TDG Roundup Newsletter February 9, 2023


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Google’s AI Chatbot Cost Company $100 billion In Market Value In One Day

Google’s new AI chatbot tool, Bard, was recently called out for an inaccurate response it gave in a demo. Google’s parent company Alphabet’s shares fell 7.7%, or $100 billion in market share, after the response was reported.

Hogwarts Legacy Already The Hottest Game With Millions Of Viewers On Twitch Stream

Hogwarts Legacy, an open-world Harry Potter RPG, has become one of the most popular games on Twitch. Developed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment subsidiary Avalanche Software, the game is set in the 1800s and players create their own witch or wizard to embark on various activities. It has gained a peak concurrent viewership of over 1.2 million and has over 16 million hours watched in the last few days.

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Has Found Evidence Of Ancient Lake On Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has made a remarkable discovery on Mars. It found evidence of an ancient lake in an area that was expected to be dry. The rover beamed back pictures of rippled patterns on the rocks, which were caused by the waves of a shallow lake billions of years ago.

Playing Video Games No Effect On Long Term Cognitive Abilities

Study from the University of Houston examined the gaming habits of 160 preteen students from diverse backgrounds and found no correlation between the amount of time spent playing video games and their performance on a standardized cognitive ability test.

Twitter Blue Subscribers Can Post Tweets Up To 4,000 Characters Long

Twitter announced a new feature on Wednesday that allows Blue subscribers to post tweets up to 4,000 characters long. This includes media like images and videos. All users can read the tweets, but only the first 280 characters will show up on the timeline. To read more, users can click on “Show more”.

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