Month: February 2024

/ Bard can now compete with other multimodal chatbots. By Emilia David, a reporter who covers AI. Prior to joining The Verge, she covered the intersection between technology, finance, and the economy. Share this story Image: Google Google’s Bard chatbot is adding AI image generation, catching up on a feature that rival ChatGPT Plus has
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Remember fast-food kids meals with specially marketed pop culture toys? They just don’t make ‘em like they used to. In the 1990s, Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, and Burger King often chose chaos with their tie-ins, like the Batman Forever glass mugs or the Hercules plates. Heck, even when big event films like the
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/ Google announced its largest offshore wind agreement yet to reduce pollution stemming from its data centers in the Netherlands. By Justine Calma, a senior science reporter covering climate change, clean energy, and environmental justice with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits
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New Jersey deregulated its energy market in 1999, allowing people to choose which companies generate the electricity that’s supplied to their homes. The idea behind the legislation was to introduce competition to the formerly monopolized energy market. New Jerseyans haven’t exactly jumped on the opportunity: Only about 6% of residential customers switched in 2023. “Not
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