Meta reports Q4 operating loss of $4.279B for its metaverse division
News February 2, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Meta reported that its fourth-quarter results showed its biggest loss yet for its metaverse division, and it reminds us that Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of the metaverse is still very expensive. The company’s losses in... Read more
Enlarge / A realistic artist’s depiction of an encounter with ChatGPT Plus. Benj Edwards / Ars Technica / OpenAI On Wednesday, Reuters reported that AI bot ChatGPT reached an estimated 100 million active monthly users last month, a mere two months from launch, making it the “fastest-growing consumer application... Read more
Watch Pedro Pascal Dance With a ‘Last of Us’ Clicker on TikTok
News February 2, 2023
The Clickers from HBO’s The Last of Us are just like us — they also wouldn’t pass up the chance to dance with Pedro Pascal. In a video posted by Saturday Night Live’s TikTok account on Wednesday, Pascal, who plays the ever-serious protagonist Joel on the hit show, and... Read more
Fake Pictures of People of Color Won’t Fix AI Bias
News February 2, 2023
Armed with a belief in technology’s generative potential, a growing faction of researchers and companies aims to solve the problem of bias in AI by creating artificial images of people of color. Proponents argue that AI-powered generators can rectify the diversity gaps in existing image databases by supplementing them... Read more
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. Business leaders today understand cloud’s critical role to help them achieve business goals. A new report from PwC found that 78% of leaders have adopted cloud in most or all parts of their business; however, only 10% are seeing... Read more
If you’re a Twitter user, you can now appeal an account suspension and your request will be judged by a new set of criteria for reinstatement, Twitter said on Wednesday. In a tweet thread posted by @TwitterSafety, the company said it would reserve suspensions for “severe or ongoing, repeat... Read more
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Marvel Snap and its developer, Second Dinner, are getting a lot of attention. Its publisher, Nuverse, is flying a bit more under radar. Nuverse is the video game arm of ByteDance, the... Read more
GoodRx has not been very good at your privacy. And now the Federal Trade Commission has written an expensive prescription: a hefty fine and an agreement to implement various privacy protections. If you’re one of the tens of millions of people who used GoodRx to find bargains on your... Read more
New data illustrates time’s effect on hard drive failure rates
News February 1, 2023
SSDs have usurped hard disk drives (HDDs) when it comes to performance, but whether building a network-attached storage (NAS) or having high-capacity needs on a budget, plenty of people still rely on spinning platters. Older drives that have seen a lot of use, however, may not be as reliable... Read more
A Cheesemonger’s Tips for Finding Good Deals on Great Cheese
News February 1, 2023
This story is part of Home Tips, CNET’s collection of practical advice for getting the most out of your home, inside and out. Good cheese, by which we mean, craft (not to be confused with Kraft,) artisanal cheese — that which you may more readily find at a specialty... Read more