M2 Ultra Mac Studio review: Who needs a Mac Pro, anyway?
The realities of Apple Silicon make the Studio the best bet for most pros.
Musk stiffing Google could unleash yet more abuse on Twitter, report says
Musk's top priorities seem to be cutting costs and removing spam bots from DMs.
ChatGPT takes the pulpit: AI leads experimental church service in Germany
"I was positively surprised how well it worked," said one attendee.
Ferrari’s French fairytale at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans
After an absence of 50 years, it's like Ferrari never went away.
Florida man gets flesh-eating infection from human bite during family fight
The man declined to say what sparked the fight or which relative bit him.
Ex-Samsung executive alleged to have stolen tech to recreate chip plant in China
Six others also indicted as Korea toughens response to leakage of secrets.
Review: Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Air says what it is and is what it says
Like the M2 Pro Mac mini, it's a bridge between Apple's low- and high-end Macs.
Microsoft announces new $350, 1 TB Xbox Series S
"Carbon Black" edition will launch worldwide on Sept. 1.
Bethesda’s “Starfield Direct” shows off a massive, galactic-scale space RPG
A deep dive on "over 1,000 planets" worth of trademark open world exploration.
Why we’re “interviewing” captive birds to find the best to release into the wild
Experiments with the endangered Bali myna showed some birds are bolder than others.
Here’s a rough estimate of how many people recent SCOTUS rulings might kill
In addition to deaths, the decisions will lead to significant morbidity.
Acer said it halted business in Russia but kept selling monitors & reportedly PCs
Reuters says Acer used Swiss subsidiary to send Russia "at least" 744 shipments.
Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over
When tested, "Over 90% of 1,008 generated jokes were the same 25 jokes."
Musk on path to turn Twitter into the next MySpace or Yahoo, co-founder suggests
Ev Williams: Generally, "the new thing does not come from the old thing."
Billion-year-old grease hints at long history of complex cells
Our ancestors once thrived on cholesterols that are now just reaction intermediates.
Judge allows Apple and Amazon price-fixing lawsuit to move forward
Which markets are hurt by companies' agreement is "reserved for a jury."
Google’s Bard AI can now write and execute code to answer a question
Google says having an LLM write code is akin to humans doing long division.
Leaked Tesla report shows Cybertruck had basic design flaws
“Alpha” version had problems with braking, handling, noise, and leaks.
Blue Microphones branding is going away after 28 years
The Blue name was a hat-tip to the co-founder's Latvian roots.
One man’s nearly 40-year, 8-bit quest to finish his teenage Commodore 64 RPG
Disks and tapes are fallible, so it's back to assembly code and pencil notes.
