Intel says it’s rolling out laptop GPU drivers with 10% to 25% better performance
4/30/2025 7:06 PM
Intel’s oddball Core Ultra 200V laptop chips—codenamed Lunar Lake—will apparently be a one-off experiment, not to be replicated in future Intel laptop chips. They’re Intel’s only processors with memory integrated onto the CPU package; the only ones with a neural processing unit that meets Microsoft’s Copilot+ performance requirements; and the only ones with Intel’s best-performing […]
Read MoreOpenAI rolls back update that made ChatGPT a sycophantic mess
4/30/2025 7:06 PM
In search of good vibes OpenAI, along with competitors like Google and Anthropic, is trying to build chatbots that people want to chat with. So, designing the model’s apparent personality to be positive and supportive makes sense—people are less likely to use an AI that comes off as harsh or dismissive. For lack of a […]
Read MoreGoogle search’s made-up AI explanations for sayings no one ever said, explained
4/30/2025 7:06 PM
But what does “meaning” mean? A partial defense of (some of) AI Overview’s fanciful idiomatic explanations. Mind…. blown Credit: Getty Images Last week, the phrase “You can’t lick a badger twice” unexpectedly went viral on social media. The nonsense sentence—which was likely never uttered by a human before last week—had become the poster child for […]
Read MoreFCC urges courts to ignore 5th Circuit ruling that agency can’t issue fines
4/30/2025 7:06 PM
FCC fights the 5th Circuit One court said FCC violated right to trial, but other courts haven’t ruled yet. Credit: Getty Images | AaronP/Bauer-Griffin The Federal Communications Commission is urging two federal appeals courts to disregard a 5th Circuit ruling that guts the agency’s ability to issue financial penalties. On April 17, the US Court […]
Read MoreFirefly’s rocket suffers one of the strangest launch failures we’ve ever seen
4/30/2025 7:06 PM
The rocket’s first stage may have exploded moments after it separated from the upper stage. Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket on its launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Credit: Jack Beyer/Firefly Aerospace Firefly Aerospace launched its two-stage Alpha rocket from California early Tuesday, but something went wrong about two-and-a-half minutes into the flight, rendering […]
Read More‘The Daily Show’ Says Trump’s Policy Walk-Backs Raise Questions About His Goal to Be a Dictator | Video
4/30/2025 7:06 PM
“The Daily Show’s” Jordan Klepper questioned just how much of a “dictator” President Donald Trump truly wants to be after the commander-in-chief’s slew of political walk-backs during his first 100 days in the White House. After throwing the entire audience off with an edited photo of a barley-nude Trump in his Mar-a-Largo steam room, and […]
Read MoreHarvey Weinstein Accuser Miriam Haley Recounts 2006 Assault in Rape Retrial
4/30/2025 7:06 PM
Former television production assistant Miriam Haley took the stand Wednesday morning at Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial in New York to recount how the disgraced Hollywood producer allegedly assaulted her in 2006. The retrial began April 23, a year after Weinstein’s original 2020 rape conviction was overturned by the New York Court of Appeals due to […]
Read MoreGuy Ritchie to Direct ‘Road House 2’ With Jake Gyllenhaal Set to Return
4/30/2025 7:06 PM
April 30, 2025 @ 11:30 AM Guy Ritchie will direct the “Road House” sequel with Jake Gyllenhaal reprising his role as Dalton, according to an insider with knowledge of the project. Will Beall is writing the script. Plot details are being kept under wraps. Doug Liman previously directed “Road House,” a new spin on the classic Patrick […]
Read More‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Season 10, Martin Short ‘Match Game’ Revival Lead ABC Summer Schedule
4/30/2025 7:06 PM
April 30, 2025 @ 11:00 AM ABC has set its summer schedule, which will include new seasons of “Bachelor in Paradise,” “Celebrity Family Feud,” and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” new episodes of “Press Your Luck” and a new revival of “Match Game” hosted by Martin Short. “Bachelor in Paradise” will kick off the […]
Read MoreABC’s Terry Moran and the Trump Interview: 5 Do’s and Don’ts for Battling Lies and Deflections
4/30/2025 7:05 PM
Marking 100 days, ABC’s Terry Moran ran into the brick wall that has flummoxed TV interviewers since Trump entered the political arena Donald Trump gets bare-knuckled with ABC News’ Terry Moran. (Credit: ABC) President Trump’s media blitz for the 100-day mark in his second term punctuates what has been true for some time: Interviewing Trump […]
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