Katie, a 4-year-old dog who lives in Brooklyn, is gaining fame across the country as New York City’s secret weapon in the war on rats. Katie weighs just 12 1/2 pounds and is about 4 years old. According to her doggie DNA test, she is 28% Chihuahua, 16% pug, 16% rat terrier and 40% good […]
It seems like the end of 2024 is the time for the Creative Director merry-go-round to finally stop, as many vacancies are being filled just in time for the New Year’s Ball to drop. First, after Virginie Viard unexpectedly departed Chanel way back in June, the iconic fashion house has finally named Matthieu Blazy as […]
Lizzo is showing off her progress. In an Instagram post, the singer, 36, reflected on her health journey. As Women’s Health reports, in the “before” video, she showed off her body in a set of black Yitty underwear; meanwhile, in the “after” clip, she wore a grey Yitty bodysuit. Over top, Lizzo used a viral Nicki […]
Back in April, rumors started flying that ChatGPT developer OpenAI was busy working on a hardware device in partnership with ex-Apple design chief Jony Ive. Well now, that rumor that has been confirmed in a new profile of Ive. As The Verge reports, the profile appeared in the New York Times nearly a year after the possibility of […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned the public against scanning any old QR code in a consumer alerts blog last week. Naturally, the warning comes down to security and privacy — bad actors can put QR codes in inconspicuous places or send them via text or email, then just sit back and wait for a payday in […]
Police are cautioning iPhone users over security concerns related to a new feature that is part of Apple’s latest operating system software update. Called NameDrop, the feature allows users with iOS 17.1 and watchOS 10.1 “to quickly share contact information with a nearby iPhone or Apple Watch,” according to the tech company. As People magazine reports, […]
Hungarian physicians are using an artificial intelligence model that can detect breast cancer four years before it develops, The New York Times reported March 7. Called computer-assisted detection, the AI identifies spots in mammograms for physicians to inspect closely. An MIT study found the technology was able to identify changes between mammograms and detect spots that were […]
Johnson & Johnson has offered to pay up to $8.9 billion to the nearly 70,000 plaintiffs in order to settle lawsuits alleging the company’s talc-based baby powder caused cancer, quadrupling its initial proposal to resolve the suits. According to The New York Times, the legal fight, which lasted more than a decade, involves plaintiffs and families of people who passed […]
In the first day after it was unveiled, GPT-4 stunned many users in early tests and a company demo with its ability to draft lawsuits, pass standardized exams and build a working website from a hand-drawn sketch. As CNN reports, last week, OpenAI announced the next-generation version of the artificial intelligence technology that underpins its viral chatbot […]
February 23 is both National Dog Biscuit Day and International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day. No one quite knows the origin of these wagtastic holidays, but we all know that dogs dearly love their crunchy treats. According to lore, the dog biscuit was created in 1860, when an Ohio electrician named James Spratt journeyed to London […]