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19  avril     22h16
All Cybertrucks recalled because acceleration pedals can become stuck
Daniel Sims    The US Department of Transportation has issued a recall for all Tesla Cybertrucks due to a defect that can cause the acceleration pedal to become stuck under the interior trim, leading to unintentional and sustained acceleration. Fortunately, pressing the brake pedal simultaneously will stop the...
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Microsoft VASA tech can create realistic deepfakes using a single photo and one audio track
Cal Jeffrey    The Visual Affective Skills Animator, or VASA, is a machine learning framework that analyzes a facial photo and then animates it to a voice, syncing the lips and mouth movements to the audio. It also simulates facial expressions, head movements, and even unseen body movements.Read Entire Article
    21h21
Meta Quest 2 gets a permanent price drop to just 199
Ivan Franco    The Meta Quest is a great standalone VR headset with an extensive game and app library. In addition to the Quest headset, its accessories have also received permanent price cuts.Read Entire Article
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The legendary Zilog Z80 CPU is being discontinued after nearly 50 years
Alfonso Maruccia    The iconic IC device, developed by Federico Faggin, will soon be phased out, and interested parties only have a few months left to place their orders before Zilog’s manufacturing partner ends support for the technology.Read Entire Article
    19h46
Use BatteryInfoView to see detailed information about your laptop’s battery
Ivan Franco    BatteryInfoView shows you the current status of your laptop’s battery capacity, charge discharge rate, voltage, as well as the manufacturer name and date, serial number, and more.Read Entire Article
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Astronomers gather additional evidence suggesting Planet Nine is real
Shawn Knight    Astronomers typically do not look at these bodies when hunting for Planet Nine because they interact with Neptune’s orbit.Read Entire Article
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SpaceX to launch a swarm of US reconnaissance satellites next month
Alfonso Maruccia    Unnamed sources told Reuters that SpaceX is working with aerospace and defense contractor Northrop Grumman to develop a highly advanced network of spy satellites. The devices are almost ready to launch aboard a Falcon rocket. The US government will likely use them to acquire high resolution...
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These credit cards feature OLEDs that light up upon payment
Zo Ahmed    With this, issuers can emblazon their logos and designs in radiant color at every card swipe or contactless transaction. This, Sentry hopes, will help banks and issuers amplify their brands and boost customer engagement.Read Entire Article
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Gamers are renting out GPU power for AI porn generation in return for Fortnite skins
Zo Ahmed    According to a report from Media, Salad has found a clever way to massively scale up AI content generation, including images, videos, and text, by outsourcing the heavy computational work to the powerful GPUs found in gaming rigs. Gamers who sign up to rent out their idle GPUs get...Read...
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Fallout TV show secures second season after stellar debut
Rob Thubron    There were concerns that Fallout might be closer to Netflix’s Resident Evil than HBO’s The Last of Us when it comes to television adaptions of video games. Thankfully, the naysayers were proved wrong; the show has a critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, an audience score, and, according to.....
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Microsoft Xbox credit card is out of beta, available to all US residents
Kishalaya Kundu    The Xbox Mastercard is now available in all states to eligible residents aged and above. Issued by Barclays, the card requires no annual fee and allows members to earn points on purchases across a slew of goods and services, including eligible products in the Microsoft Store, food delivery.....
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Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from the App Store in China following government order
Rob Thubron    The four apps are some of the many Western services and products already blocked by China’s Great Firewall, but users can bypass these restrictions using VPNs. Reuters writes that other Meta apps, including Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger, were still available on the App Store in China, as were...
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As the next Baldur’s Gate game looks for a new developer, Larian teases two new projects
Daniel Sims    Wizards of the Coast recently told PC Gamer that it is negotiating with other companies to build on the explosive success of Baldur’s Gate, but we might not hear details on follow up projects for some time. Meanwhile, Larian is preparing another large update for its award winning RPG.Read Entire...
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Amazon denies reports it started a business just to spy on rivals
Rob Thubron    Amazon set up a company called Big River Services in that sold items such as t shirts, shoes, and beach chairs, writes The Wall Street Journal, part of Project Curiosity, a program designed to compare rival businesses against Amazon’s own.Read Entire Article
    10h20
US Air Force successfully tests AI-controlled fighter jet in dogfight against human pilots
Rob Thubron    The US Air Force Test Pilot School and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA first started testing a Lockheed Martin X A VISTA Variable In flight Simulation Test Aircraft fitted with AI software back in December , part of the Air Combat Evolution ACE program. Able to mimic...
18  avril     22h26
Modder builds a Nintendo Wii the size of a deck of cards
Daniel Sims    Modder James loopj Smith recently introduced a fully functioning Wii that could easily fit in a shirt pocket. A complete assembly guide is available on GitHub, but it requires advanced motherboard trimming, soldering, and PCB assembly skills, so only experienced users should attempt it.Read...
    21h04
The VoodooX 3Dfx project tries to revive the legend of early 3D graphics cards for PC
Alfonso Maruccia    Dfx Interactive is a brand that is long gone but not forgotten. It’s a name known by many PC enthusiasts who experienced and survived the crazy hardware innovations of the s that changed PC gaming forever. Oscar Barea is a Voodoo doctor pun intended who decided to resurrect the brand...Read...
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Apple is rolling out AirPlay support for TVs in hotel rooms
Cal Jeffrey    Apple’s AirPlay is finally available in some hotels starting today. At last year’s WWDC, the company announced it was working with LG to bring the feature to hotel TVs by the end of . It initially said the capability would arrive with the launch of iOS last September. However,...Read Entire...
    19h33
Hackers attempted to trick LastPass employee with cloned voice of CEO
Alfonso Maruccia    Bad actors targeted a LastPass employee with fake WhatsApp messages, going as far as creating an audio deepfake of the company’s CEO, Karim Toubba. This digital twin, which LastPass says was likely made with AI, showed a forced urgency that usually comes with traditional social engineering attempts...
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Micron set to receive grants totaling over 6 billion for US chip production
Shawn Knight    Sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that the deal is not yet finalized but could be wrapped up and announced as soon as next week. Based on the language used in the article, it does not sound as if the money is coming from the Chips and Science Act...Read Entire Article
    15h34
Nintendo emulator Delta lands on the Apple App Store, now the top free app
Shawn Knight    According to Testut, iGBA was a knockoff of GBA iOS, which he developed while still in high school. Testut expressed frustration that Apple approved the clone despite it being filled with ads and trackers while his own app had been stuck in the approval process for well over a month.Read Entire...
    14h59
Nothing’s new Ear (a) earbuds are up for pre-order, ChatGPT integration incoming
Rob Thubron    The budget focused Ear a buds, priced at , and Ear buds both come with up to db of active noise cancellation, almost twice that of the older Ear ’s db. Their algorithm automatically applies the level of noise cancellation required based on the environment. It can also check for.....
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Google is set to invest over 100 billion in AI, DeepMind founder says
Alfonso Maruccia    According to Demis Hassabis, the child prodigy who founded DeepMind, Google is likely to invest more than billion in AI technology and applications in the near future. DeepMind is a British American research laboratory that has been working on AI since . Google acquired the company in ...
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System requirements for Windows 11 AI Explorer leaked, could be exclusive to Arm devices
Kishalaya Kundu    While Microsoft is yet to release an official statement on AI Explorer, a leak has now seemingly revealed the minimum system requirements for PCs to run the new feature. The leak comes from noted Windows Insider Albacore, who says strings of code within the latest Windows Build Beta...Read...
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The EU has given TikTok 24 hours to provide details about its payment-for-views Lite app feature
Rob Thubron    TikTok Lite launched in France and Spain this month after being available in Asia for several years. As the name suggests, it has a smaller install size than the standard version of the app and requires less data usage. It’s also designed mostly for watching videos users cannot create...Read...
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Logitech thinks the computer mouse needs an AI upgrade
Zo Ahmed    The newly launched Signature AI Edition Mouse is essentially a souped up version of the popular Signature M . It’s virtually the same package but packs an extra button that launches the Logi AI Prompt Builder app, powered by none other than ChatGPT.Read Entire Article
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Microsoft warns that Russia’s online influence campaigns targeting US elections have picked up pace
Rob Thubron    Russia’s US election influence campaign has picked up the pace over the last two months, writes Microsoft, but the less contested primary season means it hasn’t been as intense as in and .Read Entire Article
    11h10
The Best Phones: Top Picks for Every Price Range
Amir Shoam    Whether you’re a budget conscious buyer, a dedicated iPhone fan, or an Android enthusiast, there’s a wide diversity in smartphone choices with many well rounded options at every price level.Read Entire Article
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Russia-backed hacking group suspected of attack on US water system
Rob Thubron    In January, a resident in the small town of Muleshoe, north Texas, noticed that a water tower was overflowing. Tens of thousands of gallons of water flowed into the streets and drains in what the authorities determined was due to the water supply control system being hacked.Read Entire Article
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How to play PS1 Doom on PC (and why you might want to)
Daniel Sims    A recent trend in modding involves reverse engineering classic console games to play them on various platforms without resorting to emulating the original console. While Doom is already an iconic PC game, the version released on the original PlayStation holds a special place in the hearts of many...