July 18, 2023 Meta launches Llama 2, an open source AI model that allows commercial applications Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a cybernetic llama. (credit: Midjourney) On Tuesday, Meta announced Llama 2, a new open source family of AI…
July 18, 2023 Pokémon Sleep Is a Cozy Game That Wants to Make Waking Up Fun “Just like Pokémon Go gamified walking, we want to gamify sleep.” That’s the unofficial explanation for Pokémon Sleep, the newest mobile game to be…
July 18, 2023 Lawmakers Urge ***** to End ‘Warrantless Government Surveillance’ of Sensitive Health Data More than three dozen members of Congress have signed a letter pressuring the ***** administration to step up and close an oversight in federal…
July 18, 2023 OpenAI Throws a Paltry $5 Million at Journalism Philanthropy in Attempt to Spur AI-Driven News OpenAI is on a quest to conquer the world—and it’s doing pretty well on that front. It’s ascended to the heights of industry. It’s…
July 18, 2023 ‘Taco Tuesday’ Has Been Liberated From Its Corporate Overlords Taco Bell succeeded in its petition to remove the “Taco Tuesday” trademark held by Taco John’s, claiming it held an unfair monopoly over the…
July 18, 2023 Plant a Trillion Trees and Pump That Gas, House Speaker Says Some Republicans are seemingly no longer denying that climate change isn’t real, and they have a plan to tackle greenhouse gas emissions. Not, it’s…
July 18, 2023 ‘Breakthrough’ geothermal tech produces 3.5 megawatts of carbon-free power Fervo Energy says it has achieved a breakthrough in geothermal technology. It carried out a 30-day well test at its site in northern Nevada…
July 18, 2023 The Coolest Exclusive Toys and Merch of San Diego Comic-Con 2023 It’s a weird year for San Diego Comic-Con, as this week the show opens with a raft of absent studios and amid the shockwaves…
July 18, 2023 Mercury Probe Flies Through Charged Particle Rain That Triggers the Planet’s Auroras On October 1, 2021, a pair of small spacecraft got their first good look at the closest planet to the Sun, revealing the strange…
July 18, 2023 The Cricut Venture is a $1,000 cutting machine for the most ambitious DIYers Cricut, a company that makes popular cutting machines for crafting projects, announced a new model today. Although its devices are relatively affordable, the new…