Image: Atlus When Nintendo discontinued the 3DS — and with it, the existence of dual-screen handhelds — I lamented the weird games we would no longer have. High up on that list was Etrian Odyssey: a line of dungeon-crawling role-playing games built explicitly with the handheld’s two screens in mind. They’re games where you fight
Read MoreAmanda Silberling / TechCrunch: BeReal plans to launch a chat feature, initially testing in Ireland; users will be able to message one-on-one, send a private BeReal, and react with RealMoji — BeReal is working on a chat feature, which will begin with a test among users in Ireland. — At launch, users will be able
Read MoreFinancial Times: KPMG, Coatue, VC firm Headline, and other investors are using AI to help pick acquisition targets and startups for investment, hoping for an edge over rivals — Accountancy firm KPMG, hedge fund Coatue and VC firm Headline among those incorporating the technology
Read MoreEJ Dickson / Rolling Stone: A look at the grotesque world of AI true-crime-victim TikTok, where AI deepfakes, based on images of children who were abused, describe their own ghastly demise — TikTok accounts are posting horrifying artificial intelligence-generated clips of murder victims — mostly children — describing their own ghastly demise
Read MoreA young player hoping to be spotted by a Premier League club typically relies on luck as much as talent, but artificial intelligence could change all that.
Read MoreA nonprofit that helps people with body image problems closed its human-run helpline. The chatbot that remained suggested things like losing weight.
Read MoreA Sign in Space encourages the public to imagine what a real message from extraterrestrials might be like—and figure out how to interpret it.
Read MoreThe experimental VR experience Body of Mine argues that the future of virtual reality lies in exploring ourselves—and others’ stories.
Read MoreWhen all you’ve got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And when you’ve got a scanning electron microscope, everything must look like a sample that would be really, really interesting to see enlarged in all its 3D glory. And this is what [Zachary Tong] delivers with this up close and personal look at
Read MoreFinancial Times: As ASML reaches a ~€275B market cap, twice that of Intel, a look at the fundamental limits on making ever-smaller chips, which could finally end Moore’s Law — For decades, ever-tinier semiconductors have allowed huge leaps in computing progress. Not for much longer, warn experts
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Samsung will reportedly add a 5x zoom camera to the Galaxy S24 Ultra. It’s suggested that the current 3x camera could make way for the new shooter. Samsung has long offered two 10MP zoom cameras on its Ultra phones, namely a 3x camera and a 10x shooter. However, it
Read MoreBloomberg: Elon Musk sent no tweets during his visit to China, the longest hiatus from the platform since June 2022; once his jet left Shanghai, Musk tweeted about SpaceX — Elon Musk, a prolific presence on Twitter and owner of the social media platform, didn’t send any tweets while he was in China for his
Read MoreThere seems to be a significant gap between the ways organizations talk about AI and the ways they use it within their businesses. Despite 90% of well-known companies investing in AI, it turns out only 35% of businesses actually use it. That means the majority of these companies believe AI is a worthwhile investment but aren’t putting
Read MoreThe iPhone 13 is still one of the best-selling smartphones, outselling even Samsungs top of the range S23 Ultra.
Read MoreA developer of a VR game explained in a tweet that he was looking forward to June 5 – we wonder why?
Read MoreThree years ago, the FDA declared a manufacturing free-for-all. Now a noxious brew of leftover product is catching fire and making people sick.
Read MoreImage: Ford Ford is teaming up with Uber to offer flexible leases on electric vehicles to rideshare drivers. Uber is under pressure from governments around the world to get more of its drivers into EVs to reduce tailpipe pollution and fight climate change. And Ford is eager to get more of its Mustang Mach-Es on
Read MoreBrody Ford / Bloomberg: C3.ai drops 20%+ after its FY revenue outlook of 11%-20% growth to a $307.5M midpoint fell below estimates; AI jumped 258% in 2023 and 45% since Nvidia earnings — C3.ai Inc. plunged more than 15% in extended trading after providing a fiscal-year revenue outlook that fell short of analysts’ estimates …
Read MoreThe Pixel 8 received a listing on the Wireless Power Consortium’s (WPC) website. The listing sheds light on the phone’s wireless charging speeds. We’re not expecting the arrival of the Google Pixel 8 for quite some time, but the device has already passed a key regulatory hurdle. This week, a new listing on the WPC’s
Read MoreHonor’s foldable is the Samsung Z Fold’s first real competitor outside of China. It’s a more affordable alternative, but its rough edges are grating. Continue reading…
Read MoreImage: Polestar Polestar’s latest software update includes YouTube so Polestar 2 owners can watch streaming video while charging their vehicles and an updated version of Apple CarPlay that includes the ability to project Apple Maps onto the instrument cluster. That last facet is interesting because it seems to offer a preview of what Apple’s next-generation
Read MoreThese days, it’s possible to get a single-board computer the size of a stick of gum. This will give you the power to emulate thousands of games and you can run one off batteries inside a handheld of your own devising. [Redherring32] took an altogether more creative and old-school approach with the TinyTendo, however. This
Read MoreArjun Kharpal / CNBC: Oppo announces MR Glass Developer Edition, a headset designed for developers in China to create mixed reality apps, powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2 Plus — – Chinese electronics giant Oppo debuted a mixed reality headset on Wednesday, pushing into an area in which U.S. technology companies Microsoft …
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority A recent report asserted that almost half of all YouTube viewing in the US now occurs via the TV set. That would make for a major change after mobile and other screens dominated viewing. We wondered how Android Authority readers primarily watch YouTube, so we posted a poll to
Read MoreKate Clark / The Information: Sources: NYC-based Runway, which uses AI to let users generate videos from text descriptions, raised ~$100M from Google and others at a ~$1.5B valuation — Google is investing in Runway, a New York-based startup that lets customers generate video from text descriptions using artificial intelligence …
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