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Beat the heat with these cooling gadgets and wearables
You can only sit in front of the fridge with the door open for so long.
As heat waves blast the world like a blow dryer on high, folks are reaching for anything that promises a little personal chill: portable mini fans, cooling neck wraps,…
X CEO Linda Yaccarino resigns after two years at the helm of Elon Musk’s social media platform
X CEO Linda Yaccarino said she’s stepping down after two years running Elon Musk’s social media platform. Yaccarino posted a positive message Wednesday about her tenure at the company formerly known as Twitter and said “the best is yet to…
AI kingpin Nvidia crowned as first public company with a $4 trillion valuation
Silicon Valley chipmaker Nvidia on Wednesday became the first publicly traded company to surpass a $4 trillion market valuation, putting the latest exclamation point on the investor frenzy surrounding an artificial intelligence boom powered…
Video game performers approve contract to officially end nearly yearlong strike
Unionized video game performers have overwhelmingly voted to approve a new contract with their employers. The vote result announced Wednesday night ends a nearly three-year-long effort to obtain a new contract for the performers. The…
Video game actors are voting on a new contract. Here’s what it means for AI in gaming
A tentative agreement passed by the union board in June could put video game performers back in action after a nearly year-long strike. Union leaders say the new contract secured necessary artificial intelligence protections that had…
Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick, ‘Culpability,’ delves into AI ethics
NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey has chosen a novel with a timely theme for her latest book club pick. Bruce Holsinger's “Culpability” is a family drama that probes the morals and ethics of AI.
“I appreciated the prescience of this story,”…
New interstellar comet will keep a safe distance from Earth, NASA says
NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the object with the Atlas telescope in Chile earlier this week, and has confirmed it was a comet from another star system. It's only the…
Astronomers track object that may have originated outside the solar system
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers are monitoring an object headed our way that may have wandered over from another star system.
Scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar object to pass through our…
