Monthly Archives: May 2024

The United States Marines have robot dogs — equipped with firepower

The United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is currently assessing robot dogs fitted with artificial intelligence-targeting guns. The “robodogs” are developed by Ghost Robotics, with a view to a potential future deployment on the battlefield, equipped with … Continue reading

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UFC fighter says EA Sports pays athletes by their popularity

Demetrious Johnson, a former mixed-martial arts champion who fought in the UFC, recently offered insight as to how that promotion’s stars are paid for the use of their likeness in EA Sports’ video game. According to Johnson, the more players … Continue reading

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Classic Marathon hits Steam and it’s totally free – you can play the forefather of Halo right now

Now here’s a real blast from the past. Back in the mid-90s, a little-known company called Bungie released Marathon for the Apple Macintosh. To all intents and purposes it was a clone of Doom for the Mac, but it was … Continue reading

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How to get Prey, Fallout 3, and Fallout New Vegas for less than $5

If you’re eager to jump on the Fallout bandwagon with the rest of the world, this is the bargain for you – get yourself Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas plus throw in Prey for $4.99. Fanatical, the digital games … Continue reading

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Xbox president Sarah Bond says Bethesda studio closures were ‘extraordinarily hard’

After the closure of three Bethesda-owned game studios and the absorption of another earlier this week, Xbox president Sarah Bond has partly blamed the rising cost of making “beautiful triple-A blockbuster games” as a factor in the decision. Speaking at … Continue reading

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT announcement: What we know so far

The company is describing the event as “a chance to demo some ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Elon Musk’s X loses lawsuit against Bright Data over data scraping

A federal judge in California dismissed a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s X against Israel’s Bright Data, and said X “wants it both ways.”

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Anthropic’s Claude sees tepid reception on iOS compared with ChatGPT’s debut

Unlike ChatGPT, Claude did not become a new App Store hit. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Startups Weekly: Trouble in EV land and Peloton is circling the drain

Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje‘s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Look, I know this is our startups weekly newsletter, and as … Continue reading

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Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors

Apple plans to announce that it will bring generative A.I. to iPhones after the company’s most significant reorganization in a decade.

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