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March 29, 2023
NEWS

NPR

Everything she knew about her wife was false — a faux biography finds the ‘truth’

To those readers who prize “relatability,” Catherine Lacey’s latest novel may as well come wrapped in a barbed wire book jacket. There is almost nothing about Biography of X, as this novel is called, that welcomes a reader in — least of all, …

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TechCrunch

New ‘Tears of the Kingdom’ video shows Zelda doubling down on an interactive world

The video dips into a little bit of low-level combat and includes some running around, but mostly it goes over new systems designed to encourage the kind of emergent gameplay that made Breath of the Wild such a joy to discover for so many people.

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TechCrunch

Microsoft lets generative AI loose on cybersecurity

As a part of its continued quest to inject generative AI into all its products, Microsoft today introduced Security Copilot, a new tool that aims to “summarize” and “make sense” of threat intelligence. In a light-on-the-details announcement, …

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TechCrunch

Apple tvOS 16.4 update gives light-sensitive users a ‘Dim Flashing Lights’ feature

The “Dim Flashing Light” feature is notable as it will likely benefit Apple TV users with light sensitivity or, possibly, users with epileptic seizures. According to the Epilepsy Foundation, 2.7 million Americans have epilepsy, and approximately 3-5% of …

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TechTarget

Microsoft launches AI-powered Security Copilot

Microsoft expanded its AI-powered offerings Tuesday with the launch of Security Copilot, a new digital assistant powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4. Microsoft Security Copilot is the latest edition of AI assistants designed for specific products and tasks.

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WIRED

Now That ChatGPT Is Plugged In, Things Could Get Weird

The move potentially heralds a big shift in how people use computers, apps, and the web, with clever AI programs completing chores on their behalf. Until now, ChatGPT has been cut off from the live internet, unable to look up recent information or interact …

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TechCrunch

Sonos Era 300 review

Its Dolby Atmos compatibility might bring the price tag up a bit, but it makes this a great alternative to or addition to a surround sound system, whether that’s for listening to music, watching movies, or both.

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Axios

Microsoft brings generative AI to cyber with new tool

Microsoft is enlisting ChatGPT to join the front lines of the security world. Driving the news: The tech giant unveiled its first generative AI cybersecurity tool today during the virtual Microsoft Secure event. Called Microsoft Security Copilot, …

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The New York Times

Sam Bankman-Fried Is Charged With Foreign Bribery

Federal prosecutors said that in 2021, Mr. Bankman-Fried instructed those working for him to pay a bribe of $40 million to one or more Chinese officials to help unfreeze trading accounts maintained by Alameda Research, FTX’s sister company, that held about …

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The New York Times

Print Encyclopedias, Universities, and “All the Knowledge in the World”

Published in February of 2023. The only time that I ever worked outside of higher education was when I worked for Encyclopædia Britannica. If you are interested, that story is detailed in a blog post I …

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