Author: Zach_Wilson
Let the robot vacuum wars begin: the newest Roombas tackle the competition’s biggest issues
iRobot’s newest robot vacuums are smarter and more powerful, and the mopping bot can scrub your floors more deeply. At least, that’s what the company is claiming as it launches its newest flagships: the $1,399 Roomba Combo j9 Plus vacuum / mop and the $899 j9 Plus vacuum. Both models…
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Meta sets GPT-4 as the bar for its next AI model, says a new report
Meta has been snapping up AI training chips and building out data centers in order to create a more powerful new chatbot it hopes will be as sophisticated as OpenAI’s GPT-4, according to The Wall Street Journal. The company reportedly plans to begin training the new large language model early…
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WhatsApp is working on cross-platform messaging
A WhatsApp for Android beta update (version 2.23.19.8) that came out today contains a new screen called Third-party chats, reports WABetaInfo. For now, the screen is neither functional nor accessible by users, according to WABetaInfo. But its title is a strong clue that this is likely the first step to…
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Stalker 2 devs remain defiant after office fire: “We’ve dealt with worse. This is fine”
Just weeks after Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl finally solidified its Q1 2024 release window and the team saw its hard work hacked and leaked, the survival horror shooter has suffered another set back: a devastating fire. While no one was hurt, an “electrical fire” has seemingly destroyed one of…
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Disney is releasing a very expensive 100-movie Blu-ray collection
Disney is releasing a 100-film Blu-ray collection on November 14th called the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection (via The Wrap). Preorders will start on September 18th at Walmart.com, and we regret to inform you it will cost $1,500, according to The Wrap. The collection includes movies from both Disney and…
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Dynamic Island isn’t such an exciting destination after all — and that’s okay
Last fall, Apple introduced us to the Dynamic Island with all of the usual hyperbole. The new free-floating, pill-shaped notch on the iPhone 14 Pro was described as “magical.” It would enable “an entirely new iPhone experience.” And while we take everything with a grain of salt from the company…
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