Image: Poncle Vampire Survivors is getting a second expansion, and like the previous one, it will cost $2. The new fantasy-themed DLC, Tides of the Foscari, includes eight new characters, 13 weapons, and a new stage, and it comes out on April 13th. Developer Poncle is already teasing characters like a mage and a swordsman
Read MoreAbner Li / 9to5Google: Google updates Bard by incorporating some of its PaLm models to better answer math and logic questions and promises that coding capabilities are “coming soon” — To date, Bard has used LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications), which is focused on conversational dialogue …
Read MoreTravelling the continent’s hackerspaces over the years, I have visited quite a few spaces located in university towns. They share a depressingly common theme, of a community hackerspace full of former students who are now technology professionals, sharing a city with a university anxious to own all the things in the technology space and actively
Read MoreThe 2024 Chevy Blazer EV will be the first GM vehicle to restrict access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. | Image: GM General Motors’ electric future doesn’t include Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. The automaker’s upcoming lineup of electric vehicles won’t support the popular smartphone projection systems in favor of a native Google infotainment
Read MoreThe rise of technology-based business models is disrupting market dynamics, intensifying competition, and transforming the landscape of the professional services industry. Professional services firms must incorporate technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to enhance agility and streamline workflows. Adopting technology can help businesses effectively manage resources — accurately bid on projects, and
Read MoreJeffrey Rousseau / GamesIndustry.biz: Roblox will now hide advertisements from users 13 and younger, nearly a year after nonprofit Truth in Advertising filed an FTC complaint against it — Changes come nearly a year after advertising watchdog filed an FTC complaint over company’s ad policies — Roblox will now hide advertisements …
Read MoreImage: Hugo Herrera / The Verge The Biden administration released a long-awaited update to the rules governing which electric vehicles are eligible for a tax credit, and while we still don’t know which vehicles will meet the new standards, one thing is for sure: fewer EVs are going to qualify. The new rules, which were
Read MoreA Brazilian teacher was reunited with their Apple Watch after it was rescued from the ocean, still working, a day after it was lost.
Read MoreEvery so often, a new technology comes along that offers a broad range of benefits over what we already have. Just as lithium-ion batteries have made nickel-cadmium cells boring and old hat, gallium nitride semiconductors are making silicon parts look unimpressive by comparison. [Brian Dipert] looked at what this means in a practical sense by
Read MoreMimi Billing / Sifted: Agreena, which uses AI-based monitoring by satellite imagery to let farmers earn carbon credits, raised a €46M Series B, after a €20M Series A in 2022 — The startup helps European farmers reduce carbon emissions and trade in carbon credits — While fingers are being pointed …
Read MoreBoy Come First’s cover art, and a photo of Aaron Foley. | Belt Publishing / AFP Photo / Jeff Kowalsky Author Aaron Foley’s debut novel Boys Come First only released last May, but Amazon is already making moves to turn its queer, Black millennial-focused story into a series. Deadline reports that Amazon’s developing an adaptation
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Sissie Hsiao, vice president and lead of Google Assistant’s business unit, announced changes coming to the organization. Google will be reorganizing its virtual assistant unit to focus more on Bard. A key leader from the team is stepping down. It’s no secret that one of Google’s primary focuses
Read MoreGeneral Motors is phasing out Apple CarPlay from its electrical vehicles and option for Google integrated vehicle systems instead.
Read MoreIllustration: Samar Haddad / The Verge Last year’s iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 releases came with a host of great new features — including sweet lock screen customization options, which Verge reporter Jay Peters called one of the biggest successes of 2022. But Apple is still not done with iOS 16; iterative releases have been
Read MoreReuters: China launches a cybersecurity review of products sold in the country by US memory chip manufacturer Micron, citing national security risks — China’s cyberspace regulator will conduct a cybersecurity review on products sold in China by U.S. memory chip manufacturer Micron Technology (MU.O), the regulator said on Friday.
Read MoreGoogle’s Pixel 6 Pro is on sale right now for just $469.99, a whopping $429 off the phone’s initial list price. | Image: Google Sure, if you want a good smartphone that won’t cost a fortune, you could preorder Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy A54, the successor to one of our favorite midrange phones. However, if you’re
Read MoreSpeed or accuracy? Which is more important to a government agency during digital transformation? Focus on speed, and something could be missed. Focus on accuracy only, and the solution you need might be outdated by the time it’s completed. When you have limited time and resources, it is difficult to understand which road leads to success. Understanding
Read MorePhoto illustration: Alex Parkin / The Verge Activist investors, unhappy Magic fans, and a D&D licensing battle all at once — oh, and there are Transformers, too. Continue reading…
Read MoreImage: Nintendo / The Verge Kirby developers Shinya Kumazaki and Tatsuya Kamiyama talk about the various shapes of Kirby and what we can learn from them. Continue reading…
Read MoreQianer Liu / Financial Times: Sources: YMTC expects to begin production at a new chip plant in H2 2024 by relying more on domestic suppliers, boosting China’s self-sufficiency efforts — Memory-chip maker to rely on local equipment suppliers for 2024 manufacturing plans — Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp …
Read MoreHaein Jeong / The Verge I. What a difference four months can make. If you had asked in November how I thought AI systems were progressing, I might have shrugged. Sure, by then OpenAI had released DALL-E, and I found myself enthralled with the creative possibilities it presented. On the whole, though, after years watching
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Read MoreThe beloved online athenaeum just lost a big court case. Librarians fear it’ll make ebooks less accessible. So why are some writers cheering?
Read MoreBuzzFeed News: The NYT, LAT, and WaPo won’t buy Twitter Blue; NYT, LAT, BuzzFeed, and Politico won’t reimburse reporters for it, but Semafor and some other small outlets will — BuzzFeed isn’t ponying up, but for other outlets, paying might make sense. — Pranav Dixit
Read MoreTetris Effect. | Image: Enhance Experience The new Tetris movie on Apple TV Plus plays fast and loose with facts, but there’s one thing it gets right: the game absolutely rules. Watching the movie is very likely to give you the urge to get back to moving falling blocks around until your eyes bleed. And
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