Month: March 2023
The new Microsoft Surface Hub 2S wants to make your Teams calls more immersive than ever
Microsoft has unveiled (opens in new tab) plans to launch a new Surface Hub 2S that’s set to be much more than a hardware refresh, bringing with it a full OS update. While details are few and far between, we do know that the design of the new product will…
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Marshall, the iconic amp manufacturer, is being acquired by Marshall speaker maker Zound
Marshall Amplification, the 60-year-old company that’s produced iconic guitar amps used by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Slash, and Kurt Cobain, is being acquired by Zound Industries, the Swedish company that’s previously licensed the Marshall brand for its headphones and speakers. Exact financial terms of the deal were not disclosed,…
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Elon Musk is now the most-followed person on Twitter
Elon Musk has dethroned former President Barack Obama as the most followed person on Twitter. As of right now, the billionaire has 133,068,709 followers compared to Obama’s 133,042,819, according to the follower counts reported on their respective Twitter profiles. Musk’s posting habits stand in stark contrast to Obama’s, who mainly…
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Google denies Bard was trained with ChatGPT data
Google’s Bard hasn’t exactly had an impressive debut — and The Information is reporting that the company is so interested in changing the fortunes of its AI chatbots, it’s forcing its DeepMind division to help the Google Brain team beat OpenAI with a new initiative called Gemini. The Information’s report…
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We Spoke To The Guy Who Created The Viral AI Image Of The Pope That Fooled The World
Over the weekend, a photo of Pope Francis looking dapper in a white puffer jacket went mega-viral on social media. The 86-year-old sitting pontiff, it appeared, has some serious drip. But there was just one problem: The image is not real. It was made using the AI art tool Midjourney.…
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Eli Lilly Reduced The Price Of Insulin To $35 Per Month, And This Guy Who Trolled The Company Can Take Some Credit
But there is another possible reason Eli Lilly is making this change: Elon Musk’s bumbling of the Twitter Blue verification rollout, and one guy from Queens who decided to exploit it to troll Eli Lilly. In early November 2022, Twitter started offering verified checkmarks to paid $8-per-month Twitter Blue subscribers.…
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