OPPO has released its latest Climate Pledges and Low Carbon Development Strategy at MWC 2023 in Barcelona. About a 1/4 of the carbon emission reduction from the peak in 2024 relies on buying carbon offsets, hopefully this reliance on offsets after 2050 can be greatly reduced in future updates of the Strategy. In the report, OPPO pledges for the first time to achieve carbon neutrality across its global operations by 2050 using these 5 methods: low-carbon manufacturing, reducing the ca ...read more

Twitter has made changes to its rules on violent content under a new strategy. The Violent Speech policy bans violent threats, wishes of harm, glorification of violence, and incitement of violence, the company announced through its @TwitterSafety page. “Twitter has a zero-tolerance approach towards Violent Speech, and in most cases, we will suspend any account violating this policy,” the company tweeted. “For less severe violations, we may require you to delete the content before yo ...read more

OpenAI has announced that it’s now letting third-party developers integrate ChatGPT into their apps and services via an API and that doing so will be significantly cheaper than using its existing language models. The company is making Whisper, its AI-powered speech-to-text model, available for use through an API and making some important changes to its developer terms of service. OpenAI says its ChatGPT API can be used for more than just creating an AI-powered chat interface — though it al ...read more

Amazon Canada currently has a few PS4 and PS5 titles on sale, coinciding with the ‘Mega March’ sale on the PlayStation Store. Check out the discounted titles below: PS4 Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut: $29.96 (regularly $79.99) Horizon Forbidden West Launch Edition: $39.96 (regularly $79.99) The Last of Us Part II: $14.96 (regularly $49.99) Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales: $29.96 (regularly $62.26) Marvel’s Spider-Man: Game of the Year Edition: $29.96 (regularly $46.63) PS5 ...read more

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Humble Bundle has put together a game bundle that benefits relief efforts in Turkey and Syria after a devastating earthquake struck both countries last month. The proceeds from the game bundle will go to three nonprofits working to provide aid to the region, including Direct Relief, International Medical Corps, and Save the Children. “Hundreds of thousands of people are in immediate need of medical supplies, food, water, and shelter, and the road to recovery will continue to be extremely ch ...read more

Dozens of communities across Saskatchewan can now access gigabit internet from Access Communications Co-operative. AccessHyperSpeed 1Gig internet is available in 25 communities, including Biggar, Delisle, and Grenfell. “For many of these communities, the fastest service currently available from other providers is 50 Mbps, the minimum recommended by the CRTC,” company CEO Carmela Haines said. “Our gigabit service, in contrast, is the fastest we offer anywhere in the province. These launche ...read more

Stranger Things is getting a prequel to help make the wait for season 5 a little easier — though to check it out, you’ll need to head to London. Today, Netflix announced Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a stage play that will premiere at the Phoenix Theatre in London’s West End starting in “late” 2023 and that serves as an origin story of sorts. Stranger Things creators the Duffer brothers will serve as creative producers, while the story was penned by Kate Trefry, a writer on ...read more

Carl Pei’s Nothing recently launched a U.S. beta test for the Nothing Phone (1), giving people in North America a way to try out the new device that made waves across Asia and Europe with its flamboyant look. The device was released in select parts of Asia and Europe in early 2022, with Canadians and Americans blatantly left out of the picture. According to the company, a lack of partnerships, paired with a lack of carrier coverage, was the reason for the phone not arriving here. “Nothing ...read more

After making the unusual decision to wait until after CES to announce its latest TVs, Sony is finally introducing the 2023 lineup of Bravia XR sets. The new lineup includes a wickedly bright QD-OLED at the top of the pile, but this is otherwise mostly a year of iterative refinement and modest improvements. Several of the TV models have gained more dimming zones and slight brightness improvements compared to the sets from last year that they’ll be replacing. As always, image processing is bei ...read more