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Hey Strangers, #car #electronic #buy There are plenty of climate and air quality reasons to buy an electric vehicle (EV), but is it cheaper to drive? While this is a complicated question that has befuddled car shoppers for years, in most cases, an EV will indeed be cheaper in the long run. And with automakers slashing prices for EVs in the past year on top of federal incentives for eligible buyers...

Hey Strangers, #hospitals #hackers #healthcare Ascension has said it is investigating if hackers accessed patient data. “We are conducting a thorough investigation of the incident with the support of leading cybersecurity experts and law enforcement,” an Ascension spokesperson told WPR on Monday. “If we determine sensitive data was potentially exfiltrated or accessed, we will notify and support th...

Hey Strangers, #meta #facebook #AI Plans to use peoples' public posts and images on Facebook and Instagram to train artificial intelligence (AI) tools belonging to parent company Meta have been attacked by digital rights groups. The social media giant recently has been informing UK and European users of the platforms that, under privacy policy changes taking effect on 26 June, their informatio...

Hey Strangers, #wwdc2024 #apple #AppleIntelligence It’s WWDC 2024 keynote time! Each year Apple kicks off its Worldwide Developers Conference with a few hours of just straight announcements, like the long-awaited Apple Intelligence and a makeover for smart AI assistant, Siri. We expected much of them to revolve around the company’s artificial intelligence ambitions (and here), and Apple didn’t dis...

Hey Strangers, #assassinscreed #gamer #DEI In this video, we dive deep into the world of fake outrage and clickbait content creators who are stirring the pot and making gamers furious about the latest trends in video games. Discover how these influencers manipulate emotions and create controversies out of thin air, just for views and likes. We'll uncover the truth behind their tactics and reve...

Hey Strangers, #callofduty #lgbtq #gaming A possible Call of Duty bug is causing a new Pride-themed cosmetic to paint the bullets in one version of one of the game’s guns the colors of the transgender flag. Now, right wing rage jockeys are seizing this to peddle transphobic conspiracy theories so idiotic they would be laughable, if not for the real world threats underlining the outrage. Season 4 o...

Hey Strangers, #openai #ai #whistleblower Several former OpenAI employees warned in an open letter that advanced AI companies like OpenAI stifle criticism and oversight, especially as concerns over AI safety have increased in the past few months. The open letter, signed by 13 former OpenAI employees (six of whom chose to remain anonymous) and endorsed by “Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton, formerly...

Hey Strangers, #openai #ai #men It was hard not to cringe at the demo of ChatGPT’s latest upgrade. Instead of showcasing a chatbot that sounded more reliable, OpenAI gave the world one that hit all the notes of an obsequious female, giggling at the antics of its male researchers and praising their outfits. The resulting outrage over the voice’s similarity to Scarlett Johansson missed a deeper poin...

Hey Strangers, #twitch #fired #streamer “After working with many of the same core members for several years, we have brought in new council members to offer fresh, diverse perspectives,” Busby wrote. “We’re excited to work with our global Twitch Ambassadors, all of whom are active on Twitch, know our safety work first hand, and have a range of experiences to pull from.” CNBC writes that Twitch dec...

Hey Strangers, #Trump #Guilty #News Jurors in the New York criminal trial against former President Donald Trump have convicted him of 34 felony counts of falsified business records. Former President Donald Trump appears for his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday, before a jury of New Yorkers convicted him on 34 felony counts. The jurors said they unanimously agreed that Trump...

Hey Strangers, #openai #meta #tech Very few people are regularly using "much hyped" artificial intelligence (AI) products like ChatGPT, a survey suggests. Researchers surveyed 12,000 people in six countries, including the UK, with only 2% of British respondents saying they use such tools on a daily basis. But the study, from the Reuters Institute and Oxford University, says young people...

Hey Strangers, #gamedev #youtube #gaming Everybody’s getting into gaming these days. YouTube joins the slowly growing list of companies with gaming initiatives, rolling out its Playables program across mobile and desktop. To play, simply visit YouTube’s website or Android / iOS app and look for Playables in the sidebar. YouTube will let players save their progress and keep track of high scores. Th...

Hey Strangers, #google #Aioverview #technews Remember this leading search engine? You won’t believe how Google looks now. Earlier this month, the place where 91 percent of searches take place underwent a significant change, putting “AI overviews” (aka AI-powered answers) above the actual search results for many queries. While this isn’t good for publishers who rely on people clicking through to th...

Hey Strangers, #assassinscreed #ubisoft #sorry The remarkable life of history's first foreign-born samurai and his astonishing journey from Northern Africa to the heights of Japanese society When Yasuke arrived in Japan in the late 1500s, he had already traveled much of the known world. Kidnapped as a child, and trained into a boy soldier in India, he had ended up an indentured servant and bod...

Hey Strangers, #beyonce #taylorswift #livenation The United States Department of Justice and 30 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment, the parent company of Ticketmaster, for alleged monopolistic practices. Live Nation and Ticketmaster merged in 2010, creating a dominant entertainment machine that controls the majority of ticket sales and venue bookings in the c...

Hey Strangers, #assassinscreed #ubisoft #sorry Assassin’s Creed Shadows has run into a bizarre controversy surrounding its protagonist Yasuke. A small corner of the internet contends Yasuke’s status as a Samurai, and has accused Ubisoft of misrepresentation in a series that was never historically accurate to begin with. Unsurprisingly, none of this kerfuffle seems to have impacted pre-orders for t...

Hey Strangers, #openai #gpt4o #scarlettjohansson SAG-AFTRA, an influential body representing television and radio artists, on Tuesday backed Scarlett Johansson after the American actress raised concerns over the voice feature of a new OpenAI system that she said sounded "eerily similar" to her own. OpenAI unveiled its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-4o, last week, featuring an...

Hey Strangers, #microsoft #copilot #technews Microsoft is making a major push to put AI into laptops. It’s introducing a new branding today called “Copilot Plus PCs” that’ll highlight when Windows laptops come with built-in AI hardware and support for AI features across the operating system. All of Microsoft’s major laptop partners will offer Copilot Plus PCs, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said at a...

Hey Strangers, #chatgpt4o #microsoft #climate Microsoft’s producing a lot more planet-heating pollution now than it did when it made a bold climate pledge back in 2020. Its greenhouse gas emissions were actually around 30 percent higher in fiscal year 2023, showing how hard it could be for the company to meet climate goals as it simultaneously races to be a leader in AI. Training and running AI mo...

Hey Strangers, #roaringkitty #gamestop #gme Retail investor darlings GameStop (GME.N), opens new tab and AMC (AMC.N), opens new tab soared on Tuesday, as posts from "Roaring Kitty" Keith Gill raised chatter about the return of the central figure behind the 2021 meme stock frenzy. Shares of both U.S. video game retailer GameStop and those of the world's largest theater chain AMC more...

Hey Strangers, #googleio #googlegemini #ai Google I/O just ended — and it was packed with AI announcements. As expected, the event focused heavily on Google’s Gemini AI models, along with the ways they’re being integrated into apps like Workspace and Chrome. If you didn’t get to tune in to the event live, you can catch up with all the latest from Google in the roundup below. ======================...

Hey Strangers, #assassinscreed #gamer #ubisoft Ubisoft gave Assassin’s Creed fans their first real look at the next flagship game in the long-running franchise with the debut trailer for Assassin’s Creed Shadows on Wednesday. Previously known as Assassin’s Creed: Codename Red, Shadows will send the franchise to feudal Japan for the first time this November, letting players live out their shinobi f...

Hey Strangers, #openai #chatgpt4o #technews ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Monday it would release a new AI model called GPT-4o, capable of realistic voice conversation and able to interact across text and image, its latest move to stay ahead in a race to dominate the emerging technology. New audio capabilities enable users to speak to ChatGPT and obtain real-time responses with no delay, as well as...

Hey Stranger, #Nigeria #bitcoin #Binance Nigerian authorities on Wednesday denied allegations from Binance's CEO of soliciting bribes, saying the claim was a "diversionary tactic" and an "act of blackmail" aimed at undermining ongoing criminal charges against the company. Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, and two of its executives face separate trials on cha...

Hey Strangers, #mothersday #techgifts #happymothersday When it comes to Mother’s Day gift ideas, inspiration for the perfect presents can always be a bit hard to come by, especially for those of us with mothers who say “oh, I don’t need anything new.” Making matters worse, buying from some of the more boring and cliché gift guides for moms out there can have you hearing a very sincere “oh, you sho...