The AI smartphones that never materialized in 2024 from the Verge Allison Johnson
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Despite loud proclamations, AI on smartphones is still mostly a sideshow. Read the full story at The Verge. Read More
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Former Greek royal family expresses ‘deep emotion’ after regaining citizenship from The Independent Derek Gatopoulos
Members of Greece’s former royal family have expressed “deep emotion” after being granted Greek citizenship, ending a decades-old dispute with the country’s government
LA Zoo hatches first-ever perentie lizards, one of largest lizard species in the world from ABC
Two new perentie lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred thereRead More
Nosferatu is the stuff of exquisitely erotic nightmares from the Verge Charles Pulliam-Moore
Image: Focus Features Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu gets at the heart of what makes vampires an eternally fascinating fixture in our sexual imaginations. Even if you haven’t seen F.W. Murnau’s original Nosferatu or read Bram Stoker’s Dracula, those stories have undoubtedly shaped your ideas about vampires. They weren’t the first tales about undead ghouls rising from…
Ex-OpenAI engineer who raised legal concerns about the technology has died from ABC
The whistleblower helped train artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT.Read More
Greenland again tells Trump it is not for sale from the BBC
It comes after the US president-elect repeated comments he made in 2019 that he would like to purchase the territory.Read More
Trump announces new tech policy picks for his second term from the Verge Wes Davis
Michael Kratsios appearing at the Web Summit in 2019. | Photo by Rita Franca/NurPhoto via Getty Images In a pair of Truth Social posts on Sunday, Donald Trump announced a set of picks for his administration’s tech policy team that will report to David Sacks, Trump’s “AI and crypto czar.” The picks include Michael Kratsios,…
The crocodile from Crocodile Dundee dies in Australia from the BBC
Burt, who had lived at Crocosaurus Cove since 2008, was thought to be over 90 when he died.Read More
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2024) review: slightly larger, slightly faster, slightly better from the Verge Andrew Liszewski
Performance upgrades and screen improvements make the new Paperwhite’s minor updates feel more substantial. Three years have passed since Amazon last updated its flagship e-reader, and while this year’s Kindle lineup seemed focused on Amazon’s first color offering, the Paperwhite still got some welcome improvements. With a higher-contrast screen and snappier performance, the 12th-generation Kindle…
Magdeburg attack offers far right fertile ground despite suspect’s backing for AfD from the BBC
There is deep sadness in the city – and also anger directed at the government and migrants.Read More