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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sat before Congress in 2023 to testify about the dangers of AI. He told American lawmakers at the time that he owns no equity in OpenAI, something he’s said many times, claiming he just runs the company because he loves it. However, Altman recently said he actually did have some equity […]

The two companies can now submit proposals to address the CMA’s concerns or the watchdog may progress to a phase 2 investigation. Read more: UK watchdog finds Synopsys-Ansys deal may harm competition

If you want to start the new year refreshed and ready to go, this walk down productivity lane may come in handy. Read more: Top productivity tips to kick-start 2025

The company’s new strategy will be slowly rolled out in India over the coming months. Read more: YouTube announces crackdown on ‘egregious’ clickbait content

The update will enable users to keep track of mentions and replies when navigating notifications. Read more: Bluesky launches new engagement and language features

The tech giant expressed optimism for its latest product but also admitted that it currently has limitations. Read more: Google unveils new AI model with ‘stronger reasoning capabilities’

A false Luigi Mangione news alert generated by the new Apple Intelligence feature launched in the UK has raised concerns about the tool. Read more: Reporters Without Borders calls for halt to Apple Intelligence news feature

The company founded by Dr Nora Khaldi will use the funding to scale its operations and expand its global customer base. Read more: Irish biotech Nuritas bags $42m to advance ingredient discovery

According to Dell, 2025 will be all about AI, but warned that the era of trial and error is over. Read more: Dell expects AI to dominate tech trends in 2025

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The atmosphere of PDS 70b doesn’t match the natal disk.

What were once thought to be traces of the Moon’s formation are remnants from a ’re-melting’ event, research indicates.

The company’s Blue Ghost lander will head to the mysterious Gruithuisen Domes in 2028.

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Bluesky has rolled out an update that fixes one important issue that could lead to impersonation on the decentralized social network. Now, when you verify your identity on the platform with your own domain, Bluesky will no longer free up your old .bsky.social username. In the past, going through the authentication process will make your original .bsky.social name available again, which means you’ll have to sign up again to secure your old handle if you don’t want impersonators to scoop it up. ...

Clickbait videos have always been annoying, but there are times when they can be downright harmful. YouTube has vowed to strengthen its enforcement efforts when it comes to dealing with "egregious clickbait" on its website, particularly those that cover — or pretend to cover — breaking news and current events. The website describes egregious clickbait as "videos where the title or thumbnail promises viewers something that the video doesn’t deliver." YouTube says these videos leave viewers...

We at Engadget are in the unique position to test out many more gadgets than we actually use on a regular basis. It just comes with the territory of reviewing the newest smartphones or testing out dozens of power banks to find the best ones. But we still have to buy things for ourselves, and there are winners and losers just like there are when we test things out for professional purposes only. And similar to when we find a new top-tier tablet or VR headset, we like to sing the praises of the...

This week, we’re looking back at our hellish 2024 and trying to figure out where to go from here. We began the year with enormous hype around artificial intelligence, but that’s cooled off after seeing how useless many AI features have been. It’s also clear that many companies, including Microsoft and Apple, are trying to push half-baked AI concepts onto users. Looking forward, we’re expecting a rough few years for the tech industry (not to mention the world as a whole). Listen below or...

Last week, Google allegedly instructed contract workers evaluating Gemini not to skip any prompts, regardless of their expertise, TechCrunch reports based on internal guidance it viewed. Now, contractors have allegedly been instructed not to skip prompts that “require specialized domain knowledge” and to “rate the parts of the prompt you understand,” adding a note that it’s not an area they have knowledge in. Apparently, the only times contractors can skip now are if a big chunk of the...

Almost a year ago, I was prompted to look for another budgeting app. Intuit, parent company of Mint, the budgeting app I had been using for a long time, shut down the service in March 2024. The company encouraged Mint users to migrate to its other financial app, Credit Karma, but I found it to be a poor Mint replacement after trying it out. That sent me searching elsewhere to find an app to track all of my financial accounts, monitor my credit score, track spending and set goals like building a...

While there remain regular laptops and gaming laptops, the line that separates them has nearly disappeared. Today, if you have a fast CPU and graphics card, along with perks like a big screen and a good cooling system, you can play a decent number of games on your laptop. Besides, not everyone wants a big, garish gaming rig, nor does everyone want to spend the money required to get one of those. If you’re considering a new laptop for school, there are more options now than ever before that can...

Google has launched an experimental AI model, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, designed to tackle complex questions with a "reasoning" approach.

According to new research from EY, while 28% of companies accelerated AI implementation this year, most remain in the exploratory phase.

More than half of organisations using open-source AI tools report seeing positive ROI, according to a new survey commissioned by IBM.

The company also seeks to double down on its AI successes by setting a goal of hiring 80,000 specialists in that area by 2026.

Skyline Robotics said the joint system can help the industry handle increasingly complex design challenges and labor shortages.  The post Alimak Group, Skyline Robotics create autonomous building maintenance unit appeared first on The Robot Report.

AI-powered search engine Perplexity has reportedly closed a $500 million funding round, valuing the startup at $9 billion. Bloomberg, citing sources familiar, reports that the round was led by Institutional Venture Partners and that it closed earlier in December. In an email to TechCrunch, a Perplexity spokesperson declined to comment. The mammoth tranche comes as […]