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<h5><strong>Something to look forward to:</strong> Fans of CD Projekt Red games have a lot of upcoming titles they're looking forward to: the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, a Witcher 1 remake, The Witcher 4, and several others. Now, an executive from the Polish studio has confirmed that The Witcher 4 is...

<h5><strong>WTF?!</strong> Are advanced, generative AI chatbots such as ChatGPT in some way conscious or self-aware, able to experience feelings and memories just like a human? No, of course not. Yet the majority of people believe these LLMs do have some degree of consciousness, and that...

<h5><strong>What just happened?</strong> In an incident that brings back memories of the exploding Galaxy Note 7 saga, an electronic device caught fire inside a jet last week. The culprit on this occasion was a laptop, and thankfully the plane was still on the tarmac waiting to leave when its...

<h5><strong>What just happened?</strong> Elon Musk's X platform is once again in trouble in Europe. The European Union Commission says that the platform is a hotbed of misinformation and illegal content, its transparency and accountability requirements are inadequate, and the blue tick...

<h5><strong>In brief:</strong> South Korea is set to become the first country to deploy and operate anti-aircraft laser weapons, which it will use to shoot drones from North Korea out of the sky. In what seems like a fitting name, the program is called the "Star Wars project." </h5><p><img...

<h5><strong>Forward-looking:</strong> Dune's iconic stillsuits have served as the inspiration for a new prototype spacesuit that can convert astronauts' urine into drinkable water. Such a device would be a huge improvement over the current way that astronauts relieve themselves: into what are...

<h5><strong>In brief:</strong> Not content with powering the generative AI revolution, Nvidia has revealed that its hardware is also creating the interior and exterior visuals of Las Vegas' Sphere. The largest spherical building in the world has 1.2 million programmable LEDs on its outer...

<h5><strong>A hot potato:</strong> The unsavory practice of using manipulative website design, known as dark patterns, to coerce people into making specific choices is worryingly popular. According to an FTC study that examined hundreds of subscription websites and apps, over three-fourths...

<h5><strong>In brief:</strong> In what could be a worrying sign of things to come, Chinese phone maker Xiaomi has built a new autonomous smart factory that can not only make 10 million handsets per year, but can also identify and correct production issues while optimizing the entire process...

<h5><strong>In brief:</strong> After seven consecutive quarters of decline and one of the worst years in the PC industry's history, the market is finally rebounding, having experienced its second consecutive quarter of growth. The 3% increase in shipments was driven by Apple, which saw the...

<h5><strong>What just happened?</strong> Microsoft has given up its observer seat on the OpenAI board, eight months after it took the spot following the ousting and quick return of CEO Sam Altman. It's also been reported that Apple will not be taking a similar position. The news comes as...

<h5><strong>What just happened?</strong> Samsung will have other things on its mind today than the Unpacked event. An issue over better pay and benefits has led to the Samsung Electronics division's largest union declaring an indefinite strike, extending what was supposed to be three days of...

<h5><strong>In brief:</strong> Today's the day that Samsung finally unveils its next Galaxy devices, and you can watch the whole thing right here at 6am PT/9am ET. There will be several new products on show at the Unpacked event, but the focus will be on the company's next-gen foldables: the...

<h5><strong>In brief:</strong> Fears that a rogue nation could attack undersea cables as a way of impacting internet connectivity and digital communications have risen in recent times. To prepare for the worst, NATO is helping to finance a project that will investigate a way of keeping the...

<h5><strong>In brief:</strong> Elon Musk's former Twitter platform X is struggling to add new daily active users (DAUs), and it's partly due to the competition it's facing from Meta's rival social media app Threads. X's number of DAUs in the second quarter of 2024 rose just 1.6% compared to the...