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Director Adam Bhala Lough didn’t set out to make a documentary about a digital simulacrum of Sam Altman.But after about 100 days of texting and emailing the OpenAI CEO for an interview—with no response, he claims, and with financiers hounding him to make good on his original pitch—Lough was at his wit’s end.He’d exhausted just about every angle. “Once I reached that point, I gave up and I pivoted to gate-crashing OpenAI,” he says. Though he’d employed a similar tactic in his Emmy-nominated 2023 documentary Telemarketers—a chronicle of industry-wide corruption in the telemarketing business—it wasn’t a filmmaking style he felt…
Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed a rare 1,300-year-old lead medallion decorated on both sides with the image of a seven-branched menorah — the ceremonial candlestick unique to the Second Temple.Researchers think the medallion was worn on a necklace by a Jewish person in the late sixth or early seventh century, when the city and surrounding region were under the rule of the Christian Byzantine Empire — only decades before the city fell, first to the Sasanian Persians in 614 and then to mostly Arab Islamic invaders in about 638.According to a statement from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), the medallion…
If you want to learn a new skill in the new year or brush up on some skills you already have, MasterClass could be a good option for you. It’s even more accessible now that the company is running a holiday promotion that knocks 50 percent off subscriptions. For the top-tier Premium plan, which includes offline mode and use on up to six devices, you’ll pay $120 for the year instead of the usual $240. The entry-level plan, which supports just one device and doesn’t offer offline viewing, is marked down to $60 from $120.MasterClassOver the past few years, MasterClass…
As holiday gifts go, the best ones are the ones you can use for years on end. So this amazing limited-time special offer from Rosetta Stone — a lifetime subscription marked down from $399 to just $149 — could be one of the best and most thoughtful presents you can give a friend or loved one this holiday season. A lifetime subscription to the premier language learning app is the perfect answer to so many gift-giving challenges — from finally solving the person who says they don’t need anything to the fact that this is a gift where you don’t…
I come from a long line of Luddites. My grandmother special-ordered her Toyota Camry with crank windows because she was convinced it was “one less thing that will break.” My father refused to upgrade our six-CD stereo system even though the eject button wouldn’t open and it could only play the first CD he ever put in it. The Traveling Wilburys Vol.1 was the soundtrack to our family dinners for a decade. As for myself, I only switched to a smartphone in 2013, when it would’ve cost about the same amount to repair my flip phone.Now I am the same…
Roughly 4.5 million years ago, the sun passed remarkably close to two intensely bright stars whose radiation flooded nearby space — and the encounter left a ghostly scar that astronomers can still detect today, according to a new study.The research team says the close pass helps to solve a decades-old mystery of why the space around our solar system is far more energized than models predict, including why it contains a surplus of ionized helium.Using computer models to rewind the paths of stars near the sun, a team led by University of Colorado Boulder astrophysicist Michael Shull found that two…
Apple’s AirPods have become the default choice for many people, whether you want simple wireless earbuds that work without fuss or premium options with features like noise cancellation and spatial audio. The lineup has grown over the years, so there is now a model for almost every type of listener. Some pairs are built for all-day comfort, others focus on isolation and richer sound, and Apple’s over-ear option offers a more immersive experience for movies and music.If you spend most of your time on an iPhone or iPad, all AirPods share one big advantage: they connect instantly and switch between…
Just about every app you use will be serving up its own equivalent of Spotify Wrapped right about now. This morning the New York Times Puzzle app humiliated me with the news that I mostly solve yellow first in Connections, and my average Wordle guess rate is 3.97. Thanks for that. Also joining in once more is Steam, with its fourth annual Steam Replay, summarizing your year in PC gaming with fun stats and details on every game you played. And if you’re a part of the vast majority, that won’t be including any games from 2025. In fact, nearly half…
Google began its transition to Gemini 3 a few weeks ago with the launch of the Pro model, and the arrival of Gemini 3 Flash kicks it into high gear. The new, faster Gemini 3 model is coming to the Gemini app and search, and developers will be able to access it immediately via the Gemini API, Vertex AI, AI Studio, and Antigravity. Google’s bigger gen AI model is also picking up steam, with both Gemini 3 Pro and its image component (Nano Banana Pro) expanding in search. This may come as a shock, but Google says Gemini 3 Flash…
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