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Samsung is continuously building on its Galaxy smartphone lineup. Today, the company shared the latest two additions: the Galaxy A54 and Galaxy A34. The 5G phones tack on to the Galaxy A series, which is geared at giving users pro-grade cameras and has debuted around 20 phones since the line was launched in 2014.Both the A54 and A34 are designed for optimal photo quality, even in harsh or low light conditions. The phones pack Samsung’s Light Boosting technology, which, true to its name, increases light in a setting, doing away with harsh flashes. Night Mode can also be enabled to heighten the phones’ awareness of dark environments.Samsung has been leaning more into AI as of late, something it doesn't skimp out on with the A54 and A34. Both phones use AI to increase the camera’s pixel size ...

Continuing to advance its offerings, New York-based premium audio brand Master & Dynamic has now updated its signature MH40 Wireless Over-Ear Headphones. Expressing an intersection of state-of-the-art tech and timeless design, the audio option features updated 40mm titanium drivers, longer battery life, enhanced microphone performance, and customizable sound with the M&D Connect app."It’s remarkable and satisfying to see how the original MH40 design has remained relevant and coveted over the years. We couldn't be more thrilled about its continuous reinvention, first as a wireless product and now with updated features and a new sound with improved musical separation," said Jonathan Levine, CEO and Founder of Master & Dynamic.Coming a long way from its inaugural analog corded rel...

NASA is revealing a prototype of its latest Artemis Moon Suit via a live-streamed video today, March 15. Hosted by Axiom Space, the vendor NASA chose to build the suits, the event is taking place at Houston, Texas' Space Center and will feature astronauts from both NASA and Axiom Space as well as a live demonstration of the suit (officially dubbed the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or xEMU for short) and a Q and A session.In September 2022, Axiom Space signed a $228.5M USD deal with NASA to design, produce and test updated space suits in time for NASA's Artemis 3 mission to the moon, which is currently scheduled for late 2025. Artemis 3 will be the first time the US has sent a man to the moon in over 50 years — the last manned spaceflight to the moon was Apollo 17, which took pl...

OpenAI has officially announced GPT-4, the successor to its existing GPT-3.5 model for ChatGPT. Like with previous iterations, the improved large multimodal model is capable of emitting text outputs via image and text inputs. While less capable than humans in real-world scenarios, it exhibits human-level performance on various professional and academic benchmarks.Through taking standardized exams, OpenAI is able to gauge the level of improvement to a degree. While GPT-3.5 scored around the bottom 10% of test takers for the bar exam, GPT-4 passed with a score in the 90th percentile of test takers. Other results include an improvement from 4/5 to 5/5 on the AP Biology exam and 590/800 to an estimated 700/800 on SAT Math.OpenAI reports that after rebuilding the entire deep learning stack over...

Meta will be laying off another 10,000 members of its workforce, Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday. The company will also be withdrawing 5,000 open positions it had been planning to fill.Last fall, Meta let go of 11,000 employees in a wave of mass layoffs. In February, sources close to the company alleged that it would be undergoing yet another sweep of layoffs in March.The layoffs come as part of Meta’s self-described “Year of Efficiency,” in which the company plans to “improve [its] financial performance in a difficult environment so we can execute our long term vision.”“Over the next couple of months, org leaders will announce restructuring plans focused on flattening our orgs, canceling lower priority projects, and reducing our hiring rates,” Zuckerberg wrote in a memo to staff. “Wi...