Month: September 2024

OpenAI planning to become for-profit company, say reports

Reported move follows recent departure of senior figures from ChatGPT developer OpenAI is reportedly pushing ahead with plans to become a for-profit company, as more senior figures left the ChatGPT developer after the surprise exit of its chief technology officer, Mira Murati. The San Francisco-based startup is preparing to change its corporate structure as it …

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EA Sports FC 25 review – taking graceful advantage of open gaming goal

PC, PS4/5 (version tested), Switch and Xbox One/Series X While there are no spectacular advances on last year’s game, new refinements provide a vivid glimpse of what it’s like to be a genius on the field It’s been a year since EA, having abandoned its Fifa licence, brought us EA Sports FC, the most awkwardly …

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OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says she’s leaving firm to do her ‘own exploration’

Chief technology officer had taken over the ChatGPT maker when its board ousted CEO Sam Altman in November In a surprise move, OpenAI’s chief technology officer announced on Wednesday that she would soon leave the company after six and a half years. In a note shared with the company and then posted to Twitter/X, Mira …

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Meta debuts augmented reality glasses and Judi Dench-voiced AI chatbot

Mark Zuckerberg presents Orion, prototype that can project digital renderings of media, games and more onto real world Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg presented new augmented reality glasses at the company’s annual developer conference on Wednesday, debuting a prototype of the next phase in its expansion into smart eyewear. Zuckerberg also announced that Meta AI will …

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Does red light therapy work? These are the benefits and drawbacks

The beauty trend that uses near-infrared light waves has surged in popularity – but can you achieve results at home? If you are interested in beauty trends and self-care, you’ve probably encountered red light therapy (RLT). Formally known as photobiomodulation, doctors first discovered that red and near-infrared light wavelengths sped hair regrowth in the late …

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Chris Nguyen: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The comedian provides a crash course in standup history – including Norm Macdonald, Tom Green and Adam Sandler Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email I love the internet. As a comedian, I spend much of my downtime on the world wide web. It’s a fantastic way to distract myself from the inevitability of life. …

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Pushing Buttons: At Nintendo’s new museum in Japan, I found a nostalgia-laced trip down memory lane – not a history lesson

From playing Super Mario on a giant control to spotting Pikmin hiding in corners, my visit to this delightful museum in Kyoto offered up experience over education • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Nintendo was founded in 1889 in Kyoto, 100 years before the release of the Game Boy. …

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Mexico’s datacentre industry is booming – but are more drought and blackouts the price communities must pay?

Many fear the arrival of tech giants such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google in the state of Querétaro will place too much of a strain on scarce water and electricity resources In a nondescript building in an industrial park in central Mexico, cavernous rooms hold stack after stack of servers studded with blue lights, humming …

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