OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, in a post on X, says the AI company is currently losing money on its ChatGPT Pro subscription. “People are using it much more than we expected,” he wrote. The company introduced its ChatGPT Pro subscription in December. The subscription costs $200 a month and gives users access to an upgraded…
The Pixel 4a, a well-regarded release in Google’s line of budget-minded phones with nice cameras and decent stock software, was not supposed to get any more updates. This week, it will receive a rather uncommon one—one that intends to lower its reported battery life. The Pixel 4a, released in the summer of 2020, was discontinued…
Apple has been forced to admit what every company involved in artificial intelligence (AI) should also be forced to state — AI makes mistakes, just like people do. On the surface, it’s not a terribly big deal: Apple’s AI badly mangled a handful of news headlines. The BBC complained about the mangling. Because it was…
On Monday, Nvidia announced Project DIGITS, a small desktop computer aimed at researchers, data scientists, and students who want to experiment with AI models—such as chatbots like ChatGPT and image generators—at home. The $3,000 device, which contains Nvidia’s new GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, debuted at CES 2025 in Las Vegas. It will launch in May…
In 2012, an industry-wide coalition of hardware and software makers adopted Secure Boot to protect Windows devices against the threat of malware that could infect the BIOS and, later, its predecessor the UEFI, the firmware that loaded the operating system each time a computer booted up. Firmware-dwelling malware raises the specter of malware that infects…
Long before the likes of Oblivion, I recall the OG PlayStation console. Its 3D capabilities and catalog of releases turned Sony into a powerhouse in the video games industry. Nostalgic though that time was, we have truly moved on since those low-poly, low-pixel days. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t return to them every so…
The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has filed a fresh complaint against Google, alleging that the company acts as the employer of certain contract workers and must negotiate with their union, Reuters reports. The Board has said Google is a “joint employer” for roughly 50 San Francisco-based content creators hired through IT contractor Accenture…
At CES 2025, Nvidia announced the next line of its powerful graphics cards. Now, if you know your Nvidia, you’ve likely already been waiting for this, with leaks and rumors attempting to spill the beans early. Well, it’s now been officially confirmed. The GeForce RTX 5000 series is coming soon. How soon, you ask? Well,…
A new report from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) indicates the tariffs President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose against foreign shipments of technology into the US could threaten the products consumers rely on. Trump, who re-takes office on Jan. 20, recently threatened to impose significant tariffs on technology and other imports from Canada, Mexico,…
Nvidia has built its generative AI (genAI) business on delivering massive computing capacity to data centers where it can be used to train and refine large language models (LLMs). Now, the company is readying a diminutive desktop device called Project DIGITS, a “personal AI supercomputer” with a lightweight version of the Grace Blackwell platform found in its…