What is an answer engine? It’s different from a search engine. Here’s what you need to know

The rise of generative AI chatbots has ushered in powerful new tools to help us get work done more efficiently. The technology has also introduced a slew of new terms into our lexicon, such as corpus and prompt engineer. But recently, another term has been popping up: “answer engine.”

But just

How Hinge CEO Justin McLeod plans to use AI to change how we date

Once upon a time, dating apps were distinct, each catering to a different demographic or lifestyle. Today, they’ve blurred together, like an endless stream of swipes, deepening a trend of user burnout. In that struggling sea of love, Hinge is continuing to grow and sustain social relevance. Hinge’s founder and CEO Justin McLeod explores the state of dating in 2024, the sibling rivalry with other apps such as Tinder, and why he’s so excited about AI as a potential dating coach. 

Intel could reap $1 billion in software sales by 2027. Here’s how they plan to do it

Intel’s push into software is going well and the company could have cumulative software revenue of $1 billion by the end of 2027, Chief Technology Officer Greg Lavender told Reuters.

Intel made north of $100 million in software revenue in 2021, the year Lavender was brought in from cloud computing company VMware by CEO Pat Gelsinger to steer the chipmaker’s software strategy. Since then,

EU says X’s blue checkmarks are deceptive and break social media laws

The European Union said Friday that blue checkmarks from Elon Musk’s X are deceptive and that the online platform falls short on transpare

Octogenarian journalists sue ChatGPT makers to protect their original work

When two octogenarian buddies named Nick discovered that ChatGPT might be stealing and repurposing a lifetime of their work, they tapped a son-in-law to sue the companies behind the artificial intelligence chatbot.

Veteran journalists Nicholas Gage, 84, and Nicholas Basbanes, 81, who live near each other i

‘The sun feels like it’s burning our skin’: NYC delivery drivers talk about surviving the gig economy in extreme heat

Jagat Pun finds that working as a delivery driver is becoming harder and harder.

Pun spends his days zipping around New York City delivering Uber Eats orders, a job he’s done since 2020. But recently he’s had to work through the added burden of extreme heat, which makes waiting outside on sidewalks with no shade, navigating streets, and climbing up multiple flights of stairs in pre-war buildings all the harder.

“I get scared when the weather is really bad, but there&#8217

Tesla’s robotaxi launch gets delayed, stock plummets

Tesla is delaying the launch of robotaxi by about two months to October as the design team was told to rework some elements of the car, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the decision.

Shares of Tesla, which is betting o

Apple Vision Pro launches in Europe today. A new sales report indicates that it really needs a boost

In February, Apple launched its first major new device in nearly a decade, the Apple Vision Pro. It was handily the most anticipated gadget launch of the year, with massive marketing and media hype surrounding it.

But since then, the Apple Vision Pro seems to have made less of a bang and more of a whimpe

My 28,000-follower Twitter account was hacked—and it changed my life for the better

I still remember exactly where I was when I realized I’d lost control of my Twitter account. I woke up one morning in March of last year to an email, delivered sometime in the middle of the night, stating that the password on my Twitter account had changed. I had just returned from my bachelor party, which involved bookending a long weekend of heavy alcohol consumption with cross-country flights. No longer as spry as I was in my 20s, I was coming up on my second (third?) day of recover

Musk’s Neuralink brain chip implant in first patient is stable again after issues

The tiny wires of Neuralink’s brain chip implant used in the first participant in a trial run by Elon Musk’s company have become “more or less very stable”, a company executive said on Wednesday.

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