Peek under the hood of GPT-3 in under 3 minutes U So, you’ve seen some amazing GPT-3 demos on Twitter (if not, where have you been?). This mega machine learning model, created by OpenAI, can write it’s own op-eds, poems, articles, and even working code: If you want to try out GPT-3 today, you’ll need to … Continue reading OpenAI’s new GPT-3 language explained in under 3 minutes Continue Reading
The genesis of Miovision grew out of a summer job I had, doing traffic counts. Sitting in a chair in the hot sun, I realized this was a process ripe for automation. Automated counts could be more accurate. It’s a process that could scale across cities. And, it offered the opportunity to provide 24/7 traffic … Continue reading How I turned my summer job counting cars into a smart city company Continue Reading
Banish them forever. Websites are becoming more and more like apps these days, complete with the ability to push notifications your way in every major browser. Unfortunately, it feels like every website wants your permission to push notifications your way these days, and every time you stumble across a new one, you can’t progress until you allow … Continue reading How to stop website notifications in Chrome Continue Reading
Microsoft has subscription religion, and the Xbox Game Pass is the latest example of that. As consumers worked on Windows PCs during the pandemic and played games on their Xbox in the evening, Microsoft benefited from both trends. In a shift from prior quarters, Microsoft’s More Personal Computing business, the home of Windows and Xbox, … Continue reading Xbox gaming, Windows drive Microsoft’s sales as the world works from home Continue Reading
Framing itself as an open platform was great for growth, but not so much for making money. Roku got far in the streaming wars by framing itself as a neutral party. With its inexpensive, straightforward streaming devices that practically anyone could publish on, Roku became a hit with cord-cutters and a valuable platform for content … Continue reading Roku’s ‘neutral platform’ days are over Continue Reading
A survey from the National Retail Federation is good news for AMD and the entire PC industry. AMD has a dream that we’ll all buy more PCs, including AMD-based ones, of course—and that dream just may be coming true. Citing data from the National Retail Federation, Rick Bergman, AMD’s VP of Computing and Graphics, said he … Continue reading Why AMD says we’ll be buying a lot of PCs this year Continue Reading
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Reuters TV, Fubo Sports Network, The Bob Ross Channel, Kidoodle TV, and more are now streaming on Plex, and they’re all free (though ad-supported). Channel surfing is becoming the new on-demand, with Plex becoming the latest streaming video service to add a swath of live—and free, ad-supported—streaming TV channels to its lineup. MENTIONED IN THIS … Continue reading Plex is targeting channel-surfing cord-cutters, adding 80-plus channels to its free streaming TV service Continue Reading
Amazon has a one-day sale on LG Xboom speakers. Just because you’re partying at home doesn’t mean you can’t have tunes in the backyard. For today only, Amazon is throwing a steep sale on three models of LG Xboom portable Bluetooth speakers. The sale ends just before midnight on Thursday evening. [ Want more great deals? Check … Continue reading Pump up the volume anywhere with this 24-hour sale on LG’s portable Xboom speakers Continue Reading
With a coupon and checkout code you can get this solar-powered charger for less than half price. If you’re going hiking or camping this summer, don’t get caught without power for your phone. Today, you can get RavPower’s 15,000mAh portable solar charger for $15, the all-time low and way, way down from the usual $34. To get the … Continue reading RavPower’s $15 Solar Power Bank charges your phone with the sun Continue Reading