OpenAI publishes 722 AI-generated math papers as researchers challenge its closed model
The company tested its internal model on about 4,000 problems, but the findings remain under review
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Jaguar's Type 01 brings its bold concept design to a $130,500 production EV
The car can hit 0-60 mph in 3.1 seconds
Norway wants to temporarily ban smart glasses in parks, beaches, and schools
The pause is meant to buy time for an informed debate and a permanent law
The Worst Spectacle: Smart glasses are becoming an increasingly popular wearable for use in public, and privacy is paying the price. Authorities are looking for new regulatory frameworks to curb abuse, and Norway may already be ahead of the pack.
Utah will become first state to let AI examine patients and prescribe medication without direct human oversight
The pilot could offer an early glimpse of how AI might take over some routine medical care
Retailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savings
Only 36% of surveyed retailers plan to invest in the technology this year
Google analyzed 5 years of Flights data, says buying on a specific weekday won't save you money
To save on holiday flights, book Thanksgiving about 34 days out and Christmas about 56 days out
Elon Musk says SpaceXAI will become SpaceXSI as Trump pushes to use "Super Intelligence" over AI
Musk says "No more AI" as he embraces the new SI label
Avengers: Endgame overtakes Avatar again to become the highest-grossing movie of all time
The film's worldwide total has reached $2.9255 billion, edging past James Cameron's blockbuster
Steam is on track to top $20 billion in revenue for the first time
Free-to-play games made Steam almost $168 million in September, without a single new release
Bottom line: Steam is on course to generate more than $20 billion in gross revenue in 2026, a first for the platform, after posting record results for September and the third quarter, according to estimates from Alinea Analytics. The gains came from a mix of new releases, established franchises and free-to-play games that keep drawing spending long after launch. With one quarter left, Valve's PC gaming platform needs roughly $3.5 billion to reach the milestone.
Florida woman used Claude as a diary, then Anthropic reported an entry to police
The woman now faces a felony charge
The Singapore government built its own dating app and is testing it with public officers
It's the latest government matchmaking effort as Singapore's birth rate keeps declining
"The Big Short" investor says he's rooting for a crash just to stop OpenAI and Anthropic's IPOs
Crystal ball: Michael Burry rose to prominence as one of America's best-known investors after profiting from the subprime mortgage crisis in 2008. He no longer manages outside funds, but he remains deeply "bearish" on the AI boom, warning that a bubble could do severe damage to the world's financial wealth.
McDonald's has been using AI to decide how much you should pay for a Big Mac
AI pricing tool can make a Big Mac cost $1.20 more just two miles away
Recap: McDonald's has made several attempts to deploy AI across its businesses over the past few years, not all of them successfully. A recent extensive report sheds light on one area where the fast-food giant has had a long and potentially lucrative history with machine learning and algorithms: dynamic pricing.
A man could face a decade in prison for a fake crocodile photo he made with Gemini
Crocodile tears
WTF?! Some people love to generate AI slop images that spread false information, especially the kind that make people worry. That's not a good idea if you're in Singapore, where a man who used Gemini to make a fake image of a crocodile in a popular reservoir has been charged over the act and could face up to ten years in prison.
QR Codes Explained: How They Work and Why They're Everywhere
QR codes were built to track car parts, written off as a gimmick, then rescued by phone cameras. Now they're everywhere. Here's how they work, what's changed, and what to watch out for.
Melanin-inspired nanotechnology might help protect workers from deadly nerve agents
The engineered pigment, called allomelanin, can reduce nerve agent toxicity by 50% in just ten minutes
Ex-Nvidia advisor says the company owes him $1 billion in stock, but Nvidia disagrees
A reported 1996 paperwork error miscounted his vesting period as four years instead of four quarters
The Nintendo 64 turns 30 today, and we're feeling old
The N64 was the golden age of 3D gaming
US Army backs humanoid robot with ballistic protection for future battlefield missions
The US joins China in exploring how humanoid robots could be used on future battlefields.
Nothing's new Headphone (1) Pro wants to rival Bose and Sony, not just look cool doing it
The $399 headphones add a three-driver system, 46dB noise cancellation, and Hi-Res audio up to 24-bit/192kHz
Bose is bringing back wired earbuds as teens ditch Bluetooth
Bluetooth had its moment, but now teens are wanting wires
What was the first computer to win a chess match against a world champion?
Was it IBM's Watson, Deep Blue, Cray Jaguar or Blue Gene?
Thieves steal Nvidia-branded trailers expecting valuable hardware, find 40,000 pounds of sand instead
Not quite the GPU haul they were hoping for
Rockstar's $400 GTA VI Collector's Edition is packed with must-have, totally useless stuff
"Grand Theft Auto VI game sold separately"