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NEW HORIZONS | 4-MINUTE READ

Google Prepares for a Future Where Search Isn't King

BY LAUREN GOODE

CEO Sundar Pichai tells WIRED that Google's new, more powerful Gemini chatbot is an experiment in offering users a way to get things done without a search engine. It's also a direct shot at ChatGPT.

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DON'T CALL | 1-MINUTE READ

AI-Generated Voices in Robocalls Are Now Illegal

BY MAKENA KELLY

A month after the mysterious Biden calls in New Hampshire, the FCC can now go after robocall scammers that use AI voice clones.

EYE IN THE SKY | 5-MINUTE READ

NASA's New PACE Observatory Searches for Clues to Humanity's Future

BY MATT SIMON

They may be tiny, but phytoplankton and aerosols power pivotal Earth systems. Scientists are about to learn a whole lot more about them at a critical time.

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BYE, ABC123 | 6-MINUTE READ

I Stopped Using Passwords. It's Great—and a Total Mess

BY MATT BURGESS

Passkeys are here to replace passwords. When they work, it's a seamless vision of the future. But don't ditch your old logins just yet.

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WINNING TIME | 2-MINUTE READ

Apple Beats an Apple Watch Lawsuit

BY ADRIENNE SO

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Apple had a monopoly on heart rate apps for the Apple Watch.

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MIND THE GAP | 7-MINUTE READ

London Underground Is Testing Real-Time AI Surveillance Tools to Spot Crime

BY MATT BURGESS

In a test at one station, Transport for London used a computer vision system to try and detect crime and weapons, people falling on the tracks, and fare dodgers, documents obtained by WIRED show.

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CHATBOT WARS | 3-MINUTE READ

Google Rebrands Its AI Chatbot as Gemini to Take On ChatGPT

BY LAUREN GOODE AND WILL KNIGHT

Google is bringing its ChatGPT-style chatbot Bard and some other key AI features under the banner Gemini. A new, more powerful version of the chatbot, Gemini Advanced, is subscription-only.

PHONE HOME | 5-MINUTE READ

NASA Engineers Are Racing to Fix Voyager 1

BY STEPHEN CLARK, ARS TECHNICA

A computer glitch has put the future of humanity's farthest-flung space probe in doubt.

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UNCERTAIN OUTLOOK | 4-MINUTE READ

Amazon's Cloud Boss Likens Generative AI Hype to the Dotcom Bubble

BY WILL KNIGHT

Adam Selipsky, CEO of Amazon's dominant cloud platform AWS, says generative AI is valuable but that the excitement around some AI companies is similar to when dotcom darlings were "dramatically overhyped."

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Nintendo president discusses Mario Movie’s impact on Switch & business expansion

February 08, 2024 | by Julian L. Mertz | No comments

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February 8

Earlier this week, Nintendo released their Q3 2024 fiscal year financial report. These usually come with a Q&A session with investors as well, and that is no exception here. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was asked quite a few questions, one of which being the impact that The Super Mario Bros. Movie had on the Nintendo […]

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