The Sound Towns of 2023 have been replaced with features such as an A.I.-driven podcast about users’ listening habits and word-salad-like genre summaries.
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Best Video Games of 2024
It was supposed to be a sleepy year for the video game industry. Then came surprise hits like Balatro, Animal Well and Astro Bot.
Backdoor slipped into popular code library, drains ~$155k from digital wallets
Hackers pocketed as much as $155,000 by sneaking a backdoor into a code library used by developers of smart contract apps that work with the cryptocurrency known as Solana. The supply-chain attack targeted solana-web3.js, a collection of JavaScript code used by developers of decentralized apps for interacting with the Solana blockchain. These “dapps” allow people...
$1 phone scanner finds seven Pegasus spyware infections
In recent years, commercial spyware has been deployed by more actors against a wider range of victims, but the prevailing narrative has still been that the malware is used in targeted attacks against an extremely small number of people. At the same time, though, it has been difficult to check devices for infection, leading individuals...
Soon, the tech behind ChatGPT may help drone operators decide which enemies to kill
As the AI industry grows in size and influence, the companies involved have begun making stark choices about where they land on issues of life and death. For example, can their AI models be used to guide weapons or make targeting decisions? Different companies have answered this question in different ways, but for ChatGPT maker...
OpenAI announces full “o1” reasoning model, $200 ChatGPT Pro tier
On Thursday during a live demo as part of its “12 days of OpenAI” event, OpenAI announced a new tier of ChatGPT with higher usage limits for $200 a month and the full version of “o1,” the full version of a so-called reasoning model the company debuted in September. Unlike o1-preview, o1 can now process...
Broadcom reverses controversial plan in effort to cull VMware migrations
Broadcom will no longer take VMware’s biggest 2,000 customers directly. Instead, it will work with VMware’s 500 biggest customers, giving channel partners the opportunity to participate in deals and provide additional value for VMware customers. The reversal is being viewed as an effort from Broadcom to discourage migrations from VMware, but there’s skepticism around how...
Whoopi Goldberg and Charlamagne Tha God clash over Hunter Biden’s pardon
A heated exchange on “The View” between co-host Whoopi Goldberg and radio personality Charlamagne Tha God has ignited intense discussions about presidential accountability and political loyalty, particularly regarding President Joe Biden’s recent decision to pardon his son Hunter. Critical voices rise against party leadership The conversation highlighted mounting frustrations with Democratic Party leadership, as prominent...
Whether Deion Sanders stays at or leaves Colorado, his importance is immeasurable
BOULDER, Colo. — I spent two days at Colorado this week. Unlike previous trips to Boulder, this visit had nothing to do with the school’s head football coach, Deion Sanders, the irrepressible Coach Prime. I was on campus to speak to journalism students, student-athletes, sports administrators and students from a Critical Sports Studies program. Invariably,...

