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An AI Bot Named James Has Taken My Old Job

BY GUTHRIE SCRIMGEOUR | 4-MINUTE READ

A local newspaper in Hawaii has turned to AI-generated presenters to draw in new audiences.

 
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Donald Trump Is Possibly Too Online

BY BRIAN BARRETT | 4-MINUTE READ

Eating pets. Executing babies. Donald Trump's debate rhetoric felt deeply mired in dark corners of the internet.

▶︎ Listen: No dogs or cats were harmed in the making of this post-debate podcast

 
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Apple Vision Pro's Eye Tracking Exposed What People Type

BY MATT BURGESS | 5-MINUTE READ

The Vision Pro uses 3D avatars on calls and for streaming. These researchers used eye tracking to work out the passwords and PINs people typed with their avatars.

✚ Quiz: Only three lonely products still use Apple's Lightning connector. Can you guess all three?

 
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Apple Intelligence Promises Better AI Privacy. Here's How It Actually Works

BY LILY HAY NEWMAN | 8-MINUTE READ

Private Cloud Compute is an entirely new kind of infrastructure that, Apple's Craig Federighi tells WIRED, allows your personal data to be "hermetically sealed inside of a privacy bubble."

✚ You might also like: Apple shared its first public AI-generated image. It's Craig Federighi's dog

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After Shark Tank, Mark Cuban Just Wants to Break Shit—Especially the Prescription Drug Industry

BY LAUREN GOODE | 17-MINUTE READ

Billionaire Mark Cuban is done with his hit TV show, but he's still invested in fighting pharma's middlemen, being a dad, and needling Elon Musk.

 
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This New Tech Puts AI In Touch With Its Emotions—and Yours

BY WILL KNIGHT | 3-MINUTE READ

Hume AI, a startup founded by a psychologist who specializes in measuring emotion, gives some top large language models a realistic human voice.

 
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People Are Setting Themselves on Fire and Getting Punched in the Face to Pump Their Crypto Coins

BY JOEL KHALILI | 4-MINUTE READ

To compete against thousands of crypto meme coins flooding the market, creators are resorting to elaborate and sometimes dangerous stunts for attention.

 
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A Diamond-Making Machine Will Cost You $200,000 on Alibaba

BY BENJ EDWARDS, ARS TECHNICA | 3-MINUTE READ

Diamonds are increasingly commoditized—to the point that you can make them in your own home.

 
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Today marks the release of the action-packed remaster of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game Lollipop Chainsaw which is titled, Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP. The game will see players embark in a fierce battle, as zombie hunter Juliet and the Dark Purveyors led by Swan has now begun in order to stop the zombification that […]

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