Threads finally starts its own fact-checking program

May 15, 2024

Meta’s newest social network, Threads is starting its own fact-checking program after piggybacking on Instagram and Facebook’s network for a few months. Instagram head Adam Mosseri noted that the company “recently” rolled out the ability for fact-checkers to rate and mark false content on Threads. However, Mosseri didn’t share any details about when exactly the […]

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Looking Glass launches new 3D displays

May 15, 2024

Looking Glass makes trippy-looking mixed-reality screens that make things look 3D without the need of special glasses. Today, it launches a pair of new displays, including a 16-inch mode that runs $4,000. There’s also a 32-inch display, with a ‘if you have to ask how much it costs you can’t afford it’ price tag. The […]

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Google adds ‘Web’ search filter for showing old-school text links as AI rolls out

May 14, 2024

As Google revamps itself for the AI era, offering AI overviews within its search results, the company is introducing a new way to filter for just text-based links. With the new “Web” filter that appears at the top of the results page, users will be able to filter for text links the way they can […]

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Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI co-founder and longtime chief scientist, departs

May 14, 2024

Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s longtime chief scientist and one of its co-founders, has left the company. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the new in a post on X Tuesday evening. pic.twitter.com/qyPMIcvcsY — Ilya Sutskever (@ilyasut) May 14, 2024 “This is very sad to me; Ilya is easily one of the greatest minds of our generation, a […]

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Blue Origin to resume crewed New Shepard launches on May 19

May 14, 2024

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket will take a crew to suborbital space for the first time in nearly two years later this month, the company announced on Tuesday.  The NS-25 mission will launch from Blue’s launch site in West Texas on May 19. The launch window opens at 8:30 AM. The six-person crew includes Ed […]

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