From the moment I popped my SIM card into Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Ultra, I couldn’t wait to stop using it again.
It’s not because I prefer the iPhone—I toggle between iOS and Android for fun and research purposes—or because the S24 Ultra is a bad phone. The real culprit is Samsung’s other flagship, the Galaxy Z Fold5, which I bought in October.
At this point, I’m well past the new gadget honeymoon phase and am clear-eyed about
If you’ve heard anything about the relationship between Big Tech and climate change, it’s probably that the data centers that power our online lives use a mind-boggling amount of power. And some of the newest energy hogs on the block are artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT. Some researchers suggest that ChatGPT alone might use as much power as 33,000 U.S. households in a typical day, a number that could balloon as the technology becomes more widespread.
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ChatGPT now lets you create new AI bots. If you have a paid subscription you can make your own bot for specialized tasks or search the ChatGPT store for others’ creations. Read on for useful bots and steps to make a new one.
Notable bots to try
Just because you can’t attend live—much like Taylor Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce—that doesn’t mean you need to miss out on music’s biggest night. The 66th annual Grammy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 4, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, with Trevor Noah hosting for his fourth consecutive year. Nominees include SZA, Phoebe Bridgers, Jon Batiste, and lots more.Viewers will want to tune in to see Joni Mitchell, 80, perform for her ve
Anyone who has played video games knows that they do one thing well: Keep score. At any given moment, players know what level they’re on, how many points or kills or badges they’ve earned, and how far they must go to win.
Oh, and they’re fun.
That sophistication—and a bit of that fun—may soon be coming to school assessments.
Educators and developers are increasingly looking to the digital world of games and simulations to make t
A former CIA software engineer, Joshua Schulte, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for his convictions related to the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history and possession of child sexual abuse images and videos. Schulte, aged 35, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court for his role in the embarrassing public release of CIA secrets by WikiLeaks in 2017. The so-called Vault 7 leak revealed CIA hacking activities involving Apple and Android smartphones for overseas spying
Twenty years ago today, in the Kirkland House dormitory of Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg rolled out a social network for students at the school. The site ran on a single server, which cost Zuck $85 per month to keep running.
Within a week, more than 650 students had joined what was then called “The Facebook.” In the fourth quarter of last year, the company averaged 3.07 billion monthly users.
Zuckerberg’s company, which, of course, is now called
Last year, Dorsey founder Megan Strachan got herself a new engagement ring. The one she had worn for the past 10 years felt a bit old, and she wanted to give herself options to go with different outfits. Strachan, whose company sells jewelry made from lab-grown stones, says she was able to upgrade now because of the ubiquity and price point of large lab-grown stones. I wear a ring because of what it signifies, but I don’t wear the same ring every day; I change it,” she
With Apple’s hotly anticipated Vision Pro headset hitting store shelves Friday, you’re probably to start to see more people wearing the futuristic googles that are supposed to usher in the age of “spatial computing.”
It’s an esoteric mode of technology that Apple executives and their marketing gurus are trying to thrust into the mainstream while avoiding other more widely used terms such as “augmented reality” and “virtual real
After a U.S. senator grilled the Singaporean CEO of TikTok about his nationality and suggested he was affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party, Singaporeans are complaining about ignorant — or even racist — views of their country.
TikTok CEO Shou Chew and executives of other technology firms such as Meta, X, and Snap testified Wednesday before U.S. lawmakers on online harm to children from social media.
During the hearing, Chew was repeatedly questioned ab