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Moo Deng sucks, actually
Enough hippo already.
By Mike Pearl
Moo Deng sucks, actually
See Florida Road Conditions On Live Webcams As Hurricane Helene Hits
Stay safe.
By Mike Pearl
See Florida Road Conditions On Live Webcams As Hurricane Helene Hits
See Hurricane Helene Landfall Live On These Florida Beach Cams
Historic storm surge.
By Mike Pearl
See Hurricane Helene Landfall Live On These Florida Beach Cams
Hurricane Helene: Watch Florida Webcams Live, Including Panama City, Port St. Joe
The storm is intensifying into a powerful hurricane.
By Mike Pearl
Hurricane Helene: Watch Florida Webcams Live, Including Panama City, Port St. Joe
Potential Hurricane Helene: Spaghetti Models Track The Storm’s Path
It's a near certainty that Helene will hit Florida as a hurricane. Here's what we know about where.
By Mike Pearl
Potential Hurricane Helene: Spaghetti Models Track The Storm’s Path
[UPDATE: Disney Responds] A Death At Disney World Leads To Legal Battle Over Disney+ Terms Of Service
Sounds like some kind of dystopian joke, but it's real.
By Mike Pearl
[UPDATE: Disney Responds] A Death At Disney World Leads To Legal Battle Over Disney+ Terms Of Service
By A Technicality, August's Full Moon Is Blue. Here's Why.
And like all full moons, you should go look at it.
By Mike Pearl
By A Technicality, August's Full Moon Is Blue. Here's Why.
Apologetic Crowdstrike Sends Out $10 UberEats Vouchers. Some Of Them Don't Work.
Arguably worse than nothing.
By Mike Pearl
Apologetic Crowdstrike Sends Out $10 UberEats Vouchers. Some Of Them Don't Work.
How To Use Google's Dark Web Report To Find Out Where Your Data Has Been Leaked
In "late July" everyone gets access.
By Mike Pearl
How To Use Google's Dark Web Report To Find Out Where Your Data Has Been Leaked
Apple Announces AI-powered iPhone Call Recordings At WWDC 2024
They breezed right past it, but it's big.
By Mike Pearl
Apple Announces AI-powered iPhone Call Recordings At WWDC 2024
Apple Maps Adds Topographic Maps In WWDC Reveal
Navigating on your iPhone has never been more topographical.
By Mike Pearl
Apple Maps Adds Topographic Maps In WWDC Reveal
How To Turn Off Google AI Overviews
There is one way that doesn't require a Chrome extension.
By Mike Pearl
How To Turn Off Google AI Overviews
Google Injects Still More AI Into Google Docs And Other Workspace Apps
Gemini will soon hang out in your sidebar while you work.
By Mike Pearl
Google Injects Still More AI Into Google Docs And Other Workspace Apps
Veo, Google's Sora Competitor, Is Hyped By Donald Glover
More Google vs. OpenAI warfare
By Mike Pearl
Veo, Google's Sora Competitor, Is Hyped By Donald Glover
The New iPad Ad Essentially Flips AI-weary Creatives The Bird
It's the wrong ad for the wrong consumer moment.
By Mike Pearl
The New iPad Ad Essentially Flips AI-weary Creatives The Bird
iPad Air 2024: 2 New Features That iPad Air 2022 Doesn't Have
The new iPad Air 2024 is here. Check out all of its new features.
By Mike Pearl
iPad Air 2024: 2 New Features That iPad Air 2022 Doesn't Have
How To See The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower In 2024
The barely-there moon will make for great viewing conditions.
By Mike Pearl
How To See The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower In 2024
A ChatGPT Search Engine Is Rumored To Be Coming Next Week
The rumor is plausible and feeds into years-old speculation.
By Mike Pearl
A ChatGPT Search Engine Is Rumored To Be Coming Next Week
'I Was Kinda Trapped': Watch A Cybertruck Try To Eat A Guy's Finger
"I feared for my finger for a second."
By Mike Pearl
'I Was Kinda Trapped': Watch A Cybertruck Try To Eat A Guy's Finger
Hands-on With The Claude AI App: It's Pleasant To Use, But Janky
...Because all AI apps are janky
By Mike Pearl
Hands-on With The Claude AI App: It's Pleasant To Use, But Janky
Where's The AI In These 'AI-powered' Products For Your Home? An Explanation.
We looked past the hype and spotted the AI for you.
By Mike Pearl
Where's The AI In These 'AI-powered' Products For Your Home? An Explanation.
Why Don't We Have AI-powered Robot Butlers Yet? An Investigation.
Why AI-powered robot butlers – and the subsequent robot uprising – are at least a century away.
By Mike Pearl
Why Don't We Have AI-powered Robot Butlers Yet? An Investigation.
When The Clocks Change For Daylight Saving Time, And Why We Do It At All
Can't we just...not change our clocks?
By Mike Pearl
When The Clocks Change For Daylight Saving Time, And Why We Do It At All
Alibaba's AI Video Generator Just Dunked On Sora By Making The Sora Lady Sing
Alibaba calls it 'EMO,' and it sure is.
By Mike Pearl
Alibaba's AI Video Generator Just Dunked On Sora By Making The Sora Lady Sing
ChatGPT Freaked Out, Generating Gibberish For Many Users
ChatGPT said it may have been suffering from "jumbled inceptions," "affected parts blindness," and "higher perplexity stoked in modules," whatever that means.
By Mike Pearl
ChatGPT Freaked Out, Generating Gibberish For Many Users
Google Announces Gemini 1.5, A Flashy Upgrade To Its Flagship AI Model
It can be prompted with truly massive amounts of text.
By Mike Pearl
Google Announces Gemini 1.5, A Flashy Upgrade To Its Flagship AI Model
ChatGPT Will Now Remember Things About You
It appears users will have the feature turned on by default
By Mike Pearl
ChatGPT Will Now Remember Things About You
Arc Search's AI Responses Launched As An Unfettered Experience With No Guardrails
"We feel horrible about it," the CEO told Mashable.
By Mike Pearl
Arc Search's AI Responses Launched As An Unfettered Experience With No Guardrails
This Flying Car At CES Is Something You Need To See
Folding propeller arms go brrr.
By Mike Pearl
This Flying Car At CES Is Something You Need To See
Sony Just Drove Its Concept Car Afeela With A DualSense Controller At CES 2024
It's like something out of a video game.
By Mike Pearl
Sony Just Drove Its Concept Car Afeela With A DualSense Controller At CES 2024
Survey: AI Experts' Minds Were Blown By Last Year's Pace Of AI Development
The new findings also suggest that "accelerationists" may outnumber "doomers."
By Mike Pearl
Survey: AI Experts' Minds Were Blown By Last Year's Pace Of AI Development
Google Just Killed Cookies For A Fraction Of Users, But You Can Kill Yours Right Now
Don't want to wait in line?
By Mike Pearl
Google Just Killed Cookies For A Fraction Of Users, But You Can Kill Yours Right Now
How People Are Using Mickey Mouse In His Post-Copyright Era
Is making Mickey dirty really all that subversive?
By Mike Pearl
How People Are Using Mickey Mouse In His Post-Copyright Era
CERN's Large Hadron Collider Is Looking For Dark Photons. But... Why?
Particles are being collided in the hopes of finding something related to dark matter.
By Mike Pearl
CERN's Large Hadron Collider Is Looking For Dark Photons. But... Why?
Microsoft's Acquisition Of Activision Is Essentially A Done Deal
The $69 billion merger is really happening, thanks to a UK regulatory decision.
By Mike Pearl
Microsoft's Acquisition Of Activision Is Essentially A Done Deal
OpenAI Just Revealed DALL-E 3, Its Newest Image Generator
It can add (non-gibberish) text to images.
By Mike Pearl
OpenAI Just Revealed DALL-E 3, Its Newest Image Generator
How The Internet Paid Tribute To Jimmy Buffett
Bubba passed yesterday at 76.
By Mike Pearl
How The Internet Paid Tribute To Jimmy Buffett
Google Home Just Massively Expanded Its Capabilities
You can automate in all sorts of (sometimes weird) new ways.
By Mike Pearl
Google Home Just Massively Expanded Its Capabilities
School Uses ChatGPT To Determine Which Books Are Banned
It's 'not feasible to read every book,' an official explained.
By Mike Pearl
School Uses ChatGPT To Determine Which Books Are Banned
What Caused Maui’s Wildfire, And What Made It ‘Apocalyptic’?
"There is nothing left."
By Mike Pearl
What Caused Maui’s Wildfire, And What Made It ‘Apocalyptic’?
Years Later, The Ashley Madison Hack Remains An Unsolved Internet Mystery
The hackers have never come forward.
By Mike Pearl
Years Later, The Ashley Madison Hack Remains An Unsolved Internet Mystery
AI.com Once Took You To ChatGPT. Now, It Goes To Elon Musk's xAI
A nerdy mystery is brewing.
By Mike Pearl
AI.com Once Took You To ChatGPT. Now, It Goes To Elon Musk's xAI
How To Watch NASA's Antares Rocket Launch Livestream
If you're in one of the rings on this map, look up tonight!
By Mike Pearl
How To Watch NASA's Antares Rocket Launch Livestream
A Roundworm Species Was Just Revived After 46,000 years In The Siberian Permafrost
Her descendants are now being studied for their extreme survival abilities.
By Mike Pearl
A Roundworm Species Was Just Revived After 46,000 years In The Siberian Permafrost
Researchers Jailbreak AI Chatbots, Including ChatGPT
Like a magic wand that turns chatbots evil.
By Mike Pearl
Researchers Jailbreak AI Chatbots, Including ChatGPT
Researchers May Have Solved Earth's Bizarre 'Gravity Hole' Mystery
The Indian Ocean has a weird secret.
By Mike Pearl
Researchers May Have Solved Earth's Bizarre 'Gravity Hole' Mystery
Is WhatsApp Down? Here's What We Know.
Meta's messaging app is having problems.
By Mike Pearl
Is WhatsApp Down? Here's What We Know.
The FTC Is Investigating OpenAI For Potential Consumer Harms
The federal government is demanding a mountain of information.
By Mike Pearl
The FTC Is Investigating OpenAI For Potential Consumer Harms
How To See Mars And Venus During The Summer Solstice
Binoculars will help, but aren't necessary.
By Mike Pearl
How To See Mars And Venus During The Summer Solstice
Are 'Prompt Engineer' Jobs Real? Yes, But Maybe Not For Long.
Good work for as long as you can get it.
By Mike Pearl
Are 'Prompt Engineer' Jobs Real? Yes, But Maybe Not For Long.
Montana Legislature Passes Tiktok Ban
Montana is one governor's signature away from making TikTok illegal.
By Mike Pearl
Montana Legislature Passes Tiktok Ban
Google Bard Is About To Get Supercharged
Like...soon.
By Mike Pearl
Google Bard Is About To Get Supercharged
ChatGPT Plugins: How To Get Access
These custom plugins radically expand the capabilities of the world's favorite text generator, but you probably can't try them yet.
By Mike Pearl
ChatGPT Plugins: How To Get Access
What Bard Gets Right That ChatGPT Doesn't
It's plainspoken and shoots from the hip. That can be good.
By Mike Pearl
What Bard Gets Right That ChatGPT Doesn't
The Google Bard AI Chatbot Is Now Available. How To Get Access.
We tried it.
By Mike Pearl
The Google Bard AI Chatbot Is Now Available. How To Get Access.
What Is Sargassum? The Giant Blob Of Seaweed Hitting Florida
The mass of algae stinking up spring break 2023.
By Mike Pearl
What Is Sargassum? The Giant Blob Of Seaweed Hitting Florida
GPT-4 Answers Are Mostly Better Than GPT-3's (But Not Always)
A slightly less wrong AI chatbot.
By Mike Pearl
GPT-4 Answers Are Mostly Better Than GPT-3's (But Not Always)
Reddit Was Down. What We Know.
Reddit was offline and experiencing a "major outage."
By Mike Pearl
Reddit Was Down. What We Know.
How To Get Access To GPT-4 Right Now
The new model is out now, but not for everyone.
By Mike Pearl
How To Get Access To GPT-4 Right Now
When The Clocks Change For Daylight Saving Time And Why We Do It At All
Can't we just...not change our clocks?
By Mike Pearl
When The Clocks Change For Daylight Saving Time And Why We Do It At All
Bard Shared False Information In Google's Announcement
They should have probably checked this with some sort of search engine.
By Mike Pearl
Bard Shared False Information In Google's Announcement
The Sun Has A Shockingly Huge Spot On It Right Now
Also: Spots like this can explode.
By Mike Pearl
The Sun Has A Shockingly Huge Spot On It Right Now
It's A Good Time To Look At Mercury
Mercury isn't stargazer-friendly, so check it out while you can.
By Mike Pearl
It's A Good Time To Look At Mercury
Yes, Wikipedia Looks Weird. Don’t Freak Out.
A thing changed! Argh!
By Mike Pearl
Yes, Wikipedia Looks Weird. Don’t Freak Out.
CES 2023: A Dodge Ram EV Finally Exists
The Ram 1500 Revolution is not (quite) your granddad's pickup truck.
By Mike Pearl
CES 2023: A Dodge Ram EV Finally Exists
This Is Why Tesla's Stock Is Declining
Is it part of a larger tech trend? Is it because of Twitter? Is it something else? Yes, yes, and yes.
By Mike Pearl
This Is Why Tesla's Stock Is Declining
Blizzard Webcams Show America Adapting To The Devastating Cold And Snowfall
Coping with a historic winter.
By Mike Pearl
Blizzard Webcams Show America Adapting To The Devastating Cold And Snowfall
Twitter Reinstates At Least Eight Accounts Suspended In The ‘Thursday Night Massacre’
Let's hope they learned(?) their lessons(??)
By Mike Pearl
Twitter Reinstates At Least Eight Accounts Suspended In The ‘Thursday Night Massacre’
What The Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Means For Our Future
Don't sell your solar panels.
By Mike Pearl
What The Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Means For Our Future
OpenAI's ChatGPT Has Answers To Life's Great Mysteries (Just Not Real Ones)
What fun is an AI if you can't misuse it?
By Mike Pearl
OpenAI's ChatGPT Has Answers To Life's Great Mysteries (Just Not Real Ones)
Scientists Studying Hawaii's Mauna Loa Volcano Are Optimistic About A 'Relatively Chill' Eruption
When scientists don't have to be in emergency mode, their jobs are much easier.
By Mike Pearl
Scientists Studying Hawaii's Mauna Loa Volcano Are Optimistic About A 'Relatively Chill' Eruption
How To Use Twitter Without Giving Elon Musk Your User Data
Why make the richest man in the world a penny richer?
By Mike Pearl
How To Use Twitter Without Giving Elon Musk Your User Data
'Hacked' FTX Scrambles To Quarantine Whatever Crypto Is Left In It
Crypto has been stolen. Other funds have just plain disappeared.
By Mike Pearl
'Hacked' FTX Scrambles To Quarantine Whatever Crypto Is Left In It
Twitter Layoff Lawsuit Is Aimed At Preventing A Repeat Of Tesla Layoffs
There's a pattern here.
By Mike Pearl
Twitter Layoff Lawsuit Is Aimed At Preventing A Repeat Of Tesla Layoffs
Lunar Eclipse November 8: How To Watch The Last 'Blood Moon' Of 2022
How to watch it? Look up. But here's how to understand it, and time your experience to perfection.
By Mike Pearl
Lunar Eclipse November 8: How To Watch The Last 'Blood Moon' Of 2022
Microsoft Is Laying Off 'Under 1,000' Workers
No tech job is safe.
By Mike Pearl
Microsoft Is Laying Off 'Under 1,000' Workers
Elon Tweeted That Ukraine Can Keep Using Starlink For Free. But it’s Elon, So Who Knows?
He had wanted the U.S. taxpayer to foot (more of) the bill.
By Mike Pearl
Elon Tweeted That Ukraine Can Keep Using Starlink For Free. But it’s Elon, So Who Knows?
How To See The Orionid Meteor Shower Without A Telescope
Perhaps you've heard of their parent space rock: Halley's Comet?
By Mike Pearl
How To See The Orionid Meteor Shower Without A Telescope
See South Carolina Live Webcams As Hurricane Ian Tracks New Landfall
Ian set for second US landfall.
By Mike Pearl
See South Carolina Live Webcams As Hurricane Ian Tracks New Landfall
See Hurricane Ian Videos Showing The Devastating Florida Landfall
Historic storm imagery.
By Mike Pearl
See Hurricane Ian Videos Showing The Devastating Florida Landfall
How To Watch The Queen's Funeral
Forecasters predict the majority of humans on Earth will tune in.
By Mike Pearl
How To Watch The Queen's Funeral
What Will Actually Happen When The So-Called 'Doomsday Glacier' Disintegrates?
Has the word 'doomsday' lost all meaning?
By Mike Pearl
What Will Actually Happen When The So-Called 'Doomsday Glacier' Disintegrates?
How To Play Fantasy Football Even If Your Friends Hate It
It's not too late to get in the game.
By Mike Pearl
How To Play Fantasy Football Even If Your Friends Hate It
Crypto.com Claws Back Fortune After Accidentally Minting A Millionaire
What would Matt Damon do?
By Mike Pearl
Crypto.com Claws Back Fortune After Accidentally Minting A Millionaire
The Date For Crypto’s 'The Merge' Is Locked In
Things are going to be different in the crypto world.
By Mike Pearl
The Date For Crypto’s 'The Merge' Is Locked In
New James Webb Image Lets Us See Jupiter For The Trippy Place It Is
The gas giant is hazy, and has northern and southern lights.
By Mike Pearl
New James Webb Image Lets Us See Jupiter For The Trippy Place It Is
Dodge Just Invented A Nostalgic New 'Vroom' Sound For Electric Cars
"WRRRRRRM!"
By Mike Pearl
Dodge Just Invented A Nostalgic New 'Vroom' Sound For Electric Cars
NFL Preseason Football Livestreams for Dolphins Vs. Buccaneers
Streaming the NFL is tricky. We can help.
By Mike Pearl
NFL Preseason Football Livestreams for Dolphins Vs. Buccaneers
NFL Preseason Football Livestreams for Packers Vs. 49ers
Streaming the NFL is tricky. We can help.
By Mike Pearl
NFL Preseason Football Livestreams for Packers Vs. 49ers
NASA Just Announced An Ambitious Date To Launch Its Megarocket To The Moon
It's what you might call a "moonshot."
By Mike Pearl
NASA Just Announced An Ambitious Date To Launch Its Megarocket To The Moon
It's Not Too Late To See The K2 Comet
It might take some trial and error
By Mike Pearl
It's Not Too Late To See The K2 Comet
Can The Courts Force Elon Musk To Buy Twitter Now That He Doesn't Want It?
Corporate law has never been so exciting.
By Mike Pearl
Can The Courts Force Elon Musk To Buy Twitter Now That He Doesn't Want It?
What Is CERN’s Large Hadron Collider Up To In 2022, And What Isn’t It?
Particles will collide, and everything will once again be okay.
By Mike Pearl
What Is CERN’s Large Hadron Collider Up To In 2022, And What Isn’t It?
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