Character.ai lets you talk to your favorite (synthetic) people on the phone, which is not at all strange
Character.AI's collection of virtual personalities, based on real and fictional sources, will speak thanks to the new Character Calls audio…
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Today's NYT Strands: Clues, Answers, and Spangram for Friday, June 28 (Game #117)
It's time for the last Strands puzzle of the week, and I think it's quite appropriate for the weekend. Enjoy!…
NYT Connections Today: Tips and Answers for Friday, June 28 (Game #383)
Today's Connections puzzle shouldn't cause many people much trouble; It's one of the easiest we've had recently. What should you…
Quordle Today: Hints and Answers for Friday, June 28 (Game #886)
The week comes to a close with another tricky Quordle puzzle to get the old grey matter working. You might…
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter will be re-released this summer for PC and consoles, with improved visuals and new PS5 DualSense features
Star Wars: Bounty hunter will be re-released this summer for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo…
Alibaba Reveals Network and Data Center Design It Uses for Training Large Language Models
Alibaba has revealed the layout of its LLM training data center, which apparently consists of an Ethernet-based network in which…
Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a new era of excessive and ridiculous advertising
Frankly, Windows 11 is getting out of hand with its advertising push – remember the recent full-screen pop-up to persuade…
Anthropic wants its AI assistant, Claude, to be your favorite coworker
Anthropic has updated its generative AI assistant Claude to be more useful in the office. Claude Pro and Claude Team…
An identity verification service for TikTok, Uber and X would have left their credentials open for a year
Identity verification company AU10TIX kept a set of administrator credentials exposed for more than a year, possibly allowing threat actors…
Samsung accidentally reveals its plans to launch a RISC-V CPU: this could be the mysterious MACH-1 AI accelerator that could rival Nvidia's H-series GPU
Samsung may have accidentally revealed that it is developing a RISC-V CPU/accelerator. The slip-up occurred during a session titled “Unlocking…