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Anthropic CEO claims AI models hallucinate less than humans
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes today’s AI models hallucinate, or make things up and present them as if they’re true, at a lower rate than humans do, he said during a press briefing at Anthropic’s first developer event, Code with Claude, in San Francisco on Thursday. Amodei said all this in the midst of a […]
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In 3.5 years, Notepad.exe has gone from “barely maintained” to “it writes for you”
AI features in Windows are gradually becoming more widespread and inescapable.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Dwarf 3 Review: A $600 Smart Telescope for Astrophotography Beginners
Whether photographing wildlife or the night sky, here's my review of the high-tech Dwarf 3.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Global Push to Protect Oceans Gains Momentum Ahead of UN Conference in Nice
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, May 22 (IPS) - As delegates prepare for the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, France, momentum is building around ocean governance, finance for marine conservation, and an urgent shift toward a regenerative blue economy. Ocean advocates say the world is at a critical juncture—and the next few weeks could shape the future of marine protection for decades.Read the full story,...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:X is experiencing a data center outage
If you had trouble using X today, you're not alone. DownDetector reports that over 5,000 people have reported issues accessing the social media platform as of 4PM ET. X's official Engineering account claims the issue is due to a data center outage. "X is aware some of our users are experiencing performance issues on the platform today," X's Engineering account writes. "We are experiencing a data center outage and the...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Disney is suing YouTube for poaching a key media and sports executive
As YouTube prepares to air an exclusive NFL opening week game for free on September 5th, it’s hiring former Disney exec Justin Connolly. The move has caused Disney to respond by suing both YouTube and Connolly, saying he was in the middle of leading the team negotiating Disney’s license renewal with YouTube. He’d most recently […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Tech CEOs are using AI to replace themselves
Tech company CEOs aren’t just making their companies AI-first: this week, they’re using AI avatars to replace themselves in earnings calls. Buy-now-pay-later company Klarna featured the AI version of CEO and co-founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski in an 83-second video about its Q1 2025 results, as reported by TechCrunch. The video’s description says that his “AI avatar” […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:The Pentagon seems to be fed up with ULA’s rocket delays
"The ULA Vulcan program has performed unsatisfactorily this past year."
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Ricoh is finally making a GR IV camera, and it’s coming in the fall
In a pretty bare-bones press release accompanied by a couple of pictures and detailed specs, Ricoh surprise announced that its long-awaited GR IV camera will launch this fall. The GR IV will adhere closely to the design of the GR III from 2018, and it will continue to use an autofocusing 28mm-equivalent f/2.8 lens and […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:You can now apply for verification on Bluesky
Bluesky is ramping up its verification program, even though it's still not exactly clear how it plans to determine which accounts are "authentic and notable" enough for a blue checkmark. One month after the company said it would start giving checkmarks to select accounts, the company is now allowing people to apply for verification. Currently, the application consists of a multi-page Google Form that asks users to...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Music agency employees among several people dead in San Diego plane crash
Sound Talent Group says three employees killed as officials investigate what caused Cessna 550 plane to crashSeveral people have died, including the co-founder of a music agency, after a small aircraft crashed in a neighborhood in San Diego early on Thursday morning, clipping one home and damaging several vehicles.Sound Talent Group, which has represented artists such as Sum 41 and Vanessa Carlton, confirmed on...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Here are 20 of our favorite deals you can still grab from REI’s anniversary sale
REI’s anniversary sale may be winding down in the coming days, but many of our favorite outdoor gadgets and goods are still available at a hefty discount. Although some of our earlier gear recommendations have sold out — sorry, Jetboil stans — the outdoor retailer will continue to offer 30 percent off a large number […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:FTC drops case over Microsoft’s $69bn Activision Blizzard acquisition
Microsoft president declares ‘victory’ in Call of Duty maker deal as FTC chair says case doesn’t fit with Trump’s agendaThe US Federal Trade Commission dropped a case that sought to block Microsoft’s $69bn purchase of the Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard, saying on Thursday that pursuing the case against the long-closed deal was not in the public interest.Andrew Ferguson, the FTC chair, is seeking to use the...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:SteamOS now officially supports a second handheld
Valve officially added support for the Lenovo Legion Go S in its latest SteamOS release. The handheld, which begins shipping this weekend, is the first hardware other than the Steam Deck to formally run Valve's gaming-centric operating system. Valve has been laying the groundwork to bring SteamOS to more devices. Earlier in the month, it introduced a separate verification program to show players when a game is...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:FDA advisers recommend Covid vaccine updates to target new strains
Committee says newest vaccines should be updated and formalizes rules that limit vaccine access for AmericansThe Food and Drug Administration’s advisory committee unanimously recommended that newest vaccines for Covid should be updated to target a variant of strains currently on the rise, during a meeting on Thursday – the first since the Trump administration took office.The meeting focused on selecting a Covid strain...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Why console makers can legally brick your game console
"If the ability [to brick a console] is there, someone will want to 'see how it goes.'"
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Apple's AI Smart Glasses to Arrive in 2026, According to Report
The iPhone and Vision Pro maker is playing catchup with Meta and Google.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Anthropic Launched New Claude 4 Gen AI Models. Here's What They Do
The models can now use tools like web searches during extended reasoning tasks.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Hinge Health pops 17%, but joins growing ranks of down-round IPOs
Hinge Health, a digital physical therapy company, closed its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday at $37.56, up about 17% over the $32 IPO price it set the previous day. That’s a good first-day result. But even with the pop, Hinge’s public valuation is significantly less than its last […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Valve’s huge Steam Deck update is now ready for everyone, including rival AMD handhelds
Valve has been building up to this for months, first in preview, then in beta, and now finally in a full stable release: a new version of SteamOS that brings brand-new features to the Steam Deck and supports third-party handhelds like Lenovo’s Legion Go and Asus’ ROG Ally series. SteamOS 3.7.8 is the first stable […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:FTC drops case against Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has officially dropped its case against Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The FTC filed an order to dismiss its complaint on Thursday, just days after it lost an appeal for a preliminary injunction to prevent Microsoft from finalizing its acquisition. “The Commission has determined that the public interest is best […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Show HN: Defuddle, an HTML-to-Markdown alternative to Readability
Defuddle is an open-source JS library I built to parse and extract the main content and metadata from web pages. It can also return the content as Markdown.I built Defuddle while working on Obsidian Web Clipper[1] (also MIT-licensed) because Mozilla's Readability[2] appears to be mostly abandoned, and didn't work well for many sites.It's still very much a work in progress, but I thought I'd share it today, in light of...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Apple’s AI glasses are coming, but not the way you think
Apple is reportedly accelerating development on their new wearable: AI-powered smart glasses designed to compete directly with Meta’s Ray-Bans. , the Cupertino-based company is targeting a late 2026 launch and has begun preparing large-scale prototypes for production. This new report clarifies and updates , which speculated that Apple would debut its smart glasses alongside custom […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Klarna CEO and Sutter Hill take victory lap after Jony Ive’s OpenAI deal
Hours after Sam Altman and Jony Ive announced on Wednesday that OpenAI was buying Ive’s company, io, in an all-stock transaction valued at $6.5 billion, Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski posted a surprising message on X. Siemiatkowski’s family investment office, Flat Capital, had bought shares in io six months earlier, he said. Since this is an […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Bluesky will begin verifying ‘notable’ users
Bluesky on Thursday quietly opened the doors to those who want to become verified on its social networking service. In a post published by the Bluesky Safety account, the company announced that “notable and authentic” accounts can now apply for verification through a new online form. Plus, organizations can request to become a Trusted Verifier […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:The Marvel Rivals Auto Battler Is a Natural Evolution of Hero Shooters
Move over Teamfight Tactics. Marvel Rivals' new limited-time mode is the perfect addition to the auto battler genre.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Apple will reportedly release smart glasses next year
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Apple aims to release smart glasses by the end of 2026. This product would be equipped with cameras, microphones and speakers so that a wearer could interact with the Siri voice assistant. The glasses would also support activities such as listening to music, taking phone calls or hearing step-by-step directions to a location. Apple has long been working toward an end goal of true...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Trump to host dinner for top holders of his crypto token – although many lost money with it
Meme coin buyers may have gotten dinner with president, but they lost millions, Guardian analysis revealsDonald Trump will host the top holders of his cryptocurrency at a gala tonight at his private golf club near Washington DC. Though the president has called the $Trump token “The Greatest of them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”, nearly half the gala’s guests suffered losses from purchasing it, according to a Guardian analysis...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Why NotebookLM needs to be the next app you download on your phone
NotebookLM is a Google app that supercharges how you interact with a digital note. You can chat with it, listen to it as a podcast, and do a lot more. For free.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:A huge unsecured credential database discovery is a great reminder to change your passwords
Today's report by security expert Jeremiah Fowler of a massive unsecured database full of usernames and passwords shouldn't necessarily frighten you, but it should spur you to action. If you have any weak passwords protecting accounts with sensitive information, or if you've reused the same password — however strong — on multiple accounts, now would be an excellent time to change them and set up two-factor...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Trump administration detonates expansion of rural broadband access
Trump has pulled billions in digital access grants after slashing the Digital Equity Act, major programs like BEAD could be next.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Blackmailers, spys, and cheaters beware: Signal cuts off Microsoft screengrab feature
Popular privacy communication app Signal adds an update to prevent Microsoft's AI-driven feature "Recall" from taking screengrabs of your conversations.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:What to expect at WWDC 2025: A new look, Apple Intelligence and more
Apple's big 2025 software reveal is nearly upon us. On June 9, the Worldwide Developers' Conference (WWDC) keynote will showcase the changes coming with its 2025 software. That includes — deep breath — iOS 19, iPadOS 19, macOS 16, watchOS 12, tvOS 19 and visionOS 3. Leaks suggest this year will be a biggie. In addition to the requisite Craig Federighi gags, expect a significant visual overhaul — one of Apple's biggest...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Anthropic's new Claude 4 models promise the biggest AI brains ever
Anthropic’s new Claude Opus 4 and Sonnet 4 models blend extended thinking, memory, and tool use.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Xiaomi’s new PU7 spells trouble for Tesla in China
Xiaomi unveiled its hotly anticipated PU7 electric SUV in China today, in the latest potential blow to Tesla’s position in the world’s hottest EV market. The electronics giant says the PU7 will get up to 518 miles of range on certain trims and accelerate from 0–62mph in just 3.23 seconds. The new EV, which is […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source: