Like many brick-and-mortar video game stores, GameStop has struggled as the number of buyers opting for physical games over digital downloads keeps shrinking. Its stores have been closing and worker numbers declining for years now. Read Entire Article
Elon Musk promises to open-source X’s algorithm in the next few days
The announcement marks the latest in a string of commitments from Musk to open-source the technology behind X's recommendation engine. Previous promises, however, have seen uneven follow-through. The company's last significant algorithm release dates back to 2023, when a repository appeared on GitHub showing portions of the platform's feed-ranking logic.......
Jensen Huang says relentless negativity around AI is hurting society and has “done a lot of damage”
Huang made his feelings about AI skeptics, haters, and doom-mongers clear on a recent episode of the No Priors podcast. Read Entire Article
TV prices have fallen more than 90% since 2000, thanks to mass scale
A review of Black Friday ads spanning the past quarter-century shows that TV prices have dropped by more than 90 percent since 2000, even after accounting for dramatic increases in screen size and resolution. According to Brian Potter of the Institute for Progress, the decline is largely the result of......
The next EV breakthrough isn’t the car, it’s the battery factory
Electric vehicles already deliver what most drivers say they want: a quiet, comfortable car that is cheap to run and does not spew exhaust. Yet even as battery-only models pass roughly one-fifth of new car sales worldwide, prices remain too high for many buyers, and several major Western automakers are......
Winning numbers drawn in Friday’s Mega Millions
The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 12-30-36-42-47, Mega Ball: 16, Megaplier:
How the US could take over Greenland and the potential challenges
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened Greenland and says Washington must take control of the strategically located island
Protests against ICE planned across US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon
Protests against immigration enforcement have been planned across the country after federal officers shot three people in Minneapolis and Portland
VR headsets are ‘hope machines’ inside California prisons
Prisoners are now taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic locales such as Thailand
Greenland’s party leaders firmly reject Trump’s push for US control of the island
Greenland’s party leaders have rejected President Donald Trump’s calls for the U.S. to take control of the island