[Harrison Low] published some 3D-printed linear actuators, which generated a lot of interest. He got a lot of advice from people on the Internet, and he took it to heart. The result: an improved version that you can see in the video below. The original design used carbon fiber and Kevlar and was quite stiff.
Read MorePeter Kiefer / The Ankler: Sources: Apple spent $5M on the film rights for Michael Lewis’ book about Sam Bankman-Fried; at least eight Hollywood projects on SBF are in the works so far — Apple paid $5M for Michael Lewis’ book, a Nanette Burstein doc is underway, and a who’ll-finish-first race is afoot as the
Read MoreIn the world of modern banking, technology plays a crucial role in keeping our money safe and secure. One such groundbreaking technology is blockchain. Now, you might wonder, what is this “blockchain” thing? Think of it as a digital lockbox that nobody can open without a special key. Blockchain is like a chain of these
Read MoreDonald Mustard at the 2018 Game Awards. | Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images Donald Mustard ran a successful studio that showed what the Xbox and iPhone were capable of. Then, he became the face of one of the biggest and boldest storytelling experiments in history, to borrow a phrase, with Fortnite’s massive
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge According to a post from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, it’s looking more likely that Apple won’t launch its line of M3-powered MacBooks “before the end of this year.” While there haven’t been any solid rumors about when Apple will launch its first laptops with next-generation chips, Bloomberg’s
Read MoreChance Miller / 9to5Mac: Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple no longer plans to launch any MacBook models with an M3 chip “before the end of this year” — Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has bad news for Apple fans hoping to see a lineup of M3-powered Macs this year. According to Kuo, Apple is no longer planning to
Read MoreFollowing a joint “mishap investigation” by SpaceX and the FAA, the federal agency listed 63 issues that must be addressed before launches can resume at the Texas site.
Read MoreJonathan Vanian / CNBC: Roblox plans to release coding tools for developers to create subscription-based services for in-platform games and experiences; Roblox will take a 30% cut — – Roblox users who are subscribers of the company’s upper-tier premium plans will be able to create and sell 3D goods along …
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Roblox unveils Roblox Assistant, a conversational AI assistant that lets creators enter prompts to generate virtual environments, get help with coding, and more — Roblox announced a new conversational AI assistant at its 2023 Roblox Developers Conference (RDC) that can help creators …
Read MoreMost of us will at one point have run out of storage and either had to buy a larger driver or delete some of those precious files. This problem can happen to data centers, too, with the ever-increasing amount of data stored on servers across the world. [Cerabyte] aims to fix this, with their ceramic-based
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Roblox plans to let creators that sell assets and tools on its Creator Marketplace keep all of the revenue minus taxes and payment processing fees, from 2024 — Roblox is going to let creators that sell assets and tools for other creators on its marketplace keep all of the revenue
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Roblox announces Roblox Connect, letting users video chat with other people as their Roblox avatar in a shared virtual space, available later in 2023 — Roblox is launching its own take on video chat called Roblox Connect, the company announced at its Roblox Developers Conference (RDC) 2023 on Friday.
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Watch 6 review: At a glance What is it? The Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 is 2023’s base model Galaxy Watch, with a 20% larger display that’s twice as bright as the Galaxy Watch 5. The smartwatch also features tweaked battery specs, minor performance improvements, and Google Wear OS 4 running under Samsung’s new
Read MoreIt seems like just about everything has a subscription option these days, and if you’re here, it’s because you noticed that Discord does too. So what is Discord Nitro? What upgrades do you get to the online chat platform if you sign up for a Nitro plan? And more importantly — is it worth your
Read MoreImage: Roblox Roblox is going to let creators that sell assets and tools for other creators on its marketplace keep all of the revenue from their sales minus taxes and payment processing fees, the company announced at its Roblox Developers Conference (RDC) 2023 on Friday. The change goes into effect starting sometime next year. This
Read MoreThe CEO’s vision for Taser-equipped drones includes a fictitious scenario in which the technology averts a shooting at a day care center.
Read MoreImage: Getty Intuit, the parent company of TurboTax, is still facing blowback over claims it tricked people into using its “free” tax filing service that wasn’t actually free. In a ruling on Friday, the Federal Trade Commission’s chief administrative law judge (ALJ) ruled that Intuit “deceived consumers” and “engaged in deceptive advertising.” The ruling includes
Read MoreChatGPT has limits, and pairing Captain America and the Winter Soldier is one of them… sometimes. | Image: Disney / Marvel AI-generated fiction has become a subject of perpetual fascination for me. It’s the bane of some writers’ existence, yet it’s increasingly cropping up across both commercial storefronts like Amazon and noncommercial writing sites like
Read MoreCivil rights groups say efforts to get US intelligence agencies to adopt privacy reforms have largely failed. Without those changes, renewal of a post-911 surveillance policy may be doomed.
Read MoreLulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: Ant Group unveils a financial LLM for wealth management and insurance services, powering two tools: Zhixiaobao, for consumers, and Zhixiaozhu, for professionals — – Firm uses ChatGPT-like tech to power two financial apps — Joins race against Baidu, Tencent for artificial intelligence
Read MoreWe suspect that if you want to write a blockbuster movie or novel, the wrong approach is to go to a studio or publisher and say, “I have this totally new idea that is like nothing you’ve ever seen before…” Even Star Trek was pitched to the network as “Wagon Train to the stars.” People
Read MoreThis is not Framework’s module but rather a community design by zero0d. | Image: zero0d You can hot-swap a DisplayPort, ethernet, even an extra 3.5mm audio jack into your modular Framework laptop — and today, the company is finally beginning work on a full-size SD Expansion Card to go with them. But seriously, it’s just
Read MoreThe fall Samsung Discover event starts next week, and we’ve got early access to this epic Samsung sale. There are going to be a number of great offers available, but these two offers on the high-end Samsung smartphones are particularly worth spotlighting. The deals let you save over $1,300 on an unlocked Samsung Galaxy Z
Read MoreAlan Rappeport / New York Times: The IRS says it has started using AI to investigate complex cases of tax evasion at multibillion-dollar partnerships, large hedge funds, PE groups, and others — The tax agency is opening examinations into large hedge funds, private equity groups, real estate investors and law firms.
Read MoreCredit: Google Google has released a new “Sneak Peek” video of the Pixel Watch 2. The video reveals the Pixel Watch 2 has an IP68 rating. It also confirms the smartwatch can measure oxygen saturation (SpO2) Google is not done teasing the Pixel Watch 2. Only a day after it officially revealed the design of
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