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The game “One Million Checkboxes” Crashes After its Debut

Nolen Royalty just released another experimental videogame known as “One Million Checkboxes” with a rather simple goal to complete: to click all of the one million checkboxes on a minimalistic webpage. Players worldwide can change the number of checkboxes visibly clicked for all users playing One Million Checkboxes, deciding to uncheck or check checkboxes. With […]

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Are Google Qwiklabs Certifications (Cloud Skills Boost) Worth It?

Google acquired Qwiklabs to teach cloud computing fundamentals and job specifications to users. Creating the “Cloud Skills Boost” program, Google has taught users worldwide about cloud computing and AI fundamentals concerning Google’s suite of cloud-based products. Google Qwiklabs can be beneficial in accelerating your knowledge in sectors of cloud computing that are fundamental to career

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Could Fusion Energy Power the World by the 2030s?

Now published on Medium: https://medium.com/@masalamarsala/could-fusion-energy-power-the-world-by-the-2030s-555a641f0bb9 Worldwide investments into fusion energy have amounted to billions. In late 2022, scientists confirmed that more energy can be created than the amount of energy lost in fusion reactions. WIRED reports recent breakthroughs and research have made fusion energy’s success as a sustainable energy source more likely. WIRED estimates that

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Google Gemini vs. ChatGPT AI (2025)

Google Gemini and ChatGPT are both forms of artificial intelligence chatbots designed to answer questions. They are trained on data that spans across the internet to provide the most relevant and unique information to users as generative AI models. While both have their Pros and Cons, each is more suitable for completing different tasks. This

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iOS 18: How to Get It and the Latest Announcements

What is iOS 18? iOS 18 is going to be Apple’s new operating system version, coming with large updates in response to the “AI race.” Upcoming features to iOS 18 were recently covered in our article regarding the Apple WWDC, where we explored how some of Apple’s updates were innovative, while others were derivative from

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Apple’s WWDC Announcements 2024: Innovative or Derivative?

Every year, Apple hosts the Worldwide Developers Conference (known as the WWDC), introducing new features to their products that users can anticipate. Below are some of the latest announcements from the 2024 Apple WWDC. Apple AI Integration Apple is planning on integrating AI-powered tools into Siri, similar to how Microsoft and Meta have integrated AI

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OpenAI vs. The New York Times: AI Ethics and Copyright

The New York Times was one of the first media companies to sue OpenAI for breaking copyright laws by illegally using the Times’ content without permission. OpenAI’s crawler allegedly got through the New York Times’ paywalls to access content, offering no compensation to use The New York Times’ work. The current lawsuit against OpenAI does

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