One of the biggest lessons of working on stop-motion video games? Rolling up your sleeves â literally. “It’s such a nightmare,” Talha & Jack Co developer Jack King-Spooner told me over a video call. “You spend maybe half an hour doing one of the cutscenes. The cutscenes are the most precarious things because you have
Read MoreThe Dublin-based company uses a ‘kid-safe’ app to bring toys to life with AR technology. Read more: HoloToyz partners with Mattel to play dress-up with AR
Read MoreOn this episode of the HomeKit Insider Podcast, Jennifer Tuohy stops by to discuss the rumored Sonos streaming box, Amazon’s big media event, and more. HomeKit Insider Podcast Hot off its launch of the excellent Arc Ultra, Sonos is gearing up for another new product. It’s rumored to be launching an Apple TV competitor, priced
Read MoreAT&T will give you up to $1,000 for trade-ins towards the purchase of a new iPhone 16 model. The carrier will accept even damaged and non-functional trade-ins (though that can reduce trade-in value) Even phones as old as the original iPhone are on AT&T’s trade-in list, and can be worth $350. When you’re shopping for
Read MoreThe cliche “new year, new me” rally cry doesn’t exclusively apply to resetting common goals related to health, finances, or education. The turning of the calendar is also a great reminder to check whether your daily sanctuary could be more pleasant or functional. There are many ways to usher in change, too, whether that’s with
Read MorePresident Donald Trump kicked off the first day of his presidency by signing a flurry of executive actions, including halting enforcement of the TikTok ban and rolling back the Biden administration’s artificial intelligence order. Having already run the country once before, Trump entered the presidency with the goal of hitting the ground running, having already
Read MoreLeaked renders show the official silicone cases for the Pixel 9a. The design appears to be very similar to the cases for the rest of the Pixel 9 series, only without a raised edge around the camera. The case will be available in four colorways, matching the phone. The Google Pixel 9a will allegedly launch
Read MoreI love Google’s Magic Eraser. I’ve been using it since its earliest days when it was happy to erase a person or an object, but it didn’t really know how to fill the space. Now, though, Magic Eraser has evolved to a point where it handles photos easily and is trying to clean up the
Read MoreBeta participants will get a discount when the service goes live in July. T-Mobile’s Starlink-powered direct-to-cell satellite messaging service is now open for anyone in the US to try for free — including people who aren’t T-Mobile customers. The service will be limited to text messaging at first but the company hopes to have some
Read MoreRivian’s electric commercial van. | Image: Rivian Rivian’s electric van is now available to be purchased by anyone with a commercial fleet, the automaker said today. For several years, Rivian’s van was exclusive to Amazon. Now, the platform on which the e-commerce giant based its delivery van is open to anyone with a fleet of
Read MoreGoogle’s cloud computing division, Google Cloud, has added a new generative AI Toolbox for Databases to help enterprise developers connect agent-based generative AI applications to its databases. The new Toolbox, which is currently in public beta, is an open-source server designed to streamline the creation, deployment, and management of AI agents capable of querying databases.
Read MoreOn Sunday people tuned in to watch the Super Bowl—and lots and lots of ads. Online, however, it’s increasingly the case that AI agents will see and interact with ads. Humans won’t. That’s the insight Grab’s regional marketing director Ken Mandel offers: “If an AI chooses your Coke order, not a human, then why bid
Read MoreFounded in 2006, this Scottish start-up wants to become ‘the world’s most important photonics and quantum technology company’. Read more: M Squared Lasers: Using photonics to address global challenges
Read MoreFounded in 2006, this Scottish start-up wants to become ‘the world’s most important photonics and quantum technology company’. Read more: M Squared Lasers: Using photonics to address global challenges
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Sony is giving away PlayStation Plus users a free few days of service because of this weekend’s PSN outage. The PlayStation Network was down most of Saturday due to an “operational issue,” but services have since been restored. Users aren’t happy with Sony’s compensation, demanding free games and improved
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Sony is giving away PlayStation Plus users a free few days of service because of this weekend’s PSN outage. The PlayStation Network was down most of Saturday due to an “operational issue,” but services have since been restored. Users aren’t happy with Sony’s compensation, demanding free games and improved
Read MoreLEDs were once little more than weedy little indicators with low light output. Today, they’re absolute powerhouses, efficiently turning a flow of electrons into a searing beam of light. Despite their efficiency, they can still put out a fair whack of heat. Thus, if you’re building a powerful flashlight like [CrazyScience], you might wanna throw
Read MoreT-Mobile officially launched its satellite connectivity public beta during the Super Bowl, opening it to all users, including AT&T and Verizon customers. The service has been developed with Starlink and extends coverage to over 500,000 square miles of the US without traditional cell towers It currently supports text messaging with plans for voice and data
Read MoreFrom the start, Kendrick Lamar wanted to turn his life into a video game for his big Super Bowl halftime show. The team tasked with doing that knew what to do—right down to sourcing a vintage GNX.
Read MoreOpenAI just made its Super Bowl debut with a 60-second spot that positions AI alongside humanity’s greatest innovations. The commercial traces humanity’s technological evolution through a distinctive pointillism-inspired animation style, transforming abstract dots into iconic images of progress â from early tools like fire and the wheel to modern breakthroughs like DNA sequencing and space
Read MoreOpenAI just made its Super Bowl debut with a 60-second spot that positions AI alongside humanity’s greatest innovations. The commercial traces humanity’s technological evolution through a distinctive pointillism-inspired animation style, transforming abstract dots into iconic images of progress â from early tools like fire and the wheel to modern breakthroughs like DNA sequencing and space
Read MoreB&H’s latest MacBook Pro deals drop upgraded models with 48GB of RAM and 1TB of storage by $300. Save $300 on these upgraded MacBook Pros. We’re following several new MacBook Pro discounts today, with B&H slashing $300 off both 14-inch and 16-inch models with 48GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. These well-rounded M4 Pro
Read MoreSlashdot reader headlessbrick writes: Google security researchers have discovered a way to bypass AMD’s security, enabling them to load unofficial microcode into its processors and modify the silicon’s behaviour at will. To demonstrate this, they created a microcode patch that forces the chips to always return 4 when asked for a random number. Beyond simply
Read MoreSlashdot reader headlessbrick writes: Google security researchers have discovered a way to bypass AMD’s security, enabling them to load unofficial microcode into its processors and modify the silicon’s behaviour at will. To demonstrate this, they created a microcode patch that forces the chips to always return 4 when asked for a random number. Beyond simply
Read MoreThe fourth-generation iPhone SE is set to bring about a multitude of visual and functional changes taken from earlier iPhone models. Here’s what to expect from Apple, as soon as next week. Apple’s iPhone SE 4 could debut in February 2025. For the past two iterations, Apple’s iPhone SE has maintained a dated look, with
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