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July 19, 2023
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CNN

Pikmin 4 is a laid-back and charming strategy game for everyone

The game’s story takes place after the events of Pikmin 3. The series protagonist, Captain Olimar, crash lands on a planet and has to fix his ship. Olimar’s marooning is a great way to introduce a brand-new charming cast of characters. He sends out an SOS …

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The New York Times

Microsoft and Activision Delay Deal to Settle British Regulatory Issues

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard said on Wednesday that they were delaying a $69 billion merger as the two companies scrambled to get final approval from British antitrust regulators. The new extension, set for Oct. 18, signals that the two companies …

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Reuters

Apple tests generative AI tools to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT – Bloomberg News

The iPhone maker has built its own framework, known as “Ajax”, to create large language models (LLMs) and is also testing a chatbot that some engineers call “Apple GPT”, the report said, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

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RoadandTrack.com

2023 BMW M4 Competition xDrive Convertible Review: The Best M Car for Most People

Everything you expect from a new M car is present in the M4 Convertible. The twin-turbo S58, tuned here to 503 hp, sounds wonderful and delivers gobs of power and torque from idle to redline.

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TechCrunch

TikTok launches its music streaming service in Australia, Mexico and Singapore

The streaming service lets users sync the service to their existing TikTok accounts and listen, download and share songs. The service includes the catalogs of major record companies, including Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music.

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MIT Technology Review

Meta’s latest AI model is free for all

Meta is going all in on open-source AI. The company is today unveiling LLaMA 2, its first large language model that’s available for anyone to use—for free. Since OpenAI released its hugely popular AI chatbot ChatGPT last November, tech companies have …

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Livemint

Meta joins hands with Microsoft for its latest AI model Llama 2; likely to beat ChatGPT and Bard

The AI model and its new version of Llama 2 will be distributed by Microsoft through its Azure cloud service and will run on the Windows operating system. Llama can turn out to be a great alternative for pricy proprietary models sold by OpenAI like ChatGPT …

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CNBC

Meta and Qualcomm team up to run big AI models on phones

Qualcomm and Meta will enable the social networking company’s so-called new large language model, Llama 2, to run on Qualcomm chips on phones and PCs starting in 2024; Qualcomm says the technology will enable applications like intelligent virtual …

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WJLA

Space-traveling Barbies land in Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

WASHINGTON (7News) — Two Barbie dolls that actually flew in space are going on display Tuesday in the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in D.C.. The popular toys launched for the International Space Station aboard the Antares rocket in …

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The New York Times

Meta Unveils a More Powerful AI and Isn’t Fretting Over Who Uses It

The company said it would give outside programmers access to the latest version of its core artificial intelligence technology. Give this article.

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