Elon Musk reportedly abruptly fired entire Tesla Supercharger team for this reason
500+Mashable / 19h
In a brutal year for tech layoffs, Tesla may have set the record for worst reason to lay people off. At least, that's the implication in a new report from Reuters detailing what led to 500 employees from Tesla's Supercharger team being cut earlier in May . According to Reuters, Musk met privately with charging executive Rebecca Tinucci in what was expected by Tinucci to be a meeting about the fut
What happened to OpenAI’s long-term AI risk team?
200+Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards) In July last year, OpenAI announced the formation of a new research team that would prepare for the advent of supersmart artificial intelligence capable of outwitting and overpowering its creators. Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s chief scientist and one of the company’s co-founders, was named as the co-lead of this new team. OpenAI said the team would receive 20 percent of
iPad Pro 2024 teardown video reveals some of Apple's internal design changes
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 14h
You can read through our iPad Pro 13-inch (2024) review to find out just how impressed we are with Apple's latest premium-level tablet – and a newly published teardown video reveals some of the under-the-hood design changes in this model. If you remember back to the launch of the device, Apple mentioned incorporating graphite sheets into its main housing, and using copper in the Apple logo to imp
30TB hard drives will finally become mainstream next year — Japanese rival to Seagate and Western Digital reveals plans to launch two 30TB+ HDDs in 2025 using two different technologies
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 23min
Toshiba has announced plans to bring 30TB+ hard drives to the commercial market in 2025. The large capacities have been made possible through two magnetic recording technologies: Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) and Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording (MAMR). HAMR technology significantly enhances writing capabilities by heating the disk material with a near-field laser. HAMR does have i
Discover the world of IT education with these Microsoft Tech courses for £76.19
Mashable / 53min
TL;DR: As of May 13, get The Complete 2024 Microsoft Tech Certification Training Super Bundle for only £76.19, a significant price drop since the last time it went on sale. Whether you’re looking for a career change or a fun hobby, this Microsoft Tech Certification Training bundle might be the answer. Having more certifications and skills on your resume can be a great way to stand out among candi
How to watch Rajasthan Royals vs. Kolkata Knight Riders online for free
Mashable / 53min
TL;DR: Watch Rajasthan Royals vs. Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL for free on JioCinema . Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . It's the 70th match of the IPL , and the final game before the first round of qualifiers. This fixture will see the Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders go head-to-head for the second time. The teams first played in April
How to watch Sunrisers Hyderabad vs. Punjab Kings online for free
Mashable / 53min
TL;DR: Watch Sunrisers Hyderabad vs. Punjab Kings in the IPL for free on JioCinema . Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . The 2024 IPL season is almost over, but there's still plenty of excitement to be had. The latest fixture sees the Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings take to the pitch for the second time. The two teams went head-to-head in April wh
'Wordle' today: Here's the answer hints for May 19
Mashable / 3h
Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle . As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for May 19's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. Where did Wordle com
NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for May 19
Mashable / 3h
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle. If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the e
Quordle today – hints and answers for Sunday, May 19 (game #846)
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 5h
Today's Quordle is pretty easy. Not quite as simple as today's NYT Strands game, immediately, but still not too bad. Then again, that comparison isn't entirely fair, because an easy Quordle is still pretty difficult, so you may well need the clues that I've assembled below. Help yourself to as many as you need. S POILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don't read on if you do
NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, May 19 (game #77)
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 5h
If you're looking for an easy Strands puzzle today, then read on, read on… because that's exactly what you'll get. Frankly, I'd be amazed if you needed my clues, but you'll find them below anyway, because I'm helpful like that. SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Strands today (game #77) - hint #1 - today's the
'The future is going to be harder than the past': OpenAI's Altman and Brock address high-profile resignation
Mashable / 7h
This week, OpenAI 's co-head of the "superalignment" team (which overlooks the company's safety issues), Jan Leike, resigned. In a thread on X (formerly Twitter), the safety leader explained why he left OpenAI , including that he disagreed with the company's leadership about its "core priorities" for "quite some time," so long that it reached a "breaking point." The next day, OpenAI's CEO Sam Alt
Review: Chase Sapphire Lounge, Washington Dulles Airport
View from the Wing / 8h
The Chase Sapphire lounge is small, but I was there in the morning - from around 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. it wasn't super busy and there was plenty of available space. The lounge is well laid-out, food is good, and staff are friendly. The exterior of the lounge is branded Etihad (it's a joint Etihad and Chase lounge but the exterior signage doesn't mention Chase) and I wonder if that limits awareness
Apple will reportedly offer higher trade-in credit for old iPhones for the next two weeks
38Engadget / 8h
It might be a good time to finally upgrade your iPhone if you’ve been hanging onto an older model — according to Bloomberg ’s Mark Gurman , Apple will be offering a little more than usual for some trade-ins starting next week in the US and Canada. The company itself hasn’t said anything about the promotion, but according to Gurman, it’ll be offered in-store to customers who’ll be using the credit
What's Duolicious? I tried the 4chan dating app.
Mashable / 8h
Online dating is getting a little too niche . There's an app for vegans, farmers, rich people, Christians, the musically-inclined, and Christian farmers. So inevitably there's a dating app for the chronically online, too. Available only on web or Android devices, Duolicious is the dating app for the "Based and true love-pilled," according to its website. Completely free and open software, the sit
Weekly Review: May 18, 2024
One Mile at a Time / 8h
I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far! I’m spending time with my mom, which I’m greatly enjoying. My goal is to catch up on trip reports in the next couple of weeks, and then take a review trip in early June, so I’m working on planning that now. On the points & travel front, this week we saw the launch of the Citi Strata Premier Card, Frontier overhauled its pricing and fare bundles, Lu
Mortal Kombat 1 Fan Creates a Kendrick Vs. Drake Battle
Gizmodo / 8h
The dust seems to have mostly settled on the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar rap beef (for now), but the musical back and forth between the two hip-hop titans has imprinted itself on pop culture. That imprint includes video game mods, as a Mortal Kombat 1 fan has recently recreated both rappers in the game to pit them… Read more...
darksilenceinsuburbia:Joe Brainard (American, 1942–1994), Cat...
Music, Arts & Literature / 8h
darksilenceinsuburbia : Joe Brainard (American, 1942–1994), Cat and Cone, 1976. Cut and pasted printed and painted papers, and gouache on paper.
OpenAI and Google lay out their competing AI visions
23TechCrunch / 8h
Welcome back to TechCrunch’s Week in Review. This week had two major events from OpenAI and Google. OpenAI’s spring update event saw the reveal of its new model, GPT-4o, which has voice and vision capabilities that can turn ChatGPT into a virtual assistant seemingly aspiring to be “Her.” Hot off OpenAI’s tail, Google’s I/O conference […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use on
Tim Blake Nelson Teases a Practical, Real Leader in Captain America 4
Gizmodo / 9h
While Marvel’s had no trouble incorporating unresolved material from previous movies into its recent fare, the studio took its sweet time bringing back threads from 2008's The Incredible Hulk. Abomination showed up in She-Hulk after a brief punch of a cameo in Shang-Chi, and next year’s Captain America: Brave New… Read more...
NYT's The Mini crossword answers for May 18
Mashable / 9h
The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times ' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe. With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it. So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustr
Boeing Employees to Get Whistleblower Training From Their Union
Gizmodo / 9h
Reuters reports that the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace locals that cover workers at Boeing and fuselage supplier Spirit AeroSystems will be holding trainings Friday to better equip their members on rules and regulations regarding whistleblowing. Read more...
Streaming Services Desperately Need Better Cropping Options
How-To Geek / 9h
Streaming services are great, but they have their disadvantages compared to offline and physical media. We all know the obvious ones, but have you considered that you don't get to crop services like Netflix the way you want, when you want?
How to maximize your rewards earning with the Chase Sapphire Preferred
The Points Guy / 9h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. We often say the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card is the best first credit card for those learning about the points and miles hobby. That’s not because the card is a “beginner” card — quite the opposite. Many of us at TPG still have the Sapphire Preferred because it’s integral to our travel rewards strategy.
How to get your fourth reward night free when redeeming IHG points
49The Points Guy / 9h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. IHG’s fourth reward night free perk can provide significant value to IHG loyalists. This perk allows members with select IHG credit cards to pay zero points for every fourth night when redeeming IHG points for stays of four nights or longer. You’re eligible for this perk if you have the IHG One Rewards Premier Credit
Doctors Administer Oxytocin Nasal Spray to Lonely People
26Futurism / 9h
We might like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, but the fact is that the whole experience of being human is basically the result of a bunch of swirling chemicals in the brain. Case in point? A team of European and Israeli doctors just released an intriguing study , published in the journal Psychother Psychosom , in which they administered oxytocin — that's the much hyped feel-good horm
Ghost of Tsushima Gave Sucker Punch the Spotlight It Always Deserved
Gizmodo / 9h
Ask anyone who plays video games extensively, and they more than likely have at least two studios they go to bat for. We all have developers who, in our eyes, can’t really do any wrong (even though they can and sometimes do); maybe it’s because they were responsible for a life-changing gaming experience, or maybe it’s… Read more...
Forget Phones, iPads Are the Real Superstars of Portable Retro Emulation
How-To Geek / 10h
Apple is making history by allowing video game emulation apps on the iOS, iPadOS, and Apple TV stores, and that's got iPhone users rightly excited. However, I think that of all their devices, it's Apple's iPads that actually offer the strongest reasons to play emulated games. Here's why.
$386 For A $109 Room? NYC Property Charges Higher Fees Than Any Hotel, Ever
View from the Wing / 10h
We’ve finally found it: the hotel with the most egregious add-on fees in the country. Every other hotel can stop trying, because the 31 Street Broadway Hotel in New York cannot be beaten. On top of the room rate, they charge 49% Destination fee, 47% Bed linens fee, and a $120.00 Property service charge per stay. Continue reading ...
OpenAI Employees Forced to Sign NDA Preventing Them From Ever Criticizing Company
26Futurism / 10h
Cone of Silence ChatGPT creator OpenAI might have "open" in the name, but its business practices seem diametrically opposed to the idea of open dialogue. Take this fascinating scoop from Vox , which pulls back the curtain on the restrictive nondisclosure agreement (NDA) that employees at the Sam Altman-helmed company are forced to sign to retain equity. Here's what Vox 's Kelsey Piper wrote of th
Cat-Man Comics #1 and #2 1941
Music, Arts & Literature / 10h
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New trailer for Dead Cells: Immortalis gives us a first real look at the animated series
Engadget / 11h
A full trailer just dropped for the upcoming animated show based on the popular game Dead Cells , and it looks like the creators have made a few unexpected choices. For one, the Beheaded can apparently talk. Dead Cells: Immortalis is being produced by Bobbypills, the studio behind the game’s animated trailers, and the French streaming service, Animation Digital Network. Along with the trailer, th
Expedia says two execs dismissed after ‘violation of company policy’
TechCrunch / 11h
Expedia says Rathi Murthy and Sreenivas Rachamadugu, respectively its CTO and senior vice president of core services product & engineering, are no longer employed at the travel booking company. In a statement shared with Bloomberg and elsewhere, Expedia said Murthy and Rachamadugu are “no longer employed at Expedia Group” due to an unspecified “violation of […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reser
These Smartphone Habits Are Killing Your Battery Life
How-To Geek / 11h
If there's one thing that holds smartphones back, it's battery life. No matter how great the latest iPhone and Android devices are, we pretty much know that we'll be charging them every night like we always have. So, what things are contributing to the daily battery grind the most?
The Acolyte's New Promo Whips Up a Sick New Weapon
21Gizmodo / 11h
In more than ways than one, The Acolyte is being poisitioned as a different Star Wars show than the other live-action offerings. Not only is it winding back the clock to the High Republic era , it’s also doing something different on the action front with some Force-powered martial arts similar to wuxia films. Now we… Read more...
Mobile industry is quietly preparing for the biggest change to your smartphone in a decade — iSIM will hasten the end of SIM cards and allow networks to preload plans on devices
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
The mobile industry is poised to undergo a significant transformation in the next two years, with the impending shift to integrated SIMs, or iSIMs, new research has claimed. A new study from Juniper Research predicts a huge increase in the global number of iSIMs installed in connected devices, jumping from 800,000 in 2024 to over 10 million by 2026. The release of GSMA's SGP.41/42 specifications,
With AI startups booming, nap pods and Silicon Valley hustle culture are back
29TechCrunch / 11h
When Jeffrey Wang posted to X asking if anyone wanted to go in on an order of fancy-but-affordable office nap pods, he didn’t expect the post to go viral. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Keyboard Macros Aren't Just for Programmers (Here's How I Use Them Every Day)
How-To Geek / 11h
Macros are essential to any efficient office setup. You dont have to have a programming degree in order to create useful macros that can save you time throughout your workweek. Not sure where to get started with macros? Well, let me tell you about a few of my favorite shortcuts.
Citi American AAdvantage Business Card Review: 75K Miles & Waived Fee
100+One Mile at a Time / 11h
Link: Apply now for the Citi® / AAdvantage Business™ World Elite Mastercard® American Airlines has co-branded credit cards issued by both Barclays and Citi. In this post, I wanted to take a look at the Citi® / AAdvantage Business™ World Elite Mastercard® , which is a popular small business credit card in this portfolio. This card is currently offering an excellent limited time welcome offer, with
Rumors of a sleeker iPhone circulate. Does Apple want everything to be thin?
Mashable / 11h
Finally, an iPhone for the delicate, dainty-handed Apple user. Rumors from inside Apple's design brainstorming allege the company is looking into thinning out its iPhone profile, the Information reports. While precise details haven't been hammered out, the new model could see a new, smaller combination of its front-facing camera and Face ID sensors, or a lighter aluminum casing. In the farthest s
How to Manage Notifications on iPhone and iPad
How-To Geek / 12h
Notifications are an essential part of the iPhone and iPad experience, but you may not always be happy with them. There are numerous ways to silence notifications, optimize the Notification Center, and only be alerted when you want to be.
OpenAI Researcher Quits, Flames Company for Axing Team Working to Prevent Superintelligent AI From Turning Against Humankind
66Futurism / 12h
OpenAI Shut It might sound like a joke, but OpenAI has dissolved the team responsible for making sure advanced AI doesn't turn against humankind. Yes, you read that right. The objective of the team, formed just last summer , was to "steer and control AI systems much smarter than us." "To solve this problem within four years, we’re starting a new team, co-led by Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike, and d
Microsoft Build 2024: How to watch
Mashable / 12h
Feeling overloaded with AI announcements? Sorry, but it's tech developer conference season and Microsoft Build is next. Microsoft's annual developer conference is following on the heels of Google I/O and OpenAI's Spring Update , and Apple's WWDC is just a few weeks later. So, for this year's edition of Build, you can expect a lot of AI announcements relating to how Copilot AI is being integrated
Neon Picks Up Osgood Perkins & James Wan's The Monkey
Gizmodo / 12h
It’s Cannes season, and along with advanced screenings of upcoming movies , studios are looking at what films to buy for domestic or international distribution. One of the films on the market during the festival is The Monkey , which found a US distributor in Neon. Read more...
Citi Strata Premier Replaces Citi Premier: What Changed?
One Mile at a Time / 12h
There had been rumors of Citi launching a new “Strata” card for a long time and speculation as to what this card would be like. The card finally launched this week, and it’s not exactly what I was expecting. Essentially, the Citi
