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Hitting the Books: We’d likely have to liquidate Jupiter to build a Dyson Sphere around the Sun
The gargantuan artificial construct enveloping your local star is going to be rather difficult to miss, even from a few light years away. And given the literally astronomical costs of resources needed to construct such a device — the still-theoretical-for-humans Dyson Sphere — having one in your solar system will…
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Google gives Bard the ability to generate and debug code
Google's Bard chatbot now has the capability to help you with programming tasks. The tech giant said that coding has been one of its users' top requests, and now it has given Bard the ability to generate, debug and explain code. Bard can now write in 20 programming languages, including…
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The Morning After: Twitter is pulling legacy blue verification checkmarks
As threatened for a while, Twitter has begun removing the original blue ticks from users' profiles, which includes the likes of Beyonce, the Pope and yours truly. If the Pope wants his blue tick back, he’ll need to pay $8 per month for Twitter Blue. Businesses can receive a gold…
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Michael Schumacher’s family plans to sue German tabloid for AI-generated ‘interview’
This week, a German tabloid tested the boundaries of AI passing itself off as reality. Celebrity magazine Die Aktuelle published a cover story in its April 15th issue about a supposed interview with Formula One driver Michael Schumacher; only at the end does it reveal that it was a hoax…
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The best SSD for your PS5
Ten months after the PlayStation 5 hit store shelves, Sony released a software update that unlocked the console’s storage expansion slot. Originally, the PS5 offered only 667GB of space for storing your games, with no way to increase that. While that was fine for some (like me), others (like my…
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Razer Blade 18 review: Overpowered and oversized
The Blade 18 is Razer’s largest and most powerful laptop yet. It’s got a big, gorgeous 240Hz display, a slick unibody frame and practically every port you might need. It can also be configured with the fastest silicon you can get on a laptop today, including an Intel Core i9…
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