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🤖 ChatGPT easier than ever to use
📱 Galaxy Z Fold 6 Ultra 'is real'
👂🏼 'AirPods Lite' latest
🎬 Raimi comments on Spider-Man 4

🕹️ NY Times is now a ... gaming company?

 
 

COMPUTING

 

ChatGPT no longer requires an account to use

 

Creator OpenAI said 100 million people globally already use the AI chatbot every week to 'learn something new, find creative inspiration, and get answers to their questions'

 

Popular chatbot ChatGPT no longer needs an account to use it. Its creator, OpenAI, launched a webpage on Monday that lets you begin a conversation with the AI-powered chatbot there and then without having to sign up or log in first. This means that if you have yet to engage with a generative AI chatbot despite hearing plenty of news about the technology over the last year, there’s really no excuse to hold off any longer.

However, there are some benefits to creating an account, such as the ability to save and review your chat history, share chats, and unlock additional features like voice conversations and custom instructions ...

 
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MOBILE

 

Galaxy Z Fold 6 Ultra is real, but there’s a catch

 

Rumors have been swirling that Samsung will announce not only the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 in the summer but an Ultra version as well

 

 A new report suggests that the Ultra version really does exist, and its model number is SM-F958. SamMobile says that if you know anything about Samsung's model number sequencing, then the "8" at the end of this string means that it will come with the Ultra tag.

That's exciting news for those waiting for such an advanced foldable, but SamMobile also cautions that the phone could see a limited release. "For now, according to the report, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 Ultra only exists for the South Korean market, featuring model number SM-F958N. The European and U.S. versions of the phone haven't been discovered yet. There could be a few reasons for it"...

 
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AUDIO / VIDEO

 

'AirPods Lite' to debut later this year

 

Apple is on track to unveil lower-cost AirPods later this year, according to analyst Jeff Pu, who has knowledge of companies within Apple's supply chain

 

Apple is preparing the launch of so-called “AirPods Lite,” a budget version of its popular earbuds that could cost less than $100. A Foxconn subsidiary will be one of the suppliers of the low-price AirPods, according to Pu, with the tech giant ramping up AirPods assembly in India in the fourth quarter of this year.

The latest prediction corresponds with earlier comments by prominent Apple tipster Mark Gurman, who said that Apple will release AirPods 4 later this year with two different models, one of which may be the budget version. The device should feature a new design with a better fit, improved sound quality, and an updated charging case with a USB-C port ...

 
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ENTERTAINMENT

 

Sam Raimi addresses rumors of Spider-Man 4 movie

 

The director says he's well aware of the whispers but insists he's not heard anything yet from those making the decisions

 

Responding to ongoing rumors suggesting he's going to direct a fourth Spider-Man movie with Tobey Maguire in the title role, Sam Raimi said recently, "I did read that, but I'm not actually working on it yet ... Marvel and Columbia are so successful with current Spider-Man [movies] ... and I don't know that they're going to go back to me."

Variety notes how Raimi had been developing a Spider-Man 4 at Sony with Maguire as the lead, but the project was scrapped in favor of rebooting it on the big screen with Andrew Garfield. Comic book movie fans are said to be "clamoring for a proper Spider-Man 4 from Raimi and his star"...

 
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GAMING

 

Most NYT subscribers are playing games, not reading the news

 

According to how New York Times subscribers spend their time with its content, the media giant is now a gaming company

 

Despite a long history of delivering news, the New York Times now finds itself popular in the gaming space, too.

In an outcome worthy of an article on its own pages, more subscribers to the media outlet are now playing its digital games than reading its news, research shows.

The Times began investing more in games in 2014, and its efforts were given a major boost two years ago when it acquired the viral word puzzle Wordle. The Times’ games app now contains nearly a dozen puzzle games that update daily.

Kotaku says it’s “quietly become a video game company that just so happens to have a newspaper subscription, too” ...

 
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