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How a couple figures out childcare, finances, and general responsibilities will, quite literally, make or break their relationship. Unfortunately, communication is easier said than done, particularly when people choose to not be honest with one another.A SAHM decided to divorce her husband when she discovered that he was secretly spying on her to prove a point. But the way she described his reasoning led to no small amount of debate in the comments. Bored Panda has reached out to OP via Reddit and will update the story…

Earlier this month, the music industry was hit with its biggest shake-up in years when Universal Music Group announced that it would be pulling the entirety of its catalogue – which covers everyone from K-pop stars BTS to Taylor Swift and legacy acts such as Abba – from TikTok.In an open letter, UMG said the decision was made in protest at the platform’s low compensation rates, lack of protections around AI deepfakes and low safety standards for TikTok users. Universal also alleged that TikTok tried to “intimidate” the…

Hey, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering notable happenings in tech over the past few days. On the agenda for this edition is Disney’s innovative VR treadmill, OpenAI fixing its “lazy” AI and MIT’s high-capacity, fast-charging organic battery tech. We also cover Apple’s new stolen device protection feature, AI startup Rabbit’s nifty hardware and app makers debating launching apps tailor-made for Apple’s Vision Pro headset. There’s a decent chunk…

Next week, OpenAI also will introduce a new GPT-3.5 Turbo model, gpt-3.5-turbo-0125, which will sport "various improvements," according to OpenAI, including higher accuracy at responding in requested formats and a fix for text-encoding bugs for non-English language functions calls. The prices for GPT-3.5 Turbo will also drop for the third time in the past year, with input prices for the new model being reduced by 50% to $0.0005 per 1,000 tokens, while output prices are reduced by 25% to $0.0015 per 1,000 tokens. Also:…

Screenshot: ivansnap / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock)TikTok is a welcome pacifier for people looking to disconnect as our world careens towards the fiery abyss. However, the app has one major flaw standing in the way of total smooth-brained pleasures: you have to move your fingers when you want to see another video. Terrible, yes, but that nightmare may be ending. An upcoming AutoScroll feature will do the swiping for you, so you can finally sit back and pump content straight into your thick, gluttonous veins. Mourning…

The iPhone has long been the crown jewel of Apple's business, bringing in billions of dollars in revenue and profit every single year. The company has continued to see sustained demand for its phone in major markets, including China, which remains one of the world's most lucrative smartphone markets. However, there are challenges on the horizon for the iPhone, in part due to Apple's laziness on phone design. Industry watchers are predicting that this going to have a significant impact on the company's bottom line going…

OpenAI and its technologies have been in the midst of scandal for most of November. Between the swift firing and rehiring of CEO Sam Altman and the curious case of the halted ChatGPT Plus paid subscriptions, OpenAI has kept the artificial intelligence industry in the news for weeks. Now, AI enthusiasts have rehashed an issue that has many wondering whether GPT-4 is getting “lazier” as the language model continues to be trained. Many who use it speed up more intensive tasks have taken to X (formerly Twitter) to air…

Younger generations are often criticized as being lazy and entitled, but this isn’t a new phenomenon at all. From branding Gen Z as the “snowflake generation” to accusing Millennials of prioritizing buying avocados over houses, many Boomers see them as someone who hasn't figured out life yet.But can we blame them? With the cost of living crisis, climate change, the pandemic, and geopolitical tensions weighing heavily on their minds, it can be hard for anyone. Evidence shows that nearly half of Zoomers (46%) and four in…

If you’re old enough to remember the early days of Instagram (no judgment; I was there, too), you’ll know that adding filters to your photos was an essential part of the process. Some of my favorites back then were Sutro, Amaro, and Mayfair. Fast-forward to 2023, and if we look back at those filtered photos taken on a much earlier version of the iPhone, the quality is poor and blurry at best. Editing photos and adding filters might not be as necessary now as it was then – especially if you’re not a content creator or…

James Gunn Blasts Too Many Superhero Projects & Calls Out Makers For Focusing On Sequels(Photo Credit –Facebook) The recent superhero movies are not getting quite the response that they are looking for. Be it Marvel Cinematic Universe or the DC movies, all of them are facing heavy criticism about something or the other. Reacting to the same not-so-good performance of the superhero flicks, DC Studios co-head James Gunn has shed his opinion on both the quantity and the quality of new superhero content recently…