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US House bill would require national security reviews on connected vehicles from China
29 May

US House bill would require national security reviews on connected vehicles from China

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Newly proposed Congressional legislation would require the US to conduct security reviews for connected vehicles built by automakers from China and “other countries of concern.” Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), a former CIA analyst and Pentagon official who has championed the issue, introduced the bill on Wednesday.If passed by Congress (a tall order these days), the Connected Vehicle National Security Review Act would establish a formal review process for connected autos from Chinese companies. It would also allow the Department of Commerce to limit or ban these cars and other vehicles before they reach US consumers.“Today’s vehicles are more sophisticated than…
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Samsung will stuff the Galaxy Watch with new AI health-tracking features
29 May

Samsung will stuff the Galaxy Watch with new AI health-tracking features

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Samsung will add new AI-based health and fitness features to the Galaxy Watch later this year. The company announced on-device AI features on Wednesday, including personalized health scores, tips, sleep indicators and suggested workout routines.One of the Galaxy Watch’s big AI upgrades is a new Energy Score, which learns from various personal metrics to provide “comprehensive health insights.” The model draws on a variety of sleep data, including when the wearer went to bed, how long and how well they slept and their heart's rate and variability during sleep. Physical activity during waking hours is also taken into account.Along similar…
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OpenAI’s board allegedly learned about ChatGPT launch on Twitter
29 May

OpenAI’s board allegedly learned about ChatGPT launch on Twitter

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Helen Toner, one of OpenAI’s former board members who was responsible for firing CEO Sam Altman last year, revealed that the company’s board didn’t know about the launch of ChatGPT until it was released in November 2022. “[The] board was not informed in advance of that,” Toner said on Tuesday on a podcast called The Ted AI Show. “We learned about ChatGPT on Twitter.”Toner’s comments came just two days after criticized the way OpenAI was governed in an Economist piece published on Sunday that she co-wrote with Tasha McCauley, another former OpenAI board member. This is the first time that…
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Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Max is better as a retro gaming device than a streamer
28 May

Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Max is better as a retro gaming device than a streamer

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Here’s an open secret: Every cheap streaming stick kind of sucks. Yes, it’s great that people can access so many shows and movies with devices that cost less than $50. It’s great that the best of them no longer force you to suffer through constant lag and performance hiccups, too. But over time, the Faustian bargain we make with these things becomes increasingly obvious. We save cash upfront, then we repay our debt through a shoddy user experience.I’ve been thinking about this since buying Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Max a couple of months ago. It’s a good example of…
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The Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D remake is coming to Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC
27 May

The Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D remake is coming to Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC

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has largely kept its lips sealed about the Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D remake since announcing it three years ago, but the publisher has now revealed which platforms it's coming to. When it eventually arrives, you'll be able to play it on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC (via Steam).Since Square Enix started using its distinctive HD-2D tech with , the company has put it to use in a string of titles, including , , the and 's opera scene. Based on the , the HD-2D engine is set to give Dragon Quest 3 a serious visual upgrade,…
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Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro M3 Max is $250 off
27 May

Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro M3 Max is $250 off

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The top-of-the-line MacBooks are undoubtedly expensive, so we're happy anytime there's a sale. Right now, Apple's 2023 MacBook Pro laptop with an M3 Max chip is touting a 7 percent price cut, dropping to $3,249 from $3,499. Yes, the device's 1TB of storage and 36GB of unified memory still require a large investment, but we'll gladly take the $250 in savings. This deal is running on Amazon and B&H, but if you want to bump things up to 48GB of unified memory, that model is down to $3,699 from $3,999 on Amazon — an 8 percent discount.AppleApple's MacBook Pro with…
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The Ninja Creami ice cream maker is down to $149 for Memorial Day
27 May

The Ninja Creami ice cream maker is down to $149 for Memorial Day

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It’s officially ice cream season, and if you’ve been wanting to try your hand at making the dessert yourself, Walmart has a deal you might be interested in. The Ninja Creami ice cream maker is $50 off right now, bringing the price down to $149 — the best price we’ve seen for it all year. The Creami is designed for ease of use and gives you control over the texture of the finished product, so you can make ice cream, sorbet, milkshakes and other kinds of frozen treats.NinjaThe deal applies to the Ninja Creami model with 5 one-touch progams: Ice…
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Pikmin Bloom has been helping me meet my outdoor walking goals for years
27 May

Pikmin Bloom has been helping me meet my outdoor walking goals for years

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Over the past few years, I’ve developed a peaceful little routine to make up for time spent cooped up inside working on sunny days: after I’ve closed my laptop for the day, I throw my sneakers on, open Pikmin Bloom on my phone, and go for a long walk to clear my head and plant virtual flowers with the 'min.Pikmin Bloom was released for Android and iOS in 2021 by Pokémon Go developer Niantic and Nintendo as another “go outside and touch grass” app, and I’ve been playing it pretty regularly since then. Only recently, when the app announced some…
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Someone made a Flappy Bird tribute for the Playdate that lets you use the crank to fly
26 May

Someone made a Flappy Bird tribute for the Playdate that lets you use the crank to fly

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Ah, Flappy Bird. It’s been a long time since I last gave any thought to the game-turned-cultural-phenomenon that briefly had us all in a chokehold a decade ago. At least, that was the case until this morning, when I stumbled upon a Reddit post announcing a Flappy Bird tribute for the Playdate and, without a moment’s hesitation, sideloaded it onto my device. Now here I am, absolutely hooked on this maddening little game once again. And, using the crank to control that silly looking bird, it's even harder this time around. FlappyBird by Chibisuke is free and available to download…
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Elon Musk is reportedly planning an xAI supercomputer to power a better version of Grok
26 May

Elon Musk is reportedly planning an xAI supercomputer to power a better version of Grok

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Elon Musk told investors this month that his startup xAI is planning to build a supercomputer by the fall of 2025 that would power a future, smarter iteration of its Grok chatbot, The Information reports. This supercomputer, which Musk reportedly referred to as a “gigafactory of compute,” would rely on tens of thousands of NVIDIA H100 GPUs and cost billions of dollars to build. Musk has previously said the third version of Grok will require at least 100,000 of the chips — a fivefold increase over the 20,000 GPUs said to be in use for training Grok 2.0.According to The…
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