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xAI has laid off at least 500 workers from its data annotation team, the company's largest, according to Business Insider. The annotation team is in charge of categorizing and contextualizing raw data used to train Grok so that it can understand the world better. Business Insider says the laid off employees were informed via email on the evening of September 12, Friday, that it was going to downsize its team of general AI tutors. They were reportedly told that they would be paid their salaries until the end
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The entry-level iPhone 17 model looks very similar to the equivalent iPhone 16 model, but it is reportedly proving popular in at least one country so far. On the popular Chinese shopping website JD.com, the standard iPhone 17 with 256GB of storage received the most pre-orders of any of the new iPhone models after pre-orders began on Friday, according to the South China Morning Post. There is one caveat: Apple... Read more ›
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Legal experts said that fiscal disruption shouldn't hold merit for a case to be ruled as lawful or unlawful. Read more ›
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Electric bikes are broadly designated as Class 1, 2, or 3. What class it is determines what’s legal to ride and where. Read more ›
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The writer of 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and 'Being John Malkovich' thinks we need to learn to be human again. Read more ›
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Bryan Cranston, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Betty White, Michael J. Fox, and Cloris Leachman are among the actors with the most Emmy Awards. Read more ›
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The Compact FanlessVC2300S DT ITX case will be sold in a limited-edition, completely copper version. Read more ›
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The Oath Keepers are apparently restarting, and extremist groups like the Proud Boys are calling for “state violence” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death. Read more ›
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Dassault says the Falcon 8X has the quietest cabin of any private jet, with a spacious back room where two couches can transform into a huge bed. Read more ›
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Canadians and American border states used to go together like gravy on fried potatoes, but political tensions have halted Canadian tourism to the US. Read more ›
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The biggest beneficiary of the Oracle cofounder's largesse has been Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, who ran for president in 2024. Read more ›
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If you’ve been paying any attention to the fractious debate over American health policy, you’ve probably heard this phrase: “the sickest generation in American history.” The words can be found in the third sentence of a major report released in May by a presidential commission led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy […] Read more ›
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Don Vultaggio cofounded AriZona iced tea in 1992 after running a beer-distributing business for 20 years. He's worth nearly $6 billion. Read more ›
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Google's AI features on the Pixel 10 wipe the floor with whatever Siri-named joke Apple offers on the iPhone. Read more ›
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The iPhone 17 is already making a lot of people second guess the Pixel 10. Read more ›
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The inscriptions on bullets recovered near the scene of Charlie Kirk's murder appear to reference video games like Helldivers 2 and online furry roleplay, not a legible political ideology. Read more ›
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"It's that level of risk that they were taking. I think that's what really hit home." Read more ›
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The technology is needed to limit global warming. But corporations are supporting it in lieu of reducing emissions. Read more ›
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David Zaslav, the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, plans to make HBO more expensive, and passwords a lot harder to share, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Zaslav shared his general outlook on the state of television at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference, with the main theme being that HBO Max's content is good and Zaslav thinks he should be charging a lot more for it. "The fact that... Read more ›
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Nintendo had a truly wild surprise up its sleeve for Switch Online + Expansion Pack during its Direct event on Friday. The company is bringing back the Virtual Boy as a physical device into which you can slot your Switch or Switch 2. A plastic replica of the mid-90s tabletop system will soon be available for Switch Online members to buy. The company will sell a cardboard version of the... Read more ›
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Judge William Alsup has rejected the record-breaking $1.5 billion settlement Anthropic has agreed to for a piracy lawsuit filed by writers. According to Bloomberg Law, the federal judge is concerned that the class lawyers struck a deal that will be forced "down the throat of authors." Alsup reportedly felt misled by the deal and said it was "nowhere close to complete." In his order, he said he was "disappointed that... Read more ›
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Nintendo has just won another major battle in its longstanding war against piracy. Earlier this summer, a US federal court ruled in favor of Nintendo in a lawsuit against Ryan Daly and the Modded Hardware website. The site was known for selling devices that allowed users to get around Nintendo's piracy protections, including the popular MIG Switch flashcart that lets buyers play official Nintendo games without the need for a... Read more ›
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Stop me if you've heard this one before: over a half-decade of rumors, infrequent teases and affirmations that something is on the way, only for fans to impatiently bide their time and the thing to eventually arrive with very little advance warning. No, I'm not talking about Hollow Knight: Silksong this time. Spotify is finally rolling out a lossless option that offers higher-quality music streaming. Best of all, the company... Read more ›
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Surprising absolutely no one, Apple has unveiled the new iPhone 17 series, including the iPhone Air, which CEO Tim Cook said freed the company up to make the Pro handsets the most Pro ever. Here at Apple Park, I was able to take a high speed hands-on demo of the iPhone 17 Pro, and made a beeline for the new Cosmic Orange model. I'm already very taken with the way... Read more ›
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Vodafone made a commercial starring an AI avatar posing as a real lady. This is interesting because Vodafone is a major global brand and not a fly-by-night TikTok company using a ridiculous deepfake of Jackson Galaxy to sell cat toys. The tells in the commercial are obvious and what one would expect. The AI avatar's hair is a bit off, which ruins the charade that this is a real person.... Read more ›
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In an absolute shocker, an early September Apple event included the official reveal of the iPhone 17. Who could have seen that coming? Arguably the biggest change this time around — in the most literal sense — relates to the size of the display. At 6.3 inches, it's larger than the iPhone 16's 6.1-inch screen. Sorry to iPhone users with smaller hands and anyone else who is fed up of... Read more ›
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As the Pumpkin Spice approaches, it’s time for a bunch of new iPhones. Welcome to a special edition of the Engadget newsletter, breaking down everything Apple announced in the last 24 hours. What’s notable this year is, of course, the iPhone Air. Launching alongside the base iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, it’s an intriguing new flavor of iOS. The iPhone Air: It’s a brave choice to... Read more ›
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Merriam-Webster and its parent company Encyclopedia Britannica are the latest to take on AI in court. The plaintiffs have sued Perplexity, claiming that AI company's "answer engine" product unlawfully copies their copyrighted materials. They are also alleging copyright infringement for instances where Perplexity's AI creates false or inaccurate hallucinations that it then wrongly attributes to Britannica or Merriam-Webster. The complaint, filed in New York federal court, is seeking unspecified monetary... Read more ›
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