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Full disclosure: I hate Google’s new AI search integration. All it does is get in the way of seeing my results. Most of the time, the “AI Overview” is not the information I am looking for or is outright wrong, and it’s frequently plagiarized from an article that I could have read myself had Google […]

Facepalm: For organizations, the specter of internal data being used to train AI models raises serious concerns around security and compliance. But Slack has still apparently been slurping up messages, files, and data to train its AI features behind the scenes. Even worse, users were automatically opted into this arrangement without knowledge or consent. The

In brief: Western Digital’s 5TB My Passport Ultra is one of our top picks for large-capacity portable storage, and the company recently released the HDD’s first significant update in years. Although SSDs are more or less standard now, HDDs can still provide large amounts of cold storage at relatively low prices. Western Digital’s portable 2.5-inch

Why it matters: If you are fed up with the noisy co-worker who won’t stop hammering at their keyboard or that wailing baby on your flight, a headphone prototype from researchers at the University of Washington could be the upgrade you’ve been waiting for. Instead of simply dampening ambient sounds, this device uses AI to

What just happened? NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured the closest images of Jupiter’s moon Europa in over two decades. These images reveal bizarre surface features that could be signs of a shifting icy crust atop an interior ocean. The high-resolution pictures, taken during Juno’s flyby of Europa on September 29, 2022, seem to support the

In context: Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer recently confirmed the company’s ambition to bring Activision Blizzard games to the Xbox Game Pass subscription service. The Xbox division will likely formalize the plan next month as it introduces the next installment in the Call of Duty series. The enormously successful Call of Duty franchise has entertained

Rumor mill: Valve rarely releases new video games, but rumors of a new competitive title from the makers of Half-Life and DOTA 2 have been circulating for some time. Leaked images and a brief description of the project indicate that Valve is preparing a unique take on the hero shooter and MOBA genres. A leaker

What just happened? OpenAI has entered into a partnership with Reddit that will allow it to surface user discussions from the site within ChatGPT and other products. In exchange, Reddit will start offering OpenAI-powered AI features to users and mods, and use the company’s LLMs to build apps. OpenAI will also become an advertising partner

Holy Llamas!: Winamp is being relaunched as an all-around music platform for creators and artists, but the old desktop player isn’t disappearing anytime soon. The corporation owning the brand has now announced that the program’s code will soon be offered through an open-source license. Llama Group is opening Winamp’s source code to programmers worldwide. According

AI Hype Train: Tensor Processing Units are specialized ASIC chips designed to accelerate machine learning algorithms. Google has been employing TPUs since 2015 to enhance its ML-based cloud services, and the company is now fully embracing the latest TPU generation for an even more efficient and powerful AI accelerator platform. At this year’s I/O developer