Artificial intelligence

iPhone 16 and Pixel 9 Ai showing off Google Gemini and Apple Intelligence

Apple’s AI Disastrously Rewrote a BBC Headline to Say Luigi Mangione Shot Himself

Luigi Mangione did not shoot himself, but a BBC headline rewritten by Apple iOS would make you believe so.

By Thomas Maxwell Published December 14, 2024

Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus Review: So Light, So Expensive

The Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus is light as a frisbee with all the trimmings you could want, but it makes too many compromises for its $700 price.

By Kyle Barr Published December 14, 2024

A Waymo autonomous vehicle on Market Street in San Francisco

Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

Waymo Says Its Cars Are Officially Certified Against Crashing Into Emergency Vehicles

Its competitor Tesla has faced heat over vehicles crashing into parked firetrucks and police cruisers while self-driving was activated.

By Thomas Maxwell Published December 13, 2024

Microsoft Recall Running On Asus Vivobook 1

Tech NewsMicrosoft

Microsoft Recall Can Still Potentially Screenshot Your Sensitive Information

Even after Microsoft delayed Recall for half a year, the auto-screenshotting AI feature still needs to iron out some rough edges.

By Kyle Barr Published December 13, 2024

Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

Harvard Makes 1 Million Books Available to Train AI Models

The dataset includes books that are in the public domain and no longer protected by copyright.

By Thomas Maxwell Published December 12, 2024

Tech NewsSamsung

Samsung’s New VR Headset and Glasses Will Run on AI-Centric ‘Android XR’

Samsung’s ‘Project Moohan’ will also facilitate Gemini and Galaxy AI. It will be the first headset running on Google’s Android XR.

By Kyle Barr Published December 12, 2024

Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

Siri’s Integration With ChatGPT Is Live for iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Apple has said Siri will defer to ChatGPT when users ask difficult questions, the ones its voice assistant is notoriously bad at answering.

By Thomas Maxwell Published December 11, 2024

Thankgoodnessyou'rehere Balatro Mac Iphone 1

Tech NewsApple

You Probably Haven’t Heard of Most of Apple’s Top Apps for 2024

Apple wants you to care about F1 TV and the NYTGames apps, but you shouldn’t miss out on Thank Goodness You’re Here!

By Kyle Barr Published December 11, 2024

Tech NewsTransportation

General Motors Says It’s Pulling Cruise Out of the Robotaxi Business

The company had invested billions into the self-driving car company.

By Lucas Ropek Published December 11, 2024

Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

Bogus AI-Generated Bug Reports Are Driving Open Source Developers Nuts

Just like social media, open source maintainers are facing an avalanche of junk.

By Thomas Maxwell Published December 10, 2024

A stretch of ground suffering severe drought.

EartherClimate Change

AI Model Indicates Global Temperatures Will Rise Faster Than Expected

Ten climate models and a machine learning approach offer an alarming new timeline for the rate of climate change.

By Isaac Schultz Published December 10, 2024

Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

AI Firm’s ‘Stop Hiring Humans’ Billboard Campaign Sparks Outrage

People are predictably unhappy about being told they don't deserve jobs.

By Lucas Ropek Published December 10, 2024

Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

Reddit’s AI-Powered Search Could Replace a Major Use for Google

Reddit’s plan to bring more “human perspectives to everyone” is to use AI to round up all the most-upvoted posts.

By Kyle Barr Published December 9, 2024

Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

OpenAI Launches Sora Video Generator for All Users

Sora can convert text or image prompts into shockingly realistic video.

By Thomas Maxwell Published December 9, 2024

Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

A Humanities Course at UCLA Will Use an AI-Generated Textbook

AI has come for a market that was ripe for disruption: heavy and expensive college textbooks.

By Matthew Gault Published December 9, 2024

An illustration of the Willow chip superimposed on a landscape.

SciencePhysics & Chemistry

Google’s Willow Quantum Chip Crushes Classical Computers on a Cosmic Timescale

Willow completed a benchmark computational task, demonstrating that errors decrease exponentially as the quantum computer's qubit count increases.

By Isaac Schultz Published December 9, 2024

A photo showing three screenshots from Image Playground

Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

Apple Image Playground Lets You Generate Your Own Hallmark Christmas Movie Poster

Image Playground is now available in iOS 18.2 if you want to try it out for yourself.

By Florence Ion Published December 9, 2024

Shot of the iPhone 16 Pro Max, Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, and Google Pixel 9 Pro on a pink desk with a Buddha water ornament and a brass jar

ReviewsSmartphones

iPhone 16 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro, or Galaxy S24 Ultra: Which Flagship Phone Has the Best Camera?

We tested three top flagship smartphones cameras to see which is the best shooter of them all.

By Sherri L Smith Published December 9, 2024

An image of a man dressed as Jesus holding a cellphone.

Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

Can AI Jesus Absolve Your Sins?

A Swiss Catholic church installed an AI Jesus in a confessional booth. It won't do much for your eternal soul.

Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross Published December 8, 2024

An artist's impression of the Parker Solar Probe flying through space.

ScienceSpace & Spaceflight

The Next Decade in Astrophysics Could Reveal Our Solar System’s Biggest Secrets

Delving into the behaviors of the Sun and protecting humans at home and beyond are top priorities, according to the National Academies.

By Isaac Schultz Published December 8, 2024