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The Bio-Block Spiral is a small, short wall, but it may be a bulwark against a giant threat: climate change. The curved, mud-colored structure is part of the current Chicago Architecture Biennial, entitled “Rehearsing the Future.” Unlike the artists’ installations filling the city’s downtown exhibit halls, the Bio-Block Spiral rises as a tight 15-foot-tall circle of concrete blocks outside the entrance to an office building that’s away from the action. Perhaps that’s because the wall’s chief creators aren’t artists.…

Image Source : FIKE Chatgpt ​An X-user ran the Political Compass Test, where he showed that ‘Grok'- Elon Musk's owned AI chatbot’s political preferences look similar to those of OpenAI's ChatGPT. The tech billionaire stated that the company is taking immediate action to make its AI chatbot more politically neutral. Responding to a post by researcher David…

Image Source : GOOGLE PLAY STORE Beeper Mini The company recently blocked Beeper Mini, an iMessage solution for Android users. Apple Inc. stated that it is taking measures to protect the users “by blocking techniques that exploit fake credentials in order to gain access to iMessage”. About the Beeper Mini app  Beeper Mini app enables Android users to send…

Image Source : FILE Why Tata is willing to build the biggest iPhone assembly plant in India Tata Group, an Indian multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai is reportedly planning to build one of the biggest iPhone assembly plants in India. The move has been taken to tap Apple's desired wish to increase its manufacturing in the South Asian country. Why…

Image Source : VIVO Vivo X100 Series Vivo is set to launch the new X100 series on December 14. The company is set to unleash two new devices- the Vivo X100 and Vivo X100 Pro, which will make its debut in China. The new device will be powered by the new MediaTek Dimensity 9300 chipset, and it will be equipped with a triple rear camera setup which will further feature…

It was never going to last. Ever since it was launched this week, the Beeper Mini app, which let Android users get iMessage text support, was expected to be in trouble as soon as it caught Apple's attention. And catch Apple's attention it has. Yesterday, the entire Beeper platform appeared to be on the fritz, resulting in speculation that the iPhone maker had been shutting down the iMessage workarounds. As of this morning, Beeper Mini was still posting on X (formerly Twitter) that it was working on and potentially fixing…

Amazon filed a motion on Friday in the Western Washington district court asking a judge to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust lawsuit against it. The FTC along with 17 state attorneys general , alleging the company uses monopolistic practices that are unfair to both its competitors and consumers. Amazon is now arguing that the FTC did not provide evidence that its practices have driven up prices or harmed consumers, according to .The FTC’s lawsuit to crush its competition — like punishing sellers who…

Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the past few days in tech. AI stole the headlines once again, with tech giants from Google to X (formerly Twitter) heading off against OpenAI for chatbot supremacy. But plenty happened besides. In this edition of WiR, we cover Google faking a demo of its new AI model (and giving out offensive notebooks to Black summit attendees), defense startup Anduril unveiling a fighter jet weapon, the continued fallout from the 23andMe hack,…

People moving on to new jobs is not a bad thing — and not only when they have been laid off. That's why it's uplifting to see employers encourage this process. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. People moving on to new jobs is not a bad thing — and not only when they have been laid off. That's why it's uplifting to see employers encourage this process. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of…

A lot of us now spend much of our work and leisure time peering at the web through a browser—and for that time to be spent as productively as possible, the browser in question needs to run swiftly and smoothly. There’s actually an integrated browser setting to help with this, too: Hardware acceleration.Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI UnlockedWhile the option is in almost every modern web browser, it’s buried quite deep within the settings screens in most cases, so you might never have encountered it.…