
Observer - 23 hours 59 min ago
Sam Altman defends A.I. against water overuse allegations, but concedes energy consumption is real and calls for transition to nuclear, wind and solar.

Variety - 1 day 1 min ago
The iconic orc statue that lives at the center of Blizzard Entertainment’s Irvine campus is standing a little taller these days as the brand behind “World of Warcraft,” “Diablo,” “Hearthstone” and “Overwatch” builds to its 35th anniversary. Sitting in her office above the Microsoft-owned brand’s campus on Jan. 20, Blizzard Entertainment president Johanna Faries told […]...

Newser - 1 day 29 min ago
OpenAI is facing questions over whether it missed a warning sign months before a deadly school shooting in a small town in British Columbia. In June, employees at the ChatGPT maker debated whether to alert Canadian police about user messages from Jesse Van Rootselaar that described gun violence scenarios over...

New York Times - 1 day 1 hour ago
Anthropic's chief executive, Dario Amodei, has pushed for regulations to create guardrails on artificial intelligence.

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 1 hour ago
There are already a handful of new Nintendo bangers on the Switch 2, as well as some nice upgrades for some original Switch classics.

Variety - 1 day 2 hours ago
Unions workers at Hearst Magazines ratified a deal with the company, marking their second three-year collective bargaining agreement. The contract was overwhelmingly ratified with 98% approval by the 410-member bargaining unit of the Hearst Magazines members, who are affiliated with the Writers Guild of America East. The new agreement covers staffers at 29 Hearst Magazines […]...

NBC News - 1 day 2 hours ago
Britain's former ambassador to the U.S., has been arrested following weeks of revelations over his relationship with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

BBC - 1 day 2 hours ago
The executive shake-up has sparked online debate about new boss Asha Sharma's gaming credentials.

NY Post - 1 day 2 hours ago
The lead researchers have said they're developing this piece of wearable tech in large part to help spot inherited heart conditions that sometimes show no outward symptoms and frequently go undetected.

IEEE Spectrum - 1 day 7 hours ago
AI has driven an explosion of new number formats the ways in which numbers are represented digitally. Engineers are looking at every possible way to save computation time and energy , including shortening the number of bits used to represent data. But what works for AI doesn't necessarily work for scientific computing, be it for computational physics, biology, fluid dynamics, or engineering simulations. IEEE Spectrum spoke with Laslo Hunhold , who recently joined Barcelona-based Openchip as...

Air and Space - 1 day 7 hours ago
Gretchen Prochnik was known around Washington, D.C. for her stylish looks. She capitalized on this interest to launch a successful business after Austria "ceased to exist" in 1938...

GeekSpin - 1 day 8 hours ago
Walmart is quietly transforming the way its stores operate, with robots at the heart of the strategy. While executives frame automation as a tool to free up employees for better customer service, the retailer's latest earnings call reveals a more calculated goal: reducing labor costs and accelerating operations. So, how will this robot revolution affect […] Read the original article here: Walmart is using robots to cut costs and lower prices...

IEEE Spectrum - 1 day 9 hours ago
AI is revolutionizing the cybersecurity landscape. From accelerating threat detection to enabling real-time automated responses, artificial intelligence is reshaping how organizations defend against increasingly sophisticated attacks.But with these advancements come new and complex risks AI systems themselves can be exploited, manipulated, or biased, creating fresh vulnerabilities. In this session, we'll explore how AI is being applied in real-world cybersecurity scenarios from anomaly detection...

NBC News - 1 day 9 hours ago
Watch a live storm tracker of the major blizzard expected to blanket millions in the Northeast with heavy snow.

IEEE Spectrum - 1 day 11 hours ago
Social media is going the way of alcohol, gambling, and other social sins: societies are deciding it's no longer kids' stuff. Lawmakers point to compulsive use , exposure to harmful content , and mounting concerns about adolescent mental health . So, many propose to set a minimum age, usually 13 or 16. In cases when regulators demand real enforcement rather than symbolic rules, platforms run into a basic technical problem. The only way to prove that someone is old enough to use a site is...

Robb Report - 2 days 1 min ago
Clearaudio's Celebrity Al Di Meola turntable comes with one of the artist's milestone records.