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The US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has denied OpenAI’s application to register the word GPT, which means generative pre-trained transformer, saying GPT is too general a term to register and can prevent competitors from correctly describing their products as a GPT.

OpenAI argued in its application that GPT is not a descriptive word — that GPT isn’t such a



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Ivanka Trump testified in former President Trump's civil fraud trial in New York, often claiming she couldn't remember things.
  • Justice Arthur Engoron devotes more than a page of his 92-page fraud verdict to Ivanka Trump.
  • No longer a defendant, she still testified at trial as her father's top loan negotiator. 
  • In his verdict, Engoron refers to Ivanka

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The Pixel 8 Pro is an exceptional Android phone with class-leading cameras.

As the latest flagship representative for Google's Pixel line, the Google Pixel 8 Pro is a top-tier device worthy of its $999 starting price for those willing to spend as much.

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Ivanka Trump testified in former President Trump's civil fraud trial in New York, often claiming she couldn't remember things.
  • Justice Arthur Engoron devotes more than a page of his 92-page fraud verdict to Ivanka Trump.
  • No longer a defendant, she still testified at trial as her father's top loan negotiator. 
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If Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's pleas couldn't change enough Republicans' minds, it's unclear how Alexey Navalny's death will be any different.
  • US and European leaders have vowed Putin will pay for Alexey Navalny's death.
  • But it's unclear how the somber moment will change the debate on Ukraine funding anytime soon.
  • It's likely that

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A Manhattan judge has issued former Pres. Donald Trump with a more than $350 million penalty in the verdict in his fraud trial.
  • In his single largest net-worth whopper, Trump told a bank in 2018 that Mar-a-Lago was worth $739M.
  • He told the tax man it was worth a fraction of that and now claims it's worth north of $1 billion.
  • Trump's civil-fraud-trial judge called

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The inaugural CHAPEA crew celebrates Thanksgiving inside the habitat. From left to right: Nathan Jones, Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell.
  • NASA is seeking four people to live for a year in a simulated Mars habitat.
  • The agency wants healthy adults with a science degree or military or piloting experience to apply.
  • The Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA)



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Update February 16th, 6:35PM ET: Sony appears to have sold out of the PlayStation Portal, as the handheld remote player is no longer available via PlayStation Direct.

Sony’s PlayStation Portal is a bit of an odd, single-purpose device but it’s been flying off shelves since it came out in mid-November — and right now it’s back in