Generative AI announcements from major tech companies continue to roll in; meanwhile, Apple’s silence on the subject grows louder.
Large language models—whether or not you believe they’re capable of true intelligence—will likely prove to be meaningfully helpful in both work and personal settings, once they become better trained and more predictable. Recent announcements from Salesforce and Microsoft have shown how AI models, trained both on huge piles of
Hardly anyone needs 5 gigabit-per-second internet service right now, and Frontier CEO Nick Jeffery knows it.
Nonetheless, Jeffery has overseen the rollout of 5 Gig service across Frontier’s entire fiber footprint, making it the first nationwide internet service provider to do so. For $155 per month, Frontier fiber customers can now buy enough bandwidth to stream 200 Netflix videos in 4K HDR simultaneously. (The priciest Netflix plan allows for no more than four streams at onc
In its first 37 years, Windows has come a long way. But thanks to its nearly unlimited selection of apps, beautiful visuals, and other resource-hungry capabilities, system slowdowns can still present a very real challenge.
There’s hope, though. With a couple of minutes and a handful of clicks, you can speed things up exponentially and keep them running smoothly into the future. These tricks work for both Windows 10 and Windows 11, so give them a try if your PC feels a bit sluggi
Over the past few weeks, desperate messages have been pouring into the telehealth company Boulder Care from patients who say a new proposed rule by the federal government could put their health—and their lives—at risk.
The rule, proposed by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), would require anyone being prescribed certain controlled substances via telemedicine to see a doctor in person in order to continue their care online. That includes drugs like buprenorphine, which
Dall-E 2. Stable Diffusion. Midjourney. These tools all use generative AI to create images based on any text description you can dream up. They’re astounding. But the stuff they churn out can be more fascinatingly weird than wonderful. They’re also provoking ire (and, in the case of Stable Diffusion and Midjourney, legal pushback) from artists who don’t like the idea of AI taking their jobs, being trained on their work, and even mimicking their style.
Enter Adob
Conventional wisdom holds that if an app or service is free, it’s users who are the real product. But what if there was a way to make actual cash off of the data you generate online?
As new barriers emerge for advertisers trying to harvest consumer data, some see a business opportunity. John Roa, the New York City-based founder of Caden, believes there’s an untapped market for “ethically sourced, first-party data” that users actually nets users money.
Google says its ready to let the public use its generative AI chatbot, Bard.
The company will grant tens of thousands of users access to the bot in a gradual rollout that starting Tuesday.
Google says people will use the chatbot, which will be available online and as a mobile app, for things like generating ideas (“Bard, how do I keep my plants alive?”), researching ideas (in combination with Search), and drafting first drafts of letters, invites, or proposal
Higher mortgage rates have quashed the housing boom of the past few years—and on Tuesday, the National Association of Realtors said that in February, home prices were lower in a year-over-year comparison for the first time in almost 11 years.
That’s the real world. Over in the metaverse, though, real estate is undergoing a different sort of struggle, as it’s tied so closely to the price of Ethereum. Average sales prices for parcels of virtual land have dropped f
Life in the Gig Economy tells the stories of workers in an industry millions of people rely upon. If you’d like to share your story, email staff writer Jessica Bursztynsky at Jessicabursz@proton.me.
Pedro Santiago is a 41-year-old gig worker in St. Louis who drives for Uber, Instacart, and DoorDash. He also runs a YouTube channel offering insights and advice about rideshare and delivery jobs. Having worked in the gig economy for almost three years, this is what the exper
Since late January, I’ve been trying to fool faraway friends into thinking that I’m a fellow iPhone user.
The key has been a free Android app called Sunbird, which replaces your default text messaging app with one that supports iMessage. When it works, iPhone users see their messages in blue, just as if they’re conversing through iMessage, and it supports features like full-resolution images and large group chats.
But engaging in this act of trickery h