Steam streamlines its family sharing features

By: The Verge

Today, Steam launched Steam Families, an overhaul of its family sharing system. The new system gets rid of limits on how many people can play games from one library, makes buying games for your kids easier, and adds new parental controls and sharing options. Before, you needed to use two different systems — Family Sharing… Read more

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Nvidia reveals Blackwell B200 GPU, the ‘world’s most powerful chip’ for AI

By: The Verge

Nvidia’s must-have H100 AI chip made it a multitrillion-dollar company, one that may be worth more than Alphabet and Amazon, and competitors have been fighting to catch up. But perhaps Nvidia is about to extend its lead — with the new Blackwell B200 GPU and GB200 “superchip.” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holds up his new… Read more

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Cyberpunk is out and solarpunk is in, according to Figma’s CEO

By: The Verge

Cyberpunk design has been all the rage for several years now — this very website was once awash in neon colors and hard edges, you might recall — but Figma CEO Dylan Field says he sees glimmers of optimism taking over. “I think that we were really futurist, really cyberpunk for a while,” the founder… Read more

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The Supreme Court is skeptical of restricting the White House from talking to social media platforms

By: The Verge

During oral arguments on Monday, both liberal and conservative justices on the Supreme Court appeared wary of imposing broad limits on how the government can communicate with social media companies about problematic content it thinks should be removed. The case at issue is called Murthy v. Missouri, and it asks the court to determine whether… Read more

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Microsoft to hold a special Windows and Surface AI event in May

By: The Verge

Microsoft is holding an AI event in the morning on Monday, May 20th — right before Build 2024 starts. In an invite emailed to media, Microsoft says CEO Satya Nadella will talk about the company’s “AI vision across hardware and software.” The event won’t be livestreamed and will only be open to journalists who attend… Read more

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TikTok is paying creators to up its search game

By: The Verge

TikTok is leaning in even more to its app being used like a search engine. Creators making money on the platform will now be paid based in part on how well their content meets what other users are searching for. TikTok calls this metric “search value,” and it’s one of four core elements in determining… Read more

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YouTube adds new AI-generated content labeling tool

By: The Verge

Today, YouTube announced a way for creators to self-label when their videos contain AI-generated or synthetic material. The checkbox appears in the uploading and posting process, and creators are required to disclose “altered or synthetic” content that seems realistic. That includes things like making a real person say or do something they didn’t; altering footage… Read more

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Rivian owners now have access to Tesla Superchargers

By: The Verge

Rivian owners will be able to charge their electric trucks and SUVs at Tesla Supercharger stations starting today at 9AM PT / 12 PM ET, the company tells The Verge. The news comes after several Rivian owners noticed a software update allowing Supercharger access over the weekend. Rivian was one of the first automakers to… Read more

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How to get more battery life out of your Wear OS smartwatch

By: The Verge

Some days away from the home or office can seem like a constant battle against battery life: your phone is dying, your laptop is dying, and your smartwatch is dying. Despite all of the advances we’ve seen in tech in recent years, battery life doesn’t seem to be getting much beyond the standard 24 hours… Read more

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Apex Legends postpones competition amid hacking concerns

By: The Verge

Apex Legends has postponed the North America finals for its Global Series championship over concerns that hackers have compromised the “competitive integrity” of the game. Two professional players from major teams were targeted while livestreaming on Sunday by an attack that forcibly applied advantage-granting cheats during competitive gameplay. The cause of these attacks hasn’t been… Read more

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Adobe Substance 3D’s AI features can turn text into backgrounds and textures

By: The Verge

While many developers are working out how generative AI could be used to produce entire 3D objects from scratch, Adobe is already using its Firefly AI model to streamline existing 3D workflows. At the Game Developers Conference on Monday, Adobe debuted two new integrations for its Substance 3D design software suite that allow 3D artists… Read more

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Sony is reportedly pausing PSVR2 production to clear excess inventory

By: The Verge

After producing in excess of two million units of its latest virtual reality headset, Bloomberg is reporting that Sony is hitting pause on production to try and shift its unsold inventory. The PlayStation VR2 launched last February for $549 as an accessory for the PlayStation 5, but IDC data suggests that shipments have declined each… Read more

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Qualcomm’s new 8S Gen 3 targets not-quite flagship phones

By: The Verge

Qualcomm just launched a new chipset that’s designed to sit just below its current flagship in terms of capabilities and price. The Snapdragon 8S Gen 3 aims to bring most of the 8 Gen 3’s features — including support for on-device generative AI models — to more affordable phones. It represents a new tier for… Read more

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xAI open sources Grok

By: The Verge

On March 11th, Elon Musk said xAI would open source its AI chatbot Grok, and now an open release is available on GitHub. This will allow researchers and developers to build on the model and impact how xAI updates Grok in the future as it competes with rival tech from OpenAI, Meta, Google, and others…. Read more

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U.S. outlines five-year plan to harness CHIPS Act funds — R&D, manufacturing, education, and ecosystem highlighted for balanced funding

By: Tom's Hardware

(Image credit: Shutterstock) The U.S. government has published its five-year strategy for using CHIPS Act funds to bolster the American semiconductor industry. The 61-page paper (PDF link) outlines four key, broad goals that the National Science and Technology Council hopes to achieve within five years: speedy and successful research for future microelectronic technologies, transforming research… Read more

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