Today's Technology News: Microsoft Hires Sam Altman After OpenAI Rejects His Return - New Price Revealed

Today's Technology News Summary

A snapshot of 500,000 stars near the center of the galaxy
Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, S. Crowe

Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We'll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we're going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a universe that is filled with stars and wonder.

Good morning. It's November 21, and today's image takes us into the heart of our galaxy. Specifically, the image from the James Webb Space Telescope features a star-forming region named Sagittarius C, which is about 300 light-years from the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole.

Microsoft Hires Sam Altman After OpenAI Rejects His Return

The announcement capped a tumultuous weekend for OpenAI, after Mr. Altman made a push to reclaim his job as CEO of the artificial intelligence company.

Fortnite OG will end with a Big Bang

Fortnite is currently saturated in nostalgia, thanks to the backwards-looking Fortnite OG. But that's about to change very soon: the battle royale's next major live event promises "a new beginning" for the game. The event, called The Big Bang, kicks off on December 2nd at 2PM ET.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series review

AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 7000 processors mark the latest additions to the high-end desktop (HEDT) market, a segment AMD wants to bring back to the mainstream. The 7980X is better and cheaper than Intel's Sapphire Rapids Xeon W9-3495X.

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