Author: Zach_Wilson
New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, and others sue OpenAI and Microsoft
More news organizations, including the New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, and four others, are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for alleged copyright infringement. The publications, all owned by the hedge fund Alden Global Capital, claim that both OpenAI and Microsoft trained on their articles…
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Google’s Pixel 8A Is Coming, but Last Year’s Pixel 7A Is at Its Lowest Price Yet
If you’ve wanted to join the Google Pixel ecosystem, you’re in luck. Google’s A-Series phone is on sale alongside the Pixel Watch 2. Source
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Hisense’s new 5,000 nits mini-LED TV is so bright you may need to wear shades
Hisense introduced four separate series of mini-LED TVs at CES 2024, with the lineup led by a massive 110-inch model, the 110UX. The 110UX is the largest TV in the company’s flagship ULED X series, which also features a 98-inch model – the baby of the family. We’ve been looking…
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The drinking fountain button is tragically misunderstood
Buttons feel magical. You press here, and invisible connections make something happen elsewhere. But “magical” is probably not how I’d describe most public drinking fountains. *:last-child>*:last-child]:mb-0″ readability=”7.6588235294118″> a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white”>Button of the Month In today’s digital age, it sometimes feels like hardware has taken a back seat to the…
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Google fired a software engineer over an anti-war demonstration — he says he wasn’t even protesting
A software engineer who was fired from Google in connection to internal protests at the company’s offices says the company retaliated against him for merely watching the demonstration against an Israeli defense contract. The former employee, who asked to remain anonymous, said he went to the lounge on the 10th…
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Tesla layoffs hit Supercharger team just as it’s poised to take over EV charging
Tesla was on the cusp of taking over electric vehicle charging in the US — then, the layoffs came. Today, multiple outlets reported that the company has laid off hundreds of employees, just weeks after cutting 10 percent (approximately 14,000 people) of its global workforce. Tesla’s Supercharger division was said to…
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