Science & Technology

NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Thursday, October 31 (game #508)

Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It…

You can finally rediscover that great bit of ChatGPT conversation from months ago

ChatGPT conversations can accumulate quickly if you regularly converse with the AI chatbot. Finding a particular bit of discussion with…

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Thursday, October 31 (game #242)

Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great…

Vizio’s new Dolby Atmos soundbar is also a karaoke machine, because why not

Vizio has announced a new soundbar that doubles as a karaoke machine, offering singalong fanatics a sound system, two microphones,…

One of the best robot vacuums on the market just got a lot better

Robot vacuums were supposed to make cleaning our homes easier than ever. The set-it-and-forget-it nature meant we could easily program…

Robert Downey Jr. vows there will never be a digital AI replica of him on-screen

Tony Stark may rely on AI to help build and pilot his Iron Man armor, but actor Robert Downey Jr.…

Learner driver data exposed in worrying breach – thousands affected

A major Brazilian driving school appears to have exposed the sensitive information of up to 400,000 individuals after failing to…

The mysterious AI image generator that topped benchmarks is now available – here’s how to try it

A mysterious AI image generator known as Red Panda shot up the ranks of the Artificial Analysis Image Arena this…

This laser technology could save the planet and help AI industry claw back more than $100 billion — half of GPUs are ‘wasted’ because of limited bandwidth, and this US startup wants to change that

Bandwidth limitations have become a significant bottleneck in AI and high-performance computing (HPC), as GPUs are underutilized due to bandwidth…

Nothing’s glow-in-the-dark Phone 2a has arrived – but getting one will be tricky

Nothing has revealed a glow-in-the-dark version of its most recent smartphone, the Nothing Phone 2a Plus, designed in collaboration with…