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Virtual Mini Pinball Cabinet Scores Big

Do you love pinball, but can’t justify owning a full-size cabinet? Yeah, us either, and that’s why we’re so interested in [mircemk]’s great-looking DIY mini virtual pinball cabinet. Since [mircemk] is a IT service specialist, they are lucky enough to have access to lots used and broken equipment, and that’s what this build is made

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Apple Watch Series 9 review: Should you buy it?

Should you buy the Apple Watch Series 9? Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority The Apple Watch lineup is nothing if not consistent. The Series 9 features the same rounded rectangle case, rotating Digital Crown, and single push button we’ve come to know. The watch’s touchscreen mirrors the dimensions of the Series 8’s, with thin

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Q&A with Stanford University School of Medicine Dean Dr. Lloyd Minor on generative AI in medicine, the privacy risks, responsibly deploying the tech, and more (Jo Craven McGinty/Wall Street Journal)

Jo Craven McGinty / Wall Street Journal: Q&A with Stanford University School of Medicine Dean Dr. Lloyd Minor on generative AI in medicine, the privacy risks, responsibly deploying the tech, and more  —  The dean of Stanford University’s medical school thinks artificial intelligence will transform the medicines you take, the care you get and the

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Auto Xylophone Uses Homemade Solenoids

Want to play the xylophone but don’t want to learn how? [Rachad]’s automatic xylophone might be just the ticket. It uses homemade solenoids to play tunes under computer control. Think of it as a player piano but with electromagnetic strikers instead of piano keys. You can hear the instrument in action in the video below.

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Sources: Apple is trying to make the next Vision Pro more comfortable to wear and Meta is aiming to release a cheaper Quest in 2024 and true AR glasses in 2025 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is trying to make the next Vision Pro more comfortable to wear and Meta is aiming to release a cheaper Quest in 2024 and true AR glasses in 2025  —  Apple’s Vision Pro and Meta’s Quest 3 haven’t even been released yet, but the two companies are already deep

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Virtual Mini Pinball Cabinet Scores Big

Do you love pinball, but can’t justify owning a full-size cabinet? Yeah, us either, and that’s why we’re so interested in [mircemk]’s great-looking DIY mini virtual pinball cabinet. Since [mircemk] is a IT service specialist, they are lucky enough to have access to lots used and broken equipment, and that’s what this build is made

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One in four people in the US who reported losing money to fraud from January 2021 to June 2023 said the contact started on social media, causing $2.7B in losses (Emma Fletcher/Federal Trade Commission)

Emma Fletcher / Federal Trade Commission: One in four people in the US who reported losing money to fraud from January 2021 to June 2023 said the contact started on social media, causing $2.7B in losses  —  Scammers are hiding in plain sight on social media platforms and reports to the FTC’s Consumer Sentinel Network

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The chilling distance of The Zone of Interest

Image: A24 During World War II, the Germans designated the area surrounding Auschwitz the “zone of interest.” The dullness of the phrase was intentional, another euphemism as operative as “concentration camp.” In Jonathan Glazer’s sorta adaptation of Martin Amis’ eponymous novel, this self-delusion is on display. Hedwig Höss (Sandra Hüller) runs a stately home. She

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