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ChatGPT Defeated at Chess by 1970s-Era Atari 2600

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-18 12:38:00

OpenAI's ChatGPT has some major competitors in the market: Gemini, Copilot, Claude. Now add to that list the Atari 2600. The OG video game console, which was first released in 1977, was used in an engineer's experiment to see how it would fare playing chess against the AI chatbot. By using a software emulator to run Atari's 1979 game Video Chess, Citrix engineer Robert Caruso said he was able to set up a match between ChatGPT and the 46-year-old game. The matchup did not go well for ChatGPT. "

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for June 12, #1454

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-18 15:00:06

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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OpenAI Launches Improved Version of Latest Reasoning Model. Here's What It's Best For

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-18 15:16:47

OpenAI this week announced an improved version of its o3 generative AI reasoning model, saying it performed better on benchmarks and is designed to spend more time thinking on difficult problems. The new model, called o3-pro, is now available for Pro and Team users in ChatGPT and API users, and will come to Enterprise and Edu users next week. In its release notes, OpenAI said the model is similar to o1-pro, which users favored for its math, science and coding skills. It incorporates improvement

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Switch 2 Blows Past Records to Reach 3.5 Million Sales in Just 4 Days

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-18 15:36:00

Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home Security For more than 10 years Tyler has used his experience in smart home tech to craft how-to guides, explainers, and recommendations for technology of all kinds. From using his home in beautiful Bend, OR as a testing zone for the latest security products to digging into the nuts and bolts of the best data privacy guidelines, Tyler has experience in all aspects of protecting your home and belongings. With a BA in Writing from George Fox and certification in Technic

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U.S. Open 2025: TV Schedule, How to Watch, Stream All the PGA Tour Golf From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-18 19:00:03

The 125th US Open takes place this weekend, with Bryson DeChambeau looking to clinch the title for a third time at the Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh. Keep reading to find out the best live TV streaming services you can use to watch each day of the tournament live wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if they're not available where you are. The third of the year's majors, sees a 156-man field take on the course's notoriously lightning-fast, sloped greens and its punishing 175

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“Yuck”: Wikipedia pauses AI summaries after editor revolt

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-04-18 14:57:38

Generative AI is permeating the Internet, with chatbots and AI summaries popping up faster than we can keep track. Even Wikipedia, the vast repository of knowledge famously maintained by an army of volunteer human editors, is looking to add robots to the mix. The site began testing AI summaries in some articles over the past week, but the project has been frozen after editors voiced their opinions. And that opinion is: "yuck." The seeds of this project were planted at Wikimedia's 2024 conferenc

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Apple’s Craig Federighi on the long road to the iPad’s Mac-like multitasking

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-04-18 17:20:40

CUPERTINO, Calif.—When Apple Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi introduced the new multitasking UI in iPadOS 26 at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference this week, he did it the same way he introduced the Calculator app for the iPad last year, or timers in the iPad's Clock app the year before—with a hint of sarcasm. "Wow," Federighi enthuses in a lightly exaggerated tone about an hour and 19 minutes into a 90-minute presentation. "More windows, a pointier poin

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Why Silicon Valley Needs Immigration

wired.com Lauren Goode 2026-04-16 12:12:04

Katie Drummond: And particularly at a moment where, as you said, we're in this Cold War with China, we're in this AI arms race. You hear it from the administration, you read about it in WIRED, you hear about it from Sam Altman, other leaders of the AI industry, this like, “We must beat China. We must beat China.” And then stuff like this happens and you feel like, “Let's just hand it to them. Let's just give it to them.” Because we are basically doing that by disincentivizing not only Chinese st

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Apple Is Pushing AI Into More of Its Products—but Still Lacks a State-of-the-Art Model

wired.com Will Knight 2026-04-16 19:22:26

Apple continued its slow-and-steady approach to integrating artificial intelligence into devices like the iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch on Monday, announcing a raft of new features and upgrades at WWDC. The company also premiered the Foundation Models framework, a way for developers to write code that taps into Apple’s AI models. Among the buzzier AI announcements at the event was Live Translation, a feature that translates phone and FaceTime calls from one language to another in real time. Appl

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‘Beautiful’ and ‘Hard to Read’: Designers React to Apple’s Liquid Glass Update

wired.com Reece Rogers 2026-04-16 22:11:49

Apple’s translucent design update for iOS 26, called Liquid Glass, is now available to developers, with a public beta scheduled for next month. The refresh—Apple’s first major interface overhaul in 10 years—makes app icons, buttons, menus, and pop-ups look like they are made of frosted glass, with blurred background colors peeking through. The sweeping software changes are not just for iPhones. This glassy look—inspired by the operating system in the Vision Pro headset—will eventually roll out

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Tesla’s Robotaxis Are Rolling Out Soon—With One Big Unanswered Question

wired.com Aarian Marshall 2026-04-17 06:00:00

Self-driving vehicle developers don’t usually love talking about “teleoperation”—when a human guides or drives robot cars remotely. It can feel like a dirty secret. Shouldn’t an autonomous vehicle operate, well, autonomously? But experts say teleoperations are, at least right now, a critical part of any robot taxi service, including Tesla's Robotaxi. The tech, though impressive, is still in development, and the autonomous systems still need humans to guide them through less-common and especiall

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The 5 Best Organic Mattress Toppers (2025)

wired.com Scott Gilbertson 2026-04-18 05:34:00

If you're happy with your mattress, you probably aren't reading this, so I'll assume your mattress is either causing you some back pain or you're feeling the pressure points that happen when your body isn't quite suited to what you're sleeping on. In those situations, provided your mattress isn't actually sagging or needing to be replaced, a high-quality mattress topper suited to your body and manner of sleeping can indeed help. Keep in mind that there really is no best mattress topper; there's

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You can own a functional version of Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog sculptures for $750

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2026-04-18 12:24:25

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Jeff Koons, best known for his Balloon Dog sculptures that have sold for as much as $58 million, has collaborated with Lexon Design and The Broad museum in Los Angeles to make his iconic artworks more functional and accessible. Available for preorder through Lexon’s website starting June 17th are a new 11-inch tall Balloon Dog Speaker and Balloo

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ChatGPT will avoid being shut down in some life-threatening scenarios, former OpenAI researcher claims

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-04-18 11:30:00

Former OpenAI research leader Steven Adler published a new independent study on Wednesday claiming that, in certain scenarios, his former employer’s AI models will go to great lengths to try to avoid being shut down. In a blog post, Adler describes a series of experiments he ran on OpenAI’s latest GPT-4o model, the default model available in ChatGPT, to test the AI’s tendency to favor its own self-preservation, even if it’s at the expense of a user’s safety. In one test, Adler instructed GPT-4

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Wikipedia pauses AI-generated summaries pilot after editors protest

techcrunch.com Kyle Wiggers 2026-04-18 14:01:41

In Brief Wikipedia has reportedly paused an experiment that used AI to summarize articles on its platform after editors pushed back. Wikipedia announced earlier this month it was going to run the experiment for users who have the Wikipedia browser extension installed and chose to opt in, according to 404 Media. AI-generated summaries appeared at the top of every Wikipedia article with a yellow “unverified” label. Users had to click to expand and read them. Editors almost immediately criticize

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Sam Altman-backed Coco Robotics raises $80M

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2026-04-18 15:40:15

In Brief Los Angeles-based Coco Robotics, a startup building last-mile delivery robots, announced it raised $80 million on Wednesday. The funding round included angel investors Sam Altman and Max Altman, both returning investors, in addition to VC firms like Pelion Venture Partners and Offline Ventures, among others. This brings the company’s total funding to more than $120 million. The company last raised a $36 million Series A round in 2021. Coco’s zero-emissions robots can hold 90 liters’

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Google, Meta execs blast Europe over strict AI regulation as Big Tech ups the ante

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-12-18 20:42:01

Dado Ruvic | Reuters STOCKHOLM — Executives at U.S. tech giants Google and Meta said that Europe's artificial intelligence industry is being held back by excessive regulation, adding to rhetoric from Donald Trump's administration that the region's strict tech rules are choking innovation. Speaking at the Techarena tech conference in Stockholm, Sweden, public policy chiefs at both Google and Meta used the stage as a platform to voice their concerns about the bloc's strict approach to regulating

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Google may be about to face some actual consequences for promoting its own stuff

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-19 08:12:03

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR EU regulators want to see Google Search stop prioritizing Google services over those offered by third parties. Last fall Google tested removing rich hotel booking options from Search, but soon abandoned that effort. Now the EU may be about to formally charge Google for violating Digital Markets Act anti-competition rules. Google’s pretty much always facing legal or regulatory obstacles from somewhere, and over the years we’ve seen the company bob and

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I found a backdoor into my bed

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-19 02:27:54

What's an Eight Sleep? A little while ago I asked my infosec Twitter followers what IoT device in my house they thought I found a live AWS key in. (For those that don’t know, Amazon keys can be incredibly dangerous if exposed) Guesses ranged from a refrigerator to a bidet, but no one got it right. The right answer was my bed. I also found a backdoor into my bed, but more on that later. Security professionals are, in my experience, exhausted of things being connected to the internet

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Start a computer club in the place that you live (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-19 11:30:18

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Best Internet Providers in North Carolina

cnet.com Stephen J. Bronner 2025-12-19 05:00:00

CNET’s broadband experts are here to help you find the right internet provider and plan for your needs. We've done the work, and whether you want the fastest speeds or the most budget-friendly option, we've found something for everyone. After reviewing the available providers, our experts selected Spectrum as the best internet service provider in North Carolina for its fast speeds, widespread availability and reasonable pricing. The cable giant services a lot of addresses in the state, but if yo

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What's Behind OpenAI's Recent Growth Spurt to 400M Weekly Users?

cnet.com Omar Gallaga 2025-12-19 06:59:00

ChatGPT maker OpenAI says more than 400 million people a week are now actively using its artificial intelligence tools, a jump from the 300 million it reported this past December. OpenAI touted the figure this week, also telling media outlets that it's doubled its number of paid enterprise users to 2 million since September, and that its developer traffic has also doubled in the last six months. The news may surprise people who expected the rise of China's DeepSeek AI model to disrupt the grow

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Scientists spent 10 years on a superbug mystery - Google's AI solved it in 48 hours

techspot.com Shawn Knight 2025-12-19 05:22:00

What just happened? Researchers at Imperial College London say an artificial intelligence-based science tool created by Google needed just 48 hours to solve a problem that took them roughly a decade to answer and verify on their own. The tool in question is called "co-scientist" and the problem they presented it with was straightforward enough: why are some superbugs resistant to antibiotics? Professor José R Penadés told the BBC that Google's tool reached the same hypothesis that his team had

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How DeepSeek used distillation to train its artificial intelligence model, and what it means for companies such as OpenAI

cnbc.com Jasmine Wu Deirdre Bosa 2025-12-18 23:00:01

Chinese artificial intelligence lab DeepSeek roiled markets in January, setting off a massive tech and semiconductor selloff after unveiling AI models that it said were cheaper and more efficient than American ones. But the underlying fears and breakthroughs that sparked the selling go much deeper than one AI startup. Silicon Valley is now reckoning with a technique in AI development called distillation, one that could upend the AI leaderboard. Distillation is a process of extracting knowledge

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Write Warz developers on how creative writing makes a hilarious party game

venturebeat.com Rachel Kaser 2025-12-19 09:14:57

Write Warz is the recently launched debut title of Boltz Entertainment, a co-op party game that turns the act of storytelling into strategic (and often funny) warfare against your opponents. Building on the tradition of Jackbox-style titles like Quiplash or RiffTrax, Write Warz instead offers a longer-form avenue of storytelling between friends, as up to 6 players can join together to build the narrative. The game launches on Steam in early access on March 6, with horror and pirate-based themes.

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ChatGPT’s weekly user base has exceeded the entire US population

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-19 06:55:19

Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority TL;DR ChatGPT has crossed 400 million weekly users, marking a 33% increase in just three months despite rising AI competition. More people are adopting ChatGPT through word of mouth, with personal use driving its continued growth. OpenAI’s enterprise business is also expanding, now with 2 million paying users as companies integrate AI into their workflows. The AI chatbot battle continues to reshape the tech landscape, but OpenAI — the company behind ChatGP

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iOS 18.4 adds new ‘Food’ section to Apple News+ with curated recipes in a clutter-free design

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-12-19 04:30:09

Apple released the first beta of iOS 18.4 today, which comes with a big upgrade to the Apple News app. Apple News+ Food is a new section in the Apple News app that includes thousands of curated recipes from some of the biggest names in food publishing. The implementation of recipes in Apple News+ aims to solve the common headaches with recipe websites. The app removes the clutter and distractions that usually surround online recipe instructions and gives you everything you need in a clear and c

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New ‘Home’ device category mentioned in iOS 18.4 beta code [U]

9to5mac.com Filipe Espósito 2025-12-19 08:25:00

Apple on Friday released the long-awaited first beta of iOS 18.4. While the update focuses on expanding Apple Intelligence to more languages, it also has some other new features and secrets. Interestingly, the update seems to confirm the existence of a new category of Apple devices called “Home.” iOS 18.4 hints at new Apple Home device Code seen by 9to5Mac shows the new device category listed alongside others that already exist, such as iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Reality (Vision Pro). Home

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Meta approves massive bonuses for executives after broad layoffs

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-19 04:32:22

Meta has offered up a lucrative new executive bonus plan, according to a company filing released Thursday . Under the new plan, executives could earn a yearly bonus of 200 percent of their base salary, which is up from 75 percent. This comes just after Meta announced sweeping layoffs impacting five percent of its workforce . A committee for Meta’s board of directors approved the change on February 13, on the grounds that the “target total cash compensation” for its executives “was at or below t

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Apple is adding tens of thousands of recipes to News+

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-19 05:45:18

Apple is set to give News+ subscribers more than a soupçon of fresh material. When iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 arrive in April, the company will add a Food section to News+. This will include tens of thousands of recipes, along with stories curated by Apple News editors about healthy eating, restaurants, kitchen essentials and so on. Apple says "the world's top food publishers" — including Allrecipes, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Good Food and Serious Eats — will supply the recipes and stories. One

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ChatGPT Defeated at Chess by 1970s-Era Atari 2600

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You can own a functional version of Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog sculptures for $750

ChatGPT will avoid being shut down in some life-threatening scenarios, former OpenAI researcher claims

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iOS 18.4 adds new ‘Food’ section to Apple News+ with curated recipes in a clutter-free design

New ‘Home’ device category mentioned in iOS 18.4 beta code [U]

Meta approves massive bonuses for executives after broad layoffs

Apple is adding tens of thousands of recipes to News+

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