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Here's an AI-government collaboration of a less… unsettling variety than some. Google DeepMind is teaming up with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) for tropical cyclone season. The AI research lab claims it can predict hurricane paths and intensities with at least the same accuracy as traditional methods.
NHC forecasters have already begun using DeepMind's AI model. Google says they're designed to support, not replace, human NHC forecasters. (Although President Trump's National Weather Service cuts have a
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The account for xAI's chatbot was temporarily suspended from X, with a NSFW video posted on the timeline once it was back up. Read more ›
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Apple is continuing to tweak the way that the Liquid Glass design looks ahead of the iOS 26 launch, and the latest beta makes a change to the Lock Screen. The Lock Screen clock has been updated with additional transparency, allowing more of the background to peek through. Beta 6 on left, beta 5 on right The clock also has more of a 3D, floating look, which is in line... Read more ›
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Video footage shows the South China Sea chase and the aftermath, including "substantial damage" to the Chinese Coast Guard ship, Manila said. Read more ›
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Donald Trump is letting Nvidia and AMD sell some chips to China — but only if they pay a 15% tax. That's the opposite of Trump's tariff push. Read more ›
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A trilogy remaster of the first three Dragon Age games was pitched by BioWare to EA, but the publisher is "against remasters" and "basically seem to be against free money". Read more Read more ›
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Ford CEO Jim Farley called out Chinese automaker BYD in his hyped announcement of a new midsize truck. Read more ›
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It has been more than three years since Apple discontinued the 27-inch iMac, as part of its move away from Intel processors. Since then, the 24-inch iMac has been Apple's only all-in-one desktop computer, with no larger model available. Will a larger iMac ever make a comeback? Below, we recap the latest rumors. In November 2023, Apple announced that it had no plans to release a new version of the... Read more ›
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AOL will officially discontinue its dial-up internet service on September 30, pulling the plug on an era that defined early internet access for millions of Americans. The Yahoo-owned company announced the shutdown on its support website, stating: "AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet." The termination includes the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, both of which were optimized for older operating... Read more ›
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Once again, the U.S. government doesn't quite grasp the meanings behind 'Star Wars.' Read more ›
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From its tubular two-story shape to its smart tech and clever storage hacks, I was very impressed by the tiny home I booked in Germany. Read more ›
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US president confirms he negotiated ‘a little deal’ with chipmaker’s chief Jensen Huang Read more ›
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GPT-5 was touted as a major upgrade to ChatGPT. Not all users think that’s the case, posting threads like “Kill 4o isn’t innovation, it’s erasure,” on Reddit. Read more ›
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Consumers could be paying for 67% of the cost of tariffs by October — ahead of the holiday shopping season. Read more ›
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order extending lower tariffs with China for another 90 days, CNBC reports. The new executive order was signed before the previous agreement was set to end on August 12 at midnight. The extension will maintain the current 30 percent tariff on goods from China while representatives from both countries negotiate a new trade deal. The previous agreement lowered US tariffs down from 145... Read more ›
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Ex-Intel chief Craig Barrett warns the US could lose its only advanced chip foundry without urgent $40B funding from major customers like Apple and Nvidia, pushing for High-NA EUV, 14A development, and tariffs on imports. Read more ›
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle signed a multiyear, first-look deal with Netflix, which includes more "With Love, Meghan" and new As Ever products. Read more ›
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GitHub, one of the most used code repositories in the world, is being folded into Microsoft following the departure of longtime CEO Thomas Dohmke. GitHub was acquired by Microsoft in 2018 but remained largely independent until today. Read more ›
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The explosion took place at the US Steel Clairton Coke Works plant, located south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Read more ›
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The writer and director of the horror hit goes deep on some of the film's more disturbing choices. Read more ›
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It’s almost the end of the road for Hulu as a standalone app. Now that it fully owns Hulu, Disney will entirely integrate the streaming service into Disney+. It will roll out a new, unified app next year. This doesn’t necessarily mean that the price of a Disney+ subscription is going to skyrocket in 2026. A Disney spokesperson told Variety the company will still offer standalone plans for Disney+ and... Read more ›
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Israel has allegedly been recording and storing millions of phone calls made by Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank as part of a large surveillance effort dating back to 2022, according to reporting by The Guardian, +972 Magazine and Local Call. The report suggests that the country has been shuttling these recordings to Microsoft Azure cloud servers. Company CEO Satya Nadella allegedly okayed the effort personally after meeting with... Read more ›
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OpenAI finally released its long-awaited GPT-5 model this week, unsurprisingly proclaiming it its best yet with regards to coding, accuracy, safety and more. CEO Sam Altman even compared the jump up in quality to when the iPhone first adopted a Retina display in a press briefing ahead of the announcement. Big talk indeed. Given ChatGPT’s integration with Apple Intelligence, you might be wondering when the latest model will arrive on... Read more ›
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The Google Finance web app is getting a major overhaul with an emphasis on AI. This redesign includes an AI-powered chatbot, which will answer finance-based queries and provide relevant links. Here's hoping the chatbot will keep hallucinations to a minimum, given that people use the app to make financial decisions with real world consequences. The platform is also introducing new charting tools that the company says should help users understand... Read more ›
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A couple of days after announcing its first open-weight models in six years, OpenAI is releasing the long-awaited GPT-5. What's more, you can start using it today, even if you're a free user. With GPT-5, the company is touting across-the-board enhancements, claiming the model is its best yet when it comes to coding, writing, safety, accuracy and more. "GPT-5 is the first time that it really feels like you're talking... Read more ›
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Following the rollout of OpenAI's latest GPT-5 model earlier this week, a certain user base was adamantly calling for the return of the previous GPT-4o model. Outspoken users complained about the writing quality of the updated model, with some even going so far as to grieve the loss of GPT-4o, which some said they considered a friend and confidant. In the latest OpenAI update that labels GPT-5 as the "smartest,... Read more ›
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The upheaval continues for gaming at Microsoft. The latest victim appears to be Contraband, a planned release from Avalanche Studios with Xbox Game Studios as publisher. The co-op open-world game from the studio behind the entertaining Just Cause series was teased in a brief, mostly atmospheric trailer at E3 2021. But very little had been heard since about the project, and it seems the axe is currently hanging pretty precariously... Read more ›
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Truth Social, President Trump's social media platform, is beta testing an AI search feature powered by Perplexity. Truth Search AI is launching first on the web version of Truth Social, with plans to begin a public beta for the feature on iOS and Android in the near future. "We're excited to partner with Truth Social to bring powerful AI to an audience with important questions," said Dmitry Shevelenko, chief business... Read more ›
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Elon Musk’s chatbot is seldom out of the news. When it isn’t vomiting antisemetic rhetoric or fixating on conspiracy theories without invitation, it’s inviting you to romance its anime-inspired AI companions. Grok’s NSFW credentials now extend to xAI’s new image and video generator. Grok Imagine is exclusive to paying SuperGrok and Premium+ X subscribers and, as reported by TechCrunch, has a baked-in text-to-image and video feature with a number of... Read more ›
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Intel is reportedly still struggling with a chipmaking process crucial to its future. Reuters reports that the company's 18A process is still producing low yields and high defect rates. Intel has invested billions of dollars in the manufacturing process, on which it's pinned its hopes of gaining ground on TSMC. This isn't the first concerning news about 18A. Last year, a report stated that Broadcom was unhappy with the results... Read more ›
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