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The stainless steel Apple Watch Series 8 with LTE is $175 off

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If you’re shopping for a new Apple Watch, you shouldn’t take action without considering this opportunity...
If you’re shopping for a new Apple Watch, you shouldn’t take action without considering this opportunity to slap a cellular-equipped Series 8 onto your wrist for a substantial discount. You can pick up the 41mm Apple Watch Series 8 in graphite stainless steel for $314.99 at Best Buy, which is about $175 off today’s ...
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I literally spoke with Nvidia’s AI-powered video game NPCs

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What if you could just... speak... to video game characters? Ask your own questions, with your...
What if you could just... speak... to video game characters? Ask your own questions, with your own voice, instead of picking from preset phrases? Last May, Nvidia and its partner Convai showed off a fairly unconvincing canned demo of such a system — but this January, I got to try a fully interactive version for myse...
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Xbox Developer Direct 2024: all the news and trailers

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Xbox is having its first gaming presentation of 2024 with a Developer Direct showcase that will...
Xbox is having its first gaming presentation of 2024 with a Developer Direct showcase that will share news about Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Avowed, and more. Xbox has confirmed that MachineGames’ Indiana Jones video game will make its debut during the showcase. Expect “more than 10 minutes of game and developer ins...
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BMW’s South Carolina plant is testing humanoid robot workers

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Robotics startup Figure has signed a “commercial agreement” with BMW to introduce its “general purpose” humanoid...
Robotics startup Figure has signed a “commercial agreement” with BMW to introduce its “general purpose” humanoid robots to BMW’s manufacturing facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina, as it tries to identify use cases in automotive production. The robots are intended to automate “difficult, unsafe, or tedious” manuf...
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Here are the key differences between the Samsung Galaxy S24 phones

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As expected, Samsung introduced the new Galaxy S24 phone lineup during its Galaxy Unpacked event on...
As expected, Samsung introduced the new Galaxy S24 phone lineup during its Galaxy Unpacked event on January 17th. The Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24 Plus start at $799.99 and $999.99, respectively, while the Galaxy S24 Ultra starts at $1,299.99. All of the phones are available starting on January 31st, 2024, though you c...
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Microsoft Teams meeting reminders are coming to the Windows 11 Start menu

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Microsoft is getting ready to place Teams meeting reminders on the Start menu in Windows 11....
Microsoft is getting ready to place Teams meeting reminders on the Start menu in Windows 11. The software giant has started testing a new build of Windows 11 with Dev Channel testers that includes a Teams meeting reminder in the recommended section of the Start menu. Microsoft is also testing an improved way to inst...
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This smartwatch has the tech that sparked the Apple Watch ban

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In the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard something about the Apple Watch getting banned. Something...
In the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard something about the Apple Watch getting banned. Something to do with a sensor, with some medical tech company accusing Apple of infringing on its patents. That medical tech company is Masimo, and it’s known within the medical community for its pulse oximetry technology, u...
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Ford’s F-150 Lightning performance one-off is for extreme off-roading

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Most electric vehicles are built for the prim streets and highways of cities, never to sully...
Most electric vehicles are built for the prim streets and highways of cities, never to sully their tires in anything dirtier than a mud puddle. And then there are the EVs that like to gobble gravel, take flight over a dirt ramp, or generally wallow in the mud. Ford’s new one-off electric truck, the F-150 Lightning S...
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After eight years and almost 3,000 songs, Rock Band 4’s DLC drops are ending

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Amazon’s new AI feature will write you a bedtime story about hard drives

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Amazon is testing a new AI feature on its app that lets customers ask specific questions...
Amazon is testing a new AI feature on its app that lets customers ask specific questions about products. The AI tool can help figure out exactly how big a new shelf is, determine how long a battery will last, or even... write you a Christmas carol about snow boots. Yep, the new feature is meant for more practical ap...
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Samsung’s Galaxy S24 and AI event: all the news

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Samsung’s wintertime Unpacked event’s starring lead wasn’t the new Galaxy S24 lineup — it was AI....
Samsung’s wintertime Unpacked event’s starring lead wasn’t the new Galaxy S24 lineup — it was AI. Specifically, the bevy of AI-powered capabilities that Samsung’s flagship line is capable of. The new phones are practically an AI trifecta. The S24 Ultra, S24 Plus, and S24 are running both local and cloud-based AI app...
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Apple Watches with blood oxygen tech are banned again

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Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Ultra might fend off scratches just as well as drops

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The cover glass on our smartphones has grown durable enough to withstand more than a few...
The cover glass on our smartphones has grown durable enough to withstand more than a few drops nowadays. Whether you’re talking about Corning’s Gorilla Glass Victus or the iPhone’s “ceramic shield,” displays have gotten pretty tough. But one common complaint remains: phone screens are still all too easy to scratch. ...
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Suck carbon out of the atmosphere and desalinate seawater at the same time? This startup is trying.

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A startup developing technology to take planet-heating carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere just signed a...
A startup developing technology to take planet-heating carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere just signed a deal with a state-owned water utility in South Korea to build a pilot project that combines the new climate tech with seawater desalination. The first-of-its kind collaboration is intended to clean up some of th...
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YouTube is the latest part of Google to be hit with layoffs

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Samsung is making a smart ring

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Tesla’s Cybertruck is having trouble living up to the hype

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During the Cybertruck event last year, Elon Musk showed off a pretty impressive demo that pitted...
During the Cybertruck event last year, Elon Musk showed off a pretty impressive demo that pitted its 6,600-lb EV pickup against a Porsche 911 on a quarter-mile drag strip. The Cybertruck came out on top — with the twist that it was towing a Porche 911, too.Tesla claims the $99,990 tri-motor “Cyberbeast” went from ze...
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