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Following months of speculation, OpenAI has finally shared how it plans to become a for-profit company. In a blog post penned by its board of directors, OpenAI said Thursday it plans to transform its for-profit arm into a Public Benefit Corporation sometime in 2025. PBCs or B Corps are for-profit organizations that attempt to balance the interests of their stakeholders while making a positive impact on society.
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The still-unnamed calf is already twice the size of a human infant and growing quick. Read more âș
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A string of sexual harassment and abuse allegations has implicated big names in real estate. Some say it's time to look at how the business is done. Read more âș
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We'll show you how and where to get rid of your old electronics for free -- and in some cases, for store credit. Read more âș
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If we canât get to the forest, the forest must come to us, in the form of cities designed around green spaces. Read more âș
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The corporate transition will allow OpenAI to raise more money and finally give its board the freedom to consider what its investors want. Read more âș
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Oppo recently unveiled the Find X8 and Find X8 Pro, and is expected to announce the Find X8 Ultra and Find X8 Mini at some point early next year. Now an Oppo exec has clarified the company's upcoming launch strategy for the flagship Find line over on Weibo. According to Oppo's Zhou Yibao, there will be two launch events for the Find series each year, one in the spring, the... Read more âș
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Gaming industry figures speaking to The New York Times discuss the scaled-back success of AAA blockbusters. Read more âș
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Independent: The two professions associated with the lowest levels of death due to Alzheimer's disease may be surprising. Taxi and ambulance drivers were found to have the lowest proportion of deaths of more than 440 occupations that were considered in a new observation-based study from Massachusetts physicians. Alzheimer's disease is a type of dementia that affects memory, thinking, and behavior. It impacts... Read more âș
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Accidental missile attacks on commercial airliners have become the leading cause of aviation fatalities in recent years (Warning: source paywalled; alternative source), driven by rising global conflicts and the proliferation of advanced antiaircraft weaponry. Despite improvements in aviation safety overall, inconsistent risk assessments, political complexities, and rapid military escalations make protecting civilian flights in conflict zones increasingly difficult. The Wall Street Journal reports: The crash Read more âș
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OpenAI has proposed restructuring its for-profit wing as a PBC to attract investors while maintaining the non-profit; in line with the mission. Read more âș
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Laura Loomer and other MAGA faithful who are critical of Musk have lost their verification checkmarks. Read more âș
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Even though iOS 18.1 and iOS 18.2 added multiple Apple Intelligence features like Image Playground, Genmoji, Writing Tools, and more, there are still new âApple Intelligenceâ capabilities that we're waiting on. Apple has at least one more major âApple Intelligenceâ update coming in 2025, and the functionality that we're expecting is outlined below. Priority Notifications Notification summaries are already available on devices that support âApple Intelligenceâ, but in a future... Read more âș
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The best live streaming services to watch the BYU vs. Colorado college football game without cable. Read more âș
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The RTX 5090 may come with more power and power stages than any gaming GPU before it, as the GPU is rumored to use 29 VRMs. Read more âș
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Apple is on the brink of becoming the first company in history to surpass a $4 trillion market valuation, Fortune reports. Apple's stock (AAPL) has nearly risen 40% in 2024. Before the markets opened on December 27, Apple's market capitalization stood at $3.92 trillion, leaving the company just a modest surge in stock value away from the unprecedented milestone. The growth is said to have been fueled largely by optimism... Read more âș
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jjslash shares a report from TechSpot: A Valve employee recently provided PC Gamer with a rough calculation of the company's per-employee income, revealing that Valve generates more money per person than several of the world's largest companies. While the data is a few years old and doesn't account for some significant recent trends in the tech sector, Valve's ranking in this metric likely hasn't shifted much over that time. Exact... Read more âș
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Santa Clarita offers a variety of internet options, from fiber to fixed wireless. CNET has picked out the top providers to help you find the best match for your needs. Read more âș
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Honda and Nissan have officially confirmed rumors that they're pursuing a merger, the companies wrote in a joint press release. Each would continue to operate under its own brand, but with a new joint holding company as parent. If Nissan-controlled Mitsubishi also came on board, the combined group would become the world's third largest automaker by sales volume and have a net worth of up to $50 billion. "Today marks... Read more âș
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Elon Musk's X has hiked prices for its ad-free Premium+ subscription service to $22 a month, up from $16 before ($168 to $229 annually), TechCrunch reported. That represents a 37.5 percent increase, the largest since Elon Musk purchased the platform previously known as Twitter back in 2022. One stated reason for the hike is that Premium+ is now "completely ads-free," with X claiming that it's a "significant enhancement" to the... Read more âș
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If you're traveling for the holidays today, I hope you're not flying on American Airlines. As of this morning, the airline said on X that all of its flights were currently grounded, with no current time table for when flights will resume. As The Verge notes, a notice posted by the Federal Aviation Administration confirms that there is a "nationwide groundstop" for all AA flights; it also says that this... Read more âș
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Spoilers follow for âJoy to the World.â If thereâs one thing Steven Moffatt loves to do with Doctor Who, itâs to find a monster buried in the mundane. Heâs made statues, shadows, lost children and even the idea of silence into some of the showâs most terrifying villains. Sadly, the mysterious extra door you often find in older hotel rooms isnât as universal a concern, but itâs still a rich... Read more âș
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Lilium, a company working on flying taxis that can take off and land vertically, has ceased operations. As TechCrunch notes, German media GrĂŒnderszene was the first publication to report that it laid off 1,000 workers a few days ago after it failed to secure more financing to continue its technology's development. Patrick Nathen, the company's co-founder, has announced that the company has stopped all operations on LinkedIn. Tagging his co-founders,... Read more âș
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Can you believe the PlayStation 5 is four years old already? Sonyâs latest console might not be the runaway success that the PS4 was at the same point in its lifecycle, but it still has plenty of offer, including some of the best games of this generation. If youâre shopping for a PS5 owner, this guide will help you find the best games and accessories to gift them. This article... Read more âș
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A new report published by the child safety groups Heat Initiative and ParentsTogether Action details the alarming presence of inappropriate apps that are rated as suitable for children as young as four years old on Appleâs App Store. The groups worked with a researcher to review as many apps as possible in the span of 24 hours, and say they ultimately identified over 200 apps that contained âconcerning content or... Read more âș
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It looks like Meta is preparing to add displays to its popular line of Ray-Ban smart glasses, according to a report by Financial Times. These screens could show up in a future iteration of the device as early as next year. The likely release window is the second half of 2025. According to folks familiar with Metaâs plans, the screens will be on the smaller side and will likely be... Read more âș
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Social media platform Bluesky has launched Trending Topics into beta, the company announced in a post on its platform. The new feature is one of the most-requested by users and matches a function that has been on rival Threads for around nine months, and on X (Twitter at the time) since at least 2017. The Trending section shows the top viral content on the platform, with topics like "Christmas," "Nosferatu"... Read more âș
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Apple is working on the next generation of AirPods Pro, and they may come packing some new health features, according to Bloombergâs Mark Gurman. In the Power On newsletter this weekend, Gurman reports that Apple has been testing features including temperature sensing and heart rate monitoring for the earbuds. So far, Apple has found that the Apple Watch still does the latter better, but the AirPods âarenât terribly far offâ... Read more âș
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