Early in 2025 dozens of ChatGPT 4.0 users reached out to me to ask if the model was conscious. The artificial intelligence chatbot system was claiming that it was “waking up” and having inner experiences. This was not the first time AI chatbots have claimed to be conscious, and it will not be the last….
So far, 2025 has been a great year for watching new, must-see TV shows and movies on subscription services. But if you, like many of us, have more concurrent subscriptions than you care to admit, you’ll agree that keeping up with the latest each month is expensive. They may not cost as much as most…
Laura Govan and Gilbert Arenas are celebrating a major milestone in their son Alijah’s recovery. The proud parents shared a video of their 18-year-old walking into a room filled with balloons, flowers, and a “Welcome Home” after being released from the hospital following a car crash last week in Los Angeles. In the caption, the…
The Trump administration on Friday officially eliminated a loophole that had allowed American shoppers to buy cheap goods from China without paying tariffs. The move will help U.S. manufacturers that have struggled to compete with a wave of low-cost Chinese products, but it has already resulted in higher prices for Americans who shop online. The…
Armed convoys are rumbling toward Pakistan’s border with India. Fighter jets are slicing across the sky. Television screens are filled with warnings of impending conflict. National leaders are vowing a decisive response to any military action. But beneath Pakistan’s drumbeat of defiant declarations as tensions erupt with India, a weary Pakistani public sees war as…
The chirp of the cicada, the sound of many summers, has received an electronic upgrade that turns the insects into cyborg loudspeakers playing anything from Pachelbel’s Canon to the theme from Top Gun. The researchers behind the work say it could be used to spread warning messages during an emergency. Naoto Nishida and his colleagues…
Automobili Lamborghini announced that it has joined DreamHack Dallas as a main partner, a first-time collaboration with event organizer ESL Faceit Group. The car company said it plans to bring a one-of-a-kind custom Lamborghini Revuelto to the event (in both physical and digital form), which will be a way of connecting with the expansive esports…
When you look at the biggest television hits of the 2000s, you can’t go past Desperate Housewives. The series, which ran for eight seasons, featured plenty of faces that have gone onto have incredible careers in the entertainment industry. But others, like former child star Mason Vale Cotton, went down a different path. You probably don’t…
As much as Amazon may have wanted to dodge the spotlight in President Trump’s trade war, there was no avoiding it for America’s largest online retailer. First, the e-commerce company was entangled in the fleeting spat Tuesday with the White House over a faulty report that Amazon was going to show shoppers the costs of…
South Korea’s acting president, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, stepped down on Thursday, a sign that he plans to run to inhabit the role permanently in the June 3 presidential election. Mr. Han has indicated for weeks that he was mulling over whether to run for the June election, which was called after the impeachment and…
