Meta’s avatars finally grow some legs
It’s been nearly a year since Meta announced at Connect 2022 that it would give its weird Caspar the Friendly Ghost-esque metaverse avatars some legs [view more]
Pre-orders for Ayaneo’s Kun gaming handheld start September 5
The Kun, Ayaneo’s latest addition to its ever-growing range of handheld gaming PCs, will be available sooner rather than later. It’s expected to go up [view more]
The Air Force wants $6 billion to build a fleet of AI-controlled drones
The F-22 and F-35 are two of the most cutting-edge and capable war machines in America’s arsenal. They also cost $143 million and $75 million [view more]
The NBA, NFL and UFC want instantaneous DMCA takedowns
Three major American sports leagues want to speed up Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedowns. In a letter posted and reported by TorrentFreak (via The [view more]
X opens the floodgates on political ads
The company previously known as Twitter is fully reversing a longtime ban on political advertising after it first its rules in January. X said in [view more]
Some OnePlus smartphones are nearly 20 percent off, hitting record low prices
A pair of popular OnePlus smartphones just went on sale, hitting record low prices for both. The company’s flagship from $700 to $600, a savings [view more]
A Google-powered chatbot is handling GM’s non-emergency OnStar calls
General Motors is taking Google’s AI chatbot on the road. The automaker announced today that it’s using Google Cloud’s Dialogflow to automate some non-emergency OnStar [view more]
YouTubers can take training courses to remove warnings from their permanent record
YouTube is updating its enforcement policies to give creators who break its rules a chance to wipe the slate clean. Starting today, those who receive [view more]
Panic’s first games showcase highlights five deliciously weird titles
Panic is an odd little company. It started out in the late 1990s as an app developer, and in 2016 it pivoted to video game [view more]
Super Mario Bros. Wonder will have its own Nintendo Direct on August 31st
Now that the Tears of the Kingdom dust has settled like one of those Korok dandelion leaf puzzles, Nintendo is starting to ramp up its [view more]