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With co-founders leaving and an IPO looming, Elon Musk turns talk to the moon

With co-founders leaving and an IPO looming, Elon Musk turns talk to the moon

On Tuesday night, Elon Musk gathered the employees of xAI for an all-hands meeting. Evidently, he wanted to talk about…
Bizarre Look at the Windows 98 Toaster, a Retro Desktop PC That Actually Makes Breakfast

Bizarre Look at the Windows 98 Toaster, a Retro Desktop PC That Actually Makes Breakfast

Windows 98 is not usually associated with kitchen appliances like toasters, but that all changed when the maker, named Throaty…
RRAM hasn't delivered yet, but stacked memory is being pitched to run neural networks in place

RRAM hasn't delivered yet, but stacked memory is being pitched to run neural networks in place

A team at the University of California, San Diego has redesigned how RRAM operates in an effort to accelerate the…
The Toyota Highlander is now a three-row electric SUV with 320 miles of range

The Toyota Highlander is now a three-row electric SUV with 320 miles of range

Toyota unveiled the new 2027 Highlander, a fully redesigned midsize SUV that marks the brand’s first three-row electric vehicle for…
OpenAI policy exec who opposed chatbot’s “adult mode” reportedly fired on discrimination claim

OpenAI policy exec who opposed chatbot’s “adult mode” reportedly fired on discrimination claim

Ryan Beiermeister, who served as OpenAI’s vice president of product policy, was fired in January after a male colleague accused…
Okay, now exactly half of xAI’s founding team has left the company

Okay, now exactly half of xAI’s founding team has left the company

Monday night, xAI co-founder Yuhuai (Tony) Wu announced he was leaving the company. “It’s time for my next chapter,” Wu…
Amazon Ring’s Super Bowl ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance

Amazon Ring’s Super Bowl ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance

Ring’s new Search Party feature has once again drawn backlash for the company. A 30-second ad that aired during Sunday’s…
I finally tamed my 200GB music folder with this open-source duplicate finder

I finally tamed my 200GB music folder with this open-source duplicate finder

Cleaning up storage on my devices is oddly satisfying. Recently, I managed to recover nearly 5GB of system storage on…
Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter is stepping down after six years

Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter is stepping down after six years

Robert Playter, CEO of Boston Dynamics, announced on Tuesday that he is stepping down from his role effective immediately and…
Amazon may launch a marketplace where media sites can sell their content to AI companies

Amazon may launch a marketplace where media sites can sell their content to AI companies

The AI industry’s pursuit of licensable content has been a messy affair, filled with lawsuits and accusations of copyright infringement.…