2025-01-31

Knowing less about AI makes people more open to having it in their lives

The rapid spread of artificial intelligence has people wondering: who’s most likely to embrace AI in their daily lives? Many assume it’s the tech-savvy — those who understand how AI works — who are most eager to adopt it. Surprisingly, our new research (published in the J [...]

2025-01-30

Have a .gov email address? You can get Perplexity Pro free for a year - here's now

Government employees can get a free year of this popular AI tool - a $200 value. [...]

2025-01-30

Mistral AI says its Small 3 model is a local, open-source alternative to GPT-4o mini

The new 24B-parameter LLM 'excels in scenarios where quick, accurate responses are critical.' In fact, the model can be run on a MacBook with 32GB RAM. [...]

2025-01-30

Former Google, Meta leaders launch Palona AI, bringing personalized, emotive customer agents to non-techie enterprises

Palona’s approach suggests that customer relationships don’t have to be sacrificed for automation—instead, AI can enhance personalization. [...]

2025-01-30

Meta uncharacteristically quiet about $5 billion in VR losses

Meta is standing by their VR projects as their foot in the door for the Metaverse, but it's becoming an expensive investment. [...]

2025-01-30

Netflix will stream its 2025 Tudum event on Netflix

Netflix's next Tudum fan event will take place on May 31 in Los Angeles. For the first time, the company will stream the event live on its own platform. Past iterations have been livestreamed on YouTube, Twitch and Netflix's social channels.<br /> Tudum, which is [...]

2025-01-30

Spider-Man 2 PS5 Skin Now Available on Marvel Rivals

One of the best Spider-Man outfits is out if you have the money for it. [...]

2025-01-30

Largest desktop hard drive ever breaks another record; 28TB Seagate Expansion desktop hard drive has lowest Terabyte cost I've seen in 2025

Seagate STKP28000400 28TB HDD combines massive storage capacity with USB-A and USB-C connectivity. [...]

2025-01-30

Mother Games drops first trailer for surrealist RPG Le Zoo

Mother Games, which launched from stealth last year, revealed the teaser trailer for its RPG Le Zoo, which it plans to launch this year. [...]