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homepage logo. / Tech / Reviews / Science / Entertainment / AI / More Menu Expand logo. Apple iPad Pro (2024) review: the best kind of overkill Apple’s latest high-end tablet is a marvel of hardware design still in need of the software and accessories to really make it sing. But wow is it fun to use. David Pierce May 13 | Comments Top Stories 1 1 The new Apple iPad Air is great — but it’s not the one to get David Pierce May 13 | Comments 2 2 The WashG1 is Dyson’s first mop Jennifer Pattison Tuohy May 13 | Comments 3 3 ChatGPT will be able to talk to you like Scarlett Johansson in Her Kylie Robison May 13 | Comments 4 4 The Pixel 8A and the camera you have with you Allison Johnson May 13 | Comments 5 5 OpenAI releases GPT-4o, a faster model that’s free for all ChatGPT users Kylie Robison May 13 | Comments Today’s Storystream Feed refreshed T Twitter Comments Thomas Ricker An hour ago Link Google teases fast multimodal AI. First, who holds their phone like this? Second, the Gemini AI Google teased after OpenAI’s announcements sure seems fast and natural and accurate, as canned demos are prone to do. We’ll learn more when Google I/O kicks off proper starting at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 7PM CET. T External Link Comments Thomas Ricker Two hours ago Link Anthropic’s Claude AI now available across Europe. Both Claude.ai and the Claude iOS app are available for free and claim strong levels of comprehension and fluency in French, German, Spanish, Italian, and other European languages.” A Pro version of Amazon’s favorite chatbot unlocks all models and is available for €18 plus tax per month. Claude is now available in the EU \ Anthropic [ AnthropicAI ] T Youtube Comments Thomas Ricker Two hours ago Link Mark Zuckerberg turns 40 aboard his new megayacht. Silicon Valley’s favorite Harvard dropout (sorry, Gates) has arrived in Panama at the same time as theLaunchpad ” vessel he apparently purchased for around $300 million, after the Russian-commissioned megayacht was seized. Longer than an NFL football field, it’s still slightly smaller than Jeff Bezos’ own midlife crisis. The super-secretive yachting community makes all this difficult to confirm but the video below from March gives an expert account of Zuck’s fancy birthday boat. T Comments Thomas Ricker 6:50 AM UTC Link We’ll sell 25 million PS5 consoles, no 21M, actually 20.8M. It’s no secret that the PS5 has entered thelatter stage of its life cycle ” with Sony resetting sales expectations in February. Today’s earnings report shows it just missing that revised 21M target by selling 20.8 million consoles for the fiscal year. We’ll see if the rumored PS5 Pro helps change the trajectory before the year is done. A downward trend. Image: Sony Sony Sony Sony names new PlayStation leaders following Jim Ryan’s retirement Tom Warren May 13 | Comments Creators Creators TikTok is testing AI-generated search results Mia Sato May 13 | Comments Most Popular Most Popular Most Popular OpenAI releases GPT-4o, a faster model that’s free for all ChatGPT users Kylie Robison May 13 | Comments Apple iPad Pro (2024) review: the best kind of overkill David Pierce May 13 | Comments The new Apple iPad Air is great — but it’s not the one to get David Pierce May 13 | Comments ChatGPT is getting a Mac app Emma Roth May 13 | Comments Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile’s ‘unlimited’ plans just got a $10M slap on the wrist Emma Roth May 10 | Comments Decoder Decoder Why Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen is confident we’ll all adapt to AI Nilay Patel May 13 | Comments Advertisement Advertisement Advertiser Content Policy Policy AI gun detection company name-dropped Disney in its successful pitch to NYC Gaby Del Valle May 13 | Comments J Comments Justine Calma May 13 Link The US doesn’t have enough power lines. AI, EVs, and Joe Biden’s push for domestic manufacturing are putting more pressure on aging power grids. The nation also needs double the transmission capacity to meet Biden’s goal of 100 percent carbon pollution-free electricity. To get more transmission lines up, FERC just overhauled rules for new projects — including a mandate that grid operators start anticipating energy needs at least 20 years in advance. Google Pixel Google Pixel Google’s Pixel 9 lineup appears in hands-on photos five months early Chris Welch May 13 | Comments Streaming Streaming Roku will start streaming live MLB games for free Emma Roth May 13 | Comments D External Link Comments David Pierce May 13 Link The case against iPadOS. Instead of reviewing the iPad , Federico Viticci over at MacStories decided to take iPadOS to task. He runs down what’s missing, what’s broken, and what Apple needs to do to make the iPad the do-everything device it could be. Federico gets it! Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn’t Get the Basics Right [ MacStories ] A Youtube Comments Andrew Webster May 13 Link Lofi beats to battle royale to. The iconic Lofi Girl is now in Fortnite — or, at least, her room is. A new Fortnite map lets you run around the bedroom as if you were in Honey I Shrunk the Kids , collecting music notes and sneaking a look at what’s under the bed. It’s unsurprisingly pretty chill, except for some of the platforming sequences. Google Google Google I/O 2024 will be all about AI again Wes Davis May 11 | Comments Tech Tech RFK Jr. sues Meta for ‘election interference’ after it temporarily removed a campaign video Lauren Feiner May 13 | Comments J External Link Comments Justine Calma May 13 Link Why are they making us the dumping ground for the rest of the country?” More residents across the US are asking that question about carbon dioxide, The Washington Post reports, as technologies that capture CO2 from smokestacks become more popular with companies that want to claim they’re fighting climate change. All that captured carbon dioxide has to go somewhere, and concerns are growing about the safety of new CO2 pipelines and underground storage wells. Biden and oil companies like this climate tech. Many Americans do not. [ The Washington Post ] Tech Tech Melinda French Gates to leave the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Emilia David May 13 | Comments Tech Tech See all Tech Tech Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile’s ‘unlimited’ plans just got a $10M slap on the wrist Emma Roth May 10 | Comments Sam Altman shoots down reports of search engine launch ahead of Google I/O Kylie Robison May 10 | Comments EA is prototyping in-game ads even as we speak Sean Hollister May 10 | Comments Apple Apple Apple finally adds iPhone alerts for third-party Bluetooth trackers Jennifer Pattison Tuohy May 13 | Comments Gaming Gaming Square Enix plans to ‘aggressively pursue’ multiplatform game releases Ash Parrish May 13 | Comments ’s 2024 graduation gift guide We found all sorts of gadgets and goodies to celebrate the class of 2024, from the practical to the poignant. Sheena Vasani May 10 Gaming Gaming Zelda: Majora’s Mask is now a native PC game, and every N64 title could follow its lead Sean Hollister May 13 | Comments iPhone iPhone Apple News Plus is ready to work offline Richard Lawler May 13 | Comments J Youtube Comments Jess Weatherbed May 13 Link Sony teaches a new (robot) dog old tricks. Aibo — Sony’s Four-Legged Entertainment Robot” — hit the shelves in 1999, to the utter horror of parents (like my own) who had barely recovered from Furbies launching the year prior. Happy 25th birthday you old dog! My inner child is heartbroken to have never owned you, but my now 30-year-old self will happily skip the current model’s near $3,000 price tag . 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