When they haul out on land, Antarctic fur seals can disrupt the southern continent’s fragile terrestrial ecosystem. As the fur seal’s population grows and expands its range, researchers are raising the question: what should we do about it?. Danita Delimont This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal…
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Image: Epic Games Fortnite just wrapped up its most recent large-scale live event, and it was a strange one — even by Fortnite standards. The event, dubbed “Fracture,” was meant as a sendoff for Fortnite Chapter 3, and now that it’s over, the game is down ahead of the launch of the next chapter on…
ChatGPT, a newly released application from OpenAI, is giving users amazing answers to questions, and many of them are amazingly wrong. Open AI hasn’t released a full new model since GPT-3 came out in June of 2020, and that model was only released in full to the public about a year ago. The company is…
One day after releasing The Callisto Protocol to mixed reviews, developer Striking Distance Studios is rolling out a patch to address the PC version’s stuttering issues. The studio promised the hotfix would “improve performance,” adding that “a number of additional updates” were on the way. We’re aware that some users are experiencing stuttering issues on…
Fortnite will be reborn tomorrow, Sunday 4th December, when the game returns with its fresh Chapter 4 map. The next era of Fortnite will welcome characters such as The Witcher’s Geralt, Doomslayer and The Hulk, plus new gameplay mechanics such as the addition of motorbikes to Epic’s hugely-popular battle royale. Tonight, Fortnite ditched its third…
Intel researchers see a path to putting a trillion transistors on a chip package by 2030, based on new academic papers.Read MoreRead More
Metaverse app developers must consider factors such as decentralization, scalability, and the broad diversity of devices and locations.Read MoreRead More
Image: HBO HBO’s official trailer for The Last of Us shows off the dynamic between Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as the two traverse a post-apocalyptic US amidst the outbreak of a mutant fungus that turns humans into zombie-like beings. It offers a much more detailed look at the dangers the two come…
Aaaaand we’re back! With our Thanksgiving mini-hiatus behind us, it’s time for another edition of Week in Review — the newsletter where we quickly wrap up the most read TechCrunch stories from the past seven(ish) days. No matter how busy you are, it should give you a pretty good idea of what people were talking…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., left, speaks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as the House votes on creating a January 6th Committee at the U.S. House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Steele said MTG would be the “most powerful”…