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‘Overwhelming pop spectacle’ set to take place in Bay Area
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (160+ words) Gorillaz are on their way to the Bay Area. The world's most successful virtual band " boosting a concert experience that has been described by Rolling Stone as "an overwhelming pop spectacle" " performs Oct. 28 at Oakland Arena. The show is part…...
Photos: The total lunar eclipse creates a “blood moon” in the Bay Area
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (171+ words) Early Tuesday, at 3:05 a.m. Pacific time, the March full moon turned a dark red as a total lunar eclipse unfolded, lasting for about an hour and peaking at 3:33 a.m. Anyone willing to be up for the early-morning event witnessed the moon's deep…...
What to know before asking an AI chatbot for health advice
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (880+ words) By MATTHEW PERRONE, Associated Press WASHINGTON " With hundreds of millions of people turning to chatbots for advice, it was only a matter of time before tech companies began offering programs specifically designed to answer health questions. In January, OpenAI introduced…...
‘Scream 7’ opens with a franchise-best $64.1 million in box-office win for Paramount
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (602+ words) Thirty years after the original slasher movie opened in theaters, "Scream 7" debuted with a franchise-best $64.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The bigger-than-expected opening is a win for Paramount, which on Friday announced its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. In…...
AI could reshape 410,000 local jobs. Who benefits and who doesn’t?
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (1124+ words) This story is the second in a three-part series examining findings from the latest Silicon Valley Index. Read the first installment here. Robin McCarthy watches the images appear on her screen. "It's exciting and scary at the same time, because…...
OpenAI gets $110 billion in funding from a trio of tech powerhouses, led by Amazon
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (181+ words) By Michelle Chapman | Associated Press ChatGPT maker OpenAI has received $110 billion in funding from Amazon, SoftBank and Nvidia, putting the technology company's pre-money valuation at $730 billion. Amazon is leading the trio of tech heavyweights in commitments, putting up $50 billion, followed…...
Opinion: AI is destroying our planet. We must act to check its growth — and save ourselves.
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (487+ words) Corporate AI's destructive impacts on our planet are only set to expand. Consider that by 2034,the data centers that power AI are expected to consume as much energy as all of India, the world's most populous countrywith over 1.5 billion people....
Review: ‘Resident Evil Requiem’ captures three eras of a landmark franchise
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (470+ words) Resident Evil" has introduced several heroes across its 30-year history, but its main villain has lived in the shadows. It's not Albert Wesker, but rather, the man pulling the strings behind the evil corporation Umbrella " Lord Oswell Spencer. Kennedy, working…...
Jack Dorsey’s Block slashes nearly half its staff in AI bet
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (736+ words) By Emily Mason, Bloomberg Jack Dorsey's Block is cutting 4,000 employees, reducing its workforce by nearly half, in a move the financial technology firm is describing as a bet on artificial intelligence changing the future of labor productivity. Block has been…...
OpenAI finalizes $110 billion funding at $730 billion value
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (454+ words) By Shirin Ghaffary and Matt Day, Bloomberg OpenAI has raised $110 billion in a deal that values the startup at $730 billion, representing the ChatGPT maker's largest funding round to date and bolstering its costly push to secure more computing power and…...