The Federal Trade Commission has formally put its administrative trial over Microsoft's pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard on hold. That opens the door for the companies to amicably resolve ...
The Borderlands movie is finally getting a release date. According to a tweet from the game’s official Twitter account it will premiere in theaters on August 9th, 2024. The film, directed by ...
Microsoft , Google and OpenAI are among the leaders in the US artificial intelligence space that will reportedly commit to certain safeguards for their technology on Friday, following a push from the ...
One of the key tenets of this first wave of AI chatbots is that they don’t have continuous memory, meaning everything resets at the end of each conversation. OpenAI’s ChatGPT platform is ...
The Dolphin Emulator, the software that lets you play old Wii and GameCube games, isn’t coming to Steam after all. The developers published a blog post today explaining how the fumbled launch ...
Amazon Prime Day was a great time to pick up Apple products, but if you didn't happen to catch the sale, you're in luck: Amazon just dropped the 9th generation iPad back to its all-time low price of ...
Adult Swim’s teaming up with Shinichirō Watanabe, director and creator of the original Cowboy Bebop , for a new jazz-tinged sci-fi anime series, as reported by Variety . Lazarus is being ...
This is a great moment to get a Mac laptop on a budget, particularly if you're heading back to school. Amazon has the MacBook Air M1 with 256GB of storage on sale for a record low of $750 , or $249 ...
Samsung is holding its summer Unpacked event a little early this year, on July 26th , but it promises to be special beyond just the timing. Galaxy Z foldable phones are certain , but the company has ...
You won't have much trouble paying with your palm at the grocery store in the near future. Amazon now says it's bringing its One palm recognition technology to all Whole Foods Market stores in the US ...
You may be more or less prepared for the academics of college, but the other life stuff can be an eye-opener. College might be the first time you’re in charge of your own finances, and with new ...
The following article contains spoilers for “Lost in Translation” Late last month, I came off my bicycle and smashed the side of my head on the curb in a fairly dramatic accident. It gave ...
Apple lovers who constantly lose their keys got a new way to keep track of them with the launch of AirTags. But despite how easy they are to set up, Apple’s tiny Bluetooth trackers have one ...
Netflix has removed its $10 Basic tier — once the service's cheapest plan without ads — in the US and the UK. The company has updated its pricing page to say new and rejoining members in ...
Google has quietly increased the price of YouTube Premium by a significant $2 from $12 to $14, according to the updated signup page spotted by 9to5Google . The annual price jumped to $20, from $120 ...
Every app has one flaw that is baffling in how unnecessarily complicated it is. For WhatsApp, that has always been the fact that you can only message people after first saving their contact. But the ...
Kevin Mitnick, who was once one of the world's most wanted computer hackers, has passed away at 59 on July 16th. According to his obituary , Mitnick battled pancreatic cancer for more than a year and ...
Google is testing a new AI technology codenamed Genesis that can generate news articles, according to The New York Times . The tech giant has reportedly demonstrated the tool not just for The Times , ...
Microsoft is taking another turn at testing its HoloLens-based combat goggles with the US military. The company has confirmed to Engadget that it's delivering improved IVAS (Integrated Visual ...
Tesla remains the top US EV producer with a new internal record internal record with 479,700 vehicles built and 466,140 of them delivered in Q2, up ~87 percent YoY. The company made headlines in Q2 ...
Βενετία, Ιταλία: Άνθρωποι διαμαρτύρονται κατά της εισαγωγής ενός συστήματος εγγραφής και της επιβολής τέλους στους τουρίστες που επισκέπτονται την πόλη για μία ημέρα, το οποίο προορίζεται για τη διατήρηση της λιμνοθάλασσας της πόλης. Manuel Silvestri/Reuters
Ήξερες ότι...
Στα Νησιά του Σολομώντα, μέχρι τον 20ό αιώνα, χρησιμοποιούσαν τα δόντια των σκύλων ως νομίσματα.
Ιδρύεται το «Ελεύθερο Κράτος του Κονγκό», ως προσωπικό φέουδο του Βασιλιά Λεοπόλδου Β΄ του Βελγίου.
1933
Gleichschaltung: Το ναζιστικό καθεστώς αναστέλλει τη λειτουργία των εργατικών σωματείων στη Γερμανία.
1955
Ο Τένεσι Ουίλιαμς τιμάται με βραβείο Πούλιτζερ για το θεατρικό του έργο Λυσσασμένη Γάτα.
1997
Το Εργατικό Κόμμα κερδίζει τις βουλευτικές εκλογές στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, τερματίζοντας μια περίοδο 18 ετών διακυβέρνησης από τους Συντηρητικούς. Ο ηγέτης του, Τόνι Μπλερ, γίνεται ο νεότερος πρωθυπουργός από την εποχή του Ουίλιαμ Πιτ του νεότερου.