Cat-themed RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 4070 cards with bizarre backstories are a thing now
Not just cats, but intelligent alien cats
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There's a technology revolution everywhere and it's manifesting in more ways than we can imagine.
PayPal, Venmo and other payment platforms don't provide insurance coverage, US government warns
P2P payment apps are not banks, and users could eventually lose all their money
Switzerland is installing solar panels in train tracks
A small step toward a cleaner, greener future
27 Years of Tomb Raider & Lara Croft
Few video game characters have become more famous than the games that featured them. Lara Croft and Tomb Raider have contributed much to gaming, helping define the action-adventure genre the way we know it today.
NASA's UFO panel stresses need for better data in initial public meeting
NASA's full "unidentified aerial phenomena" report is due out by the end of July
Mozilla's responsible AI challenge top award goes to an anti-AI watermark technology
The open-source foundation awarded $100,000 to three "trustworthy" AI solutions
Photoshop's Generative Fill tool has users flooding Twitter with cool expansions of iconic album art
Some of the expansions might have made even better covers than the original
RTX 3070 mod includes physical switch for VRAM capacity
Yet another graphics card that Nvidia would never make
Amazon agrees to $5.8 million FTC settlement over Ring privacy violations that include employees spying on customers
Female users were spied on for months using cameras in their bedrooms and bathrooms
Experts and CEOs warn of extinction risk posed by AI, compare dangers to nuclear war
"Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority"
What just happened? It's a case of another day, another warning about the possibility of AI causing the extinction of the human race. On this occasion, it's been compared it to the risks posed by nuclear war and pandemics. The statement comes from experts in the field and those behind these systems, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
App that lets people rent their swimming pools is causing anger and calls for regulation
Is Swimply a great idea or a menace?
Most Americans have heard of ChatGPT, but only a few have used it
That's likely to change as time goes on
ChatGPT found guilty of fabricating cases and citations for a Manhattan lawyer's Federal Court filing
When asked, the AI confirmed that all of the cases were real
Avid Telecom sued by multistate task force for making billions of unauthorized robocalls
The company sent more than 7 billion messages to users on the National Do Not Call Registry
The Dark Web: Exploring the Hidden Internet
There are few things as infamous as The Dark Web in the world of technology, but what is it, and why does it have such a bad reputation?
Minnesota passes landmark right-to-repair law for electronic devices
There are few exceptions to the new law, like video game consoles and motor vehicles
Paralyzed man walks again after brain and spinal computerized implants
Implants create a wireless connection between the brain and spine
Europe wants all countries to block pirate sites to combat online piracy
Piracy has been on the rise in recent years, possibly exacerbated by the pandemic
US students are signing up for computer and technology majors in droves
Some colleges are phasing out English and history majors due to low enrollment
Modders make Doom playable over Teletext
Playable over TV signal with a remote, supporting all Teletext levels
Pixels in motion: Lego's Pac-Man Arcade set comes to life with mechanical crank
Lego honors another gaming classic
An agency is offering three people $1,000 to scroll TikTok for 10 hours straight
Would (or could) you do it?
The US continues to dominate the TOP500 supercomputers list
Is China holding back?
Bigger Than Godzilla: Why Are Games Using So Many Gigabytes?
Do all the latest big budget games need 100+ GB of drive space? What exactly is the average size of a triple-A game today? We've investigated the figures in search of the truth.
Recommended game storage over the last 15 years