Porsche’s insanely clever hybrid engine comes to the 911 Turbo S
Today, Porsche debuted a new 911 variant at the IAA Mobility show in Munich, Germany. It’s the most powerful 911 to date, excluding some limited-run models, and may well be…
ChatGPT’s new branching feature is a good reminder that AI chatbots aren’t people
On Thursday, OpenAI announced that ChatGPT users can now branch conversations into multiple parallel threads, serving as a useful reminder that AI chatbots aren’t people with fixed viewpoints but rather…
NASA’s acting chief “angry” about talk that China will beat US back to the Moon
NASA’s interim administrator, Sean Duffy, said Thursday he has heard the recent talk about how some people are starting to believe that China will land humans on the Moon before…
Warner Bros. sues Midjourney to stop AI knockoffs of Batman, Scooby-Doo
Warner Bros. hit Midjourney with a lawsuit Thursday, crafting a complaint that strives to shoot down defenses that the AI company has already raised in a similar lawsuit filed by…
Lenovo demos laptop with a screen you can swivel into portrait mode
Lenovo has proven again that it isn’t content with PC designs. The latest era of laptops has been focused on ultralight computers that are easy to transport, but they’re hard…
Ignoring Trump threats, Europe hits Google with 2.95B euro fine for adtech monopoly
Google may have escaped the most serious consequences in its most recent antitrust fight with the US Department of Justice (DOJ), but the European Union is still gunning for the…
Civilization VII team at Firaxis Games faces layoffs
Firaxis Games, the studio that developed Civilization VII, is undergoing layoffs. The news went public when a former employee took to LinkedIn to announce her unemployment; Game Developer picked the…
What to expect (and not expect) from yet another September Apple event
Apple’s next product event is happening on September 9, and while the company hasn’t technically dropped any hints about what’s coming, anyone with a working memory and a sense of…
“First of its kind” AI settlement: Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion
Authors revealed today that Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion and destroy all copies of the books the AI company pirated to train its artificial intelligence models. In a press…
Who can get a COVID vaccine—and how? It’s complicated.
As fall approaches and COVID cases tick up, you might be thinking about getting this season’s COVID-19 vaccine. The annually updated shots have previously been easily accessible to anyone over…