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The companies formed special committees with independent directors from both sides.

A few years ago, Mast was reading through some scientific literature when he stumbled upon research about a houseplant wired to a motorized stand. When the plant wanted more light, electrical signals flowed through the living tissues. A control board sensed the current and wheeled the plant closer to the light source.

The OG Steam Deck is starting to feel aged, but depending on your preferences, it can have a lot of life left.

Eric Schmidt’s fortune is about to get even bigger. The former Google CEO is reported to own about 1% of Anthropic after investing tens of millions of dollars in the leading AI lab’s Series A round in 2021, per Bloomberg. The startup was valued at $461 million at the time

OpenAI announced on Tuesday that users can now lock ChatGPT conversations to keep sensitive chats private when others may have access to their screen or device. Users can secure their locked chats with a four-digit PIN, or use Face ID or Touch ID on supported devices.

OpenAI is making it easier to protect your ChatGPT conversations from prying eyes with the introduction of a feature called locked chats. With it enabled, you can decide whether a past exchange appears in your regular chat history, pinned chats and conversation search. To access your locked chats, you’ll need to input a 4-digit PIN.…

Sony’s latest PlayStation 5 firmware (14.10.00) appears to have been cracked, based on a video shared by a developer named “Gezine” on X. The video shows Gezine navigating through the PS5’s hidden Debug Settings, menus that are typically only available if you have kernel-level access to the console’s operating system.

GM is closing a battery-assembly plant south of Detroit, a spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch.

The current narrative around artificial intelligence in the workplace is largely driven by Silicon Valley. But treating the tech sector as an island misses the actual trends in technology adoption–tech is just the first industry in line.

From the first touchscreen MacBook to an OLED iPad mini, here’s everything Apple is expected to announce next week.