Today, YouTube TV made the announcement that it would be updating both its Live Guide and Library. Some users have already received the updated Live Guide, which offers a more conventional grid showing what is currently airing and what is coming up. It features a new design and suggestions for …
Read More »Bitwarden purchases Passwordless.dev to assist businesses in user authentication without passwords
Bitwarden, an open source password management platform, has made its first known acquisition by purchasing Passwordless.dev, a young Swedish startup that specializes in assisting software developers in integrating passwordless authentication technology. The information was released shortly after Bitwarden, a competitor of 1Password and LastPass, revealed that it had received $100 …
Read More »New HomePod from Apple has better sound and intelligence
Apple has revived the larger HomePod with a second-generation model that boasts improved sound quality in addition to improved intelligence and computing abilities. Pre-orders for the new HomePod, which has a suggested retail price of $299, are now open. On February 3, in-store sales and shipping will start in the …
Read More »The most recent Atlas video from Boston Dynamics shows a robot that can now grab and throw objects
The most recent Atlas humanoid robot demo was just released by Boston Dynamics. The robot’s feet allowed it to traverse rough terrain while running and jumping. Now, the robot actually has hands. The robot is given new life by these simple grippers. The Atlas suddenly transforms from a quick pack …
Read More »Musk sets a new record and loses the most personal wealth in human history
Formerly the richest man in the world, Elon Musk has now lost the most money personally of any person in history, breaking the previous record. Since November 2021, Musk has lost over $182 billion, according to Guinness World Records. In any case, the loss has overtaken the previous record holder, …
Read More »Nobody was aware that CNET had been using AI to write articles for months
Go check out OpenAI’s ChatGPT if you haven’t already; it’s frightfully adept at writing. It will produce a semi-original paper with citations within the text and nearly perfect grammar (the data will be gathered from online sources, but it will pass plagiarism checks just fine). In fact, CNET has been …
Read More »The 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros now use M2 Pro and Max CPUs from Apple
Although there won’t be a major Apple event today, the company has a lot of stuff to announce this morning. Along with the new Mac Mini, two new MacBook Pros with upgraded M2 CPUs have just been released. The M2 Pro and M2 Max CPUs are now available for the …
Read More »An AI writing assistance with source citations is unveiled by AI21 Labs
The artificial intelligence (AI) ChatGPT, which can create spreadsheet formulas, emails, poems, and more, has recently received a lot of unfavorable press. Users were briefly prohibited from publishing ChatGPT-generated content by Stack Overflow, which claimed that the AI made it too simple for users to flood the site with bogus …
Read More »A glimpse of the future as seen by Sam Altman
Sam Altman, the former CEO of Y Combinator and, as of 2019, the co-founder and co-CEO of OpenAI, the company he famously co-founded with Elon Musk and numerous others in 2015 to develop artificial intelligence for the “benefit of humanity,” spent an hour with this editor late last week in …
Read More »The largest aircraft in the world does a record-breaking flight over the Mojave Desert
After breaking yet another world record by flying nonstop for six hours, the largest plane in the world has gone to the skies to demonstrate that having a 117-meter (385-foot) wingspan does not prevent it from traveling the distance. The current largest plane in the world, Stratolaunch’s Roc, flew for …
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