AI researchers have built a Minecraft bot that can explore and expand its capabilities in the game’s open world — but unlike other bots, this one basically wrote its own code through trial and error and lots of GPT-4 queries. Called Voyager, this experimental ... More »
Published2 JuneShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, PuppersTVBy Tom GerkenTechnology reporterPopular streamer Puppers has died aged 32, three years after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND).The US Twitch streamer rose to f... More »
Gaming startup Proxima emerged from stealth earlier this week, announcing its funding round as well as its inaugural game, Lumari, a social sandbox adventure game that appears to be a cross between Animal Crossing, Pokémon and Minecraft. The game studio raised... More »
CNN — Work requirements in two safety net programs for low-income Americans are set to change under the compromise debt ceiling package negotiated by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Broadening work requirements was... More »
CNN — The Justice Department has closed its investigation into the possible mishandling of classified documents found at former Vice President Mike Pence’s home and will not bring any charges, according to a letter from the DOJ obtained by CNN.... More »
CNN — US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin “spoke briefly” with his Chinese counterpart in Singapore on Friday, a Pentagon spokesperson said Friday. “Secretary Austin and PRC Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu spoke briefly at toni... More »
Dance movies don’t usually start by injuring their central protagonists — even “Black Swan” held its dosing of madness in check for maximum second-half impact. But when a young Parisian ballet star is hobbled by a broken bone and a broken heart at the beginnin... More »
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, Calif. — Eyes defiant, chest out, right hip cocked like a switchblade, Luis Valdez is channeling his inner Jaguar. He’s demonstrating the El Pachuco stance, the provocative hep-cat pose immortalized by Edward James Olmos when he created the... More »
Former Trump White House press secretary-turned-Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany deployed a favorite Donald Trump line on the air Thursday, days after being accused of disloyalty by the former president who bizarrely slammed her as “milktoast.”McEnany, who Trump... More »