Month: January 2023
Microsoft Teams is finally fixing this ear-splitting annoyance
Audio player loading… One of the most irritating (and slightly painful) parts of joining a Microsoft Teams call could soon be fixed by a new update. The video conferencing service is a popular choice for many companies, meaning calls with large numbers of participants joining at the same time, and…
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Medium welcomes posts written with AI as long they’re ‘clearly labeled’
Online publisher Medium says it’s happy for users to post articles written with the help of AI writing tools like ChatGPT — as long as their use of the technology is disclosed. The blogging platform turned publisher, which lets anyone create their own blog while selling membership access for some…
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Friday’s top tech news: a remake and a remaster
Today sees the return of not one but two classic games, albeit in very different forms. First up is Goldeneye 007, the 1997 Nintendo 64 classic which is releasing on Xbox consoles and the Nintendo Switch today. Second is Dead Space, a remake of the 2008 sci-fi horror game. The…
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Amsterdam’s underwater parking garage fits 7,000 bicycles and zero cars
Maybe one day, flying cars and jetpacks will be the hallmarks of futuristic cities, but today — in 2023 — it’s massive underwater bicycle parking garages like the one that just opened at Amsterdam’s Centraal Station. The structure has space for 6,300 personal bicycles and 700 more for bikeshares to…
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A Startup CEO Said His Abandoned Plan To Use An AI-Powered “Robot Lawyer” Made Him Some “Powerful Enemies”
Joshua Browder, the startup CEO who wanted to use an artificial intelligence–powered “robot lawyer” to help a defendant fight a traffic ticket in court, has revealed that he is dropping the plan after being threatened with jail time. Browder runs DoNotPay, a San Francisco–based DIY legal services startup created to…
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Samsung’s Galaxy S23 may cost more than its predecessor
It seems like Samsung’s planning on charging more for the upcoming Galaxy S23 than it did for the S22, at least in some parts of Europe. Reliable leaker Roland Quandt has been posting prospective prices for the phones at European retailers, and for some models it seems like there will…
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