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iSIM vs eSIM vs SIM: The constantly shrinking ways carriers ID your phone
The death of physical SIM cards is quickly approaching. These are the alternatives.
This adorable sloth briefly stole the spotlight during JUICE launch
Nicknamed "Jerry" by Netizens, it's not the first encounter between nature and rockets.
Dealmaster: Best cheap office chair deals
The ergonomic, affordable alternatives to Herman Miller and Steelcase chairs.
SCOTUS preserves access to abortion pill—for 5 days
It's unclear how the high court will ultimately rule on the matter.
After a sharp sales slump, report details some of Apple’s future Mac lineup
Apple is looking to boost sales after a significant post-pandemic bust.
Hype grows over “autonomous” AI agents that loop GPT-4 outputs
AutoGPT and BabyAGI run GPT AI agents to complete complex tasks iteratively.
Green light go: SpaceX receives a launch license from the FAA for Starship
"So far they’ve done what they need to do with regard to environmental impact."
Listen up! Bea Wolf is a brilliant retelling of a classic Old English saga—for kids
SMBC's Zack Weinersmith talks about re-imagining Beowulf for his new graphic novel.
If 80% of Nvidia 40-series owners turn on DLSS, what’s going on with the others?
Taking a closer look at Nvidia's RT/DLSS stats on its own GPU owners.
Google throws open the doors for Android Auto smart home apps
The heavily restricted Android for Cars platform now supports IoT apps.
Hybrids at their best: Kia’s 2023 family-friendly, $29K Niro gets 53 mpg
Compact, efficient, easy to drive—why can't more cars be like the Kia Niro?
Bethesda adds Denuvo to Ghostwire: Tokyo one year after the game was cracked
The horse is long gone, but the barn door is finally closed.
Parler shuts down as new owner says conservative platform needs big revamp
Parler sold to firm that says conservative Twitter clone isn't a "viable business."
SwiftKey for iOS was dead, then it wasn’t, and now it has Bing Chat in it
SwiftKey is the latest of many Microsoft apps to pick up generative AI features.
Europe successfully launches spacecraft toward the moons of Jupiter [Updated]
"We wanted to see if these were possible habitats for life."
Intel’s Core i5 is the best bargain in CPUs right now, but which should you get?
We test and compare the i5-13400 to other Core i5 and Ryzen CPUs.
Banks say they’re acting on climate but continue to finance fossil fuel expansion
Two new reports say banks are not shifting away from fossil fuels fast enough.
Rocket Report: SpaceX may lease High Bay 1 in the VAB; China to fight price war
"It is the only company that could see material cost savings by fully acquiring ULA."
LG and Samsung are getting serious about their OLED panel deal again
Samsung is getting price gouged, and LG is bleeding cash. It could be a win-win.
Trendy “raw water” source under bird’s nest sparks diarrheal outbreak
Health officials would like to remind you that drinking untreated water is a bad idea.
“A really big deal”—Dolly is a free, open source, ChatGPT-style AI model
Dolly 2.0 could spark a new wave of fully open source LLMs similar to ChatGPT.
Tesla is stonewalling discrimination probe, California state agency charges
Calif. Civil Rights Dept. petitions court, says Tesla must be forced to comply.
Generative AI comes to Amazon Web Services
Bedrock and Titan will allow customers to build their own chatbots and image generators.
The Asus ROG Phone 7 has a giant active cooling backpack, two USB ports
The clip-on fan interfaces with a trap door that opens up for internal cooling.
After decades of lurking, an elusive bacterium finally strikes in California
California man is first to have a confirmed B. miyamotoi infection in western US.
FTX has recovered $7.3 billion, tells court “the dumpster fire is out”
Crypto exchange could be restarted: "Situation has stabilized," FTX lawyer says.
Microsoft is experimenting with a Steam Deck-friendly “handheld mode” for Windows
Proof-of-concept includes Switch-style UI, better controller support, and more.
Report: Discord admin who leaked military docs ID’d as National Guard airman [Updated]
FBI agents arrested Jack Teixeira "without incident" Thursday afternoon, report says.
22 interesting tidbits hidden in the final Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom trailer
We go through frame by frame to pick out the small details you may have missed.
Dealmaster: New lows on Apple MacBook Pro 14- and 16-inch, Samsung T7 SSD, and more
These are the lowest prices we've seen on a handful of devices.
Eco-friendly tires: Bridgestone goes green in new tire test
The tire uses recycled plastics and natural guayule rubber from Arizona.
A small town became the center of a QAnon storm. Now it’s fighting back
The Netherlands’ most notorious conspiracy theorist is now in prison.
Iconic image of M87 black hole just got a machine-learning makeover
“PRIMO is a new approach to the difficult task of constructing images from EHT observations.”
Chemical reactions on the early Earth may have formed its ocean
Conditions that favor water may be common in the formation of rocky planets.
House Republican tries to protect Musk and Twitter from FTC investigation
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) subpoenas FTC, claims it "harassed" Twitter and Musk.
DIY IBM Selectric type balls give ’60s typewriters new life (and Comic Sans)
A Selectric is nothing without its golf ball, but finding one is a costly pain.
RIP HBO Max and Discovery+: “Max” launches May 23
It will offer more new Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, and Big Bang Theory shows.
Pang Pha, the Asian elephant, taught herself how to peel a banana
The elephant only peels yellow-brown bananas when alone, and can do so faster than humans.
Popular porn site must delete all amateur videos posted without consent
Amsterdam court requires porn sites to gain consent from all amateur performers.
Here’s the tech used to create a nearly 20-foot-tall Donkey Kong cabinet
The JAMMA adapters, superguns, and low-lag upscalers needed for Kong-scale Kong.
Elon Musk reportedly purchases thousands of GPUs for generative AI project at Twitter
Reports say it's a commitment to AI, despite signing cautionary AI "pause" letter.
NYPD robocops: Hulking, 400-lb robots will start patrolling New York City
Mayor says new surveillance bots are "only the beginning" of police force revamp.
Eve Online player rigs in-game CEO vote to steal $22,000 of assets
Absentee corporate leadership failed to notice the vote before it was too late.
Meet PassGAN, the supposedly “terrifying” AI password cracker that’s mostly hype
AI cracking is on par with conventional methods, but you'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise.
Windows 11 beta changes what the Print Screen button does after 33 years
Key now opens the Snipping Tool by default rather than copying to the clipboard.
New EPA rules would cut car emissions 56% by 2032
New rules would affect light- and medium-duty vehicles.
NPR says goodbye to Elon Musk’s Twitter
NPR: Twitter is "falsely implying that we are not editorially independent."
What if the US followed Germany and shut down its nuclear plants?
There's a huge cost in lives from shutting off low-emission power plants.
Relativity Space is moving on from the Terran 1 rocket to something much bigger
Relativity Space is not going to launch again until at least 2026.
UMG tells Apple and Spotify to block AI lyric, melody scraping
Universal Music Group says new tech relies on unauthorized use of copyrighted material.
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