Sundar Pichai on AI, the future of search, and what’s happening to the web
…I think we’ve done it at I/O now almost five times. Wow. I didn’t quite realize it’s been five times, but I enjoy it. Thanks again. I want…
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As AI gets better, it reveals an empty promise
…re being sold for what it really is. Contemporary tasks on computers have a tendency to feel both important and urgent all of the time, even if they’re not. We’re…
The future of game consoles is looking bleak
It’s been a real good news / bad news week for Nintendo. Out of nowhere on Wednesday, the company announced a lush remake of Star Fox 64, jolting the dormant franchise to…
AI avatars in digital blackface want to sell you this belt buckle
…ChatGPT and Gemini are used to extract and copy scripts from real videos by real influencers, with the option to create multiple variants of the same script. These tools are also used…
The Arduboy FX-C is an excellent time killer you might forget you’re carrying
…The original was one of the last devices I had to keep microUSB cables around for, but the huge collection of bundled games sourced from the Arduboy development community is the real…
The creator of Roomba is back with a furry robot companion
…for social reasoning, combining vision, audio, language, and memory to create socially responsive behaviors in real time,” says Angle. It doesn’t require an internet connection, although it can be connected, and…
The future of border security isn’t at the border at all
…They were real enough, and so were the screams that accompanied them, in the sense that they were recordings of real people who, like guest stars on Law and Order, reenacted scenarios…
The best part of Mina the Hollower is how it randomizes the Zelda formula
…Ocarina of Time, but not finding the Kokiri Sword in the chest it’s supposed to be in. A randomizer forces players to adapt on the fly, which can breathe new life…
The farce of Musk v. Altman
…Do you like Xbox? That’s us.” So that was great. There was really a sense that the only adult in the room at any given time was somebody from Microsoft…
User-replaceable batteries are coming back in a big way
…Instead, we’re seeing more manufacturers emphasize batteries that can retain capacity over years of use — Realme and Oppo have both touted batteries holding 80 percent of charge after 1,600 cycles…