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OpenAI is putting ChatGPT, its browser and code generator into one desktop app

OpenAI is developing a “super app” for desktop that unifies ChatGPT, its browser and its Codex app, according to the...

Mar 20, 02:57
Alphabet no longer has a controlling stake in its life sciences business Verily

Alphabet's life sciences business Verily is restructuring and raising money as a new corporate entity. Verily announ...

Mar 19, 22:17
States are suing the EPA for relinquishing its role as a greenhouse gas emissions regulator

California, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York are leading a group of 20 other states in suing the US Environmental...

Mar 19, 22:14
Amazon acquires autonomous robotics startup Rivr

Amazon has acquired Rivr, a startup focused on autonomous robotics. Rivr is based in Zurich and was valued at $110 milli...

Mar 19, 21:28
DoorDash will start paying gig workers for creating content to train AI models

DoorDash has launched a new option for its gig economy workers to earn some extra cash. The delivery service introduced ...

Mar 19, 20:40
Google is reportedly testing a Gemini app for Mac

Google is testing a version of its Gemini app for macOS, Bloomberg reports. The app would bring the AI assistant to unch...

Mar 19, 20:37
Android will hide some app sideloading behind a new one-time security process

Google has detailed how users will be able to sideload apps from unverified developers once it implements its more restr...

Mar 19, 18:46
The Steam Spring Sale is here with discounts on Arc Raiders, Hades 2 and much more

The Steam Spring Sale is underway and as usual, there's plenty of good stuff to add to your library. The seasonal di...

Mar 19, 18:40
Meta will move away from human content moderators in favor of more AI

A little more than a year after ditching third-party fact checkers and rolling back much of its proactive content modera...

Mar 19, 18:30
Don’t be surprised that the FBI is buying your location data

The FBI has confirmed to the Senate it is once again buying data which can be used to track the locations of US citizens...

Mar 19, 18:20

TechCrunch

Amazon acquires Rivr, maker of a stair-climbing delivery robot

Amazon and Jeff Bezos had previously invested in the startup. The deal signals the e-commerce giant's interest in doorst...

Mar 19, 23:28
Jeff Bezos reportedly wants $100 billion to buy and transform old manufacturing firms with AI

The Amazon magnate has a new project centered around acquiring industrial firms and revamping them with AI technology.

Mar 19, 22:09
Employees had to restrain a dancing humanoid robot after it went wild at a California restaurant

A dancing robot in a Haidilao hot pot restaurant boogied down a little too hard.

Mar 19, 21:13
Polymarket continues its partnership spree with a Major League Baseball deal

MLB is only the latest in a string of recently announced partnerships involving the prediction market.

Mar 19, 19:46
Online bot traffic will exceed human traffic by 2027, Cloudflare CEO says

AI bots may outnumber humans online by 2027, says Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, as generative AI agents dramatically in...

Mar 19, 19:09
Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition

The additional funds have been used to scale Bluesky's team, while the company continues to develop Bluesky's app and th...

Mar 19, 19:00
Geothermal startup Fervo catapults itself over the ‘valley of death’

Fervo landed a large new loan with terms that strongly suggest the company's most turbulent days are behind it.

Mar 19, 18:26
Meta rolls out new AI content enforcement systems while reducing reliance on third-party vendors

Meta believes these AI systems can detect more violations with greater accuracy, better prevent scams, respond more quic...

Mar 19, 17:24
Google introduces a new way for users to sideload Android apps that still protects against scams

Google is making Android sideloading easier with a new advanced setting that lets users disable app verification after a...

Mar 19, 17:00
DoorDash launches a new ‘Tasks’ app that pays couriers to submit videos to train AI

Delivery couriers will be able to earn money by completing activities like filming everyday tasks or recording themselve...

Mar 19, 16:14

The Verge

Valve’s huge SteamOS 3.8 update adds long-awaited features — and supports Steam Machine

Valve has just released SteamOS 3.8.0 in preview, and it's a doozy. Not only is it the first release to support the upco...

Mar 20, 01:16
OpenAI is planning a desktop ‘superapp’

OpenAI is working on a desktop "superapp" that merges its ChatGPT app, the Codex AI coding app, and its AI-powered Atlas...

Mar 20, 00:09
Sony’s new WF-1000XM6 earbuds are already on sale for $30 off

Sony’s WF-1000XM6 are the best noise-canceling wireless earbuds you can buy, but they’ve been hard to recommend over...

Mar 19, 23:10
Marc Andreessen is a philosophical zombie

I admit, this is an innovation I did not see coming: Silicon Valley has invented the philosophical zombie from the class...

Mar 19, 20:07
The coolest game controller for your phone is $50 off

The MCON is the closest to a Swiss army knife that a controller can be. No, it doesn’t contain a can opener, but it ma...

Mar 19, 19:47
Hermès doesn’t include a power adapter with its $5,150 charging case

Over a decade after Apple first partnered with Hermès for a special Apple Watch collaboration, the French luxury go...

Mar 19, 22:43
A rogue AI led to a serious security incident at Meta

For almost two hours last week, Meta employees had unauthorized access to company and user data thanks to an AI agent th...

Mar 19, 19:26
Microsoft’s go-to Xbox controller is selling at its best price of the year

Microsoft’s Xbox console strategy needs work, but its Bluetooth-ready controller that shipped alongside the Xbox Serie...

Mar 19, 18:16
All the wrong EVs are getting canceled

These past few weeks have been particularly brutal for the EV industry - and anyone who believes that electric vehicles ...

Mar 19, 18:03
Prediction markets are trying to lure journalists with partnership deals

Prediction markets are working to ingratiate themselves with mainstream news and culture: The Golden Globes broadcast in...

Mar 19, 17:00

Ars Technica

RFK Jr. has destroyed over a quarter of health dept's expert panels

Under Kennedy, the health dept. has wiped out 75 advisory boards, corrupted others. ...

Mar 19, 22:34
Cloud service providers ask EU regulator to reinstate VMware partner program

Broadcom says the group is misrepresenting market "realities."

Mar 19, 21:29
Millions of iPhones can be hacked with a new tool found in the wild

DarkSword, a powerful iPhone-hacking technique, has been discovered in use by Russian hackers. ...

Mar 19, 20:11
FBI started buying Americans' location data again, Kash Patel confirms

Tom Cotton supports FBI data purchasing, compares it to searching people's trash. ...

Mar 19, 19:57
Dogfighting in space won't look like the movies, but this company wants in on it

"Where we are today in space warfare is very similar to where air superiority was in the 1930s....

Mar 19, 19:45
OpenAI is acquiring open source Python tool-maker Astral

Codex maker says it will "continue to support these open source projects" after deal closes. ...

Mar 19, 18:44
Meta decides not to kill Horizon Worlds VR after all

VR will be on life support while mobile remains the focus, though.

Mar 19, 17:50
Afroman keeps trolling cops after winning “Lemon Pound Cake” defamation case

Cops asked the jury for millions after Afroman used raid footage in music videos. ...

Mar 19, 17:45
Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps

The "advanced flow" will be available before verification enforcement begins later this year. ...

Mar 19, 17:28
Despite hardware limits, Parallels supports running Windows on MacBook Neo

"8GB unified memory is the minimum practical configuration."

Mar 19, 16:50