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OpenAI’s GPT-2 text-generating algorithm was once considered too dangerous to release. Then it got released — and the world kept on turning. In retrospect, the comparatively small GPT-2 language model (a puny 1.5 billion parameters) looks paltry next to its sequel, GPT-3, which boasts a massive 175 billion parameters, was trained on 45 TB of text data, and cost a reported $12 million (at least) to build. “Our perspective, and our take back then, was to have a staged release, which was like, initially, you release the smaller model and you wait and see what happens,” Sandhini Agarwal, an A....

Summary As audiences gear up for the arrival of the menacing Abby,The Last of Usseason 2 has found one of her key antagonists with Jeffrey Wright’s Isaac. The HBO show based on Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic video game franchise of the same name proved to be a massive hit upon its January 2023 premiere, garnering widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike and setting multiple viewership records for both the network and its streaming companion, Max....

The Nikon Z7LensRentals 2018 is the year both big DSLR brands finally succumbed to the pressure to build high-end mirrorless cameras. But as first-generation cameras, what, exactly, did those companies put into building them? That’s what LensRentals founder Roger Cicala wanted to find out when he tore apart a new Nikon Z7 mirrorless and a Canon EOS R, spilling the cameras’ guts to show photographers what’s really inside. As a company that loans out cameras, the teardowns focus not on the sensor quality but on the build, durability, and weather sealing, inspecting the parts to make an educated guess on the longevity and expected common repairs on cameras that are heavily used as rentals....

There’s finally another option in the world of electric SUVs.The Lucid Airhas long been known as the electric car with the longest range, but Lucid is finally branching out with a bigger option — theLucid Gravity. It offers a similar design sensibility as the Air, with more room on the inside and pretty great performance. The Lucid Gravity could well be the go-to electric SUV, at least when it comes to luxury options....

At WWDC 2017, Apple’s Craig Federighi took to the stage to talk about some new additions to MacOS. He noted that this year, Apple will be focusing on perfecting Sierra, in a revision that will be dubbed MacOS ‘High Sierra.’ Now, it’s almost time for High Sierra to exit beta and appear on your Mac. Here’s what you can expect. Safari improvements Refinements are being made to Safari, which Federighi billed as theworld’s fastest desktop browser....

Microsoftisn’t having any luck this week with its Outlook.comemail service. After reports initially noted that hackers were able to compromise Outlook.com servers for months, recent updates from Microsoft itself are beginning to show a bit more detrimental picture.Motherboard has reported that6% of affected individuals received an email from the Redmond, Washington-based company alerting them that their email contents may have been revealed to hackers. The Outlook.com team has apparently only admitted this via email after first being presented with screenshot evidence confirming the hackers’ level of access....

If you’ve simply been too busy to get up to speed with NASA’s upcoming Artemis I mission, then a new video released by the space agency tells you everything you need to know about it in less than five minutes. TitledArtemis I: We Are Ready, the video explains why we’re heading to the moon again, and with the use of impressive graphics, it shows how the carefully planned Artemis I mission is expected to unfold....

New Aquaman 2 trailer erases Amber Heard’s Mera A new trailer for Aquaman 2, officially titled Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, has arrived – and Amber Heard’s Mera is nowhere to be seen. There’s been much anticipation for theAquamansequel, given how much of a triumph the first movie was, earning $1.152 billion at the box office and solidifyingJason Momoa’sArthur Murry as the unlikeliestDCUsuccess story. InAquaman 2, which sees Momoa return as the titular sea-bound superhero, Black Manta is “still driven by the need to avenge his father’s death,” stopping at nothing to take Aquaman down once and for all....

Summary The nextPokémon TCGset and some of its first cards have been leaked and they hint at an interesting new gameplay mechanic that may change the current state of the competitive meta. TheTrading Card Gameis continuously gaining expansions with new cards that keep it fresh and allow for innovative deck-building (and more card collecting). Most sets are first released in Japan and then adapted for the Western market, as is the case with therelease ofPokémon TCG: Shrouded Fable, which will adapt a portion of theNight Wandererset....

It looks like Nokia is the latest tech company to be in privacy-related hot water — and in its home country of Finland, too. According to areport from Reuters, Finland’s data protection watchdog is investigating Nokia parent HMD Global for reportedly transmitting sensitive information to China. The investigation comes after Henrik Austad, a Nokia 7 owner said that he was monitoring traffic from his phone to find that it was sending unencrypted information to China when switched on....

Palworld devs fix game-changing bug that nerfed every single Pal Palworld players’ suspicions have been confirmed after devs revealed a lingering bug from a recent patch had nerfed all Pal damage by 50%. Mercifully, the way they chose to reveal it was by announcing it was fixed. In the time followingPalworld’s April 3 update, players spent the opening days praising the new items and changes added to the survival game. Coupled withthe announcement of the long-awaited PVP update, nobody noticed anything was amiss at first....

Pokemon anime made a surprising Gym Leader buff out of nowhere One of the most feared Gym Leaders from the Unova region has gotten a major makeover in one of the Pokemon animated series, surprising fans of Pokemon Black & White. In the past, the Pokemon anime had a lot of leeway when it came to depicting characters differently from their video game appearances. This is the reason whyLorelei had to be censoredfor her adult appearance and why Blaine looked completely different....

Summary Dracula Untoldrises from the shadows of critical panning, as Luke Evans' Universal Monster lands on Netflix’s global charts. The 2014 movie went back long before the count would haunt the Harkers and Van Hellsing, as Evans' prince of Wallachia and Transylvania makes a deal with an ancient vampire to grant him the powers to face his Ottoman enemies, but at the cost of his humanity. While it managed to perform well enough at the box office, critics were left unimpressed by Evan’s dark origin....