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Hasbro's Star Wars Rebels Ghost Set Is Becoming a Massive, Plastic Reality
Gizmodo - 25 Jul 2023 19:15
Hasbro launched its "Haslab" crowdfunding campaign platform in early 2018 with a Star Wars project--a 3.75" scaled replica of Jabba's Sail Barge. But since then, despite several attempts, only one other Star Wars project...
K-pop band NewJeans 'ETA' music video Shot on iPhone in collaboration with Apple
AppleInsider - 25 Jul 2023 03:00
The latest Shot on iPhone collaboration is a music video from NewJeans shot entirely on an iPhone 14 Pro. The NewJeans website Shot on iPhone is a campaign from Apple meant to showcase the photo and video capabilities of...
The ChatGPT app is now available for Android
Engadget - 25 Jul 2023 18:36Apple Considering Foldable iPad, According to Supply Chain Sources
Mac Rumors - 25 Jul 2023 16:51
Apple is considering releasing a foldable iPad in the future, according to a paywalled preview of an upcoming DigiTimes report shared today. "Apple, who is rumored to have been working on foldable smartphones for several...
visionOS beta 2 now available for Apple Vision Pro headset
BGR - 25 Jul 2023 19:38
With Apple letting developers submit a request for an Apple Vision Pro kit, the company has also seeded visionOS beta 2. Currently, developers can try … The post visionOS beta 2 now available for Apple Vision Pro heads...
Better energy harvesting with 'law-breaking' device
Phys.org - 25 Jul 2023 22:42
If you take an object and set it out in the sun, it will begin to warm up. This is because it is absorbing energy from the sun's rays and converting that energy to heat. If you leave that object outside, it will continue...
Asus is actually making those funky RTX graphics cards with no cables
PC World - 25 Jul 2023 16:51
The War on Cables rages on! The hottest trend from Computex back in May was decreasing, or in some cases eliminating, visible cable connections in the interior of desktop PC builds. And at least one manufacturer is in it...
GM says a next-gen Chevy Bolt is on the way
Engadget - 25 Jul 2023 16:45Forget Google or Motorola, Samsung's Biggest Foldable Rival Could Be Oppo - CNET
CNET - 25 Jul 2023 14:00
Oppo could threaten Samsung's global dominance in the nascent foldable category.
Can AI ever become conscious and how would we know if that happens?
New Scientist - 25 Jul 2023 18:30
It sounds far-fetched, but researchers are trying to recreate subjective experience in AIs, even if disagreement over what consciousness is will make it difficult to test
Don't panic: Ubisoft won't delete your digital games
PC World - 25 Jul 2023 16:16
Over the last few days, frantic reports about Ubisoft’s digital account policies began to appear — namely, that the company would begin deleting customer accounts if you don’t log in often enough. The panic started...
iOS 17 beta 4: Here's what new
9 to 5 Mac - 25 Jul 2023 20:26
iOS 17 beta 4 is here, and it includes a handful of small changes and new features for iPhone and iPad users. Head below as we round up everything that's changed ahead of iOS 17 being released to the general public in Se...
Save $140 on the impressive Yosuda Indoor Cycling Bike
Live Science - 25 Jul 2023 11:09
The durable and sturdy Yosuda Indoor Cycling Bike is $140 off at Amazon. Hurry and grab yourself one before it sells out.
Netflix lists $900,000 AI job as actors and writers continue to strike
Engadget - 25 Jul 2023 21:00
Will this pair of Hollywood strikes ever end? It looks like the big corporations are digging in for a long battle, illustrated by Netflix's recent job posting for a machine learning platform product manager. The position...
Artist Plagiarizes Photographer's Picture for Pro-Russia Mural
PetaPixel - 25 Jul 2023 14:51Cable-free GPUs are real, and they're the future of ultra-clean PCs
Digital Trends - 25 Jul 2023 22:27
Asus is aiming to make cable management simpler with its new power delivery interface for GPUs and motherboards.
Wet surface? No problem for gecko adhesion based robot
Phys.org - 25 Jul 2023 20:31
Geckos' unique ability to climb across anything from a dry desert floor to a cold mountain top without leaving any sticky residue behind is the inspiration for many wall crawling robots, but for the first time researcher...
Google Is Expected to Post Accelerating Growth as Online Ads Recover
Wall Street Journal - 25 Jul 2023 18:36
That result would mark its second straight positive quarter following an extended slowdown coming out of the pandemic.
TETRA radio comms used by emergency heroes easily cracked, say experts
The Register - 25 Jul 2023 01:20
If it looks like a backdoor, walks like a backdoor, maybe it's a ... Midnight Blue, a security firm based in the Netherlands, has found five vulnerabilities that affect Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA), used in Europe, ...
Mastodon Has a Child Abuse Material Problem, Like Every Other Major Web Platform
Gizmodo - 25 Jul 2023 01:00
A new report suggests that the lax content moderation policies of Mastodon and other decentralized social media platforms have led to a proliferation of child sexual abuse material. Stanford's Internet Observatory publis...
Apple slammed with $1 billion class action lawsuit in UK over 30% App Store fee
AppleInsider - 25 Jul 2023 00:48
A new class action lawsuit in the UK from over 1,500 developers calls Apple's App Store fee excessive and a result of the company's app distribution monopoly. Apple Park Apple charges developers up to a 30% commission on...
How the Apple-Goldman Sachs relationship became an unhappy marriage
AppleInsider - 25 Jul 2023 21:57
Apple's relationship with Goldman Sachs led to the creation of the wildly successful Apple Card, but post-launch friction and a change in priorities has crashed the relationship into the rocks. Apple and Goldman Sachs ha...