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OpenAI cast the actor of Sky's voice months before Sam Altman contacted Scarlett Johansson, and it had no intention of finding someone who sounded like her, according to The Washington Post. The publication said the flier OpenAI issued last year looked for actors that had "warm, engaging [and] charismatic" voices. They needed to be between 25 and 45 years old and had to be non-union, but OpenAI



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TL;DR: Through May 31, you can score a lifetime license to Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows for only £39.36 (reg. £173.28).


Aside from the Microsoft Office suite, are there any other apps you can confidently say you've used religiously since elementary school? Even your grandma abandoned Internet Explorer at some point. But if you don't have it on your PC just yet, this sale on a



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A smartphone displays the Google Slides logo in front of a blurry Google logo in the background.
  • Google Slides is Google's slideshow presentation program that allows real time collaboration.
  • Google Slides is part of the Google Workspace suite, which also includes Google Docs and Gmail.
  • Google Slides differs from Microsoft PowerPoint in its simplicity and collaboration options.

Google Slides is a presentation program that's part of Google Workspace, a group of productivity



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Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for May 23's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

Where did Wordle come



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A phone displaying the New York Times game 'Connections.'

Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end



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Jensen Huang presents at Nvidia's GTC conference in 2024
  • Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company's newest AI chip will start shipping next quarter.
  • The Blackwell chip is twice as fast Nvidia's current Hopper chip. 
  • Huang made the announcement during a Wednesday earnings call.

Nvidia's new era of computing is already well underway.

In a gangbusters earnings call on Wednesday



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Home prices rose yet again, a national group of realtors said on Wednesday.
  • The US median home price  hit a record high of $407,600 in April, according to the National Association of Realtors.
  • With prices and interest rates high, Americans have been struggling to find affordable homes to buy.
  • But prospective homebuyers waiting for mortgage rates to fall could be



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Millennials are more likely than other generations to take time off without telling their bosses, a new poll found.
  • Millennials are "quiet vacationing" or taking time off without informing their employers.
  • A Harris Poll found that 38% of millennials have taken secret time off, more than Gen Zers and Gen Xers.
  • Many workers face pressure to be always available, which may be

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  • Another OpenAI employee quit over safety concerns after two high-profile resignations.
  • Gretchen Krueger announced her resignation on X, echoing the concerns of Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike.
  • Krueger said tech firms can "disempower those seeking to hold them accountable" by sowing division. 

OpenAI faces more turmoil as another employee



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  • Testimony concluded Tuesday in the Trump hush-money trial in Manhattan.
  • The parties then argued over how the judge will instruct the jury on the law.
  • "Less is better," the judge has said. Still, the jury charge will be long and complex.

Lawyers in the Donald Trump hush-money trial spent Tuesday afternoon in a spirited battle over this


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Former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy addresses the media outside of Manhattan Criminal Court on behalf of former President Donald Trump on May 14, 2024 in New York.
Former presidential candidate and current BuzzFeed investor Vivek Ramaswamy talks to the media in front of Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York.
  • Vivek Ramaswamy ran a failed campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
  • Now he owns 7.7% of BuzzFeed, the struggling digital media publisher.
  • What's going on? We don't know. So we're guessing here.

Why is Vivek


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