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ChatGPT Has a Big Privacy Problem
When OpenAI released GPT-3 in July 2020, it offered a glimpse of the data used to train the large language model. Millions of pages scraped from the web, Reddit posts, books, and more are used to create the generative text system, according to a technical paper. Scooped up in this data... Read more
Xbox Game Pass adds Ghostwire Tokyo and Minecraft Legends in April
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Xbox announced which games are coming to Game Pass in April. While the last few updates for Game Pass have been a bit scarce, this update promises a few new titles as... Read more
Google Now Pays You Back if It’s Wrong About the Cheapest Flights
Google on Monday announced three new Search features that could make planning your next vacation cheaper and easier. The features are meant to help you save money on your next flight, explore a hotel before you book it and easily plan things to do on your trip.  Here’s what... Read more
Streaming Killed E3 | WIRED
The most anticipated gaming event of the year has been canceled, yet again. Last week, organizers unceremoniously dropped E3 2023, previously expected to return this June for its first in-person event since 2019.  On March 30, IGN reported that the Entertainment Software Association (the organization behind the trade show) told members... Read more
Power From Plants? Newly Discovered Photosynthesis ‘Leak’ Means More Juice
Scientists have studied photosynthesis in plants for centuries, but an international team now believes it has unlocked new secrets in nature’s great machine that could revolutionize sustainable fuels and fight climate change.  The team says it’s determined that it’s possible to extract an electrical charge at the best possible... Read more
System76 Pangolin Review: A 15-Inch Linux Laptop for the Masses
Linux may not have evolved (yet!) into the mainstream desktop operating system its advocates had hoped for, but fans of free software have never had it so good. Dell, Lenovo, HP, Purism, and System76 all sell excellent Linux-based hardware. Time-travel back to 2012 to shout the good news and... Read more
Mobile game and app markers are exposed to $5.4B in fraud | AppsFlyer
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Mobile game and app developers have been exposed to $5.4 billion in potential ad fraud during the economic downturn, according to a report from AppsFlyer. That’s more than twice amount of fraud... Read more
Best Sony Headphones for 2023
Sony has cemented itself as a mainstay in the audio industry, manufacturing some of the best wireless headphones, earbuds and wired over-the-ear headphones. Sony’s headphones range from budget-friendly earbuds to high-end headphones with great sound quality for critical listeners. The company’s current flagship noise-canceling headphone, the WH-1000XM5, features top-notch noise... Read more
Your First Lab-Grown Burger Won’t Contain Much Beef
It’s essentially a problem of scale. Proteins like soy and pea are produced on a mass scale for very low prices, but the cultivated meat industry is still reliant on supply chains that exist for the pharmaceutical industry, where margins are much higher. In Oxford in the UK, scientists... Read more
PlayStation Store on PS5 rolls out accessibility tags
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. PlayStation announced today that it is rolling out new tags for the digital store on PS5 consoles. The new tags, which roll out this week, will offer details to users about accessibility... Read more