources (www.reuters.com)
Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers sent the board of directors a letter warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Before Altman’s Ouster, OpenAI’s Board Was Divided and Feuding (www.nytimes.com)
Sam Altman confronted a member over a research paper that discussed the company, while directors disagreed for months about who should fill board vacancies....
Pesky heat shield issue threatens to delay NASA's first crewed Moon journey in decades (gizmodo.com)
The Orion capsule's heat shield suffered some unexpected damage at the conclusion of the Artemis 1 mission.
Breaking: Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI (www.theverge.com)
Uno reverse.
Nothing Chats pulled from Play Store amidst privacy blunder (www.androidcentral.com)
Seriously, avoid Nothing Chats and check your Apple ID.
Google confirms plans to phase out third-party cookies (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Google has officially announced plans to gradually eliminate third-party cookies, a key aspect of its Privacy Sandbox initiative.
SpaceX loses contact with Starship rocket in new test flight (www.dw.com)
Seven months after a first attempt ended in a spectacular explosion, SpaceX's Starship spacecraft blasted off for a second test flight. The launch was presumed to have failed shortly after the ship reached space.
Antitrust lawsuits are piling up for Google. Here’s how they could change the company (www.fastcompany.com)
Twenty years after ‘U.S. v. Microsoft,’ antitrust law is finally coming back for Big Tech.
Tumblr is betting big on going small (www.theverge.com)
The social network failed to hit the growth targets its new owner set in 2019. But were they ever compatible with what Tumblr does best?
OpenAI pauses new signups for ChatGPT Plus due to overwhelming demand (www.livemint.com)
OpenAI unveiled its more powerful and updated language model, GPT-4 Turbo, at its developer conference, offering customised bots and reduced costs for developers.
Airbus launches device to prevent dead satellites from tumbling (gizmodo.com)
Called Detumbler, it's designed as a way to tackle the growing problem of space debris in Earth orbit.
Why Meta still needs China (restofworld.org)
You can take Facebook out of China, but you can’t take China out of Facebook.
Whatever happened to NFTs? (www.bbc.com)
Boom has turned to bust for NFTs - a way of attaching your name to original artwork.
Owner of Tumblr confirms site’s shift from “surging” to “small and focused” (arstechnica.com)
CEO confirms Tumblr has lost "well north of $100M" since acquisition.
How We Engineered Incredible 25 story Wooden Buildings (www.youtube.com)
Aside from a concrete garage and elevator shafts, Ascent Milwaukee is a 25 story-tall building constructed almost entirely from wood, making it the tallest m...
New Bioinspired Robot Flies, Rolls, Walks, and More (www.caltech.edu)
Developed at Caltech’s Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies, a new robot can autonomously choose from a variety of motions to move through a complex environment.
