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Engadget - 19 Sep 2023 10:00iPhone 15 Pro Max review: Apple makes a strong case for its biggest phone
Engadget - 19 Sep 2023 15:00Microsoft AI researchers mistakenly leaked 38TB of company data
Engadget - 19 Sep 2023 11:46
A Microsoft AI research team that uploaded training data on GitHub in an effort to offer other researchers open-source code and AI models for image recognition inadvertently exposed 38TB of personal data. Wiz, a cybersec...
Neuralink opens enrollment for its first human BCI implants
Engadget - 19 Sep 2023 23:58
Elon Musk's Neuralink company, purveyors of the experimental N1 brain-computer interface (BCI), announced on Tuesday that it has finally opened enrollment for its first in-human study, dubbed Precise Robotically Implante...
The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Finally Gets the Posters It Deserves
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2023 23:30
Star Wars fans love to argue about every little thing in the sequel trilogy but there's one place we can all agree it falls short: its posters. Over 45 years ago, George Lucas and his team hired artists such as Drew Stru...
Fitbit's Facelift Is Rolling Out Now, and It Is Very Much a Google App
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2023 23:13
Fitbit's much-anticipated app redesign is officially rolling out today. You can grab the update directly from the Google Play Store if you're on a Google Pixel Watch or Fitbit wearable.
'Armed But Not Dangerous:' Gun-Toting Elon Pled With Cyberpunk 2077 Developers for Cameo
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2023 22:55
Gamers who shoved Elon Musk into a garbage can in Cyberpunk 2077 may have done so at the billionaire's behest. That's according to a brief portion of Walter Isaacson's recent Musk biography which described Musk charging ...
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is building a massive GPU cluster to 'cure, prevent or manage all diseases'
Engadget - 19 Sep 2023 22:54
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the philanthropic organization created in 2015 by Priscilla Chan and her husband Mark Zuckerberg, announced a bold new generative AI initiative today. The group is funding and buildi...
H&M Begins Charging Customers for Online Returns as Retailers Move to Reduce Emissions
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2023 22:52
H&M has joined a growing list of retail stores that have begun charging customers to return their online purchases by taking the cost out of their total refund. The retailer started testing charging for returned items in...
The Gaming Shelf Gets Outsourced (to Space!)
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2023 22:34
In main-character game news, Terraforming Mars is using AI artwork, and that fucking sucks, especially considering it raised over a million dollars on its recent Kickstarter--you'd think it would be able to hire an artis...
Scientists Have Found the 'Zombie Switch' for a Brain-Controlling Ant Parasite
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2023 22:29
Parasitic worms that zombify ants to do their bidding might be even more clever than we knew. Recent research has found that these parasites can not only compel ants to climb up blades of grass but also to climb back dow...
FTC starts claims process for Fortnite players tricked into making unwanted purchases
Engadget - 19 Sep 2023 22:15
As part of a $520 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, Epic Games will be forced to provide refunds to Fortnite players who were allegedly tricked into making unintended purchases on the platform. About ...
Revised Protect Musicians Act could empower artists against streaming platforms
Engadget - 19 Sep 2023 22:00
US Representative Deborah Ross (D-NC) has introduced an updated version of the Protect Musicians Act in an attempt to change the way independent artists bargain with major streaming platforms. Created in collaboration wi...
Scientists Recover RNA From an Extinct Species for the First Time
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2023 21:56
The last known thylacine--the largest marsupial carnivore in recent times--died in Tasmania's Beaumaris Zoo in 1936. But the animal has recently been the target of de-extinction efforts, and now, a team of researchers ha...
India's First Solar Mission Begins Studying Particles Surrounding Earth
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2023 21:47
In a little over two weeks since its launch, India's Aditya-L1 mission started collecting data to help analyze the behavior of particles that surround Earth.
10 Horror Movies to Stream on Max Tonight
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2023 21:31
So you finally checked out AMC's Interview With the Vampire thanks to Max (we told you!), and now you're in the mood to devour more streaming horror. io9 has you covered with this list of 10 picks from Max's selection of...
Working Remotely Could Cut Worker Emissions in Half, Study Says
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2023 21:26
The covid19 pandemic in 2020 ushered in a new era of working. Office spaces and other indoor collective areas had to shut down as the world attempted to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. Workers did their duties r...
FTC Says Microsoft Leaked Its Own Xbox Plans
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2023 21:02
Microsoft's future plans for its Xbox gaming platform were exposed in the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) legal filings on Monday evening. The FTC claimed on Tuesday that it is not responsible for releasing the document...
Early Buzz for The Creator Is Extremely Encouraging
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2023 20:45
Odds are, when you saw the first trailer for The Creator, you immediately knew you'd be watching the film. The latest from Rogue One and Godzilla director Gareth Edwards looks like everything we love about sci-fi movies....
iFixit dings Apple's right-to-repair commitment and drops iPhone 14's repairability score
Engadget - 19 Sep 2023 20:43Logitech's latest Yeti mics are all in on RGB
Engadget - 19 Sep 2023 20:30Trepidation, hurt morale precede last-of-its-kind Amazon hardware event: report
Ars Technica - 19 Sep 2023 20:20
Workers reportedly question how much gadget gusto Amazon has left.