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Hasbro launched its "Haslab" crowdfunding campaign platform in early 2018 with a Star Wars project--a 3.75" scaled replica of Jabba's Sail Barge. But since then, despite several attempts, only one other Star Wars project...

OpenAI was true to its word. As promised, the company has released a ChatGPT app for Android. Like the iOS version, you can talk to the generative AI to get advice, answers and other (hopefully) helpful responses. You ca...

General Motors isn't quite done with the Chevrolet Bolt . Back in April, it emerged the company will end production of the popular, wallet-friendly EV and EUV this year, largely because it relies on old battery cell tech...

A new report suggests that the lax content moderation policies of Mastodon and other decentralized social media platforms have led to a proliferation of child sexual abuse material. Stanford's Internet Observatory publis...

San Diego Comic-Con 2023 is officially in the books and it was a weird one. For the first time in years, Hollywood's presence didn't dominate the event, thanks to studios failing to meet the demands of striking writers a...

Sotheby's is selling a limited edition pair of Omega Sports Apple Computer Sneakers from the '90s in new condition for the exorbitant price of $50,000. The shoe was distributed at an Apple event but was never made availa...

Waste is sort of the thesis statement of modern economics, and big tech is no different. Google recently published its 2023 Environmental Report which sheds some light on its water consumption--and a more aggressive fora...

Despite Elon Musk's intentions to rebrand the bird app into a dull, bland, easily copied "X," the billionaire tech mogul might have a few roadblocks standing in his way since every company under the sun has already calle...

New research funded by the Pentagon suggests that artificial intelligence can scan and analyze blocks of text to discern whether the humans who wrote it have done something wrong or not.

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UPS has avoided a strike only one day after 340,000 employees threatened to walk out over an unsustainable pay rate for part-time workers. The Teamsters Union, which represents UPS workers, opened contract negotiations o...

Apple opened up access to three ways to test apps on real hardware.

In the sixth season premiere of Netflix's Black Mirror, a fictional streaming service named Streamberry uses artificial intelligence to deepfake an actor's likeness onto a double's body while creating an ongoing storylin...

Add cutting-edge technology to your collection with the Robosen Grimlock Auto-Converting Robot Collector’s Edition. It has incredibly smooth and stable movements. Check it out.   -- 85 MicroChips: With 85 microchips, ...

Nigerian American author Nnedi Okorafor is a name fantasy fans are well familiar with--she's won Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus, and Lodestar Awards--and an even bigger audience awaits, since her Who Fears Death is b...

Amazon has the company's Kindle Kids e-reader on sale for 33 percent off right now. Its $80 price (usually $120) is nearly as low as it was on Prime Day, making it an ideal time to surprise your little one(s) with the gi...

The global rise in extreme weather is likely to bring along more fatal heart attacks, new research this week suggests. The study found that exposure to heat waves and cold snaps was associated with higher odds of heart a...

Flight tracking data may soon come from space with the design of a new aviation surveillance system that will rely on satellites in Earth orbit.

Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney, has had a lot of not-very-flattering press written about him recently, and the quotes and soundbytes he's given out to the trades have not helped matters. The oft-referenced quote that he gav...

Threads users are asking for new feature updates and it seems Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is taking their opinions into account. The app's update will include a "Following" feed and "Translations" which will register the or...

If you're looking for a portable Bluetooth speaker that puts natural-sounding analog audio at the forefront, then you'll enjoy the Orange Box. As long as you don't have too many other requirements, that is. Orange has be...

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is seeking approval from the FTC to implement facial age estimation technology to stop kids skirting parental controls. If the industry's self-regulating body gets its way, ...