Sam Altman envisions a future where universal basic income is a "slice of GPT"
Altman fears the AI he created will lead to mass job losses
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What Ever Happened to MapQuest?
Today, you can simply type the name of a destination and instantly get a map with turn-by-turn directions to get there. These advancements predated the smartphone, thanks to a service called MapQuest.
From nostalgia to necessity: why floppy disks refuse to fade away
Still spinning in the age of cloud storage
RETRO-TASTIC It's been close to fifteen years since the last new floppy disk was manufactured by Sony. That's a long time by any standard, and it's especially lengthy in the ever-advancing tech world. But despite the finite number of disks decreasing every year, there are those who still hold on to floppies, whether for nostalgia-fuelled pleasure or necessity.
Programmer creates AI-powered image generator for Commodore 64
It works, but is very slow
Define irony: OpenAI, sued repeatedly for copyright infringement, files claim against subreddit before backing down
Even Musk thought it was hypocritical
Are we circling back around to cable? Disney+, Hulu, and Max ad-free bundle is coming
Ad-supported and ad-free tiers will be available
Apple's new iPad Pro ad sparks backlash over "crushing creativity" claims
Did Apple hit the wrong note?
Resident Evil, SimCity, and three others enter the Video Game Hall of Fame
If you're as old as me, all of these are a blast from your past
Dell to implement "color-coding" system to categorize hybrid workers' onsite attendance
Big Brother Dell is watching
FTX customers could get back all the money they lost in the scam
The actual investors, however, may not be the real beneficiaries
Understanding teen gaming: The positive, negative, and complex realities
Directly from the source
Customs stop two Tesla Cybertrucks being smuggled into Russia
The EVs have previously been spotted in the country
Samsung launches a 114-inch Micro LED TV so expensive, buyers receive a free $8,000 8K TV
You also get a discount on speakers and a free $2,200 hotel stay
TikTok and ByteDance sue US government over forced sale, claim free-speech violations
"There is no question: the Act will force a shutdown of TikTok"
Cheyenne supercomputer sold to the highest bidder for $480,000
The super-system has been sold "as is," with water leaks, packaged cable bits, and everything else
Visa: Not all stablecoin transactions are "real"
Visa challenges the legitimacy of stablecoins as a payment technology
Robert Dennard, inventor of DRAM and pioneer of semiconductor scaling, dies at 91
His impact on computing lives on
Rare Super Famicom prototype zooms to $40k bid at auction
It's probably even higher by the time you read this
Economic desperation drives 500,000 Argentinians to Sam Altman's Worldcoin crypto project
Would you trade your biometric data for $50 of crypto?
CPU overclockers hit a ceiling, and it happened about 17 years ago
The golden age of overclocking has long passed
The big picture: Intel recently invited two leading overclockers to its headquarters to discuss achieving the world's first 9 GHz CPU overclock. The duo of Pieter-Jan Plaisier (SkatterBencher) and Jon Sandström (ElmorLabs) also looked back at CPU frequency overclocking milestones along the way, highlighting an obvious wall that was hit roughly 17 years ago.
As Amazon's robot ranks swell, workers worry about their future
Amazon added 400,000 robots to its facilities in just two years
Computer science coding classes deemphasize syntax as professors teach higher-level skills in AI era
AI is not just changing programming, it's also altering how students learn to code
Forward-looking: For computer science students, generative AI isn't just the future – it's the present. These smart language models are already reshaping how the next generation of programmers learns to code, with teachers giving their approach a whole new spin.
Warren Buffett compares AI dangers to nuclear weapons, again, says tech will be great for scammers
"We may wish we'd never seen that genie"
German police hail takedown of Europe's "largest" call center scam network in operation Pandora
Ringleaders traded their headsets for handcuffs