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Tinder wants you to flirt with an AI bot before you flop with a human

Think you’ve got game? Time to put it to the test with Tinder’s latest launch in collaboration with OpenAI.

On Tuesday, Tinder rolled out The Game Game—a new experience designed to help users practice their flirting skills by chatting with an AI voice, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model. Players are dealt a stack of virtual cards, each introducing a different AI persona and a hilariously exaggerated rom-com

‘Imagine having Cybertruck money and buying a Cybertruck’: TikTok is full of people trading in their Teslas to the sounds of Taylor Swift

The old Tesla can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, ‘cause she’s dead.

Over the past few days, a new trend has emerged on TikTok: people are posting their Tesla trade-ins accompanied by the hashtag “ByeTesla” and soundtracked to Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do.”

In the videos, the Tesla driver backs out of a driveway as the l

Kickstarter isn’t just for indie passion projects anymore

Despite a ">triumphant world premiere at Cannes last May, the politically unsparing Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice was stuck in cinematic limbo. Distributors had snapped up rights in Canada, Japan, Germany, and several other countries, but after a cease-and-desist letter from Trump h

‘inZOI’ challenges ‘The Sims’ with a fresh take on life simulation

Countless hours, days—perhaps even weeks—of my life have been spent creating Sims characters, building them houses, marrying them off, and making babies. Now, there’s a new life-simulation game on the block hoping to expand beyond the American market.

inZOI debuted on March 28 at $40 and quickly climbed to the top of Steam’s most wishlisted and bestseller charts. The game’s appeal lies in its hyper-detailed character customization, free expansions, and immersive, rea

SpaceX flight launches 4 space tourists into first-ever polar orbit

A bitcoin investor who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers blasted off Monday night on the first rocket ride to carry people over the North and South poles.

Chun Wang, a Chinese-born entrepreneur, hurtled into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX&

AI researchers want to map the 3D world. That means going vertical—and possibly nuclear

Spatial intelligence is an emerging approach to deploying AI in the physical world. By combining mapping data with artificial intelligence, it aims to deliver “smart data” tied to specific locations—even indoors and across multiple stories. With this technology, maps become more intelligent, evolving into 3D representations that offer contextual information not just about places, but also about the people and activities within them. While Google Maps and other platforms have long mapped stre

3 years into war with Russia, this Ukrainian startup is powering a drone revolution

Ukraine’s war with Russia—sparked by Russia’s invasion in the spring of 2022—is now entering its fourth year. So too is Sine.Engineering, a company born amid the conflict. CEO Andriy Chulyk founded the company in April 2022, pivoting from running a standing-desk business in the Lviv region to supporting his country’s defense efforts through various drone technologies and c

Elon Musk blames Tesla protests on shady payoffs—all while he makes shady payoffs in Wisconsin

After yet another round of protests disrupted hundreds of Tesla dealerships over the weekend, Elon Musk, the carmaker’s CEO/ ">presidential sidekick, fumed on the social media platform he owns.

This brain-computer interface allowed a stroke survivor to speak after 18 years

Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time.

Although it’s still experimental, they hope the 

Amazon unveils Nova Act, an AI agent that can shop for you

Amazon on Monday launched its latest AI model, designed to take over a user’s web browser and perform simple tasks. The move places the e-commerce giant in more direct competition with artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, which are also developing AI “agents.”

The model, called Nova Act, is currently available as a “research preview” for developers, meaning it’s not yet open to the general public. It can complete tasks such as b


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