Month: March 2023
Miniot Wheel 2 review: a unique vertical turntable worth waiting for
It only took six years, one life-saving operation, and hundreds of thousands in personal loans, but this handmade, gravity-defying record player from mom-and-pop shop Miniot is finally available to buy. Backers of the original 2017 Kickstarter have been on a wild ride, and most still haven’t received their minimalistic upright…
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Stable Diffusion AI spin-off will let you create weird videos from text prompts
In stark contrast to text-to-image generative AIs, there’s almost nothing available for video. But that may soon change as startup company Runway has recently revealed its new AI model: Gen-2. Functioning similar to Stable Diffusion (which Runway had a hand in creating, by the way), Gen-2 operates by taking in…
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Instagram is putting ads in search results
You may soon see ads on Instagram in places you didn't in the past. The Meta-owned app has started testing a couple of new ad placements meant to give businesses more ways to get discovered. One of those experimental placements puts ads in its search results. When you search for…
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Move asides CPU, today is the day the GPU takes over your kingdom
It is often easy to forget that GPU stands for Graphics Processing Unit, but in yesterday’s busy GTC 2023 (GPU Technology Conference) sessions, Nvidia announced no less than four new processors (the company’s own word) as it looks to cement its position as the AI hardware champion with barely any…
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I Tried 5 AirPod Dupes From Amazon, And One Is Pretty Decent
I lost my AirPods, and I simply refuse to pay to buy new ones. The latest third-generation AirPods — which are fantastic! I reviewed them! — start at $169. The older second-gen version is $120 (yes, there are sometimes deals online). These prices aren’t ridiculous; after all, they’re luxury products,…
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Meta’s new quests could give you something to do in its VR social network
Meta’s Horizon Worlds VR social network is getting quests. No, not Quest headsets, but in-game missions with rewards that might make its experiences more entertaining to visit and more interesting to return to. With the new quests, which are now in testing, you can complete certain tasks in a given…
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