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Updated 2024-11-23 22:30
Reports: Sam Altman in talks for OpenAI return; board members could be ousted
"Altman would return only if the board members who fired him left," report says.
Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024
The "Manifest V3" rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.
With budget cuts and an aging station, can NASA learn to love a gap in orbit?
"Personally, I don't think that would be the end of the world."
The infectious disease forecast for Thanksgiving is looking dicey
Respiratory virus season is in full swing as people ready for family gatherings.
Infocom’s ingenious code-porting tools for Zork and other games have been found
The Z-machine allowed porting from mainframes to TRS-80, Apple II, and others.
Black Friday 2023 laptop deals from Dell, HP, Lenovo, Apple, Microsoft, and more
From Apple to Asus and Lenovo to HP, there are plenty of savings on a new laptop.
Report: After Altman firing, OpenAI tried to merge with rival—and was rejected
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei quickly declined job offer and merger, reports say.
Musk files lawsuit claiming Media Matters manipulated X by scrolling down
In lawsuit, Musk says ads next to antisemitic posts are Media Matters' fault.
Small-batch EVs and plenty of robots—Hyundai’s new innovation center
The Korean automaker's latest facility is a test bed for new ideas.
95% of OpenAI employees have threatened to quit in standoff with board
OpenAI's future hangs in the balance as staff says they'll join former CEO at Microsoft.
Daily Telescope: A snapshot of 500,000 stars near the center of the galaxy
Webb reveals the Sagittarius C region of the Milky Way.
Guidemaster: A quick gaming iPhone gift guide
Want to play console-style games on your phone? These are your options.
The return of GTP racing to IMSA gets a big thumbs-up from fans
Hybrid prototypes from Acura, BMW, Cadillac, and Porsche wowed the crowds.
Nothing’s iMessage app was a security catastrophe, taken down in 24 hours
Nothing promised end-to-end encryption, then stored texts publicly in plaintext.
Framework Laptop prices go as low as $639 thanks to refurbs and “factory seconds”
Factory seconds, returned products, and B-stock can all save a bit of money.
A City on Mars: Reality kills space settlement dreams
Let's not send a few thousand people to Mars as a big experiment in survival.
Judge rejects Elon Musk’s attempt to kill Twitter/FTC privacy settlement
Court cannot grant X Corp.'s flawed legal motion, magistrate judge rules.
Hate speech group calls Musk “thin-skinned tyrant” amid X advertiser fallout
Brands claim ad controls don't work, urge X CEO to quit over antisemitism.
Study yields new insights into why some people get headaches from red wine
Scientists have identified a flavonol called quercetin as the most likely culprit.
After robotaxi dragged pedestrian 20 feet, Cruise founder and CEO resigns
GM-owned Cruise "failed to disclose" full video and key crash details, DMV said.
Measured: Steam Deck OLED’s major input lag improvements
Games are more responsive on the OLED screen, even when running at 60 fps or below.
Sorry, doubters: Starship actually had a remarkably successful flight
On just its second flight, Starship now is arguably as successful as NASA's SLS rocket.
OpenAI employees revolt after board names new CEO; Altman may head to Microsoft
Ilya Sutskever announces regret; 700+ OpenAI employees sign letter asking board to resign.
F1’s videogame-like Las Vegas race defied critics’ complaints
After the first day of practice, many were ready to write off the event completely.
Daily Telescope: Spying a double cluster of supergiant stars
"We had a lovely string of clear nights in late September and early October."
The reincarnation of totaled Teslas—in Ukraine
Cars deemed unfixable in North America are resurrected in Eastern Europe.
Cities: Skylines 2’s troubled launch, and why simulation games are freaking hard
Elaborate parking booths, Q4 financials, game engines, and the nature of sims.
Sensible power output makes the DBA Mini eMastered a huge amount of fun
Think of it as an alternative to a supercar.
OpenAI board attempts to hit “Ctrl-Z” in talks with Altman to return as CEO
Cleared of malfeasance, Altman's unpopular firing may be undone-if he's interested.
Starship brought the thunder as it climbed into space for the first time
Starship reached a speed of 15,000 mph, then self-destructed over the Gulf of Mexico.
The FCC says new rules will curb SIM swapping. I’m pessimistic
SIM swaps and port-out scams are a fact of life. New rules aren't likely to change that.
Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI
Microsoft CEO "furious"; OpenAI President and 3 researchers resign. COO says "No malfeasance."
Globalism vs. the scientific revolution
A recent book takes a dim view of the Europe-centric view of the origin of science.
Scientists 3D print a robotic hand with human-like bones and tendons
As a layer is printed, an optical scan IDs flaws and corrects them in the next layer.
280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles
E-bikes and scooters displace 4x as much demand for oil as all of the EVs in the world.
Lotus Eletre R is a 900-horsepower SUV that weirdly slays the competition
Lotus is ready to sell you a super EV SUV. What is it, and can it be a winner?
Five things to watch for when Starship takes off Saturday morning
SpaceX's giant Starship rocket is poised to head for space from South Texas.
OpenAI President Greg Brockman quits as shocked employees hold all-hands meeting
Details emerge in Sam Altman firing, which blindsided Microsoft and investors.
Valve celebrates 25 years of Half-Life with feature-packed Steam update
New MP maps, widescreen/Steam Deck support, and more come amid "free to keep" weekend.
Barefoot workers, bacteria found at factory that made big-brand eye drops
Around 30 eye drop brands are recalled; FDA inspection report shows why.
What NASA wants to see from SpaceX’s second Starship test flight
A successful Starship test flight would unlock a roadmap to even bigger tests.
OpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman, citing less than “candid” communications
"The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI."
Gamma-ray burst charged Earth’s ionosphere from 2 billion light-years away
The brightest supernova ever detected altered the outer layers of Earth's atmosphere.
Apple fights EU gatekeeper status to avoid opening up services to rivals
Labeling newcomer TikTok as a gatekeeper defeats the purpose of DMA, TikTok says.
BBC quiz show with Gestapo-inspired design offers study on stress responses
Also: Mastermind is not perfectly "fair" when it comes to determining the winner.
OnePlus ships Android 14 to the OnePlus 11
The rollout is first happening in India, but it should be out in the US soon.
Steam Deck system update greatly improves older LCD displays, too
New settings let users adjust color vibrance, temperature.
Elon Musk’s antisemitic post draws rebuke from White House; IBM pulls X ads
Musk accused of repeating lie behind most fatal antisemitic act in US history.
Measles rises globally amid vaccination crash; WHO and CDC sound the alarm
From 2021 to 2022, measles deaths increased 43 percent.
“Hallucinating” AI models help coin Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year
Cambridge: "When an artificial intelligence hallucinates, it produces false information."
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