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Video: How to Get Widgets on Your Mac's Desktop
Mac Rumors - 25 Apr 2023 21:07
When MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera shares his apps and desktops during videos, he often gets questions about what he's using. Recently, he had an app that adds widgets to the Mac desktop that viewers were curious ab...
Asus Ally Hands-On: A New Take on Handheld PC Gaming - CNET
CNET - 25 Apr 2023 16:00
The Ally is lighter than the Steam Deck, with a better screen, and it runs Windows 11 out of the box.
Republican AI Ad Uses Cutting Edge Tech to Tell Age Old Lies
Motherboard - 25 Apr 2023 14:52
A political ad made by the GOP in response to Biden's reelection announcement imagines a dystopia using AI-generated imagery.
NASA is about to lock these 4 researchers in a simulated Mars outpost for a year
SPACE.com - 25 Apr 2023 22:15
Four crewmembers will live in a 1,700-square-foot 3D-printed habitat at NASA's Johnson Space Center in a simulation of a Mars mission.
Pentax Made a Monochrome Camera: Is it a Smart Move or Desperate Ploy?
PetaPixel - 25 Apr 2023 20:32The Case Against Momfluencers
Wired - 25 Apr 2023 15:00
Sara Petersen's new book explores the ways influencers shape our ideas about motherhood. But she lets her mega-influential subjects off the hook.
How To See If Someone Logged on to Your Instagram Account
The Mac Observer - 25 Apr 2023 05:46
How To See If Someone Logged on to Your Instagram Account While scrolling through my Instagram account, I was surprised to discover that my brother had also been logging into my account without my knowledge. Although I t...
US to focus on stifling online attacks rather than criminal convictions
The Register - 25 Apr 2023 19:32
Russia unlikely to give up its crooks, but American CSOs can go to the clink RSA Conference US prosecutors are going to focus more on disrupting online attacks, even if it means losing out on a criminal conviction, accor...
Netflix Offers a New Look at Nimona and More of Its Animated Movie Slate
Gizmodo - 25 Apr 2023 19:30
If you're reading this, chances are it's because of Nimona. You want more info about the long-in-development, often-doomed adaptation of ND Stevenson's webcomic-turned-graphic novel, if only so you can be reassured that ...
OpenAI Is Trying Hard to Quickly Trademark 'GPT'
Gizmodo - 25 Apr 2023 16:30
As AI hysteria continues to pick up steam, OpenAI seems to be feeling the heat from its competitors. After appealing to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to speed up the process of trademarking "GPT," the office denie...
Watch SpaceX launch 46 Starlink satellites, land rocket at sea Tuesday morning
SPACE.com - 25 Apr 2023 11:00
SpaceX will launch 46 Starlink satellites and land the returning rocket at sea Tuesday morning (April 25), and you can watch the action live.
New materials will yield stronger, faster-charging batteries
Phys.org - 25 Apr 2023 19:20
Researchers at MIT say they have created a new material that will pave the way to faster charging batteries.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Responds to Artemis 2 Announcement
Discover - 25 Apr 2023 15:00
Neil deGrasse Tyson weighs in on NASA's recent announcement of the launch date for the Artemis 2 mission in an interview with Discover.
Apple will need to rely on screens made in Korea for a long time, while it moves efforts in-house
AppleInsider - 25 Apr 2023 13:13
Apple will continue to rely on Korean display makers like Samsung Display and LG Display for years to come despite a move to bring component designs in-house, a report claims. A miniLED backplane [Apple] Apple has gradua...
AST SpaceMobile, AT&T Complete First 'Space-Based' Call Using Unmodified Smartphones
Slash Gear - 25 Apr 2023 17:44
AT&T and AST SpaceMobile teamed up to complete the first call utilizing its BlueWalker 3 satellite, marking a first in space-based consumer communication.
An NES Cart With Built-in Wifi Brings Online Multiplayer to a 40-Year-Old Nintendo Console
Gizmodo - 25 Apr 2023 15:30
In the '80s, multiplayer video games required you and your friends to crowd around a single TV and fight over who got to use one of two controllers. Modern consoles let you compete against gamers all around the world, bu...
Insider Q&A: OpenAI CTO Mira Murati on Shepherding ChatGPT
SecurityWeek - 25 Apr 2023 12:35
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati discusses AI safeguards and the company's vision for the futuristic concept of artificial general intelligence, known as AGI. The post Insider Q&A: OpenAI CTO Mira Murati on Shepherding ChatGPT app...
Apple Seeds Third Beta of tvOS 16.5 to Developers
Mac Rumors - 25 Apr 2023 19:02
Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming tvOS 16.5 update to developers for testing purposes, with the beta coming two weeks after the launch of the second tvOS 16.5 beta. Registered developers are able to downlo...
NASA Selects 12 Companies to Collaborate on Key Technology Development
NASA Breaking news - 25 Apr 2023 20:31Even Microsoft thinks ChatGPT needs to be regulated -- Here's why
Digital Trends - 25 Apr 2023 13:51
ChatGPT and other AI tools have developed so fast that regulation is needed to keep them in check, according to a Microsoft-backed software trade group.
Apple's 'Resounding Victory' Cedes Small Win for Third-Party Payments - CNET
CNET - 25 Apr 2023 01:39
Epic Games was dealt another loss in its appeals ruling, but sideloading apps might be coming in the EU.
James Webb Space Telescope reveals rich chemistry of planet-forming disks for the 1st time
SPACE.com - 25 Apr 2023 20:30
For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope revealed the chemical composition of dusty planet-birthing disks of material around distant stars.