IRS officially updates its EV tax credit rules, cutting out even more electric vehicles
Well, the day is here. Actually, the day is April 18th, but today is the day that we know the day is April 18th. Prospective …
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Sundar Pichai says Google Bard is getting an upgrade to compete with ChatGPT
It looks like Google is ready to turn on the jets for Bard, its ChatGPT competitor. As spotted by The Verge, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai …
Audible is starting to bring ads to its audiobooks
What does everyone want to see when they’re in the middle of a good book? An ad for Pepsi, of course. Well, Audible has the …
GitHub will have to give up the user who leaked Twitter’s source code
Well, it looks like Twitter is definitely going to know who FreeSpeechEnthusiast is really soon. Earlier this week, a GitHub repository containing part of Twitter’s …
Google rolls out generative AI features for Gmail and Docs to first public testers
Google is already expanding its generative AI features for Gmail and Google Docs to the next round of “trusted testers.” In a post to Twitter, …
Ford is getting out of the full self-driving car business
It looks like Ford, while going all-in on EVs, is bowing out of the full self-driving car business… at least for now. In a letter …
AI image generator Midjourney ends free trials after deepfakes of Trump and the Pope go viral
Midjourney may have built too good of a product before being ready to handle the consequences of what happens when people use it. As reported …
Wes Anderson goes full Wes Anderson in the Asteroid City trailer
Wes Anderson is going full Wes in the official trailer for Asteroid City. Today, Focus Features dropped the official trailer for Asteroid City, the upcoming …
Google is adding extreme heat alerts to search to combat climate change
Google wants to let you know when there is an extreme heat event in your area. In a blog post, the company announced that it …
Is that the Apple VR headset in today’s WWDC announcement?
WWDC 2023 is official! But wait, what is that in the announcement image? This afternoon, Apple officially announced the dates for WWDC 2023, its worldwide …
Elon Musk and experts sign letter to pause development of more powerful AI
A growing number of high-profile technology entrepreneurs, CEOs, and AI experts aren’t too keen on the acceleration and large-scale deployment of artificial intelligence tools that …
Leaked memo says Lucid plans to lay off 18% of its workforce as it struggles to make cars
Competing in the EV space is about to get even more difficult for Lucid Motors. As reported by Insider, a leaked memo from the company …
I can’t believe how much of the U.S. Amazon’s Sidewalk network covers
Amazon built out an enormous IoT network in the United States right under everyone’s noses. In a blog post, the company announced its Sidewalk network …
Microsoft’s Security Copilot brings AI to security, and it’s making me nervous
Microsoft is bringing AI to security, and suddenly Skynet doesn’t seem so farfetched. In a blog post, the company announced Security Copilot, a new tool …
Twitter is turning into a pay-to-play social network and I’m worried about the consequences
If you want to vote in a poll on Twitter, you’re going to need to pony up money for Elon Musk. On Monday night, Musk …
My Apple Watch still loses its mind when I switch from Wi-Fi to cellular
The news is slow today, so here’s a quick rant about an issue that Apple has still not figured out with the Apple Watch — …
3D avatars are now in Microsoft Teams but I’m wondering what company will allow this
Microsoft Teams is starting to roll out 3D avatars in an effort to get more people to “turn their camera on.” In a blog post, …
The new Microsoft Teams makes me want to switch from Slack
The next generation of Microsoft Teams is here, and I’m staring at Slack, wondering when I’m going to get a similarly impressive update. In a …
Zoom’s brilliant new AI features can summarize a meeting you’ve missed
Zoom is looking to compete with Microsoft Teams in the “make my meetings app cool with AI stuff” race. In a blog post, the company …
GitHub takes down repository that leaked Twitter’s source code
If you’re wanting to rummage around Twitter’s source code, GitHub is no longer the place to do it. Over the weekend, a GitHub repository containing …
Levi Strauss & Co. is replacing human models with AI-generated ones
Like how those pants look on that model? In the future, that model might be as real as Barbie. In a press release, Levi Strauss …
Ford says its next-generation electric truck will ‘be like the Millennium Falcon’
Ford is pretty confident about the draw of its next-generation electric truck. In a press release, the company announced that it will be building its …
Twitter Blue subscribers might soon be able to hide their checkmark
Imagine paying for a blue checkmark only to turn around and hide it. That’s what might be happening, at least according to Alessandro Paluzzi who …
OpenAI says a recent bug leaked payment information for ChatGPT Plus users
OpenAI has revealed that a recent bug, which allowed some people to view other users’ chat history with ChatGPT, has also potentially leaked payment information …
UK watchdog says Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition won’t hurt console competition
Well, that’s one hurdle that Microsoft just cleared. In a statement, the Competition and Markets Authority announced its provisional findings concerning console competition with Microsoft’s …
OpenAI announces plugins for ChatGPT, connecting the chatbot to other services
Instead of searching the entire web, OpenAI is looking to help you target your needs a little more by hooking the language model into other …
Audible brings Dolby Atmos to audiobooks while Spotify users wait for HiFi
If you’re an Audible subscriber, you’ll soon be able to listen to some audiobooks in spatial audio. In a press release, the company announced a …
Snap wants to put its AR technology into more apps and websites
You could soon find Snap’s AR technology helping you pick up your next pair of Nike’s. In a press release, Snap, the parent company of …
You’ll soon be able to animate Epic’s realistic MetaHumans using your iPhone
Imagine animating another hyperrealistic person using just your iPhone. That’s exactly what Epic is saying you’ll be able to do later this year. Today, Epic …
Meta is stuffing even more ads into Instagram
Hating all of the ads you’re seeing on Instagram? Well, the company has a solution for you — MORE ADS. In a blog post, the …
