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Turn almost any bike into an e-bike with the Clip

Enlarge / The Clip attached to a late-90s vintage mountain bike. (credit: Eric Bangeman) Shortly after World War II, a French manufacturer by the name of Solex started selling mopeds. These were not your "typical" moped that looks kind of like a motorcycle with pedals—the mopeds made by Solex were essentially bicycles...

Sat Jun 1, 2024 01:37
Journalists “deeply troubled” by OpenAI’s content deals with Vox, The Atlantic

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Wednesday, Axios broke the news that OpenAI had signed deals with The Atlantic and Vox Media that will allow the ChatGPT maker to license their editorial content to further train its language models. But some of the publications' writers—and the unions that represent them—were surprised...

Sat Jun 1, 2024 01:37
Micro LED monitors connect like puzzle pieces in HP multi-monitor concept

Enlarge / Yes, there are bigger monitors, but is there a better way to have a tri-monitor setup? (credit: Getty) In a technical disclosure published this month, HP explored a Micro LED monitor concept that would enable consumers to easily use various multi-monitor configurations through the use of "Lego-like building...

Fri May 31, 2024 23:35
Google’s AI Overview is flawed by design, and a new company blog post hints at why

Enlarge / The Google "G" logo surrounded by whimsical characters, all of which look stunned and surprised. (credit: Google) On Thursday, Google capped off a rough week of providing inaccurate and sometimes dangerous answers through its experimental AI Overview feature by authoring a follow-up blog post titled, "AI Overviews:...

Fri May 31, 2024 23:35
TikTok vaguely disputes report that it’s making a US-only app

Enlarge (credit: Future Publishing / Contributor | Future Publishing) TikTok is now disputing a Reuters report that claims the short-video app is cloning its algorithm to potentially offer a different version of the app, which might degrade over time, just for US users. Sources "with direct knowledge" of the project—granted...

Fri May 31, 2024 22:28
Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week

Enlarge / Someone really likes Google Chrome. (credit: Isaac Bowen / Flickr) Google Chrome will be shutting down its older, more capable extension system, Manifest V2, in favor of exclusively using the more limited Manifest V3. The deeply controversial Manifest V3 system was announced in 2019, and the full switch has been...

Fri May 31, 2024 22:28

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