Month: February 2025
OpenAI’s board ‘unanimously’ rejects Elon Musk’s $97.4 billion takeover bid
Elon Musk launched a $97.4 billion bid to take control of OpenAI. The Wall Street Journal reported a group of investors led by Musk’s xAI submitted an unsolicited offer to the company’s board of directors on Monday. The group wants to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI’s for-profit arm. When asked…
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Apple might be building a humanoid robot, and I truly hope it looks like Steve Jobs
I’m not buying that Apple is deeply invested in building a humanoid robot, but if this rumor is somehow true and the Cupertino tech giant is currently juggling actuators, servos, the mismatch of bipedal robot energy needs, and the still very real technological limits of current battery life technology, I…
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I’m already hooked on Yellowjackets season 3, but I’m going to need answers to its biggest mysteries sooner rather than later
Yellowjackets is back, and the third season looks set to descend deeper into the supernatural and give fans some answers. But first, a recap. For the uninitiated, Yellowjackets is split across two timelines: the first follows the lives of a girl’s high-school football team back in 1996 and their battle…
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Trump administration adds anti-trans notices to restored websites
Per a court order, HHS is required to restore this website as of 11:59 PM on February 11, 2025. Any information on this page promoting gender ideology is extremely inaccurate and disconnected from the immutable biological reality that there are two sexes, male and female. The Trump Administration rejects gender…
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Mastodon will add quote posts, even though some users don’t want them
Mastodon is making a change that might have some users divided. In an update on Friday, the decentralized platform announced that it’s working to add quote posts “to help people to transition away from proprietary, billionaire-owned social media to the open social web,” as spotted earlier by TechCrunch. Mastodon initially…
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WhatsApp is getting themed chat bubbles
WhatsApp is turning up the customization features for chats by including new theme options, custom colors for chat bubbles, and a bunch of new wallpapers to choose from. A new blog post says the feature is rolling out now and will be available globally “over the coming weeks.” There are…
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