Razer’s new Stream Controller X looks like one of its biggest competitors
300+Engadget / 2h
Razer has launched a new streaming deck called the Stream Controller X , and it would most likely look familiar to experienced streamers and content creators. It has a very similar form factor to Elgato‘s Stream Deck MK.2 , with its 15 LCD switchblade key buttons and a face plate that users can easily swap. The bevel’s spacing is a bit different, though, and according to Tom’s Hardware , it’s jus
Have 'Succession' and 'The Last of Us' started the next big TV trend?
Mashable / 34min
The finale used to be the big one. That last episode of a TV season was the moment everyone waited for, the time when all the questions would be answered, or the reveal would take place, or we'd see the climactic action set piece the whole thing had been building towards. In fairness, most of the time, it still is. If we look through Mashable's best TV shows of last year, we can see that there ar
The Galaxy S24 Ultra's zoom could leave the iPhone even further behind
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 15min
Other than a new 200MP primary sensor, Samsung didn’t upgrade a whole lot with the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra ’s cameras, but a new leak suggests that the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra could be in for some much bigger photographic improvements. According to leaker @Tech_Reve , the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra will have just one telephoto camera, in place of the two available on the current model. That might
A test told me my brain and liver are older than they should be. Should I be worried?
MIT Technology Review / 7min
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here . It’s spring here in the Northern Hemisphere. There are daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths in full bloom in parks and window boxes where I live in London. I even saw some lambs on the weekend. But here I am, thinking about how close I am to death. Last year,
5 Special Edition Trucks We Can't Believe Actually Got The Green Light
SlashGear / 19min
There's no question that trucks have become a huge phenomenon in the United States. The industry's history includes some surprising and unusual designs.
Twitter's new 'Subscriptions' feature is the same thing as 'Super Follows'
Mashable / 25min
"Starting today, Twitter will share ad revenue with creators for ads that appear in their reply threads," Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted over two months ago. That still hasn't happened and Twitter remains one of the few big social media platforms that doesn't provide an ad-share revenue model for its content creators. However, on Thursday, Musk announced something else to get creators paid on Tw
Samsung's Galaxy Watch 5 Pro is $55 off right now
Engadget / 28min
If you're looking for a new smartwatch but aren't keen on Apple devices, Amazon's latest price cut may excite you. The Samsung Galaxy Watch Pro is down from $450 to $394.49, which is a 12 percent savings and lower than the price we saw back on Cyber Monday . The Galaxy Watch Pro is one of Samsung's newer options and includes GPS route tracking, a full analysis of your body composition and a titan
Banning ChatGPT will do more harm than good
MIT Technology Review / 29min
The release of ChatGPT has sent shock waves through the halls of higher education. Universities have rushed to release guidelines on how it can be used in the classroom. Professors have taken to social media to share a spectrum of AI policies. And students—whether or not they’ll admit it—have cautiously experimented with the idea of allowing it to play a part in their academic work. But the notio
Hackers who breached Western Digital are now asking for a hefty ransom
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 30min
Cybercriminals who hacked into popular hard drive maker Western Digital earlier this month are now asking for a major payout to prevent leaking terabytes of data they stole in the attack. In early April, the vendor reported a “network security incident” in which threat actors breached “a number of the Company’s systems”. Other than that, it didn't give any details, including who the threat actors
Endless gambling ads have become the scourge of sports podcasts
Mashable / 34min
Back in 2015, I was a young reporter tasked with covering daily fantasy, the latest fad in the sports world that also functioned as a clever loophole around what was then a nearly nationwide ban on sports gambling. Fantasy sports, including daily fantasy, were exempt from these bans. The companies profiting off daily fantasy argued that fantasy sports were based on skill , rather than chance . Bu
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei recreated a Monet masterpiece entirely in Lego
Mashable / 34min
Artist and activist Ai Weiwei is examining design, history, and what humans choose to value in his exhibition “Making Sense” at London’s Design Museum . The exhibition is a compilation of provocative and eclectic pieces both created and collected by the Chinese contemporary artist, including a particularly significant work: a re-creation of Claude Monet’s impressionist painting, Water Lilies #1 .
Makoto Shinkai's healing journey 'Suzume' is stunningly personal
Mashable / 34min
Perhaps the most influential anime auteur of the last decade, Makoto Shinkai has a knack for making immense emotional stakes feel small. In his latest film, Suzume , a teen girl races against time to save Japan from cataclysmic disaster, yet the more compelling maelstrom is the one rumbling inside of her. Feelings of desperation and distance are central to the Shinkai canon. His adolescent protag
Astronomers just brought a captivating black hole into focus
Mashable / 34min
When astronomers showed the world their first look at a supermassive black hole in 2019, the image was likened to a flaming space doughnut. But the team has released a new sharper image of the black hole that lurks at the center of the Messier 87 galaxy, with its black hole-ness more clearly defined. With the help of artificial intelligence, some of the researchers worked together to leverage the
'Renfield' review: Nicolas Cage as Dracula kills, but what else is new?
Mashable / 34min
Nicolas Cage as Dracula. That's all Renfield had to do to make the internet instantly fall in love. How could we not? Cage was iconically wild as a yuppie gone feral in 1988's Vampire's Kiss. Then came those sensational set photos of Cage, painted pale and dripping in head-to-toe blood-red velvet . The first trailer, which offered a glimpse of the Oscar winner in action, inspired our thirst for h
What is Auto-GPT and why are hustle bros hype for it?
Mashable / 34min
If GPT-4 put hustle culture on steroids, then Auto-GPT is like those steroids taking steroids. Auto-GPT is the latest creation spawned from OpenAI's API that has hustle bros and get-rich-quick schemers in a tizzy. ChatGPT is already commonplace for hustle bros, who worship anything that will optimize efficiency — with the ultimate goal of making as much money as possible with the least amount of
‘Personality Crisis: One Night Only’ review: Wanna hang with a rock star?
Mashable / 34min
Over the course of his legendary music career, David Johansen has enjoyed more transformations than your typical rock star. He's been the frontman of the seminal proto-punk/glam rock band New York Dolls since 1971. Between breakups, he's toured under his own name, traversing the US nine or so times by his count. In the '80s, he unveiled a pompadoured persona named Buster Poindexter and hit it MTV
This learning management system for Microsoft Teams has global ambitions
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 39min
If you’ve ever taken part in any form of online training, chances are you’ll be familiar with learner management systems (LMS) that can sometimes be clunky, unintuitive, and disconnected. Danish company LMS365 hopes to change that with the LMS it’s been improving for several years already. The self-proclaimed “only learning platform built into Microsoft 365 and Teams” has just raised $20 million.
Inside the Hunt for the Discord Leaker, and Twitter Chaos Updates
NYT > Technology / 46min
How Times journalists tracked down the alleged leaker of top secret military intelligence.
Microsoft Outlook users have a lot less space for attachments now
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 1h
It seems that more and more users of the free version of Microsoft Outlook are being caught out by a devious amendment to how storage works within the email provider . Since February 1, the Redmond giant has been rolling out a change to where attachments in emails are stored for free users - they are now being stored within the company's cloud storage service OneDrive, which has a much smaller fr
James Murdoch’s fund slashes investment in Reliance-backed Viacom18
28TechCrunch / 1h
James Murdoch’s venture fund Bodhi Tree slashed its planned investment into Viacom18 to $528 million, down 70% from the committed $1.78 billion , the two said late Thursday as the global weakening economy hammers investors’ appetite. Viacom18, a joint venture between Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance and Paramount Global, did not say why Bodhi Tree slashed its pledged investment. The planned investment wa
500 Global spreads its wings across the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, via Tbilisi
21TechCrunch / 1h
European accelerators are going through an interesting time right now. For instance, TechStars Stockholm was all set to launch and then abruptly shut down . And I think it’s now commonly accepted that most accelerators outside of YCombinator can too be often ‘less than adequate’, to put it diplomatically. Perhaps an exception to this oft-repeated phrase, in my experience, is Entrepreneur First ou
Twitter Blue now allows tweets up to 10,000 characters long
37Mashable / 2h
Twitter Blue subscribers are now able to post up to 10,000 characters in one tweet, as well as format their tweets with bold or italic text. It seems as though Twitter's trying to bulk up the subscription service so people will actually sign up. "Starting today, Twitter now supports Tweets up to 10,000 characters in length, with bold and italic text formatting," the official Twitter Write wrote o
Tesla Cybertruck's massive windshield wiper caught on video
56Mashable / 2h
Tesla Cybertruck, the company's absurdly angular SUV, will probably launch at some point in time. Amazingly, some of the hottest questions surrounding the weird vehicle are ones about its windshield wiper – and we may have gotten some answers in a new video. The problem with wiping Cybertruck's windshield is that it's absolutely massive. No, really, it's positively gargantuan. The windshield is s
China’s Didi to dispatch robotaxis 24/7 in 2025, announces trucking service
TechCrunch / 2h
China’s ride hailing giant Didi is back in public view after two years of staying low amid a regulatory crackdown . The SoftBank-backed company announced Friday at a company open day a series of product ambitions, including working with Chinese carmakers to deploy self-developed robotaxis to the public on a 24/7 basis by 2025, which will complement its network of millions of drivered cars. In 202
Quordle today - hints and answers for Friday, April 14 (game #445)
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 2h
It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints. And you might need them - because this popular online game takes the Wordle format and quadruples the difficulty. So if you already find yourself searching for Wordle hints , you'll probably need some for Quordle too. I'm a Quordle and Wordle fanatic who's been playing since December 2021, so I can definitely help you solve Quordle today and improve
On the TikTok Beat, Trends Dance With National Security
NYT > Technology / 2h
Amid talk of a nationwide ban, a reporter discussed the future for TikTok and its Chinese owner, ByteDance, in the United States.
Twitter introduces 10,000-character long tweets for Blue subscribers
100TechCrunch / 4h
Twitter has introduced a new feature that will let Blue subscribers post 10,000-character long posts — as if the social network is trying to compete with a rival newsletter platform. Twitter has additionally also added support for bold and italic text formatting. In February, the social network introduced 4,000-character long tweets for Blue subscribers to encourage people to publish longer posts
Yep, that's Alanis singing the 'Yellowjackets' theme this week
25Mashable / 4h
If you're watching this week's Yellowjackets and scouring the credits for clues , you may notice the searing theme song "No Return" sounds a little different this week. Your ears do not deceive you — that's Alanis Morissette snarling her way through those creepy verses. It's a glorious get for the show, which is already stacked with '90s icons like Christina Ricci, Melanie Lynskey, and Juliette L
'Yellowjackets' Season 2, episode 4: What does Lottie's mall vision mean?
Mashable / 4h
You ever had that dream where you're cold and hungry and there's food and warmth everywhere, but you can't quite grab hold of it? That's where we meet Lottie (Courtney Eaton) in Yellowjackets Season 2, episode 4, during an intense vision that sees our Antler Queen transported out of the wilderness and into the mall. In the fourth episode of Showtime's original series, Lottie finds herself thrust
'Yellowjackets' Season 2, episode 4: Misty and Walter are an oddball ship for the ages
Mashable / 4h
Season 2 of Yellowjackets has given us many gifts, including perfect needle drops and a cursed cannibal barbecue . Now, it's provided us with another: the delightful dynamic between citizen detectives Misty Quigley (Christina Ricci) and Walter Tattersall (Elijah Wood) . Misty and Walter make the perfect pair, whether you're a sucker for a good TV duo or desperately crave a romance between them (i
Premiere Pro's new AI-powered tools aim to make video editing a lot easier
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 5h
Ask any video editor and they will tell you post-production can take forever to finish. In an effort to ease up the workload, Adobe is currently working on a number of new editing features for its Premiere Pro and After Effects software. Between the two, Premiere Pro is taking the lion’s share of the upgrade sporting some AI-powered tools in its package . Text-Based Editing, in particular, utiliz
A 3-year subscription to this AI tax app is on sale for 84% off
Mashable / 5h
TL;DR : A three-year subscription to the FlyFin AI Tax App is on sale for £31.54, saving you 84% on list price. ChatGPT’s been making headlines lately, but it’s not the only impressive AI around. This tax season, you may be able to simplify your filing process with some help from an AI tax app called FlyFin . Skip the tedious tax preparation and see how much easier it is with some help from FlyFi
15 of the best Harvard University courses you can take online for free
Mashable / 5h
TL;DR: You can find a wide range of online courses from Harvard University for free on edX. Learn about Python programming, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and much more without spending anything. You might not have had the opportunity to study at an institution like Harvard University, but thanks to sites like edX, you can take a wide range of online classes from this school without s
Twitter increases paid users’ tweet limit to 10,000 characters
500+Engadget / 5h
For Twitter Blue users in the US, the website’s 280-character limit has been a thing of the past since February when it gave them the ability to post 4,000-character tweets . Now, the company has more than doubled that limit and has launched support for tweets up to 10,000 characters in length. In addition, the website now supports bold and italics text formatting, allowing content creators to us
Washington Uber and Lyft drivers win paid family and medical leave
22TechCrunch / 6h
Washington’s Senate unanimously passed a bill this week that would make the state the first in the nation to grant ride-hail drivers the right to paid family and medical leave. The bill, HB 1570 , builds on driver rights won in 2022’s Expand Fairness Act, which set a high statewide wage floor for drivers and established a right to protections against unjustified deactivation, worker’s compensatio
'Wordle' today: Here's the answer, hints for April 14
Mashable / 6h
It's Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — and by "get down", obviously we mean "solve today's Wordle ." We're here as always to help guide the way with our expert Wordle advice and the solution. If you prefer to just be told the answer, you can scroll to the end of this article for April 14's Wordle word to be revealed. But if you'd rather work through it yourself, keep reading for some clu
Air National Guard member arrested in connection to Discord classified documents leak
44Engadget / 6h
The FBI has made an arrest in connection to a recent leak of classified documents that revealed sensitive details about the war in Ukraine and other US intelligence matters, apprehending a young Massachusetts Air National Guard member on Thursday, April 13th. 21-year-old Jack Teixeira, who holds the rank of airman first class, allegedly shared the files to a Discord server primarily dedicated to
5 Bulletproof Vehicles You Can Actually Drive On The Street
SlashGear / 8h
Assuming you have millions in the bank, you can buy an armored vehicle that can cruise down city streets, block bullets, and withstand explosions.
'Quordle' today: Here are the answers and hints for April 14
Mashable / 9h
If Quordle is a little too challenging today, you've come to the right place for hints. There aren't just hints here, but the whole Quordle solution. Scroll to the bottom of this page, and there it is. But are you sure you need all four answers? Maybe you just need a strategy guide. Either way, scroll down, and you'll get what you need. What is Quordle ? Quordle is a five-letter word guessing gam
Meet the Inspiring Women in STEM Behind the Scenes at Disney Parks
Gizmodo / 9h
The happy experiences guests have at Disney Parks are the sum of the many moving parts that go into the creation of all the attractions—including new ride Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway and nighttime spectaculars like World of Color: One . io9 talked to a trio of Disney employees, all women in STEM, whose work… Read more...
How U.S. Military Helicopters Received Their Native American Names
SlashGear / 9h
The Native American naming convention dates back to 1941 when the Army Air Corps was renamed the Army Air Forces
5 Cheap Cars That Will Go Over 155 MPH
SlashGear / 9h
If you have a need for speed, and also a fairly limited budget, there are some cars that will scratch both itches. Here are some of our favorites.
Twitter staff cuts leave Russian trolls unchecked
100+BBC News - Technology / 10h
Troll farms are thriving after Elon Musk wiped out the team fighting them.
LG and Samsung are getting serious about their OLED panel deal again
Ars Technica - All content / 10h
Enlarge / A 77-inch QD-OLED was one of the new TVs announced at CES 2023. (credit: Samsung Display) It's been a rollercoaster ride for Korean tech conglomerates LG and Samsung. In 2021 , it was reported that they were about to reach a major business deal regarding OLED panels, but in 2022 it seemed like the talks fell through . Now, in 2023, the talks may have resumed. The Elec reports that Samsu
Melissa Barrera Is Reuniting With Her Scream Directors for a Mysterious Universal Monster Movie
Gizmodo / 10h
Radio Silence —directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and producer Chad Villella—successfully rebooted one of horror’s biggest franchises with Scream and Scream VI . Now they’ve tapped the star of those films, Melissa Barrera, to join another movie reviving a beloved property from horror’s past, in the form… Read more...
oldbookillustrations: Rubber dam applied to four lower...
Music, Arts & Literature / 10h
oldbookillustrations : Rubber dam applied to four lower incisors . From Lehrbuch und Atlas der konservierenden Zahnheilkunde by Gustav Preiswerk, Munich: 1912. Source: Internet Archive .
The plan to make a giant hot water bottle underground
65BBC News - Technology / 10h
Hot water can be stored underground and the heat used when needed to keep buildings warm.
Scratch Disks Are Full In Adobe Photoshop: What It Means And How To Fix It
SlashGear / 11h
All a "scratch disk error" means is that you're running out of storage. And that space is necessary to complete the task you're currently trying to perform.
California seeks to force Tesla to comply with racial bias investigation
33TechCrunch / 11h
California regulators are taking legal action against Tesla to force the company to comply with a state investigation into allegations of unlawful harassment of and discrimination against certain Black Tesla workers. The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) said Thursday it is seeking a court order that will run parallel to the state’s current lawsuit into allegations of employment discrimina
Abortion-Pill-by-Mail Providers Aren’t Going Anywhere
59Wired / 11h
Despite new restrictions, telehealth providers and other organizations plan to continue services.
Everything You Need to Know About Monica Rambeau Before The Marvels
Gizmodo / 11h
Debuting in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16, Monica Rambeau has had a hell of a superhero career. She was the first female Captain Marvel, even before Carol Danvers . She’s been on countless teams, including multiple versions of the Avengers. Her ability to become and project anything on the electromagnetic scale makes… Read more...
Trendy “raw water” source under bird’s nest sparks diarrheal outbreak
300+Ars Technica - All content / 11h
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Florian Gaertner ) Nineteen people fell ill with a diarrheal disease in Montana last year after drinking untreated water many believed to be from a natural spring but was, in fact, just creek drainage brimming with pathogenic bacteria. One person was hospitalized in the outbreak, which ended only after authorities diverted the water source, local health officials reported
“A really big deal”—Dolly is a free, open source, ChatGPT-style AI model
58Ars Technica - All content / 11h
Enlarge (credit: Databricks) On Wednesday, Databricks released Dolly 2.0, reportedly the first open source, instruction-following large language model (LLM) for commercial use that's been fine-tuned on a human-generated data set. It could serve as a compelling starting point for homebrew ChatGPT competitors. Databricks is an American enterprise software company founded in 2013 by the creators of
Daily Crunch: Amazon’s new Bedrock cloud service lets developers incorporate generative AI
23TechCrunch / 11h
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here . Happy Thursday, Crunchers! If you’ve been to Disrupt before, you’ll remember we had a stage or two or three. This year, we’re going all out, with a bunch of tracks to tickle your curiosity bone. New for Disrupt 2023: The Security Stage , for those of us who love us
Stability AI's New 'XL' Is a Super Powered Deepfake Generator for Businesses
Gizmodo / 11h
As more companies realize it costs quite a bit to create generative AI content, we may be coming to the end of free, open source AI models. One of the biggest companies that once proclaimed open source from the rooftops to all that would hear is quickly trying to sell a bigger, badder, more deep fake-capable AI model… Read more...
FBI Arrests 21-Year-Old Airman in Connection with Pentagon Leaks
30Gizmodo / 11h
A Massachusetts service member who has been described as both a “young, racist gun enthusiast” and an internet “ troll ” has been arrested in connection with the series of national security leaks that have roiled the U.S. government over the past week. Read more...
Police Break Elderly Deaf Woman’s Arm During Austin Airport Layover, Settlement May Avoid Lawsuit
View from the Wing / 11h
Officers had accused the woman of being intoxicated “due to her mannerisms and tone of voice,” not understanding that “her hearing problem can affect the volume of her voice in loud settings.” Continue reading ...
Cash App founder Bob Lee's death: Tech worker arrested in fatal stabbing
400+BBC News - Technology / 12h
Bob Lee was reportedly stabbed during a row while driving in San Francisco.
Aston Martin's Stunning New DBS 770 Ultimate Volante Is Finally Here
SlashGear / 12h
Aston Martin's farewell to the iconic DBS brand has finally been released. The DBS 770 Ultimate Volante is the convertible version of the DBS 770.
Supersonic Versus Hypersonic: What's The Difference?
SlashGear / 12h
Supersonic and hypersonic flight are but two examples of the tremendous strides in aviation technology that we have made.
Garmin Dash Cam Live Review: Function Beyond A Camera For Your Car
SlashGear / 12h
The Garmin Dash Cam Live makes a value proposition with connectivity and functionality for drivers who might never have considered a dash cam before.
Track the right metrics to improve your developers’ work experience
TechCrunch / 12h
Alex Circei Contributor Alex Circei is the CEO and co-founder of Waydev , a development analytics tool that measures engineering teams' performance. More posts by this contributor Use DORA metrics to support the next generation of remote-work models Insider hacks to streamline your SOC 3 certification application While the past few years saw a big drive towards caring for employees, the last mont
Colorado Farmers Just Won a Historic Right-to-Repair Battle
40Gizmodo / 12h
Agricultural equipment makers like John Deere will be legally required to give Colorado farmers manuals for diagnostic software and other repair tools thanks to the state’s new right-to-repair law . The first-of-its-find legislation could have wide-reaching ripple effects, especially in the tech industry where consumer… Read more...
Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 2 Isn't Happening Yet, But He Could Appear Elsewhere
Gizmodo / 12h
Obi-Wan Kenobi won’t be saying “Hello there” again anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean it won’t happen eventually. At Star Wars Celebration last week , fans of the franchise heard all about upcoming movies and shows in a galaxy far, far away. One title that was absent from that list was Obi-Wan Kenobi , a show that… Read more...
Japanese firm ispace lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange ahead of first lunar landing
95TechCrunch / 12h
A company with a spacecraft en route to the moon, ispace is now trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Japanese firm raised around $52 million (¥6.7 billion) in an initial public offering last month. Shares reportedly went untraded on the first listing day due to a large volume of buy orders and demand to hold shares, Reuters reported. But today, shares have soared, with stock selling at ¥1,135
Calling All Meteorite Hunters: Maine Museum Offers $25,000 Reward for Space Rock
Gizmodo / 12h
In need of some extra cash? Well then, dust off your meteorite hunting boots and get yourself to rural Maine. A geology museum in the Pine Tree State has a mission for you, and if you succeed the prize is pretty big. Read more...
Issues with the Windows 11 update? Frustrated users blame AI.
27Mashable / 12h
Microsoft's mission to infuse all of its products with AI might be getting accomplished at the expense of basic functionality. In late February, Microsoft announced a Windows 11 update that would include the AI-powered Bing search right in the taskbar. Now, a mandatory security update installed on April 11 is reportedly causing lagginess and bugs in some of the software's fundamental features. SE
Major News Site Warns ChatGPT Is Inaccurate, Announces Plans to Use It Anyway
Futurism / 12h
Insider has given its reporters the green light to use OpenAI's ChatGPT for its reporting, as long as they don't plagiarize or misconstrue any facts in the process — while acknowledging, strangely, that ChatGPT has been known to both plagiarize and fabricate . "AI at Insider : We can use it to make us faster and better," reads the subject line of an internal email to employees from Insider's glob
HoloLens Now Has Windows 11 and Incredible 3D Ink Features
How-To Geek / 12h
Microsoft went all into the mixed reality ecosystem with its HoloLens and, afterward, the HoloLens 2. Over a year after the update’s arrival on normal computers, HoloLens is recieving an update to Windows 11. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
Nationwide Campaign of Digitally Generated Swatting Calls Bought on Telegram
Gizmodo / 12h
A series of swatting calls that have occurred over several months across the United States have been pinned down to a Telegram user, who claims to have left explosives in locations like high schools using a digitally synthesized voice. Read more...
Elevate lands $28M to help employers better manage benefits
TechCrunch / 12h
Elevate , a consumer benefits administration platform, today announced that it raised $28 million in a funding round led by Anthemis with participation from Fin Capital Norwest Venture Partners, Greycroft, Bowery Capital and Firebolt Ventures. The new cash, which brings Elevate’s total raised to $43 million, will be put toward product development, hiring and customer acquisition, according to CEO
Redfin is laying off more workers as housing downturn persists
20TechCrunch / 12h
Redfin has laid off 201 employees, the third time the Seattle-based real estate company has reduced its workforce since June. The layoffs, which represents about 4% of its workforce, was first reported by GeekWire . A company spokesperson confirmed the layoffs and told TechCrunch in an email that the roles were primarily in “real estate support” and were “due to the housing downturn and economic
Amazon introduces Bedrock, a cloud service for AI-generated text and images
400+Engadget / 12h
Amazon is joining the generative AI fray. Bedrock is the company’s new API for Amazon Web Services (AWS) that lets developers use and customize AI tools that generate text or images. Think of it as a cloud-based and configurable alternative to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and DALL-E 2 aimed at businesses and developers. AWS customers can use Bedrock to write, build chatbots, summarize text, classify images a
NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Spots Jupiter's Trojan Asteroids for the First Time
Gizmodo / 13h
A NASA probe sent to observe Jupiter’s swarm of asteroids recently caught the first glimpse of its rocky targets, capturing deep-space images of four of the mysterious Trojans. Read more...
Star Trek: Picard Pits the Next Generation Against the Last One
31Gizmodo / 12h
Star Trek: Picard has felt very different in its final season to either the spartan, melancholy tone of its first, or the balls-to-the-wall wildness of its second. But as it prepares for one last hurrah with the TNG crew in its penultimate episode, it has borrowed a little bit of that energy of season two to prepare
