Month: March 2023

Google Bard is Switching To a More ‘Capable’ Language Model, CEO Confirms

People haven’t exactly been impressed in the short time since Google released its “experimental conversational AI service” Bard. Coming up against OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Bing Chat (also powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4) users have found its response……


Ultimate Hacking Keyboard: Gimmick or serious productivity tool?

This split keyboard can save your hands, wrists, and forearms from overuse issues. Here’s how….


Italy bans ChatGPT for ‘unlawful collection of personal data’

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Italian privacy enforcers have opened an investigation into OpenAI’s ChatGPT for allegedly violating EU and Italian privacy laws by collecting personal data of the country’s citizens without “a suitable legal bas……


Human: Fall Flat Plus Plunges Into Apple Arcade – CNET

You can play this surreal puzzle game, and many others, in Apple Arcade now….


NYPD is Refusing To Comply With NYC’s New Surveillance Tech Laws

An anonymous reader shares a report: In a new report published Thursday, the New York Office of the Inspector General for the New York Police Department (OIG-NYPD) said the New York Police Department
violated the 2020 ââPublic Oversight of Su……


NYPD is Refusing To Comply With NYC’s New Surveillance Tech Laws

An anonymous reader shares a report: In a new report published Thursday, the New York Office of the Inspector General for the New York Police Department (OIG-NYPD) said the New York Police Department
violated the 2020 ââPublic Oversight of Su……


Hackaday Podcast 212: Staring Through ICs, Reading Bloom Filters, and Repairing, Reworking, and Reballing

It was quite the cornucopia of goodness this week as Elliot and Dan sat down to hash over the week in hardware hacking. We started with the exciting news that …read more


Apple’s Music App Duet: The New Classical App Is Cool, but I Have a Few Notes – CNET

Commentary: Apple made something smart. It could get classical music fans to switch from Spotify….


GaN Charger Teardown Reveals Value Of This New Technology

Every so often, a new technology comes along that offers a broad range of benefits over what we already have. Just as lithium-ion batteries have made nickel-cadmium cells boring and …read more


China Hits Micron With Review of Chips, Citing Security Risks

China has opened a cybersecurity review of imports from America’s largest memory chipmaker, Micron Technology, opening a new front in the escalating battle between the two countries over dominance in the semiconductor market. From a report: The Chinese……