Remember when Polyphony Digital head Kazunori Yamauchi said the studio was considering a PC port of Gran Turismo 7? With no updates for over two years, you would think its not happening. Unfortunately, a recent rumor lends further credence to the same.Icon-Era founder Bryank75 recently posted that a PC version of the acclaimed racing sim was in the works at some point, but its since been shelved. He noted that the information came from a trusted member and through the admin of the forum (which had previously leaked footage from Returnals PC version).As for why it was shelved, we may never know. Gran Turismo 7 is available for PS4 and PS5, and despite the lack of sales figures, it ranked first in the series in dollar sales for the US, according to Circana. It also continues to receive support update 1.55 went live on January 29th, adding four new cars, a new Extra Menu in GT Cafe, and three World Circuit events. Head here for more details.

Charles Henry Turner (February3, 1867 February14, 1923) was an American zoologist, entomologist, educator, and comparative psychologist, known for his studies on the behavior of insects, particularly bees and ants. Born in Cincinnati, Turner was the first African American to receive a graduate degree at the University of Cincinnati and among the first African Americans to earn a PhD from the University of Chicago. He spent most of his career as a high-school teacher at Sumner High School in St.Louis. Turner was one of the first scientists to systematically examine the question of whether animals display complex cognition, studying arthropods such as spiders and bees. He also examined differences in behavior between individuals within a species, a precursor to the study of animal personality. This 1921 portrait photograph of Turner is in the collection of The Crisis, the magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).Photograph credit: The Crisis; restored by Adam CuerdenRecently featured: HamerkopAfrican AmericansA Sensation NovelArchiveMore featured pictures

February 3: Lichun begins in East Asia (2025); Feast day of Saint Laurence of Canterbury (Western Christianity); Four Chaplains' Day in the United StatesEileen Collins1047 Emperor Henry III declared Drogo of Hauteville to be count of all Apulian and Calabrian Normans.1862 Moldavia and Wallachia formally united, creating the Romanian United Principalities.1870 Reconstruction era: The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, formally prohibiting race-based disenfranchisement in the United States.1930 The Communist Party of Indochina, the Communist Party of Annam and the Communist League of Indochina merged to form the Communist Party of Vietnam.1995 In mission STS-63, astronaut Eileen Collins (pictured) became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle.Caroline von Wolzogen (b.1763)Dolly Rudeman (b.1902)Umm Kulthum (d.1975)Mary Healy (d.2015)More anniversaries: February 2February 3February 4ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

OpenAI has revealed another new agentic feature for ChatGPT called deep research, which it says can operate autonomously to plan and execute a multi-step trajectory to find the data it needs, backtracking and reacting to real-time information where necessary.Instead of simply generating text, it shows a summary of its process in a sidebar, with citations and a summary showing the process used for reference.Image: OpenAIUsers can ask questions using text, images, and additional files like PDFs or spreadsheets to add context, and then it will take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes to develop a response provided in the chat window, with promises that in the future it will also be able to include embedded images and charts. OpenAI also notes limitations for deep research, saying it can sometimes hallucinate and make up facts, struggle with telling the difference between authoritative info and rumors, and register how certain it should rate a response.ChatGPT deep research exampleDeveloping ways for generative AI tools to be more useful and worth paying for is the future companies like OpenAI have promised for agents, and it claims that deep research is capable of operating at the level of a research analyst. The demo video included here begins with a request for info on changes in the retail industry over the last three years, with a response that includes bullet points and tables.This feature closely follows OpenAIs launch of Operator, a tool that can use a web browser to complete tasks for you, and is similar to the Project Mariner research prototype Google showed off in December. Googles tool is not available to the public yet, but deep research is launching with a version optimized for Pro users today.OpenAI is offering up to 100 queries per month for those paying the $200 monthly fee and limited access promised for Plus, Team, and eventually, Enterprise users, calling the ability very compute intensive, requiring more inference compute the longer it takes to research something. It also says that all paid users will get higher rate limits in the future when a faster, more cost-effective version is available.In a press release, it says that the model powering deep research scored a new high for accuracy on an AI benchmark dubbed Humanitys Last Exam, which asks for responses to expert-level questions. The OpenAI deep research model reached an accuracy of 25.3 percent, well above GPT-4os 3.3 percent, and the next highest scorer, its o3-mini (high) model at 13 percent.See More:

The 2025 Grammys are one of the biggest televised concerts of the year, bringing together top artists and unique performances heres how to stream todays event live on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and more (for free).When are the 2025 GrammysThe 67th Grammys ceremony is happening today. The event starts at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.Returning champion emcee, Trevor Noah, will host for the fifth year in a row from the Cryptocom Arena in Los Angeles.Artists nominated for the top categories include The Beatles, Beyonc, Andr 3000, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli xcx, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, and Chappell Roan. Other names include Teddy Swims, Shaboozey, Post Malone, and Gracie Abrams.Many of the artists mentioned have already been confirmed to perform during the music event on Sunday.You can find the full list of 2025 Grammy Award nominations here.Where can you watch the 67th Grammys ceremonyCBS will air the 2025 Grammys live on television, and Paramount+ will stream the event online.However, Paramount+ subscribers will need the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME package that runs $12.99/month. The ad-supported Paramount+ Essentials plan that runs $7.99/month wont stream the event.New subscribers can access Paramount+ with SHOWTIME free for one week when signing up for a trial with a new email address and billing information. Just remember to cancel before the week is up or get locked in for a month for $13.Other ways to watch online like on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision Pro, and Apple TV include trialing or subscribing to a streaming cable service. Options include:YouTube TV (2-day free trial, then $69.99/month for six months and $82.99/month after)Hulu + Live TV (3-day free trial, then $82.99/month)Fubo TV (5-day free trial, then $59.99/month for one month and $84.99/month after)Want to familiarize yourself with this years nominees? Heres an Apple Music playlist that will help you catch up!Best Apple TV accessoriesAdd 9to5Mac to your Google News feed. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.Youre reading 9to5Mac experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Dont know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel

See at ESPN Watch La Liga soccer in the US from $11 a month ESPN Plus See at ESPN See more details See at ExpressVPN Best VPN for streaming ExpressVPN See at ExpressVPN See more details See at Premiersports Watch La Liga in the UK from 8 Premier Sports See at Premiersports See more details See at TSN Carries La Liga matches live TSN Plus See at TSN See more details See at BeIn Sports Watch La Liga games from AU$15 per month BeIn Sports See at BeIn Sports See more details Table of Contents Nothing less than a win at home will do for Barcelona on Sunday as it hosts 17th placed Alavs.Currently in third place, Barca remains in danger of losing pace with La Liga leaders and eternal rivals Real Madrid, despite last weekend's emphatic 7-1 win over Valencia. Alavs having experienced the new manger bounce the team may have been hoping for since the appointment of Eduardo Coudet in December, El Glorioso has managed just one win in seven matches since the Argentine took charge.Barcelona take on. Deportivo Alavs at the Estadi Olmpic Llus Companys on Sunday, Feb. 2. Kickoff is set for2 p.m. CET local time, making it a 8 a.m. ET and 5 a.m. PT start in the US, an 1 p.m. GMT start in the UK and a 12 a.m. AEDTkickoff in Australia.Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch the game as it happens, wherever you are in the world. Lamine Yamal scored the opening goal in Barcelona's 2-2 draw with Atalanta in the Champions League on Wednesday. Alex Pantling/UEFA via Getty Images How to watch Barcelona vs. Alavs in the US without cableThis match is available to stream in the US via ESPN Plus, which has live English and Spanish-language broadcast rights for La Liga in the US. ESPN Plus ESPN's standalone streaming service costs $11 a month or $110 for an annual subscription.Read our ESPN Plus review. See at ESPN How to watch La Liga from anywhere with a VPNIf you find yourself unable to view La Liga matches locally, you may need a different way to watch the games -- that's where using a VPN can come in handy. A VPN is also the best way to stop your ISP from throttling your speeds on game day by encrypting your traffic, and it's also a great idea if you're traveling and find yourself connected to a Wi-Fi network and you want to add an extra layer of privacy for your devices and logins. With a VPN, you're able to virtually change your location on your phone, tablet or laptop to get access to the game. Most VPNs, like our Editors' Choice, ExpressVPN, make it really easy to do this. Using a VPN to watch or stream sports is legal in any country where VPNs are legal, including the US, UK and Canada, as long as you have a legitimate subscription to the service you're streaming. You should be sure your VPN is set up correctly to prevent leaks: Even where VPNs are legal, the streaming service may terminate the account of anyone it deems to be circumventing correctly applied blackout restrictions. James Martin/CNET 2024 Latest Tests DNS leaks detected, 25% speed loss in 2024 testsNetwork 3,000 plus servers in 105 countriesJurisdiction British Virgin Islands ExpressVPN isour current best VPN pickfor people who want a reliable and safe VPN, and it works on a variety of devices. It's normally $13 a month, but if you sign up for an annual subscription for $100 you'll get three months free and save 49%. That's the equivalent of $6.67 a month.Note that ExpressVPN offers a 30-day money-back guarantee. 61% off with 2yr plan (+4 free months) See at ExpressVPN Livestream Barcelona vs. Alavs in the UK Premier Sports is showing a minimum of five live matches per week from Spain's top league on its Premier Sports 1 and 2 channels, as well as its dedicated La Liga platform. This game will be shown exclusively live on La Liga TV and Premier Sports 1. Premier Sports A subscription to just Premier Sports' dedicated La Liga channel costs 8 a month.You can also get the channel via a full subscription to Premier Sports, giving you access to all of the networks' channels, which have the UK broadcast rights to Scottish Premiership matches, BKT United Rugby Championship and Investec Champions Cup rugby, plus NHL and NASCAR.A full Premier Sports subscription costs 10 per month for Sky and Virgin TV customers. You can also get Premier Sports through Amazon Prime Video as an add-on for 15 a month. See at Premiersports Livestream Barcelona vs. Alavs in CanadaTSN is the rights holder for live coverage of La Liga matches in the region, with select fixtures being shown on its linear channels and a wider selection of games being shown on its TSN Plus streaming platform. This match is set to be shown on TSN Plus. TSN TSN Plus is a direct-streaming service that costs CA$8 a month and also offers coverage of PGA Tour Live golf, NFL games, F1, NASCAR and the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. See at TSN Livestream Barcelona vs. Alavs in AustraliaFooty fans down under can watch La Liga matches live on BeIn Sports, which holds the live broadcast rights in Australia for Spanish top-flight matches. This match is set to be shown on BeIn Sports 3. BeIn Sports BeIn Sports is available in Australia for AU$15 a month or a yearly commitment of AU$130. See at BeIn Sports Quick tips for streaming La Liga using a VPNWith four variables at play -- your ISP, browser, video streaming provider and VPN -- your experience and success when streaming La Liga matches may vary.If you don't see your desired location as a default option for ExpressVPN, try using the "search for city or country" option.If you're having trouble getting the game after you've turned on your VPN and set it to the correct viewing area, there are two things you can try for a quick fix. First, log into your streaming service subscription account and make sure the address registered for the account is an address in the correct viewing area. If not, you may need to change the physical address on file with your account. Second, some smart TVs -- like Roku -- don't have VPN apps you can install directly on the device itself. Instead, you'll have to install the VPN on your router or the mobile hotspot you're using (like your phone) so that any device on its Wi-Fi network now appears in the correct viewing location.All of the VPN providers we recommend have helpful instructions on their main site for quickly installing the VPN on your router. In some cases with smart TV services, after you install a cable network's sports app, you'll be asked to verify a numeric code or click a link sent to your email address on file for your smart TV. This is where having a VPN on your router will also help since both devices will appear to be in the correct location.Remember, browsers can often give away a location despite using a VPN, so be sure you're using a privacy-first browser to log into your services. We normally recommendBrave.

Looking for the most recent Strands answer?Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Connections puzzles.Todays NYTStrandspuzzle might make you hungry for one specific food item that's been in the news a lot lately. If you need hints and answers, read on.Also, I go into depth about therules for Strands in this story.If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visitCNET's NYT puzzle hints page.Read more:NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So FarHint for today's Strands puzzleToday's Strands theme is:Order up!If that doesn't help you, here's a clue: Which came first?Clue words to unlock in-game hintsYour goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle's theme. If you're stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints, but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:RACK, MACK, MARK, SLED, CLOD, KIND, METH, CAGE, BULK, LODE, MEAL, CAME, DONG, LONG, SONG, GILA, BREAK, DOLE, PICK, LEAK, LEAMAnswers for today's Strands puzzleThese are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you've got all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:BAKE, BOIL, BASTE, POACH, CODDLE, PICKLE, SCRAMBLEToday's Strands spangramToday's Strands spangram isMAKING EGGS.To find it, start with the M that's four letters down on the farthest row to the left, and wind over and back. The completed NYT Strands puzzle for Feb. 3, 2025, #337. NYT/Screenshot by CNET

Both Bobba and Coristine are listed in internal OPM records reviewed by WIRED as experts at OPM, reporting directly to Amanda Scales, its new chief of staff. Scales previously worked on talent for xAI, Musks artificial intelligence company, and as part of Ubers talent acquisition team, per LinkedIn. Employees at GSA tell WIRED that Coristine has appeared on calls where workers were made to go over code they had written and justify their jobs. WIRED previously reported that Coristine was added to a call with GSA staff members using a nongovernment Gmail address. Employees were not given an explanation as to who he was or why he was on the calls.Farritor, who per sources has a working GSA email address, is a former intern at SpaceX, Musks space company, and currently a Thiel Fellow after, according to his LinkedIn, dropping out of the University of NebraskaLincoln. While in school, he was part of an award-winning team that deciphered portions of an ancient Greek scroll.Kliger, whose LinkedIn lists him as a special adviser to the director of OPM and who is listed in internal records reviewed by WIRED as a special adviser to the director for information technology, attended UC Berkeley until 2020; most recently, according to his LinkedIn, he worked for the AI company Databricks. His Substack includes a post titled The Curious Case of Matt Gaetz: How the Deep State Destroys Its Enemies, as well as another titled Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense: The Warrior Washington Fears.Killian, also known as Cole Killian, has a working email associated with DOGE, where he is currently listed as a volunteer, according to internal records reviewed by WIRED. According to a copy of his now-deleted rsum obtained by WIRED, he attended McGill University through at least 2021 and graduated high school in 2019. An archived copy of his now-deleted personal website indicates that he worked as an engineer at Jump Trading, which specializes in algorithmic and high-frequency financial trades.Shaotran told Business Insider in September that he was a senior at Harvard studying computer science and also the founder of an OpenAI-backed startup, Energize AI. Shaotran was the runner-up in a hackathon held by xAI, Musks AI company. In the Business Insider article, Shaotran says he received a $100,000 grant from OpenAI to build his scheduling assistant, Spark.Got a Tip?Are you a current or former employee with the Office of Personnel Management or another government agency impacted by Elon Musk? Wed like to hear from you. Using a nonwork phone or computer, contact Vittoria Elliott at vittoria_elliott@wired.com or securely at velliott88.18 on Signal.To the extent these individuals are exercising what would otherwise be relatively significant managerial control over two very large agencies that deal with very complex topics, says Nick Bednar, a professor at University of Minnesotas school of law, it is very unlikely they have the expertise to understand either the law or the administrative needs that surround these agencies.Sources tell WIRED that Bobba, Coristine, Farritor, and Shaotran all currently have working GSA emails and A-suite level clearance at the GSA, which means that they work out of the agencys top floor and have access to all physical spaces and IT systems, according a source with knowledge of the GSAs clearance protocols. The source, who spoke to WIRED on the condition of anonymity because they fear retaliation, says they worry that the new teams could bypass the regular security clearance protocols to access the agencys sensitive compartmented information facility, as the Trump administration has already granted temporary security clearances to unvetted people.This is in addition to Coristine and Bobba being listed as experts working at OPM. Bednar says that while staff can be loaned out between agencies for special projects or to work on issues that might cross agency lines, its not exactly common practice.This is consistent with the pattern of a lot of tech executives who have taken certain roles of the administration, says Bednar. This raises concerns about regulatory capture and whether these individuals may have preferences that dont serve the American public or the federal government.Additional reporting by Zo Schiffer and Tim Marchman.

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OpenAI is announcing a new AI agent designed to help people conduct in-depth, complex research using ChatGPT, the companys AI-powered chatbot platform. Appropriately enough, its called deep research. OpenAI said in a blog post published Sunday that these this new capability was designed for people who do intensive knowledge work in areas like finance, science, policy, and engineering and need thorough, precise, and reliable research. It could also be useful, the company added, for anyone making purchases that typically require careful research, like cars, appliances, and furniture.Basically, ChatGPT deep research is intended for instances where you dont just want a quick answer or summary, but instead need to assiduously consider information from multiple websites and other sources.OpenAI said its making deep research available to ChatGPT Pro users today, limited to 100 queries per month, with support for Plus and Team users coming next, followed by Enterprise. (OpenAI is targeting a Plus rollout in about a month from now, the company said.) Its a geo-targeted launch; OpenAI had no release timeline to share for ChatGPT customers in the U.K., Switzerland, and the European Economic Area.Image Credits:OpenAI /To use ChatGPT deep research, youll just select deep research in the composer and then enter a query, with the option to attach files or spreadsheets. (Its a web-only experience for now, with mobile and desktop app integration to come later this month.) Deep research could then take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes to answer the question, and youll get a notification when the search completes.Currently, ChatGPT deep researchs outputs are text-only. But OpenAI said that it intends to add embedded images, data visualizations, and other analytic outputs soon. Also on the roadmap is the ability to connect more specialized data sources, including subscription-based and internal resources, OpenAI added.The big question is, just how precise is ChatGPT deep research? AI is imperfect, after all. Its prone to hallucinations and other types of errors that could be particularly harmful in a deep research scenario. Thats perhaps why OpenAI said every ChatGPT deep research output will be fully documented, with clear citations and a summary of [the] thinking, making it easy to reference and verify the information.The jurys out on whether those mitigations will be sufficient to combat AI mistakes. OpenAIs AI-powered web search feature in ChatGPT, ChatGPT Search, not infrequently makes gaffes and gives wrong answers to questions. TechCrunchs testing found that ChatGPT Search produced less useful results than Google Search for certain queries.To beef up deep researchs accuracy, OpenAI is using a special version of its recently announced o3 reasoning AI model that was trained through reinforcement learning on real-world tasks requiring browser and Python tool use. Reinforcement learning essentially teaches a model via trial and error to achieve a specific goal. As the model gets closer to the goal, it receives virtual rewards that, ideally, make it better at the task going forward.It said this version of the OpenAI o3 model is optimized for web browsing and data analysis, adding that it leverages reasoning to search, interpret, and analyze massive amounts of text, images, and PDFs on the internet, pivoting as needed in reaction to information it encounters [] The model is also able to browse over user uploaded files, plot and iterate on graphs using the python tool, embed both generated graphs and images from websites in its responses, and cite specific sentences or passages from its sources.Image Credits:OpenAI /The company said that it tested ChatGPT deep research using Humanitys Last Exam, an evaluation that includes more than 3,000 expert-level questions in a variety of academic fields. The o3 model powering deep research achieved an accuracy of 26.6%, which might look like a failing grade but Humanitys Last Exam was designed to be tougher than other benchmarks to stay ahead of model advancements. According to OpenAI, the deep research o3 model came in way ahead of Gemini Thinking (6.2%), Grok-2 (3.8%), and OpenAIs own GPT-4o (3.3%).Still, OpenAI notes that ChatGPT deep research has limitations, sometimes making mistakes and incorrect inferences. Deep research may struggle to distinguish authoritative information from rumors, the company said, and often fails to convey when its uncertain about something and it can also make formatting errors in reports and citations.For anyone worried about the impact of generative AI on students, or on anyone trying to find information online, this type of in-depth, well-cited output probably sounds more appealing than a deceptively simple chatbot summary with no citations. But well see whether most users will actually subject the output to real analysis and double-checking, or if they simply treat it as a more professional-looking text to copy-paste.And if this all sounds familiar, Google actually announced a similar AI feature with the exact same name less than two months ago.