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What Grindy Tasks Can it Get Rid Of?
RPA stands for robotic process automation. It represents some of the most cutting-edge technological developments of the modern era with its ability to improve efficiency [more…]
Adobe’s Photoshop and Lightroom photo plans get a huge price hike, but there’s a way to avoid it
Some monthly costs are going up for Adobe’s Photography plans The cheapest option will no longer be available for new users Changes come into effect [more…]
The Study That Called Out Black Plastic Utensils Had a Major Math Error
Editors of the environmental chemistry journal Chemosphere have posted an eye-catching correction to a study reporting toxic flame retardants from electronics wind up in some [more…]
Five years later… Netflix hit with Dutch data access fine
Five years later sounds like a half-baked sequel to a well-known zombie flick franchise. But it’s a reference to how long it’s taken a data [more…]
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Update 2 fixes a bunch of frustrating bugs and improves global illumination on Xbox
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’s latest patch has been released Update 2 addresses a series of gameplay bugs and a save file issue Xbox [more…]
Past Wordle answers – all solutions so far, alphabetical and by date
Memorizing all of the past Wordle answers is nearly impossible – after all, there have now been more than 1,200 of them. But knowing what’s [more…]
The Edgelord AI That Seduced Marc Andreessen, Then Turned a Famed Shock Meme Into Cryptomillions
Truth Terminal “has birthed an entire sector that’s red-hot: the AI agent–memecoin sector,” says Travis Kling, founder of Ikigai Asset Management, a crypto wealth management [more…]
What to do if your vacuum cleaner smells like burning
If your vacuum cleaner smells like burning, it’s a sign something mechanical has gone wrong. This can be dangerous, so it’s important not to just [more…]
Generative AI and Climate Change Are on a Collision Course
In 2025, AI and climate change, two of the biggest societal disruptors we’re facing, will collide. The summer of 2024 broke the record for Earth’s [more…]
AI is burying company web sites in search results, but Otterly.AI thinks it can help
Many sites saw their organic traffic decline in 2024, in big part due to the rise of AI-generated search results. Many queries no longer lead [more…]
NYT Wordle today — answer and my hints for game #1278, Wednesday, December 18
It’s time for your guide to today’s Wordle answer, featuring my commentary on the latest puzzle, plus a selection of hints designed to help you [more…]
Stephen Curry’s Penny Jar Capital files to raise a Fund II
Penny Jar Capital, the early-stage firm founded by Bryant Barr and Richard Scudellari and where basketball star Stephen Curry serves as a special adviser, has [more…]
The White Lotus season 3: what we know so far about the hit HBO show’s return
The White Lotus season 3: key information – Filming has officially wrapped– Official launch date unveiled as February 16, 2025– First footage teased in a [more…]
AirDoctor Coupon Code: 25% Off Purifiers
Thanks to the COVID pandemic and seemingly neverending wildfires, air purifiers have become an essential home appliance for overall health. Pretty much every building lets [more…]
Threads is testing a post scheduling feature
Meta’s social network Threads is experimenting with a feature that will let you schedule posts, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said. Users who will get to [more…]
12 Days of OpenAI – Live updates from Day 9 including ChatGPT, Sora, o1 and more
Refresh 2024-12-17T18:24:01.636Z Next up is fine-tuning, and the API model currently supports preference and supervised types. So, for day nine, OpenAI ushered in the o1 [more…]
Total Wireless Promo Codes & Deals: 50% Off Select Plans
Total Wireless, formerly known as Total by Verizon, is a prepaid, no-contract wireless provider with unlimited data covered by the Verizon 5G network. Total Wireless [more…]
‘It’s dumb to IPO this year’: Databricks CEO explains why he’s waiting to go public
Databricks just closed one of the largest funding rounds ever, raising a staggering $10 billion in fresh capital. Naturally, technology investors were quick to ask [more…]
I pitted ChatGPT search against Perplexity to see which was the best AI search engine, and the results surprised me
If you’ve been following the news from 12 Days of OpenAI, you’ll know that OpenAI has released ChatGPT search to the world as part of [more…]
OpenAI brings its o1 reasoning model to its API — for certain developers
OpenAI is bringing o1, its “reasoning” AI model, to its API — but only for certain developers, to start. Starting Tuesday, o1 will begin rolling [more…]