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Forbes

HBO Max and Discovery+ unveiled a merged mega-streaming service called Max on Wednesday, marking a crucial move for Warner Bros. Discovery as the conglomerate vies for more subscribers following a major merger and a rocky year for streaming services.

InfoWorld

Databricks has released an open source-based iteration of its large language model (LLM), dubbed Dolly 2.0 in response to the growing demand for generative AI and related applications. The new release can be licensed by enterprises for research and …

WIRED

LinkedIn facilitates verification in three ways that are all free to individual users. The most low-key option launching today is to verify your current employer by receiving a security code on your work email and entering it into LinkedIn.

CNN

The European Space Agency is about to send a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing moons. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission, or Juice, is expected to launch Thursday at …

TechCrunch

Plus, users will soon get to interact with the Dunder Mifflin gang in virtual reality. Later this year, Meta is bringing NBCU IP to Meta Horizon Worlds and the Meta Avatars Store. NBCU IP coming to these immersive environments includes DreamWorks, …

Space.com

The probe is currently in an elliptical lunar orbit, seeing it approach as close as 62 miles (100 kilometers) to the lunar surface, and heading as far away as 1,430 miles (2,300 km). From there, the spacecraft has already snapped some stunning images.

Macworld

It looks like one of the most significant design changes in this year’s iPhone refresh has been called off. In a Medium post today, the respected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple no longer plans to use a solid-state button design on the iPhone 15 Pro …

Variety

Google TV is launching free built-in channels that users can watch without downloading or launching an app. In total, it now offers over 800 channels and premium programming, including the addition of free channels from …

Wink News

Families are upset because they said the team walkout last week was not even mentioned to the black kids on the team, and for months their children have been subject to prejudicial behavior in the baseball program.

U.S. News & World Report

By Stephen Nellis and Krystal Hu. (Reuters) – Databricks, a San Francisco-based startup last valued at $38 billion, released a trove of data on Wednesday that it says businesses and researchers can use to train chatbots similar to ChatGPT.