OpenAI says more than a million people a week show severe mental distress when talking to ChatGPT
James Farrell / siliconangle - In a report released by OpenAI today, the company illustrated just how many of its users are struggling with mental health issues and what it’s doing to mitigate the problem. Working with 170 mental health experts, OpenAI analyzed responses from its 800 m…
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Elon Musk’s Version of Wikipedia Is Live. Here’s what the difference is
Mike Pearl / gizmodo - Grokipedia exists. You can read it if you want.
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Amazon to Lay Off Tens of Thousands of Corporate Workers
Sean McLain / wsj - The cuts amount to roughly 10% of the online giant’s white-collar workforce.
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Get ready to squint! World's smallest pixel is just 300 nm
Brandon Vigliarolo / theregister - How many 1080p screens can you fit on a pinhead? These German physicists reckon about one Micro-OLED displays with 1080p (1920x1080) resolution have been around for a few years now, but a group of German researchers has taken things to the next level. The…
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Spotify finally brings video podcasts and music videos to its Apple TV app
Andrew Liszewski / theverge - Spotify has announced a redesigned version of its Apple TV app that the company says has been “rebuilt from the ground up for a faster, smarter, more visual experience.” The tvOS version of the Spotify app is also gaining several welcome features from the…
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Apple's MacBook Air M4 is back on sale for $799
Lawrence Bonk / engadget - The Apple MacBook Air M4 laptop is back on sale for just $799, which is one heck of a deal. This sale is for the model with 16GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage. It's available in multiple colorways, but the silver one inexplicably costs $899. We ran…
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Nothing's Signature Transparent Design Is Coming to a New Budget Phone This Week
Katie Collins / cnet - Do you love the design of Nothing's phones, but dislike the price? The Nothing 3A Lite might be the perfect device for you.
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Apple says U.S. passport digital IDs are coming to Wallet ‘soon’
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Apple says it will soon introduce an Apple Wallet feature to allow U.S. users to create a digital ID using their passport, which can be used at select TSA checkpoints for domestic travel.
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Threads introduces 'ghost' posts that disappear after 24 hours
engadget - Meta's Threads is getting its own version of ephemeral posting with a new feature the company is calling "ghost posts." The temporary posts will be published within Threads' main feed like any other post, but will disappear after 24 hours. And while other…
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X to Retire Twitter.com Domain for Good
Laurent Giret / thurrott - X/Twitter is urging users who set up two-factor authentication with a security key to make some changes, as it’s preparing to fully retire the twitter.com domain.The post X to Retire Twitter.com Domain for Good appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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How Mercor’s human-in-the-loop AI platform went from college dropouts to $10B startup
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - The scarcity of high-quality human expertise necessary for training and improving advanced models like ChatGPT has emerged as…
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Tantalizing clue hints at Pixelmator Pro and more coming to iPad soon
appleinsider - Newly-discovered App Store IDs suggest that Apple may bring popular Mac apps including Pixelmator Pro and Motion 5 to iPadOS.Pixelmator Pro on a MacWhen Apple acquired the Pixelmator company in November 2024, the fear was that it would asset-strip it the …
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Anniversary iPhone 20 could get a massively improved camera sensor
appleinsider - Apple's iPhone 20, rumored to debut for the 20th anniversary of the iPhone, is said to get even better image quality, thanks to a change in the tech used in camera sensors.Apple's 20th anniversary iPhone could have a superior camera sensorThe 20th anniver…
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Elon Musk could leave Tesla if he doesn't get his $1 trillion pay package, board chair warns
Chris Morris / qz - Tesla Board Chair Robyn Denholm pleads with shareholders to approve the unprecedented pay package
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iPhone 18 Pro variable aperture camera rumor surfaces once again
appleinsider - A leaker has jumped on a pair of rumors discussing a change in release schedule and a variable-aperture camera system for the iPhone 18 lineup.iPhone 17 Pro has a new wider camera bar, which could feasibly contain a variable aperture mechanism. After the …
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Microsoft–OpenAI: Big numbers, thin footnotes
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Microsoft buried OpenAI losses in a $4.7B catch-all line without disclosing stake size, fair value, or revenue mechanics—despite a partner now worth $500B. Investors can't map exposure or returns. The gaps are fixable and overdue.
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Apple Maps will start showing ads from local businesses next year
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Apple plans to introduce advertisements in Apple Maps as early as next year, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. The ads will enable restaurants and other brick-and-mortar businesses to pay for promotion within search results, mirroring features …
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Australia sues Microsoft over 'misleading' AI offer
techxplore - Australia's competition watchdog accused Microsoft on Monday of misleading people into paying for its AI assistant Copilot.
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Instagram adds watch history for Reels on Android and iOS
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Instagram has launched a Watch History feature enabling users to revisit Reels they previously watched, modeled after YouTube’s equivalent. The tool appears in the app’s settings menu and supports filtering by date, range, or author on Android and iOS dev…
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Swedish biotech Cellcolabs raises $12M to make stem cell therapies mainstream
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - The global demand for regenerative therapies is reaching new heights, but researchers and patients alike continue to face…
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