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Jacob Roach / Digital Trends While it’s true that Intel has no shortage of top-notch CPUs, there’s only one you should really be buying in 2024 for gaming purposes, and it’s well over a year old. It’s not that the other CPUs are bad — it’s that this processor is quite unmatched in terms of performance per dollar, and it’s more than good enough for most uses. The CPU in question is the Intel Core i5-13600K. You might be tempted to buy something pricier, perhaps even something as over the top as the Core i9-14900KS.…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Medical Association sent out separate but similar pleas on Monday for unvaccinated Americans to get vaccinated against the extremely contagious measles virus as vaccination rates have slipped, cases are rising globally and nationally, and the spring-break travel period is beginning.In the first 12 weeks of 2024, US measles cases have already matched and likely exceeded the case total for all of 2023. According to the CDC, there were 58 measles cases reported…

This week, Future and Metro-Boomin are returning to the rap game grandly with We Don’t Trust You, the first half of a two-part album — the sequel, rumored to be an R&B-focused project, drops April 12th. Their release will compete with Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s Vultures 2, the second volume in a series of three albums over three months. There’s also Beyoncé’s upcoming record, Act II: Cowboy Carter, which drops next week and follows 2022’s Act I: Renaissance. The country-focused album already has fans speculating on…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER (AP Economics Writer) WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday that they still expect to cut their key interest rate three times in 2024 despite signs that inflation was surprisingly high at the start of the year. Yet they foresee fewer rate cuts in 2025, and they slightly raised their inflation forecasts. After ending their latest meeting, the officials kept their benchmark rate unchanged for a fifth straight time. In new quarterly projections they issued, the policymakers…

OpenAI has hit back, saying they are not in any kind of founding agreement with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Elon Musk who is currently locked in a battle with ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Wednesday that artificial intelligence (AI) will probably be smarter than any single human by next year.Musk has sued Sam-Altman-run company, alleging that it had breached the “founding agreement” via its partnership with tech giant Microsoft. OpenAI has hit back, saying they are not in any kind of founding…

Credit: AI-generated image Disinformation caught many people off guard during the 2016 Brexit referendum and US presidential election. Since then, a mini-industry has developed to analyze and counter it. Yet despite that, we have entered 2024—a year of more than 40 elections worldwide—more fearful than ever about disinformation. In many ways, the…

A tiny constellation in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere, located 3,000 light-years away from Earth, is predicted to undergo a once-in-a-lifetime event. Such outbursts from T Coronae Borealis happen only about every 80 years.Scientists are incredibly excited for upcoming event and getting ready to spectate it, including the well known Hubble Space Telescope.More info: NASA“This is the one big chance you have of seeing the brightest nova of the generation”Share iconImage credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight CenterShare…

Google Google says it is bringing what it calls a “Personal AI” across its product portfolio, thanks to generative AI advancements and the development of models specifically for health care. Fitbit is a part of that vision and will rely on the experimental Fitbit Labs, where users will be able to access features later this year as part of a trial phase. At Google’s recent The Check Up event, the company said it wants users to understand better the wellness data collected by the sensors on their bodies, both…

Skywatchers have one big thing to look forward to beyond April’s total solar eclipse. Astronomers say that the stars of T Coronae Borealis or T CrB, a binary system that resides roughly 3,000 light years from Earth, will be visible during a rare nova explosion later this year.The explosion is expected to be visible for an entire week when it happens, and NASA forecasts it could happen anything between now and September. Once astronomers have nailed down a more precise timing, we’ll be sure to provide an update…

OpenAI could unveil the next generation of its artificial intelligence (AI) model, GPT-5 (Generative Pre-Trained Transformers 5), in the coming months, as per a new report. The AI model will arrive as the successor to GPT-4, which was officially released in March 2023 and currently powers its popular chatbot, ChatGPT. It is said that the fifth iteration of GPT will also bring new capabilities such as AI agents that can operate autonomously. Notably, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati also revealed recently that the company's first…