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Sharp, three-dimensional seismic data of a seafloor crater off Guinea seems to confirm that a second asteroid hit Earth at approximately the same time as the behemoth that hit North America 66 million years ago, ending the reign of the dinosaurs. A team of researchers recently imaged the 5.28-mile-wide (8.5-kilometer-wide) depression off the African coast, … Read more

Although both writing and coding modes give the choice of requesting in-line edits, the bifurcated user interface for canvas is designed with one additional set of shortcuts for those focused on AI-assisted writing and another for coders. In the demo, Levine showed off how the writer’s shortcut could be used to condense the number of … Read more

TL;DR: Live stream Denver Nuggets vs. Boston Celtics in the NBA preseason for free on Ran.de. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. A lot of fans thought that the Denver Nuggets would meet the Boston Celtics is the NBA finals last season, but the Nuggets fell short. That was … Read more

Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Many ports along the East and Gulf coasts were shut down, threatening the country’s supply chains, after unionized port workers went on strike on Tuesday. But those workers will return to work after reaching a tentative agreement on wages with the group representing port employers. As part of the agreement … Read more

Are you confused about artificial general intelligence, or AGI? It’s that thing OpenAI is obsessed with ultimately creating in a way that “benefits all of humanity.” You may want to take them seriously since they just raised $6.6 billion to get closer to that goal. But if you’re still wondering what the heck AGI even … Read more

Smart rings are all the rage these days as more and more companies step into the ring (so to speak) with their own takes on the wearable tech. For some time, Oura was the only big player with its well-received Oura Ring Gen 3, but other smaller companies have since created their own models that … Read more

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Many users report that they received an email from Google informing them that a new card was added to their account despite not adding any recently. Google has shared a statement on the issue, clarifying that it was a bug. Update, October 3, 2024 (11:15 PM ET): Google has … Read more

The one-and-done nature of 23andMe is “indicative of a core business problem with the once high-flying biotech company that is now teetering on the brink of collapse,” reports NPR. As 23andMe struggles for survival, many of its 15 million customers are left wondering what the company plans to do with all the data it has … Read more

Last week, Ars Technica Editor-in-Chief Ken Fisher and I made the westerly trek to sunny San Jose, California, to kick off an event titled “Beyond the Buzz: An Infrastructure Future with GenAI and What Comes Next,” hosted in partnership with IBM. It was awesome to get to stand up on stage and talk to a … Read more

Apple today announced that its next quarterly earnings conference call will be held on Thursday, October 31 at 2 p.m. Pacific Time/5 p.m. Eastern Time. On the call, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri will discuss the company’s earnings results for the fourth quarter of its 2024 fiscal year. It will likely be … Read more