OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Atlas browser is the latest in a series of new products that are challenging Alphabet’s ecosystem. Source link...

Samsung started rolling out the update to One UI 8 based on Android 16 to the Galaxy S23 devices in late September, around three weeks ago. Everything was going well, until it wasn't. The rollout is currently paused, and it's unclear when it will be resumed, so if you have a handset that's part of that family and haven't received...

One of the things that was really bad about the Timothée Chalamet Bob Dylan movie from 2024 is that its makers seemed desperate to toady up to the big man by framing his every creative decision as a check mate it some culture-anticipating 9D game of chess. It’s a film that is packed with shots of people looking at Bob Dylan with...

Amidst this year’s grand line-up of London Film Festival galas, a treasure trove of titles awaited discovery: BFI restorations, archival interventions, unlikely big hitters and works of radical experimentation all made their mark. What’s certain is that London’s repertory cinemas will have no shortage of upcoming masterful, redefining work. A strong thread in this year’s programme was reinterpreting women on screen – from Lucile Hadžihalilović’s The...

In a region long defined by fragmented enterprise systems, outdated compliance tools, and HR software that rarely talks to finance, Cercli is building a unified alternative for MENA businesses with AI at its core. The Dubai-based startup, founded by ex-Careem operators Akeed Azmi and David Reche, has announced an oversubscribed $12 million Series A round led by European VC Picus Capital. Cercli...

Home goods company Kohler recently unveiled a new device called the Dekoda — a $599 camera that can be attached to your toilet bowl and take pictures of what’s inside. CNET reports that the Dekoda analyzes these images in order to provide updates on your gut health and hydration, and to potentially detect blood. It also comes with a rechargeable...

Wikipedia is often described as the last good website on an internet increasingly filled with toxic social media and AI slop. But it seems the online encyclopedia is not completely immune to broader trends, with human pageviews falling 8% year-over-year, according to a new blog post from Marshall Miller of the Wikimedia Foundation. The foundation works to distinguish between traffic...

Success rates for Europe’s leading research grants are declining — some to single percentage points — as a surge in applications far outweighs the funds available. Data gathered by Nature show that researchers, especially those at the start of their academic journeys, are facing increasingly fierce competition to pursue research careers (see ‘Funding competition’).Last month, the European Commission said that...

Koh EweSingapore,Tri WahyuniJakarta andAbdul Latief ApriamanLombokGetty ImagesIndonesia is on a mission to turn Lombok island into another Bali - and put it on a tourist bucket list Damar, one of the best surf guides on the Indonesian island of Lombok, feels right at home taking tourists out to sea.With his fluent English and effortless banter, you would never guess what...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- In this episode of 8Arts and Culture, Video Editor Catrice Roots spoke to D'Angelo's former promoter, Thomi Hairston -- Fat Thomi -- who shared his memories working with the legendary singer early in his career. On Tuesday, Oct. 14, legendary R&B, Neo-Soul and gospel singer — and Richmond native — D’Angelo has reportedly died at age...