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TikTok and its owner ByteDance officially sued the federal government on Tuesday (May 7) to block the law signed by President Biden that could see the app being banned. The lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, with the Chinese-owned company saying the ‘Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act’ is unconstitutional...
Researchers have cracked the code to a sperm whale ‘alphabet’ after using machine learning technologies to understand vocalizations. In a published paper titled ‘Contextual and Combinatorial Structure in Sperm Whale Vocalisations,’ the sequences of clicks produced by the sperm whales were evaluated by researchers from MIT Computer Science...
Legendary pinball machine manufacturer Stern is back, and this time it has Artificial Intelligence on its side. If you ever felt as though pinball was a cruel game, as you watched your ball disappear down a hole with seemingly nothing you could do about it, well now you can rest easier in the knowledge that when that happens, AI is now laughing at you at the same time. The new Stern John Wick...
It seems no matter how much of the Force you were prepared to use, taking down your father should be easier – so says Epic at any rate as it has nerfed the Darth Vader boss in Fortnite as he was causing too many problems for players. Many players were just not bothering with beating DV even though that is the only way to get his lightsaber. In this latest May 4th collaboration with the iconic sci...
OpenAI is reportedly enhancing ChatGPT with a new feature that enables the AI to perform web searches and cite sources, according to Bloomberg, positioning it as a direct competitor to Google’s search engine and AI startups like Perplexity. This development could significantly change how users interact with ChatGPT by integrating more dynamic and referenced information directly from the web....
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is seeking transaction data on up to 1.2 million accounts from crypto exchanges in a bid to identify tax evading users. The news follows recent reports that approved spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds could soon be visible on the Australian ASX stock exchange, according to reports. According to a notice issued last month and reported by Reuters, the ATO...
Arkane Austin, makers of 2023’s Redfall, and Tango Gameworks, developers of The Evil Within and 2022’s Ghostwire: Tokyo, are shut down. The two studios, subsidiaries of Microsoft-owned Bethesda Softworks, were shuttered on Tuesday along with two others according to an email sent by Matt Booty, the head of Xbox Game Studios. The closure means Redfall’s post launch support, including any DLC...
Xbox has always been on the ball when it comes to aesthetically pleasing controller variations so there’s no surprise that the trend has been continued with the latest addition in the long line of pads — the Fire Vapor Special Edition wireless Xbox controller. As alluded to by its name, this one has orange hues throughout, with different shades complementing each other to complete the look. It’s...
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to own a vehicle from the Halo universe, if you cough up the cash required for Elon Musk’s Cybertruck, you’ll be able to at least be able to create something that looks like it would fit right in. This has been made possible through a Razorback-themed wrap from SS Customs. A California based high-end custom automotive shop specializing in modding...
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which launched in 2015, is approaching its 9-year anniversary this month, and fans can celebrate by modding the game into oblivion with official tools from CD Projekt RED. The aptly named REDkit mod editor was first announced for Wild Hunt in November 2023, but was given only a loose 2024 release date. However, we now know the release date – May 21, 2024 – and will be...