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One Year Later, We’re Still Figuring Out What To Do With ChatGPT

— OpenAI It’s no exaggeration to say that it has been an absolutely wild year since OpenAI released ChatGPT, its all-purpose chatbot, to the world on November 30, 2022. Running initially on a modified version of the company’s GPT-3.5 large language model (LLM), ChatGPT could produce surprisingly fluid responses to prompts, but regularly offered up […]

What Exactly Is the Tesla Cybertruck’s Max Range With the Range Extender?

— Tesla Well, the day is finally here. After four long years of guessing, Telsa finally took the wraps (officially) off its Cybertruck, which means we now have firsthand information on things like price, power, and *drum roll* range. If you’re What you need to know about the Cybertruck’s range extender I, truthfully, can’t say […]

Tesla’s Cybertruck Starts at $60,900 and Has a Max Range of 340 Miles

— Tesla Four years later and we’re not getting a $40,000 Cybertruck with a 500-mile range. Instead, Tesla finally delivered its Tesla’s website mentions a bunch of accessories for the Cybertruck, including the Basecamp instant tent, light bars that shine up to 525 yards, and all-terrain tires. We’re not sure the pricing for these add-ons, […]

Valve’s Steam Link Now Lets You Stream Steam VR Games Directly to Quest 3, Quest 2, and Quest Pro Headsets

— Meta You can now officially play genre-defining PC VR games like Half-Life: Alyx and Phasmophobia on a Quest 3 mixed reality headset without any workarounds. Valve just announced Steam Link compatibility for Meta’s headsets, including the Quest 2, Quest 3, and Quest Pro. That means you can wirelessly stream Steam VR games directly from […]

These 6 Features Should Have You Excited for iOS 17.2

— Apple It’s been a busy year for Apple with the debut of the iPhone 15 Pro and the latest MacBooks, but it still has one more in store before the year is over — we’re talking about iOS 17.2. The latest iOS may not be as exciting as the Space Black MacBooks, but that […]

UBCO Special Edition 2×2 Review: A Breakthrough Cargo E-Bike For Commuting and Off-Roading

We’re at an odd moment in micro-transit. The e-bike “revolution” has cooled off, in part due to fears of battery fires and towns and cities perplexed by how to regulate the increasing crop of half-bike, half-motorcycles that, a few decades ago in the U.S., would’ve required a moped registration. Why don’t they regulate? In short: […]

Apps Have Become Boring. Haptic Feedback Would Make Them Fun Again.

— Photograph by Raymond Wong HD Rumble on the Nintendo Switch may have been a simple pleasure, but it’s hard to say it wasn’t a compelling one. Nintendo featured the intricate and precise haptic feedback of its handheld / console hybrid most prominently with its launch title, the failed Wii Sports successor, 1-2 Switch, which […]

Huawei’s Affordable EV Could Smoke Tesla’s Model S on Price and Range

— Huawei There’s a new Model S killer coming to the market and believe it or not, it’s being made by none other than Huawei. For those who’ve never heard of the Chinese brand, Huawei is mostly known for its phones, though it has dabbled in EVs before. And if the Luxeed S7 is any […]

Why Sonos Should Make the One Thing Steve Jobs Always Wanted To

— Sonos As of Sonos’ fourth quarter earnings, CEO Patrick Spence was , Sonos has an internal team working on them. But let the record show, televisions fit that description, too. And given Sonos’ promise to enter into four new product categories last year, who’s to say a high-quality OLED display with a streamlined operating […]

3D Movies Failed. Apple Vision Pro Will Bring Them Back.

— Apple 3D movies don’t have the cultural cache they used to. Avatar: The Way of Water’s $2.3 billion in global earnings might suggest otherwise, but when you look at the available ways to actually watch James Cameron’s epic in 3D at home… it’s clear there’s not a lot of interest from TV makers to […]