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Meta’s VR app store is about to fill up with phone-style 2D apps

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Finally, HP is adding AI to its printers

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HP has a groundbreaking announcement. No, it’s not making it easier to use cheaper, third-party ink,...
HP has a groundbreaking announcement. No, it’s not making it easier to use cheaper, third-party ink, nor does it have a solution for frequent paper jams and irritating software issues. It’s bringing AI to printers.The new HP Print AI experience is rolling out today in an “exclusive” beta and comes with a Perfect Out...
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PlayStation State of Play September 2024: all the biggest news and announcements

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Days before PS5 Pro preorders are set to go live, Sony has announced a new State...
Days before PS5 Pro preorders are set to go live, Sony has announced a new State of Play event. The presentation, which starts today at 6PM ET and will reportedly last 30 minutes, will feature “more than 20 upcoming PS5 and PS VR2 games from studios around the world.” Considering the PS5 Pro announcement last week c...
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Hollywood is coming out in force for California’s AI safety bill

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Hollywood is squaring off against Silicon Valley in the battle over SB 1047, California’s first-of-its-kind AI...
Hollywood is squaring off against Silicon Valley in the battle over SB 1047, California’s first-of-its-kind AI safety bill. Amid doubts about whether Governor Gavin Newsom will sign the legislation, a wave of star-studded endorsements mark the first organized celebrity effort to advance AI regulations beyond the dir...
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How Google made the ad tech industry revolve around itself

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Google’s mission statement seems made to evoke warm and fuzzy feelings about how its products help...
Google’s mission statement seems made to evoke warm and fuzzy feelings about how its products help everyone. “Our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” Google says on its corporate site. The company used to have an even more saccharine motto: “Don’t be evil.”B...
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SAG-AFTRA calls for a strike against League of Legends

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As the video game voice actor strike continues, SAG-AFTRA has added League of Legends to its...
As the video game voice actor strike continues, SAG-AFTRA has added League of Legends to its list of struck video games. The union organization, consisting of over 160,000 members, also filed an unfair labor complaint against Formosa Interactive, one of the support studios that worked on the game.Riot Games has issu...
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Caroline Ellison sentenced to two years in jail for role in FTX fraud

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Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for...
Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for her role in the FTX collapse. She must also forfeit $11 billion. Ellison pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and five conspiracy counts in December 2022 as part of a cooperation agreement with the government. Prosec...
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Wear OS 5 and the Recorder app are rolling out to older Pixel Watches

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James Cameron is joining Stability AI’s board of directors

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Though director James Cameron recently expressed concern about the potential of artificial intelligence to leave people...
Though director James Cameron recently expressed concern about the potential of artificial intelligence to leave people without a sense of purpose, the longtime early adopter has now joined Stability AI’s board of directors.Today, Stability AI — the company behind Stable Diffusion — announced that Cameron has signed...
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Nintendo Japan plans to stop repairing its Classic Edition consoles

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Somehow, Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition console is already almost eight years old, while the Super Nintendo...
Somehow, Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition console is already almost eight years old, while the Super Nintendo Classic Edition is about to turn seven. That’s apparently old enough for Nintendo to announce that the Japanese versions of the consoles — the Nintendo Classic Mini Family Computer and the Nintendo Classic Min...
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The New York Times will now charge for past episodes of its popular podcasts

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ExxonMobil deceived the public with plastic recycling, lawsuit claims

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ExxonMobil has misled consumers for years by perpetuating a “myth” about plastic recycling, according to a...
ExxonMobil has misled consumers for years by perpetuating a “myth” about plastic recycling, according to a new lawsuit filed by the state of California. ExxonMobil is the world’s leading producer of single-use plastics that become waste, according to the state attorney general’s office. To encourage people to buy pr...
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How to find the best deals during Amazon’s fall Prime Day

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Amazon Prime Day is one of the biggest shopping events of the year outside of Black...
Amazon Prime Day is one of the biggest shopping events of the year outside of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, with this year’s autumnal incarnation (once again dubbed Prime Big Deal Days) running from October 8th through the 9th. The two-day shopping affair will likely grant Prime members access to some of the best p...
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The Delta emulator is getting online multiplayer for Nintendo DS games

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The best fitness trackers to buy right now

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Fitness trackers have come a long way from the simple bands that tracked steps and little...
Fitness trackers have come a long way from the simple bands that tracked steps and little else. Modern trackers can monitor everything from your heart health to how well you’ve recovered from a hard bout of training. Even flagship smartwatches, which used to be lackluster trackers, have become pretty adept workout c...
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Boston Dynamics partners with Assa Abloy to let the dogs in

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X will let people you’ve blocked see your posts

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Mercedes dials up the speed of its hands-free, eyes-off Drive Pilot feature

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Drive Pilot, Mercedes-Benz’s Level 3 “conditionally automated driving” feature, is getting a speed bump. The system...
Drive Pilot, Mercedes-Benz’s Level 3 “conditionally automated driving” feature, is getting a speed bump. The system will now support speeds of up to 95km/h (59mph) on German motorways, a sign that the automaker is feeling bullish about its boundary-pushing technology. Mercedes is still waiting for approval from Germ...
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This Panasonic product is literally vaporware — it sprays displays into the air

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Ever seen a fish swimming through water droplets in the air? Today, I learned Panasonic has...
Ever seen a fish swimming through water droplets in the air? Today, I learned Panasonic has been cleverly repurposing an outdoor air conditioning system to produce effects like that. Panasonic calls it “Silky Fine Mist,” and the company primarily sells it as a way to beat the heat. The company claims its nozzles use...
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Woot is offering $50 off the Switch OLED just in time for the new Zelda

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Telegram will now hand over your phone number and IP if you’re a criminal suspect

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Jony Ive confirms he’s working on a new device with OpenAI

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The Verge’s favorite home office keepsakes

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Back in the Mad Men days, the only thing that might interrupt the corporate blandness of...
Back in the Mad Men days, the only thing that might interrupt the corporate blandness of a workspace might be a photo of your family or maybe a coffee cup with a funny saying. But nowadays, especially if we’re working at home, we can have some pretty interesting, weird, or just plain nice-looking items on our desks....
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X is capitulating to Brazil’s Supreme Court

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