Author: The Tech Guy
It was originally found in leaked code and publicized by AI influencers on X, but OpenAI has made it official: ChatGPT now offers Group Chats, allowing multiple users to join the same, single ChatGPT conversation and send messages to each other and the underlying large language model (LLM), online and via its mobile apps. Imagine adding ChatGPT as another member of your existing group chats, allowing you to text it as you would one of your friends or family members and have them respond as well, and you'll have an idea of the intriguing power and potential of this feature.However,…
Stars of all ages are on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the sparkling spiral galaxy called NGC 6000, located 102 million light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. NGC 6000 has a glowing yellow center and glittering blue outskirts. These colors reflect differences in the average ages, masses, and temperatures of the galaxy’s stars. At the heart of the galaxy, the stars tend to be older and smaller. Less massive stars are cooler than more massive stars, and somewhat counterintuitively, cooler stars are redder, while hotter stars are bluer. Farther out along NGC 6000’s spiral arms, brilliant…
Calling all runners and fitness obsessives, this new Garmin Forerunner 265 deal is the perfect excuse to upgrade your training watch on the cheap. The Garmin Forerunner 265 has dropped to $299, reduced from its original $449.99, giving you a hefty $150 saving during this Black Friday run-up. Get 1/3 off the Garmin Forerunner 265 The Garmin Forerunner 265 has dropped to $299, down from $449.99. That’s a hefty $150 saving before Black Friday. View Deal This model is built for serious performance, combining a bright 1.3-inch AMOLED display with a lightweight 46mm frame that can feel comfortable on the…
TikTok announced on Thursday that it’s launching “bulletin board,” a new feature that lets brands and creators share public, one-to-many messages to their followers. Bulletin board is essentially TikTok’s own version of Instagram’s broadcast channels feature that launched in 2023. Just like with broadcast channels on Instagram, only the creator of a bulletin board can post messages, and followers are limited to leaving emoji reactions. Bulletin boards support text, image, and video posts. The feature is rolling out to creators who are at least 18 years old and have 50,000 followers. The idea behind the feature is to make it easy…
Want to boost your home security? Now’s the time. Amazon is offering some epic Black Friday deals on Blink cameras and doorbells, with heaps of options less than half price.• Shop Amazon’s full Black Friday saleThe best deal in the early Black Friday sale is the Blink Video Doorbell, Blink Outdoor 4 camera, and Sync Module Core bundle, which is now just $37.99 (was $139.99). Yes, that’s a jaw-dropping 73% off the list price, and the cheapest this set has ever been by miles.When we tested the Blink Outdoor 4, we were impressed by its long battery life and super-clear…
Alembic Technologies has raised $145 million in Series B and growth funding at a valuation 13 times higher than its previous round, betting that the next competitive advantage in artificial intelligence will come not from better language models but from proprietary data and causal reasoning.The San Francisco-based startup, which builds AI systems that identify cause-and-effect relationships rather than mere correlations, is using a significant portion of the capital to deploy what it claims is one of the fastest privately owned supercomputers ever built — an Nvidia NVL72 superPOD that will power its enterprise-grade causal AI models.The investment, led by Prysm…
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to preserve the voices and stories of the dead. From text-based chatbots that mimic loved ones to voice avatars that let you “speak” with the deceased, a growing digital afterlife industry promises to make memory interactive and, in some cases, eternal.In our research, recently published in Memory, Mind & Media, we explored what happens when remembering the dead is left to an algorithm. We even tried talking to digital versions of ourselves to find out.“Deathbots” are AI systems designed to simulate the voices, speech patterns, and personalities of the deceased. They draw on a…
New details about the upcoming Honor 500 Pro have leaked ahead of its launch. The Honor 500 series is expected to debut in China soon, with both models already open for pre-order. The Honor 500 Pro specs have been revealed by tipster Digital Chat Station. It will reportedly sport a 6.55-inch AMOLED display with a refresh rate of 120Hz and 2736 x 1264 pixel resolution. As per DCS, the phone will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC, paired with up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of internal storage. It will offer a custom-built C1 modem and an…
Apple has seeded the second iOS 26.2 beta for iPhone users, about a week after releasing the first beta to developers. Alongside the iOS 26.2 beta 2, the iPadOS 26.2 beta 2 is also available for download. The iOS 26.2 beta 2 update brings general system improvements and bug fixes. While the official changelog doesn’t highlight any major additions, it does note that users may encounter issues with the AirDrop functionality. The update is rolling out as an OTA download through the Settings app for registered developers already on the first beta. Apple is expected to release the public beta…
LinkedIn is launching its new AI-powered people search this week, after what seems like a very long wait for what should have been a natural offering for generative AI.It comes a full three years after the launch of ChatGPT and six months after LinkedIn launched its AI job search offering. For technical leaders, this timeline illustrates a key enterprise lesson: Deploying generative AI in real enterprise settings is challenging, especially at a scale of 1.3 billion users. It’s a slow, brutal process of pragmatic optimization.The following account is based on several exclusive interviews with the LinkedIn product and engineering team…