Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Google has edited Gemini’s AI response in a Super Bowl commercial to remove an incorrect statistic about cheese. The ad, which shows a small business owner using… Read more
read more...Google pulls incorrect Gouda stat from its AI Super Bowl ad
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Raspberry Pi Pico Spacewar controller brings vintage space combat to the 21st century
By: Tom's Hardware
If there’s one thing that all Raspberry Pi are good for, it’s emulating classic games but this project doesn’t emulate the DEC PDP-1 minicomputer, instead it emulates the controllers. Today we’re delighted to share with you a cool Pico-powered controller system designed to control an emulator for the 1962 game Spacewar! developed for the PDP-1…. Read more
read more...Amazon announces February product event
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy is a smart home reporter who’s been testing connected gadgets since 2013. Previously a contributor to Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, and US News. Amazon sent out invites today for a February event in New York City. The invite gives few clues as to what will be announced at the event, which will be… Read more
read more...The Gemini AI app can now show its thinking
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Jess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Google is bringing its experimental “reasoning” artificial intelligence model capable of explaining how it answers complex questions to the Gemini app. The Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking update is part of… Read more
read more...Bandai’s live-action Gundam movie is getting a theatrical release
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Charles Pulliam-Moore is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. For a while, it looked like the first live-action Gundam movie was going to make its debut on Netflix, but Bandai now plans… Read more
read more...The end of Squid Game and Stranger Things solidifies Netflix’s new era
By: The Verge
Netflix has a busy year of premieres ahead, but it might be most notable for what’s ending. As the streaming service continues to push into a new era full of live events, reality TV, and ad sales, it’s also saying goodbye to arguably its two biggest franchises, with both Stranger Things and Squid Game wrapping… Read more
read more...Moore Threads GPUs allegedly show ‘excellent’ inference performance with DeepSeek models
By: Tom's Hardware
One of the breakthroughs of DeepSeek’s open source AI models is that they can be run locally using relatively inexpensive hardware, like the Raspberry Pi. As it turns out, the DeepSeek V3 and R1 models can even be run on Moore Threads GPUs developed in China, reports ITHome. If true, this is a major achievement… Read more
read more...Disney is doubling down on its plan to make ESPN the future of sports streaming
By: The Verge
Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Disney wants to win the sports streaming war by making ESPN available “however the consumer wants it, wherever the consumer wants it,” Disney CEO Bob Iger said… Read more
read more...Comcast is adding Dolby Atmos to its ‘4K’ Super Bowl broadcast this year
By: The Verge
Chris Welch is a senior reviewer who has worked at The Verge since its founding in 2011. His coverage areas include audio (Sonos, Apple, Bose, Sony, etc.), home theater, smartphones, photography, and more. From a presentation standpoint, Super Bowl LIX will largely be sticking to the status quo on Sunday. Fox Sports is capturing the… Read more
read more...Jurassic World Rebirth’s new trailer makes it sound like a video game
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Charles Pulliam-Moore is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. The larger Jurassic Park franchise feels like it should be telling stories about dinosaurs having taken over the entire planet at this point,… Read more
read more...Nintendo shares more info on its Switch 2 direct
By: The Verge
Ash Parrish is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny, culture of video game communities. As we settle in for the long, excruciating wait for more tangible news on the Switch 2, Nintendo has thrown us a little extra nugget… Read more
read more...Kagi search engine won’t bill you next month if you forget to use it
By: The Verge
Wes Davis is a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. Kagi, a paid alternative to Google Search, now says it will credit your account if you subscribe and forget to use it. The company introduced what it calls… Read more
read more...AMD CEO confirms the RX 9070 series will arrive in early March — Promises 4K mainstream gaming
By: Tom's Hardware
It is now official that AMD’s long-anticipated RDNA 4 series will hit shelves early next month, as confirmed by Dr. Lisa Su during AMD’s recent Q4 24 earnings call. RDNA 4 will debut with the RX 9070 series, including the RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 non-XT, which are expected to be followed by budget… Read more
read more...Rift of the NecroDancer’s story is an intro to some incredible music
By: The Verge
Rift of the NecroDancer, a new music game from the creators of the music roguelike Crypt of the NecroDancer, solves the problem of exploring a big library of tracks with a simple idea: a story mode. In Rift, you have to press buttons in time with notes that appear on lanes in front of you,… Read more
read more...Adafruit’s Fruit Jam is a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 powered, credit card sized computer
By: Tom's Hardware
One of the coolest things about the Raspberry Pi is all of the cool third-party boards that get made by the community and professional companies like Adafruit. Today we’re excited to share a cool design put together by the team over at Adafruit featuring the Raspberry Pi Pico 2’s RP2350B microprocessor. In a blog post… Read more
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