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OpenAI’s new safety team is led by board members, including CEO Sam Altman

OpenAI has created a new Safety and Security Committee less than two weeks after the company dissolved the team tasked with protecting humanity from AI’s existential threats. This latest iteration of the group responsible for OpenAI’s safety guardrails will include two board members and CEO Sam Altman, raising questions about whether the move is little… Continue reading OpenAI’s new safety team is led by board members, including CEO Sam Altman

Apple’s new M2 iPad Air tablets drop to record-low prices

Apple’s latest iPad Air models have only been out for a couple of weeks, but you can already score decent deals on the new tablets. Most variants are on sale at Amazon at the minute, including the base 11-inch model with 128GB of storage. Thanks to a $30 discount, you can snap one up for… Continue reading Apple’s new M2 iPad Air tablets drop to record-low prices

The best wireless headphones for 2024: Bluetooth options for every budget

In order to get all of the features you’d need to get the most comprehensive listening experience possible, over-ear, noise-canceling headphones are likely your best option. Stellar sound quality, powerful active noise cancelation (ANC), reliable Bluetooth connections and more should all be present on a good pair of wireless headphones that offer the complete package.… Continue reading The best wireless headphones for 2024: Bluetooth options for every budget

Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Max is better as a retro gaming device than a streamer

Here’s an open secret: Every cheap streaming stick kind of sucks. Yes, it’s great that people can access so many shows and movies with devices that cost less than $50. It’s great that the best of them no longer force you to suffer through constant lag and performance hiccups, too. But over time, the Faustian… Continue reading Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Max is better as a retro gaming device than a streamer

Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro M3 Max is $250 off

The top-of-the-line MacBooks are undoubtedly expensive, so we’re happy anytime there’s a sale. Right now, Apple’s 2023 MacBook Pro laptop with an M3 Max chip is touting a 7 percent price cut, dropping to $3,249 from $3,499. Yes, the device’s 1TB of storage and 36GB of unified memory still require a large investment, but we’ll… Continue reading Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro M3 Max is $250 off

It’s a golden age of puzzle games, even for people who suck at puzzle games

I’m a big fan of the British comedy game show Taskmaster. Each season, five comedians compete against each other to complete ridiculous objectives. The competitors are often rewarded for lateral thinking, as long as they stick within each task’s rules. Every time I watch a player hilariously mess up, I often think “well, I could… Continue reading It’s a golden age of puzzle games, even for people who suck at puzzle games

Making bread by hand is hard, are breadmakers better?

There’s no finer pleasure than starting the day with a slice of hot, fresh bread dripping in salted butter. Poets have waxed on about the joys of transforming so few ingredients into such a beautiful foodstuff for millennia. But unless life has been very good to you, it’s probably not often you wake up to… Continue reading Making bread by hand is hard, are breadmakers better?

The Morning After: AI-generated emoji could soon come to the iPhone

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that AI-generated emojis may be one of the new features Apple shows off at WWDC next month. If the current emoji library weren’t overwhelming enough (let alone my increasingly growing sticker collection both on Messages and WhatsApp), Gurman writes that the company “is developing software that can create custom emojis on… Continue reading The Morning After: AI-generated emoji could soon come to the iPhone