Elon Musk’s AI company compelled its employees submit their own biometric data to train its “Ani” female chatbot, according to The Wall Street Journal. Ani, an anime avatar with blond pigtails and an NSFW setting, was released over the summer for users who subscribe to […]
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Sudan Conflict Escalates; UN Warns of Humanitarian Crisis as RSF Seizes El Fasher in North Darfur – 11/5/2025, 8:28:42 PM
The latest world news as of November 5, 2025, includes escalating conflict in Sudan, political changes in Europe and the Americas, major diplomatic moves, and significant global events: Sudan’s civil…
Amazon Prime Users May Receive Up to $51 Refund in FTC Settlement
You May Have a Refund Coming If You Use Amazon Prime If you’ve signed up for Amazon Prime in recent years, there’s a good chance you could be getting a…
8BitDo’s latest wireless controllers can now shake-to-wake the Switch 2
Third-party controller makers that have figured out how to wirelessly wake the Switch 2 from its standby mode are generally loud and proud about that feature. That’s because there still aren’t many controllers that can mimic one of the $89.99 Switch 2 Pro’s biggest selling […]
If you want to satiate AI’s hunger for power, Google suggests going to space
Google engineers think they already have all the pieces needed to build a data center in orbit.
Kanban Method Dominates 2025: Revolutionizes Project Tracking with Visual, Flexible, Data-Driven Approach
The Kanban method is widely regarded as the most effective way to track progress on both work and personal projects in 2025. Its combination of visual workflow management, flexibility, and…
Motorola’s Edge 70 is the blueprint for future thin phones
I’ve been as much of a thin phone skeptic as anyone. Why would I give up on camera specs and battery life just to shave a couple of millimeters off a phone’s waistline? I asked pretty much exactly that when I first saw Samsung’s Galaxy […]
Maria Popova Celebrates 19 Years of *The Marginalian* with Unique Ceramic Sentence Project
Maria Popova’s The Marginalian—once known as Brain Pickings—stands as a singular archive of human curiosity, wonder, and the ongoing search for meaning[1][5][6]. Marking its 19th anniversary, Popova embarked on a…
Microsoft AI’s first in-house image generator MAI-Image-1 is now available
Microsoft’s first in-house AI image generator, MAI-Image-1, is now available in two products, Bing Image Creator and Copilot Audio Expressions. The company announced the model in October. Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman wrote in a post on X that the text-to-image model will be “coming […]
Epic and Google agree to settle their lawsuit and change Android’s fate globally
Just when we thought Epic v. Google might be over, just one Supreme Court rejection away from a complete victory for Epic, both sides have agreed to settle Tuesday evening. And if Judge James Donato, who ordered Google to crack open Android for third-party stores, […]