Ha, it's revenge of the fifth the day that I'm allowed to be honest about the fact that Star Wars is dead
Because
Good point Google suddenly announced the pixel fold on Thursday
Surprising the whole internet the company used Star Wars day to tweet out a teaser of the product and a frankly
offensive pun giving us our first execute order 66
You because our first official look at the device less than a week before Google's IO event on May 10th
Of course rumors about the phone have been circulating for months
But it's great to get our first real look at the phone and its bezels and confirm that Google is
Still more of a software company
The fold now has an official store page with a banner confirming that more information about the phablet will come out during IO
I haven't heard that word in years
In a long time
Man, I can't wait to hear a Google executive probably tell us that the fold is powered by the tensors G2
So see has 12 gigs of RAM 120 Hertz displays costs
1800 bucks and a bunch of other stuff that John Prosser and Evan Blass said weeks ago a
Leaked internal document from a senior Google engineer warns that the tech giant and its competitor open AI may soon face their
greatest rival in AI development at Tony Shalhoub fan 69
You mean Tony Shalhoub of the of monk spame? Yes
I mean really it could be any of the other 68 fans of the star of television's award-winning crime dramedy monk
so in the document engineer Luke Cernow argues that Google and open AI are being
Leapfrogged by indie open-source AI researchers who are making massive strides in AI development in their basements with
Gaming laptops do in no small part to the leak of Metas Lama large language model
Cernow urges that Google's only option is to learn from and collaborate with what others are doing outside Google
Even if that means reading a lot of AI generated monk fan fiction and some slash fiction
Grassroots AI research is also gaining attention in the EU which is doing what it does best and developing regulations
But there's a risk that sweeping restrictions on AI could limit grassroots researchers ability to create
questionably conscious entities in their basement Regulations could also cause the EU to risk losing the AI arms race to the US and that's all according to an open letter
Coordinated by large-scale AI open network aka
Lyon a German nonprofit AI research group. Oh, man
If I had a dollar for every time America and Germany were fighting
I would use them as seed capital to fund research toward building a time machine
Which I would use to go back in time and prevent several key historical events that would have supplied me the initial dollars
I used to fund the machine thus creating a potential time paradox that would threaten the fabric of space time
Or maybe I'd buy an ice cream I don't and Xbox had Phil Spencer gave an interview on the kind of funny X cast where he discussed many topics in
Reference to Xbox competing with PlayStation and Nintendo in the console market Spencer remarked
There is no world where Starfield is an 11 out of 10 and people start selling their ps5
Really demonstrating why he is the head of Xbox his vision is so vast
He can see through the multiverse, but can he see why kids love cinnamon toast crunch?
Of course the reason Phil believes this elusive world doesn't exist is because he spent years searching
No, it's because Microsoft lost the Xbox one generation where everybody built their digital library of games
And as a result Xbox can't claw back the market share from its competitors. There's just there's just no way
Discussing Xbox exclusive specifically. He also commented on the mediocre reception of the game Red Fall
This sounds like a fun podcast episode
Just like whipping himself Phil said game critics rated the game double digits lower than what the Xbox team
Expected based on their own internal mock reviews now since we've already established that Phil Spencer is a higher-dimensional being
It's more than likely this is some 40 chess move to convince UK regulators that if they don't reverse their decision blocking the
Activision merger Xbox will go bankrupt leaving only two incredibly profitable games console companies to duke it out for world domination
And if there's one thing the UK hates, it's a two-party system and that's a joke about them having more than one party two parties
It's like Canada so look it up
I've never told anyone this But long bits killed my family
That's why I've dedicated my life to cutting them down to size
The European Space Agency is making big moves in its future projects by exploring nuclear-powered
Rockets for deep space travel and even space-based solar farms that will send energy to earth with lasers
What? But before they move forward they need to explain how the name of the rocket study rocket roll
stands for Eliminary European reckon on nuclear electric propulsion for space applications
Sounds to me like rocket roll stands for I can't spell you guys could speak like 75 languages can't write
That's not how acronyms work Discord has announced they are changing the way their usernames work speaking of which so that many users will probably have to pick a
New one the platform currently has a four-digit tag to differentiate users with the same username
But they have decided to get rid of it to make usernames on discord
Look a lot like those on other platforms because nothing makes you stand out quite like being the same
Microsoft has announced it is opening Bing AI access up to everyone. This is a great idea
No longer will you have to wait in line for a reason to finally use the search engine you've been purposely avoiding for years
Alongside this announcement Microsoft said it will be adding more features to the chatbot like enabling charts and graphs and bings
Answers and even allowing chat history in the edge browser so that Bing will remember all the
Horrible puddles of internet scum and had to swim through just so you could find the conversion rate between US dollars in Vietnamese dong
Are you happy so much dong?
Apple and Google have partnered to develop a set of standards and best practices to reduce the misuse of
Bluetooth tracking devices which are these handy little devices that you both find your luggage and stock your ex-girlfriend very useful
The new specification would inform users of Android and iOS devices when they're being tracked without their consent
Which has received widespread support in the industry because come on. They're soulless corporations not monsters
Think of the profits that and no one wants to be the pro stocking guy generally bad for business
Colorado based biofire is launching a gun with fingerprint and facial recognition
That will only work for verified users though They have yet to explain where the blue check mark will appear the gun started as a high school science fair project
Careful rally, okay, and is now launching with a
$1,500 price tag, but can you really put a price on how cool you look while you grapple with the fragility of human life?
At least it works and can you really put a price on coming back on Monday for more tech news because I can please give me $100