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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: San Francisco startup Based Hardware announced during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week the launch of a new AI wearable, Omi, to boost productivity. The device can be worn as a necklace where Omi's AI assistant can be activated by saying "Hey Omi." The startup also claims Omi can be attached to the side of your head, using medical tape, using a "brain interface" to understand when you're talking to it. The startup's founder, Nik Shevche
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OCBC has become the first bank in Singapore offering tokenised bonds. APAC leads in digital asset adoption, with 29% of 2024’s cryptocurrency trades. OCBC has appeared as the first bank in Singapore to offer bespoke tokenised bonds to corporate accredited investors (corporate AIs) – businesses with net assets exceeding SG$ 10 million. The tokenised bonds... Read more » Read more ›
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BioShock creator Ken Levine wanted developer Irrational Games to continue, and didn't expect publisher Take-Two to shut it down. Read more Read more ›
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There are bad guys and then there are Bad Guys that you just can't wait to punch in the face. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's Emmerich Voss falls easily into that second category. He's a Nazi, and an especially vile one at that. Voss is so snide and so sure of himself in that greasy, smart arse kind of way. He plays on people's weaknesses and exploits them, allowing... Read more ›
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Internet can get expensive. Here are our favorite internet plans that cost $55 and less. Read more ›
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On 26th July 2024, performers from the US actors union SAG-AFTRA began a strike after failing to reach a deal with major video game companies over the use of AI. Negotiations had been ongoing for more than a year and a half; now, six months later, the strike continues, delaying game production and leaving actors out of work. Read more Read more ›
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In November last year, Amazon officially announced a Mass Effect TV show is in development. Now, voice actor Jennifer Hale told Eurogamer she'd love to be part of it and believes the original cast should be involved too. Read more Read more ›
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Microsoft will once again hold a Xbox Developer Direct to kick off the new year, with deep dives into a small selection of upcoming Xbox Game Studios titles. Read more Read more ›
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The ongoing deluge of Switch 2 leaks continues today with purported retail listings for Switch 2 MicroSD Express cards, a report that Nintendo's new console won't be compatible with the Switch 1 dock, and speculation over the new handheld's mysterious optical sensor. Read more Read more ›
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A new year is a great time for lists and thinking about the future. Ideally it's a time for lists that think about the future, such as this one, which I very much enjoyed. I always enjoy these lists - what's better than ruminating over the blank first page of a new diary? - but this one did something more for me. It made me sit up quite sharply and... Read more ›
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Satellite imagery shows houses burned down, roads closed, and the fires spreading across Los Angeles. Read more ›
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Following a festive bout of generosity with December's free PowerWash Simulator update, developer FutureLab has announced the squirt 'em up's next blast of paid DLC, this time themed around Lancashire's premier Wensleydale gobblers, Wallace & Gromit. Read more Read more ›
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The SpaceX founder said on Wednesday night that the rocket company would provide the terminals to areas hit by the huge wildfires. Read more ›
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Image: VideoLAN The popular open-source VLC video player was demonstrated on the floor of CES 2025 with automatic AI subtitling and translation, generated locally and offline in real-time. Parent organization VideoLAN shared a video on Tuesday in which president Jean-Baptiste Kempf shows off the new feature, which uses open-source AI models to generate subtitles for videos in several languages. “At the same time we have automatic translation working to translate... Read more ›
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With the decorations packed away for another 12 months and the new year now well and truly begun, developer Mojang has roused from its festive slumber to launch six new features from Minecraft's first planned update of 2025 into testing. Read more Read more ›
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The original AirTag was announced during an Apple Event in April 2021, alongside the iMac with the M1 chip, an updated Apple TV 4K, and more. Following a three-year wait, Apple reportedly plans to release an AirTag 2 this year. A few months ago, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said Apple was aiming to release the AirTag 2 around the middle of 2025. While he did not offer a more specific timeframe,... Read more ›
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Say hello to the just announced Poco X7 Pro! Even better, it's the special Poco X7 Pro Iron Man Edition! The phone ships in a striking Iron Man-themed box and brings a special case that doesn't hide the design and a red USB-A to USB-C cable. You also get an Arc Reactor token! This special edition comes in a single 12/512GB configuration in Red, while the normal model also adds... Read more ›
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LA's firefighters face a huge challenge, an expert told Business Insider. He outlined the main tactics available — and what's not. Read more ›
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Windows 11 24H2 continues to experience issues with multifunction devices using the eSCL scan protocol, despite Microsoft marking the problem as resolved. According to a Register reader, "It works on a Windows 10 machine, but not on Windows 11, unless both the computer and the scanner are on wired Ethernet." From the report: Microsoft issued a compatibility safeguard hold on USB-connected devices using the Scanner Communication Language (eSCL) protocol in... Read more ›
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Apple Intelligence now requires 7GB of free storage per device, nearly doubling the original 4GB requirement from iOS 18.1. This is a result of new AI features like Genmoji, ChatGPT in Siri, and Image Playground. With further updates expected, storage demands could rise to 10GB per device. 9to5Mac reports: Per Apple's website, Apple Intelligence now requires 7GB of free storage. The same 7GB number applies whether you're using an iPhone,... Read more ›
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"Robots and AI models share one crucial characteristic," writes the Washington Post. "Whether to move around, conduct conversations or solve problems, they function by constantly taking in and computing increasingly vast quantities of data. It's a brute-force approach to automation. Processing all that data makes them such energy guzzlers that their planet-warming pollution could outweigh any benefits they offer." But then the article visits the robot soccer team of René... Read more ›
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"In many instances, there's a catch: flexible work but at lower pay..." writes Fortune. "Remote workers are accepting lower salaries in order to achieve remote status. Some are taking as much as 5% to 15% less pay to do so, while other employers are reversing the strategy to entice workers to come to the office at higher salaries..." Today, nearly half of managers anticipate challenges in meeting candidates' compensation expectations.... Read more ›
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Microsoft plans to invest $3 billion to expand its artificial intelligence and cloud Azure services in India, turning to the world's most populous nation to fuel its revenue growth engine. From a report: The firm, which has been operating in India for more than two decades, will also train an additional 10 million people in the country with AI, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said at an event in Bengaluru Tuesday.... Read more ›
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Nick Clegg, former British Deputy Prime Minister and Meta's President of Global Affairs, is stepping down after seven years, with longtime policy executive Joel Kaplan set to replace him. Engadget reports: Clegg will be replaced by Joel Kaplan, a longtime policy executive and former White House aide to George W. Bush known for his deep ties to Republican circles in Washington. As Chief Global Affairs Officer, Kaplan -- as Semafor... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Apple has agreed (PDF) to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its voice assistant Siri routinely recorded private conversations that were then sold to third parties for targeted ads. In the proposed class-action settlement (PDF) -- which comes after five years of litigation -- Apple admitted to no wrongdoing. Instead, the settlement refers to "unintentional" Siri activations that... Read more ›
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Scientists have discovered that quarks and gluons inside protons are quantum entangled, challenging traditional views of proton structure and revealing a more complex, dynamic system influenced by strong interactions. Space.com reports: Entanglement is the aspect of quantum physics that says two affected particles can instantaneously influence each other's "state" no matter how widely separated they are -- even if they are on opposite sides of the universe. Albert Einstein founded... Read more ›
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Brazil ended daylight saving time in 2019, reports the Washington Post, adding that some Brazilians loved the change, "particularly those who commute long distances and are no longer forced to leave their houses in pitch blackness." But "In the heavily populated southeast, the sky begins to brighten at the unconscionable hour of 4:30 a.m. during the summer, and by 8 a.m., it feels like high noon... Polls showed it ultimately... Read more ›
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Microsoft is pushing users to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 ahead of the operating system's end of support in October 2025. The company's consumer chief marketing officer Yusuf Mehdi declared 2025 "the year of the Windows 11 PC refresh," positioning PC upgrades as more crucial than TV or phone purchases. The Verge adds: Mehdi believes that "Windows 11 is available at a time when the world needs it... Read more ›
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