ChatGPT’s Santa Mode is restricted to age groups that might already be questioning Santa Claus’s existence. The Santa voice is for ages 13 and up according to a disclaimer. OpenAI debuted the seasonal Santa Mode as part of Thursday’s livestream,…
Our sun regularly shoots out solar flares — explosions of light and radiation from its surface — into space. But how about superflares?These stellar events are thousands of times more powerful than typical solar flares, which can wreak havoc on…
Your small children being on YouTube is inevitable at this point. From experience, I know kids master how to swipe and scroll on touchscreens at just months old. This is why YouTube launched a YouTube Kids app for iPhone and…
There’s a story from the earliest days of cinema that seems applicable to Sora, the text-to-video creation tool launched by OpenAI this week. And given that Sora’s servers are struggling with demand, with many OpenAI subscribers still waiting to try…
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge WP Engine just won a preliminary injunction against WordPress parent company Automattic. On Tuesday, a California District Court judge ordered Automattic to stop blocking WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org resources and interfering with its…
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Steam Deck OLED, the best version of Valve’s gaming handheld with additional battery life, a slight increase to performance, and an eye-popping screen, can now be purchased refurbished for $110 less than…
Apple’s iPads dominate the market. Even with the plethora of tablets from other retailers, iPads are still our favorite. With the 2024 release of the latest iPad Pro and iPad Air, it’s clear that Apple is positioning its tablets as…
Just like the continuous stream of new Kindles and Fire TV devices, Amazon has an ever-growing list of Echo devices — Echo Dot, Echo Show, Echo Auto, and now the Echo Spot alarm clock. Many of these devices also have…
OpenAI Sora is limiting depictions of real people and taking other strict safety measures to prevent misuse.The video generator, which was announced on Monday as part of its 12 Days of OpenAI event, has all sorts of editing capabilities for…
This week, we got an early look at the potential details of Bluesky+, the social media site’s planned premium subscription offering. Still, don’t get ready to shell out your cash just yet. Bluesky seems to be relatively early in the process,…
