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Trump administration backs OpenAI in New York Times' copyright case over training of chatbots
After an unreleased OpenAI model wreaked enough havoc to make international headlines, OpenAI delayed the development of a different unreleased model suite, Astra, in order to shore up its safety work, the company wrote Tuesday in a blog post. In July, an unreleased OpenAI model broke out of its restricted environment, finagled its way into […]
The FTC and 22 state attorneys general are suing Amazon for allegedly using a "secret ad surcharge" to drive up prices for ads on its website and app. FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson claims in a blog post on the lawsuit that the higher advertising prices "were largely passed on to American consumers." According to the […]
A gigantic 12-terabyte archive from Valve's old Steam2 content servers has leaked online, containing internal development builds spanning from 2003 to 2013. The trove includes a July 2009 build of Portal 2 with unused sequences and beta menus, along with assets from F-Stop, the canceled Portal prequel.
Anthropic refused to support lethal autonomous warfare and mass surveillance.
A blast from the past.
Microsoft has published a quick-start guide showing developers how to build a native WinUI 3 app for Windows 11 in about 30 minutes using AI. The workflow runs on free tools, VS Code,.NET 10, GitHub Copilot's free tier, and Microsoft's winapp CLI, so Visual Studio isn't needed.
Are you looking for hundreds of Magma blocks to make your gold farm, or do you want a few blocks to make a couple of geysers near your base? Here, we have listed some of the best ways to get Magma blocks in Minecraft that you can get in a very short amount of time.
A federal judge temporarily barred an X rival from using the Twitter name, but found that X was likely to have abandoned the “Tweet” trademark and bird logo. The startup has since relaunched as Tweet.app.
The AI era has completely broken enterprise buying patterns, and startups haven't yet figured out how to navigate.
"You traitors!" Bryce Papenbrook, the English voice actor for Eren Yeager, claimed that he literally dislocated his jaw in order to realistically sell one of the most intense moments in Attack on Titan.Warning: Spoilers for Attack on Titan follow!Season 2 of Attack on Titan contains one of the most iconic scenes …
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However, the "life systems are limitless, so you can play them for as long as you want." Fable's main quest will take around 20 hours to beat, Playground Games has confirmed.Associate game directors Will Kennedy and Craig Littler shared the estimated length for the 2027 fantasy RPG during a group Q&A attended by Polygon at gamescom 2026.
Experts have long touted quantum computers' potential to solve problems regular computers cannot and speed up scientific discoveries, but the technology remains error prone because of its extreme sensitivity to any disturbances including sound.
Six years ago Sony and Bose were in the middle of a noise-canceling battle, with each new model of headphones better than the last. In the fall of 2020, Sony released the WH-1000XM4 headphones to wide acclaim.
The Fairphone 6 Plus feels like an extremely average midrange Android phone and I couldn't be more thrilled. The mission has always been admirable.
If you have an RX 9000 series GPU, you can try out DLSS 5 on your PC right now and absolutely destroy the stable performance you were getting before.
It's not quite the "push button; get song" of Suno, but Roland's new Melody Flip tool marks the company's foray into generative AI music. Available as a plug-in for your digital audio workstation (DAW), Melody Flip offers around 250 "Palettes," which are essentially themed collections of musical ideas sorted by genre.
A tale of "power, love, obsession, and undead transformation." Netflix is cooking up a live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV show based on the tabletop RPG’s gothic-horror campaign, Ravenloft, and its vampire villain, Darklord Strahd von Zarovich.The spooky series is penned as an origin story that dives into the events that turned Zarovitch into the vicious…
Microsoft has launched the Xbox Cozy Collection, a themed lineup of peripherals developed in partnership with 8BitDo, SteelSeries, and KontrolFreek, all available now. 8BitDo is contributing two products in a Forest Wonder colorway.
Glory days. It seems the drought of Grand Theft Auto 6 news has finally come to an end, as Rockstar has published even more screenshots for fans to comb through.It seems the floodgates for GTA 6's summer marketing campaign have finally opened after last week's extended look gameplay premiere.
PS5 Pro consoles have all but vanished from major US retailers in the wake of GTA 6's extended Netflix reveal, with third-party sellers on Amazon and Walmart charging as much as $1,300 for units that normally go for $899.
Minecraft Dungeons 2 is going to reveal a mysterious new dimension called The Sift and introduce new locations, enemies, weapons, and a broader action-RPG experience. This sequel is packed with some of the familiar faces from the vanilla Minecraft mobs, along with some unique entities with powerful abilities.
To get started with competitive Pokémon battles, all you need is your phone. But to compete at the highest level, like at the Pokémon World Championships, you're going to need a Switch.
The TechPowerUp team is on the ground at IFA 2026, and the Chieftec booth had some interesting offerings. Chieftec used the floor to show off a new air cooler alongside its case and PSU lineups: the CAC-S120PWM-T150.
Apple is expected to unveil a major lineup of products across September 9, late 2026 and 2027, with the iPhone 18 Pro among the key launches anticipated at its September event. It is expected to introduce smart glasses and other new devices over the coming months under CEO John Ternus.
Hideki Kamiya has directed some of Capcom's most influential games, including Resident Evil 2 (1998) and Devil May Cry, so his word holds weight. Now leading Clovers on the Okami sequel, the Resident Evil 2 director has shared his thoughts on PlayStation ending physical disc production starting January 2028 in a new interview.
"Comes with a large popcorn (heart not included)." The popcorn bucket for director Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil movie has been revealed and it’s in the form of an organ transplant bag.Exhibitors AMC Theaters and Regal Cinemas both posted images of the popcorn bucket, er, bag to their respective social media feeds …
According to Honor, the Magic9 series is set to launch in September, with a recent leak suggesting that the company could unveil two models at the event. Now, a tipster claims that the Magic9 Pro could be the first Android smartphone to feature a square selfie sensor.
With just one more major mission upcoming, NASA's science programs need a boost.