Apple has acquired virtual-reality company NextVR, as VentureBeat and 9to5Mac first reported. The acquisition comes as the tech giant has pushed deeper into entertainment offerings and digital services in recent years. NextVR is best known for providing acce…
Introducing "this word does not exist" today - AI generated English words with dictionary definitions. Be kind! https://t.co/iDSIFsykoe— Thomas Dimson (@turtlesoupy) May 13, 2020 Created by developer Thomas Dimson, ThisWordDoesNotExist.com uses GPT-2, a neural net designed to create predictive text. OpenAI invented GPT-2 and warned that it could write believable fake news. After some debate,…
If there's one thing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has left people with, it's free time to discover new things to read, watch, and listen to. But if there's one thing the Covid-19 lockdowns haven't given folks, it's disposable income to spend on those things. For comic book fans, though, there's a bit of a silver…
Uber is rolling out a sequence of changes to its rush-hailing and on-query food shipping apps, starting up Monday, as cities and states grasp dwell-at-house orders attributable to the COVID-19…
Billionaire investor David Tepper told CNBC on Wednesday the stock market is one of the most overpriced he's ever seen, only behind 1999. His comments sent stocks to a session low. Before Wednesday's sell-off, it was "maybe the second-most overvalued stock m…
For weeks after TV and film productions were halted in mid-March, some crew members on projects like HBO Max's "Flight Attendant" and Netflix's "Red Notice" said they continued to receive paychecks. The paychecks were part of relief payments set up by major …
Sony debuted its powerful QN1 noise-cancelling processor on the 1000XM3. The chip not only blocks out more external sound than the 1000XM2 but also relieves the DAC of the ANC duties. That gives both components more room to work more effectively. For that reason, Sony can offer 32-bit audio and LDAC compatibility for high-res audio…
My coffee grinder is one of my steadiest, most faithful kitchen companions. After studying up on reviews, I put a Baratza Encore on our wedding registry, and after eight years of heavy daily usage it's still chugging away. At most, I'm starting to wonder if it's time to send it in for a well-deserved refurb.My…
Worldwide investment company KKR is making a guess on the pizza industry — it appropriate led a $43 million Series C investment in Reduce. Previously identified as MyPizza, Reduce has…
More than four million homeowners are now delaying their monthly mortgage payments as part of both government and private lender relief programs but some have been put into forbearance by mistake and are having a hard time getting out. While the programs ca…
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