Well, folks. Here we are again. In the seemingly never-ending ladder to nowhere that is the Trump phone saga, there is one more dubiously crafted rung along the way—and this one has a number attached! Yay for numbers; they deserve a downgrade in dignity, too. The aforementioned number in question has to do with preorders […]
15 years ago, this was the best Bluetooth speaker on the market — and I still love the sound
One by one, heads in the office turned in my direction as David Bowie’s unmistakable voice issued from the small black device in my hand. If at first I detected annoyance, it quickly shifted to recognition and then confusion. TechRadar shares our New York office space with colleagues from assorted other tech websites, but while […]
Anthropic (an AI Company) Warns That AI Will Worsen Inequality
One of the major promises of AI, whether you buy it or not, is that it will significantly amplify productivity. Who benefits from that productivity depends on who can actually access it. AI startup Anthropic is warning that, because of the cost and infrastructure needed to adopt this technology, those potential gains are more likely to […]
I Love That Holly Hunter Can’t Sit in a Chair Normally on ‘Starfleet Academy’
The first two episodes of Starfleet Academy do a lot to, almost to the point of an open defiance of academic authority as a stand-in for expectations wrought from 60 years of Star Trek, tell you that this is a show with a very different vibe from what’s come before. Its young adult heroes are a […]
Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft are paying up for ‘enterprise’ Wikipedia access
Big Tech, AI firms, and search engines all help to fund Wikipedia The Wikimedia Foundation has seven data centers globally Perplexity has gifted Wikipedia editors 2,500 free Enterprise seats Tech giants including Ecosia, Microsoft, Mistral AI, Perplexity, Pleias, and ProRata are some of the latest companies to have signed up to pay the Wikimedia Foundation […]
Lucasfilm Tried to Make an Animated ‘Indiana Jones’ Show
Fans have long dreamed of seeing Indiana Jones in animation, and apparently, Lucasfilm heard those calls. A new report states that the company was developing an animated Indy show set between the mainline adventures, but that it was scrapped. Moreover, the company also looked into a live-action spin-off, which was also scrapped. The news comes […]
‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Creator on Working With George R.R. Martin
The showrunner of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms—HBO’s next series spinning off the massive success of Game of Thrones—says he doesn’t have social media. Still, Ira Parker is “very aware [that] the fan engagement on all of George R.R. Martin’s stuff is very high.” That is almost an understatement; between Game of Thrones, House […]
ChatGPT can now remember what you were talking about a year ago, and incredibly you can even jump back to carry on the same conversations
A new memory upgrade rolls out to ChatGPT Plus and Pro users today ChatGPT can now remember what you asked it a year ago Click Sources to find the exact conversations you had ChatGPT can now remember what you asked it a year ago and show you the exact conversation. This new memory upgrade for […]
Oh No, Meta Just Killed Off Working in VR
We were never going to work in virtual reality. Anybody who ever plugged their noggin into a headset and tried to complete their daily grind knew it was never going to happen. Now Meta—the company that forced us to consider a future where all office drones are stuck inside VR headsets—is ready to pull the […]
The Richest 1% Blew Their 2026 Carbon Budget in 10 Days. Some Did It in 3
Climate change is everyone’s problem, but not everyone equally shares the blame for rising global temperatures. A new analysis from Oxfam reveals the outsized contribution from the richest portion of the world’s population. The stunning findings, published January 9, show that the super-rich exhausted their annual carbon budget—the amount of CO2 that can be emitted […]