Month: April 2023
Halo veteran Joseph Staten is leaving Microsoft
“Hey folks, I am indeed leaving Microsoft,” Staten said. “I’ll have more info to share soon, but for now, I’d just like to thank all my @Xbox colleagues for all their understanding and support as I embark on a new adventure.” Staten switched from Xbox’s global publishing arm to the Halo Infinite…
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Twitter is now marking Substack links as unsafe
Twitter has started marking links to Substack as unsafe. If you click on a link on Twitter with substack.com in the URL, Twitter will show a separate notice warning you that “the link you are trying to access has been identified by Twitter or our partners as being potentially spammy…
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Microsoft locks down game emulation on the Xbox Series X and Series S
Microsoft is barring users from running game emulations on the Xbox Series X | S. On Thursday, Twitter user @gamr12, who’s involved with the distribution of the RetroArch emulation software on Xbox, posted the error message they received when attempting to launch emulated content. “Unable to launch this game or…
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Chrome’s new WebGPU tech promises new era for browser games
Google is rolling out the first iteration of WebGPU which will allow the Chrome browser to use a computer’s graphics card to enhance web-based video games and their graphical fidelity. The new API (Application Programming Interface) is the result of a six-year development cycle by the GPU for the Web…
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Microsoft’s rolling out Edge’s AI image generator to everyone
Microsoft is making its DALL-E-powered AI image generator “available on desktop for Edge users around the world.” The company announced it’d be coming last month when it integrated the image generation tech into its Bing chatbot, but this move could make it available to a much wider audience. When it…
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Rivian’s new ‘Performance’ powertrain lets R1T reservation holders keep their big battery
For customers who placed a preorder on or before March 1, 2022: switching from Quad-Motor AWD + Max pack to standard Dual-Motor AWD + Max pack reduces price by $4,500 ($6,250 CAD) switching from Quad-Motor AWD + Max pack to Performance Dual-Motor AWD + Max pack reduces price by $2,000…
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