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Instagram owner Meta says Dame Judi Dench and John Cena will be voice options for its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Users will also be able to get information from AI versions of Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key or Kristen Bell. Meta will be hoping this use of celebrity chatbots goes better than its last attempt. In September … Read more

Presented by MSI If a primary goal of education is to prepare kids for the future, IT leaders play a more pivotal role than ever. Technology has profoundly impacted work in every industry — and it’s opened up vast new possibilities in new fields, from positions across STEM industries and AI, to esports and beyond. … Read more

Amazon’s October Prime Day returns in less than a week, but you can already grab serious savings on top tech, home, and beyond.  Also: October Prime Day is coming. Here are the best early deals And while everyone loves a sale, it can be hard to know what is actually worth your money, and what is … Read more

It’s little wonder that investors were clamoring to plow money into OpenAI. Alongside an announcement that the company had raised $6.6 billion in funding, OpenAI revealed that “every week, over 250 million people around the world use ChatGPT to enhance their work, creativity, and learning.” That’s a sharp rise since late August, when OpenAI said … Read more

Budget Before anything else, you’ll want to figure out how much you’re willing to spend on new wireless headset. The quality of value-priced headsets continues to improve, so you can find good affordable headsets and headphones for less than $100. But the premium models, which offer better build quality and performance, tend to cost $200 … Read more

Two college students have used Meta’s smart glasses to build a tool that quickly identifies any stranger walking by and brings up that person’s sensitive information, including their home address and contact information, according to a demonstration video posted to Instagram. And while the creators say they have no plans to release the code for … Read more

You hardly need ChatGPT to generate a list of reasons why generative artificial intelligence is often less than awesome. The way algorithms are fed creative work often without permission, harbor nasty biases, and require huge amounts of energy and water for training are all serious issues. Putting all that aside for a moment, though, it … Read more

A cell phone can feel like a Swiss Army knife of the 21st century — until you lose cellular or data service. Then it becomes a so-called brick that you obsessively pick up, hoping to see that WiFi or cell signal has returned. Whether you’ve lost connectivity because of an unexpected outage, natural disaster, or … Read more

The Federal Communications Commission is making up to $200 million available to help schools and libraries make their computer systems more secure. The Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program will be used to evaluate whether to fund this kind of program on a more permanent basis. The funding will come through a pool of money … Read more

Wearing a camera on your face will invariably evoke privacy concerns. The Ray-Ban Meta glasses have addressed the issue to a certain extent with the inclusion of features like a recording light. But any piece of popular consumer electronics will eventually be hacked, often to prove a point. I-XRAY is a project from a pair … Read more