Chatbot Start-Up Character.AI Valued at $1 Billion in New Funding Round
Character.AI, a 16-month-old start-up that builds online chatbots, said on Thursday that it had raised $150 million in a recent funding round that valued the...
How to Set Up and Use an eSIM for International Travel
As vacation season looms, now is as good a time as ever to bite the bullet and become familiar with a smartphone feature that many...
Relativity Space’s 3-D Printed Rocket Fails Just After Launch
Terran 1, a rocket designed and built by the company Relativity Space, suffered a failure shortly after lifting off from a launchpad in Cape Canaveral,...
Lindsay Lohan and Jake Paul Among Crypto Endorsers Charged by SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges on Wednesday against a prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneur and a group of celebrities who promoted his ventures, including the...
400-Year-Old Murals Found During Kitchen Renovation In Northern England
Renovating a kitchen is one of the most exciting events a homeowner can undertake…especially when in the process a 400-year-old mural is discovered on the...
Archaeologists Discover Oldest Pearl-Fishing City in the Arabian Gulf from the Sixth Century
Archaeologists have discovered the existence of the oldest pearl-fishing city in the Arabian Gulf on the island of Al-Siniyah off the coast of Umm Al...
Artist Award Roundup: Artadia Names 2023 Los Angeles Awardees, Brooklyn Museum Announces UOVO Winner, and More
The New York–based nonprofit Artadia, which supports early-career visual artists through unrestricted grants, has named the recipients of its 2023 Los Angeles awards: Kang Seung...
Blockchain Company Valence to Launch New App With Expo Chicago
Valence, a blockchain services company, has partnered with the Expo Chicago Art Fair to launch a new app called “Valence Wallet.” “We’ve long recognized that...
Previously Unknown Jackson Pollock Painting, Possibly Worth $54 M., Was Discovered During Raid, Report Bulgarian Authorities
In incredible news, Bulgarian officials say they discovered a previously unknown painting by Jackson Pollock during an investigation into an international art trafficking operation. According...
How Parents Can Talk About AI and ChatGPT With Their Kids
The race is on. Companies are pouring billions of dollars into powerful online chatbots and finding new ways to integrate them into our daily lives....
Asian Artifacts Donated by Prominent Patrons to Art Institute of Chicago Were Subject of Repatriation Efforts, Report Finds
A joint report published by ProPublica and the Chicago-based outlet Crains has revealed that several Asian artifacts donated as part of a collection by prominent...
Turing Award Won by Co-Inventor of Ethernet Technology
In June 1972, Bob Metcalfe, a 26-year-old engineer fresh out of graduate school, joined a new research lab in Palo Alto, Calif., as it set...
Pulling the Plug on TikTok Will Be Harder Than It Looks
“A lot of this is a game of chicken,” said James A. Lewis, who runs the cyberthreats program at the Center for Strategic and International...
What Google Bard Can Do (and What It Can’t)
Google has released a new chatbot, Bard, and has shared the experimental technology with a limited number of people in the United States and Britain....