One of the yearâs scariest and most engrossing horror games is clawing its way to a new console. SFB Gamesâ Crow Country will launch on the Nintendo Switch on October 16. Crow Country may look like a cheerier, grainier Animal Crossing but that just adds to the horror adventureâs creepy and dark atmosphere. You play as Mara Forest, a plucky young woman exploring the remains of an abandoned amusement park... Read more âș
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Tesla's least expensive car is off the market: the Model 3 Standard Range Rear-Wheel Drive is no longer available in the online configurator. Electrek first reported on the absence of that Model 3 build. It was the cheapest option from the electric vehicle brand with a price tag of $39,000. Now the Model 3 Long-Range Rear-Wheel Drive takes that title with a retail price of $42,500. Tesla unveiled a refresh... Read more âș
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Until now, the mobile version of the Epic Games Store has mostly been focused on the brandâs staples like Fortnite and Fall Guys. It wonât be that way for long. Epic Games Store general manager Steve Allison announced at Unreal Fest in Seattle that it plans to expand the Epic Games Storesâ mobile library with 10 to 50 new third-party games and start a free games program, according to mobilegamer.biz.... Read more âș
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Meta is rolling out some of the previously announced features to its AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses for users in the US and Canada. CTO Andrew Bosworth posted on Threads that today's update to the glasses includes more natural language recognition, meaning the stilted commands of "Hey Meta, look and tell me" should be gone. Users will be able to engage the AI assistant without the "look and" portion of the... Read more âș
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Amazon Prime Big Deal Days is back this year, returning on October 8 and 9. The âfall Prime Dayâ of sorts has served as the online retailerâs unofficial kickoff to the holiday shopping season for the past few years. We expect most of the deals to be Prime exclusives, meaning you must be an active Prime subscriber to get the discounts. There are always a couple of deals available for... Read more âș
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Physical books are heavy and given everything else a youngster has to carry around in their backpack, who needs to deal with those as well? An ereader can help to lighten the load and there's a good deal on a kid-friendly option at the minute. Just ahead of the October edition of Prime Day, Amazon has dropped the price of the Kindle Paperwhite Kids by $55, bringing it down to... Read more âș
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Now that OpenAI is becoming a for-profit company, itâs making a tidy profit in the process. The Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI has raised $6.6 billion in new funding from investors, nearly doubling its value to $157 billion. The new funding also makes it the largest venture capital deal in history. The new investors jumped on board after the artificial intelligence startup planned to switch from a charitable non-profit... Read more âș
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Can you hear the soft, cherubic voices of corporate executives singing in unison? That can only mean one thing. Theyâve figured out a new way to squeeze money out of our eyeballs. Amazon is adding even more ads to Prime Video, according to reporting by Financial Times. This uptick in corporate-sponsored splendor will go into effect early next year. This comes less than a year after Amazon forced ads onto... Read more âș
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It's little wonder that investors were clamoring to plow money into OpenAI. Alongside an announcement that the company had raised $6.6 billion in funding, OpenAI revealed that "every week, over 250 million people around the world use ChatGPT to enhance their work, creativity, and learning." That's a sharp rise since late August, when OpenAI said the chatbot had 200 million weekly users â double the number it had last November.... Read more âș
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An unsettling report from 404 Media has shed light on some ways that the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses could be used to violate people's privacy. Two Harvard students used facial recognition tech and a large language model to unearth a subject's name, occupation and other details. Their setup (dubbed I-XRAY) can use that information to pull together other data about the person including their address, phone number, family member details... Read more âș
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A new joint venture between Serve Robotics sidewalk delivery robots and Alphabetâs Wing flying drone service will do a dual test run. Both tech companies hope that flying and sidewalk drones can cover areas its counterpart canât and speed up delivery times. TechCrunch reported that Serve Robotics and Wing will start making deliveries in Dallas sometime in the coming months. The test will include a select number of customer orders... Read more âș
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Garmin has just announced its Lily 2 Active smartwatch, which is currently the companyâs smallest model with built-in GPS functionality. It boasts nine days of battery life when used without GPS and nine hours with GPS mode on. This sleek metal watch has two buttons and a display that activates with a tap or wrist turn. The buttons are used to select activities or switch screens. As with many smartwatches... Read more âș
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Did you think Amazon Fire tablets were exempt from generative AI tools? Think again. The company just announced a spate of AI-centric features that are rolling out to the just-announced Fire HD 8 refresh and a bunch of older models. None of these features are too surprising, but they seem useful and fun. Thereâs something called Writing Assist, which is exactly what it sounds like. This tool integrates with the... Read more âș
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Amazon updated its Fire HD 8 lineup on Wednesday. The 2024 version of the budget tablet has more RAM, a better rear camera and some built-in AI. The device, which will usually start at $100 (with lock-screen ads), is already on sale for October Prime Day. As its name suggests, the new Fire HD 8 has an 8-inch display with a 1280 x 800 resolution (189 ppi). One of the... Read more âș
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October Prime Day is nearly here, but you can already save on some tech, including a few of Amazon's own devices. Its most powerful streaming stick, the Fire TV Stick 4K Max, has dropped to a record low of $35. That's 42 percent off and a return to the discounted price we saw during July Prime Day. This is part of a larger sale on Fire TV sticks and streaming... Read more âș
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Google is expanding Gmailâs summary cards, the serviceâs AI-driven contextual snippets extracted for things like incoming packages. Starting today, theyâll include cards for purchases, events, bills and travel. In addition, a new Happening Soon section will live at the top of your inbox, showing upcoming time-sensitive cards. The company says itâs making the changes because âemail habits have continued to evolve.â The new Happening Soon section will deliver âtimelyâ summary... Read more âș
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We typically see some Amazon devices, including Blink cameras, drop in price ahead of both Prime Days in July and October. This time around, Prime members have an exclusive deal available to them right now on a bundle that includes the Echo Show 5 smart display and a Blink Outdoor 4 camera system for only $60. That's a whopping $130 off the standard price and a record low. It's part... Read more âș
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Few brands have needed a car as badly as Polestar needs the Polestar 3. The Polestar 1 was cool in a wholly irrational and impractical way, more of a statement of intent than a viable product. The Polestar 2 was a much more serious market proposition and a legitimately great car. But a tall, sporty sedan was never going to be more than a niche contender. It certainly wasnât something... Read more âș
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In 2017, Amazon launched the Echo Spot only to discontinue it two years later. This year, Amazon brought it back with new features and a fresh look. The 2024 edition is also $50 cheaper than its predecessor. But that $80 price tag is cut even more in a sale ahead of Prime Day. Right now, you can get the Amazon Echo Spot for just $45 â a 44 percent discount.... Read more âș
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This February, NVIDIA released a one-stop graphical adjustments app in beta, succinctly named the NVIDIA App. The app isnât a direct replacement for the existing GeForce Experience app since it also lets you install other NVIDIA apps like GeForce NOW (cloud gaming) and NVIDIA Broadcast (improved streaming experience), which GeForce Experience isnât capable of. However, the latest NVIDIA App updates are slowly attempting to combine the two experiences into one,... Read more âș
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