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UK to get ‘early or priority access’ to AI models from Google and OpenAI
12.6.2023
It’s unclear at this time what access the U.K. will receive, but the reported commitment could be the first of its kind
16-Year-Old Gamer Breaks Record For Fastest Typist In World At 300 WPM
12.6.2023
Honestly, the most extraordinary thing about this 16-year-old breaking the record for typing by hitting over 300 words per minute is that he’s ever heard of a keyboard. Shouldn’t he be tapping at a phone screen so fast that his thumbs are a fleshy blur? Either way, I bet you didn’t know...
Everything Shown At Xbox's Big Summer Showcase
11.6.2023
Today, June 11, Xbox took the stage during Geoff Keighley’s big not-E3 Summer Game Fest 2023 extravaganza to show off the future of Xbox and Game Pass. Microsoft has struggled in recent years to release big hits and this year’s Redfall flop didn’t help right the ship. So today was a big deal...
Crypto Biz: The SEC’s summer crackdown, Apple’s ‘spatial computing,’ and Mercado Bitcoin gears up
9.6.2023
Along with the recent wave of lawsuits, this week’s Crypto Biz also explores Apple’s new headset, Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin payments arm and how regulators are targeting AI-generated fake news
Quantum miners would yield ‘massive’ energy savings for blockchain: Study
8.6.2023
University of Kent researchers compared three quantum systems to an ASIC miner, and the quantum machines were demonstrably more energy efficient
The Top 10 Most-Played Games On Steam Deck: May 2023 Edition
7.6.2023
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All The Things You Could Buy For The Price Of Apple’s $3,500 VR Headset
6.6.2023
On June 5, after months of rumors and leaks, Apple officially unveiled its new virtual reality / augmented reality headset. It’s called the Vision Pro and it features some really nifty features powered by advanced tech. It’s out “early next year” and will cost over $3,000. Oof! I wonder what...
Microsoft Fined $20 Million For 'Illegally' Collecting Children's Information On Xbox
6.6.2023
The Federal Trade Commission just announced that Microsoft has been fined $20 million “over charges it illegally collected personal information from children who signed up for its Xbox gaming system without their parents’ consent”.Read more
Apple's Vision Pro headset reveal swaps metaverse for 'spatial computing'
6.6.2023
Metaverse tokens have failed to pump following the major announcement, however this is likely due to the SEC abruptly dropping a lawsuit against Binance
A Chainsaw Man Porn Parody Apparently Outsold The Anime In Japan
6.6.2023
A live-action porn parody of Mappa’s popular shonen anime, Chainsaw Man, may have outsold the original series on Blu-ray in Japan. Read more
Microsoft pens AI cloud computing deal with former Ethereum miner CoreWeave: CNBC
3.6.2023
The reported deal comes just a few days after CoreWeave announced an additional $200 million worth of funding via an extended Series B funding round
Quantum Computing Meets Blockchain: Scientists Propose New Version of Proof of Work Consensus – Future of Crypto?
2.6.2023
A newly published research paper from a team of researchers from Australian and American universities, in collaboration with quantum technology company BTQ, has proposed a new approach to the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism based on boson sampling.
The proposed proof-of-work system, known...
Scientists propose quantum proof-of-work consensus for blockchain
1.6.2023
Boson sampling was once considered a problem looking for a solution. Now, it might be the bridge that brings quantum computing to the blockchain
Reddit Is Killing The Best Way To Read The Site
1.6.2023
Reddit is one of the biggest and most important websites on the planet, especially since it’s one of the last places human beings can get questions answered by actual human beings. So it sucks to see that the company is about to crush many of the best ways to actually experience the whole...
How A Wild Video Game Rumor Races Around The Internet Before Getting Shut Down
30.5.2023
It’s almost summer and gamers are starting to lose it. In the midst of a renewed console race frenzy and video game industry consolidation, fan speculation about future game releases and company deals is at an all time high. It’s an exciting time for new announcements as we head into not-E3...
Nintendo Asks Valve To Kick GameCube And Wii Emulator Off Steam, Says It's Protecting Its Creativity And Work
28.5.2023
Valve removed the Steam listing for Dolphin, a popular emulator for the GameCube and Wii, after it received a cease and desist from Nintendo, developers behind the project claim. The company behind Mario and Zelda accuses the emulator of illegally circumventing its protections, and says it’s merely...
Nintendo Patches Tears Of The Kingdom's Duplication Glitches
26.5.2023
Nintendo just updated The Legend Of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to version 1.1.2, and while the company’s official patch notes don’t mention it, users are reporting that many of the game’s notorious (and handy!) duplication glitches have been removed.Read more
Overpowered Tears Of The Kingdom Glitch Lets You One-Shot Enemies
24.5.2023
Tears of the Kingdom injected a number of fun mechanics into Breath of the Wild’s take on the Zelda series. One such was Fusing, the ability to meld items and weapons together to increase durability and attack strength. But glitch hunters have found an even more obscene way of fusing. Introducing...
9 Things We Just Learned About Sony’s Big Playstation Plans
24.5.2023
With the wind at their back, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan and head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst recently presented the state of the PlayStation 5 ecosystem to investors and hinted at what’s coming in the near future. Among other things, the company promised new IPs, more...
Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson Says Ethereum Classic Now a ‘Scam’
24.5.2023
Charles Hoskinson, co-founder of the Cardano blockchain, has labeled the decentralized computing platform Ethereum Classic (ETC) a scam that is benefiting “insiders who dump on those they recruit.” Hoskinson claimed that “Ergo is what ETC should have been and continues...