Among the stream of announcements Apple made at last week’s WWDC, there was one highly anticipated product unveiling that everyone had been expecting. A product that many had heard rumored about on forums and on tech blogs by analysts. Something that everyone expected to happen months prior. I of course refer to the long-awaited unveiling of the Mac Pro M2. The long-awaited Apple SoC-powered Mac Pro machine users have been demanding. Yet aft...
2023-06-15 18:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The European Union’s European Parliament passed a draft law known as the AI Act. This year’s Reuters Institute Digital News Report shows that when it comes to news content, more than ever is being consumed through platforms… such as TikTok… over “legacy” media like newspapers and television. Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game ...
2023-06-14 22:10:55 +0000 UTC
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The European Union’s European Parliament passed a draft law known as the AI Act. This year’s Reuters Institute Digital News Report shows that when it comes to news content, more than ever is being consumed through platforms… such as TikTok… over “legacy” media like newspapers and television. Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest took place last week and set records, so it’s no surprise that the fest officially announced that it wil...
2023-06-14 21:30:17 +0000 UTC
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The Wall Street Journal’s sources say Netflix is in talks to live-stream its first sporting event. Golf. Played by Formula 1 race car drivers. In Las Vegas. UliDig in the DTNS Discord tipped us off to this story. The University of Iowa’s Driving Safety Research institute has been testing an automated shuttle on rural Iowa roads fo...
2023-06-13 21:56:15 +0000 UTC
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The Wall Street Journal’s sources say Netflix is in talks to live-stream its first sporting event. Golf. Played by Formula 1 race car drivers. In Las Vegas. UliDig in the DTNS Discord tipped us off to this story. The University of Iowa’s Driving Safety Research institute has been testing an automated shuttle on rural Iowa roads for the last two years. And DTNS supporter Technomench submitted this story to our subreddit. Sir Paul McCartney ...
2023-06-13 21:25:42 +0000 UTC
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Reddit’s plan to charge for API access has led to a big backlash on the platform with many subreddits switching to private or hidden mode in protest. Apple’s Vision Pro isn’t the only VR/AR news. We take a look at some other developments in the space including VR ebook headset and tools to help creators make AR/VR content. And I...
2023-06-12 21:58:18 +0000 UTC
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Reddit’s plan to charge for API access has led to a big backlash on the platform with many subreddits switching to private or hidden mode in protest. Apple’s Vision Pro isn’t the only VR/AR news. We take a look at some other developments in the space including VR ebook headset and tools to help creators make AR/VR content. And Iyaz Akhtar shares his review of Motorola's latest foldable handsets the Razr and Razr+.
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2023-06-12 21:21:29 +0000 UTC
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Independent streaming analytics company Antenna has the results from Netflix’s recent crackdown on password sharing. Chris Ashley shares his advice on towing concerns with the F-150 Lightning. And the California Department of Motor Vehicles issued a permit for Mercedes-Benz’s Drive Pilot driver assistance system, the first automaker wit...
2023-06-09 21:56:00 +0000 UTC
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Independent streaming analytics company Antenna has the results from Netflix’s recent crackdown on password sharing. Chris Ashley shares his advice on towing concerns with the F-150 Lightning. And the California Department of Motor Vehicles issued a permit for Mercedes-Benz’s Drive Pilot driver assistance system, the first automaker with permission to sell a vehicle with a Level 3 autonomous system in the state.
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2023-06-09 21:21:44 +0000 UTC
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WhatsApp has a new feature called Channels which enables “private way to follow what matters,” designed so that channel operators can broadcast to people in the conversation one-way. Third-party Reddit app Apollo developer Christian Selig announced Apollo will shut down on June 30 in response to Reddit requiring developers to pay ...
2023-06-08 21:51:49 +0000 UTC
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WhatsApp has a new feature called Channels which enables “private way to follow what matters,” designed so that channel operators can broadcast to people in the conversation one-way. Third-party Reddit app Apollo developer Christian Selig announced Apollo will shut down on June 30 in response to Reddit requiring developers to pay to access its API. And Wired’s Kate Knibbs shares her thoughts on Apple’s Vision Pro in a story titled “T...
2023-06-08 21:26:27 +0000 UTC
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The continuing WGA (Writers Guild of America) strike has brought Hollywood’s production machine to a halt. Although there might be ongoing ancillary and post-production work, no new TV show episodes, movies, or commercials are being made. Currently, the strike is over a month old with some insiders predicting that it could last as long as three months. That’s three months of no new content. Most str...
2023-06-08 18:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Automattic launched an AI assistant for WordPress, which integrates easily with all Jetpack-powered sites. Scientists at the University of Cambridge used a publicly available neural network to generate a model to train a computer to cook by watching videos of people cooking. Apple announced a new tool called Game Porting Toolkit that ...
2023-06-07 21:49:34 +0000 UTC
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Automattic launched an AI assistant for WordPress, which integrates easily with all Jetpack-powered sites. Scientists at the University of Cambridge used a publicly available neural network to generate a model to train a computer to cook by watching videos of people cooking. Apple announced a new tool called Game Porting Toolkit that translates DirectX 12 GPU calls to Metal 3 allowing developers to see how well their games run on MacOS before ...
2023-06-07 21:20:06 +0000 UTC
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CNET has issued public guidelines on how it will use AI in its stories. The BBC's Sean McManus wrote a piece detailing the Circular Drive Initiative ,or CDI, which is trying to reduce this e-waste by reusing hard drives instead of destroying them. Allison, host of the Nosillacast the geek podcast with a slight Apple bias, shares her t...
2023-06-06 21:53:04 +0000 UTC
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CNET has issued public guidelines on how it will use AI in its stories. The BBC's Sean McManus wrote a piece detailing the Circular Drive Initiative ,or CDI, which is trying to reduce this e-waste by reusing hard drives instead of destroying them. Allison, host of the Nosillacast the geek podcast with a slight Apple bias, shares her thoughts on the Apple's Visor Pro AR headset.
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2023-06-06 21:17:23 +0000 UTC
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Apple announced a flurry of new products including their much anticipated “Vision Pro” AR/VR headset at this year’s WWDC 2023. We share impressions and analysis of the new headset and whether it's worth the $3499 price tag.
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2023-06-05 21:46:37 +0000 UTC
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Apple announced a flurry of new products including their much anticipated “Vision Pro” AR/VR headset at this year’s WWDC 2023. We share impressions and analysis of the new headset and whether it's worth the $3499 price tag.
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The group continues their WWDC discussion. So much headset talk. How immersed do you really want to be? Do you want the thing th...
2023-06-05 21:20:12 +0000 UTC
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Bloomberg’s sources say Amazon is in talks with Verizon, T-Mobile, and Dish about offering discounted cell service at around $10 a month, or possibly even free service to Prime subscribers. Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) reports that between 10% and 15% of new iPhone buyers in the US come from Android. Is this a prob...
2023-06-02 22:13:31 +0000 UTC
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Bloomberg’s sources say Amazon is in talks with Verizon, T-Mobile, and Dish about offering discounted cell service at around $10 a month, or possibly even free service to Prime subscribers. Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) reports that between 10% and 15% of new iPhone buyers in the US come from Android. Is this a problem for Android? And pinball is making a comeback. What’s behind the resurgence?
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2023-06-02 21:26:57 +0000 UTC
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on Instagram that a Quest 3 VR headset will come out this autumn. A 128 GB version will cost $499.99. BeReal is testing a chat feature available to users in Ireland called RealChat. It lets users send messages, images, and reactions to friends in private whenever they want. Timothy B. Lee of Ars Technic...
2023-06-01 22:02:44 +0000 UTC
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on Instagram that a Quest 3 VR headset will come out this autumn. A 128 GB version will cost $499.99. BeReal is testing a chat feature available to users in Ireland called RealChat. It lets users send messages, images, and reactions to friends in private whenever they want. Timothy B. Lee of Ars Technica recently published a post arguing that this “death of self-driving cars” is itself greatly exaggerated.
2023-06-01 21:18:14 +0000 UTC
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If you’re a regular reader of my column you’ll know that I recently purchased a Zotac RTX 3060 Ti to replace my aging PNY GTX 1060. Although my purchase decision was mostly motivated by the need the push to actually pressing order on the Amazon page was the fact that I was getting the card for $375, some $25 cheaper than its price elsewhere including on Amazon the day before. Well, it seems I might have been a little too eager. Recent pric...
2023-06-01 18:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Tom reminisces about how his Mom got him his first job in radio, which led him to develop his career and even meet his wife.
Dianne Marie (Berndanner) Merritt. Nov. 16, 1942 (Houston, Texas) - May 23, 2023 (Greenville, Illinois)
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2023-06-01 16:59:20 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks!
We're days before WWDC as I wrote this so preparing for the expected avalanche of Apple announcements. It's interesting that we're expecting announcements because usually WWDC is just OS stuff. Should be interesting.
It's dry times out there int he economy my friends, so we're exceedingly glad you're supporting us. We've had to cut back some expenses but it would be a lot worse without you.
And it's been a rough en...
2023-06-01 16:02:35 +0000 UTC
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Theatremonkey put together this GDI monthly highlight reel for May 2023.
2023-06-01 01:59:45 +0000 UTC
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Twitter plans on expanding its Community Notes feature where volunteer contributors can add context to posts in order to combat misinformation. If the notes are voted as helpful, they show up for all Twitter users. Language learning app Memrise is launching a Discord integration for its Membot and website. At Computex, Nvidia showed o...
2023-05-31 21:50:12 +0000 UTC
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Twitter plans on expanding its Community Notes feature where volunteer contributors can add context to posts in order to combat misinformation. If the notes are voted as helpful, they show up for all Twitter users. Language learning app Memrise is launching a Discord integration for its Membot and website. At Computex, Nvidia showed off the ability to talk in natural language to NPCs via its Avatar Cloud Engine, or ACE for Games. Is it somethi...
2023-05-31 21:26:42 +0000 UTC
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We check out the latest announcements from the COMPUTEX trade show in Taipei, Taiwan including Nvidia’s trillion dollar valuation. TechCrunch’s Amanda Silberling highlighted a new edtech startup called Antimatter that’s trying to turn this on its head by turning memes into learning tools. And could AI herald the extinction of th...
2023-05-30 21:47:31 +0000 UTC
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We check out the latest announcements from the COMPUTEX trade show in Taipei, Taiwan including Nvidia’s trillion dollar valuation. TechCrunch’s Amanda Silberling highlighted a new edtech startup called Antimatter that’s trying to turn this on its head by turning memes into learning tools. And could AI herald the extinction of the human race? Some AI researchers believe so. But what do we think?
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2023-05-30 21:27:40 +0000 UTC
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