Month: June 2023
Android TV’s new Shop tab lets you rent and buy movies, just like the old days
Google is introducing a brand new Shop tab to its Android TV platform, giving users a more direct way of purchasing or renting movies. At a glance, it looks similar to the already existing Discover section since they both display content you can watch. However, Discover requires users to dig…
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Nvidia RTX 4060 review roundup: you deserve better
The RTX 4060 isn’t a terrible card by any means. Some people will probably say it is, but across our benchmark suite, it was universally faster than the previous generation RTX 3060 at every setting that mattered (meaning, not counting 4K ultra performance, where neither card delivered acceptable performance). There…
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Reddit is telling protesting mods their communities ‘will not’ stay private
Reddit is pressuring moderators who have set their subreddits to private to reopen their communities this week, according to messages seen by The Verge. The company has given moderators deadlines to lay out their plans for reopening but said that they can’t stay closed. The timeframes given generally indicate a…
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Microsoft CEO says he wants to end Xbox exclusives but blames Sony
Ryan: Yes, I do. Microsoft: So you do believe it’s in Microsoft’s best interests to make Activision games available on multiple platforms? Ryan: No, I don’t agree with that. Microsoft: So if you were running Xbox, would you recommend making Call of Duty and other Activision games exclusive to Xbox and PC?…
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Plex lays off more than 20 percent of its staff
Plex laid off 37 people on Monday, a figure that represents more than 20 percent of the company’s staff, according to a Slack message from CEO Keith Valory obtained by The Verge. The layoffs affect “every department,” Valory wrote. Plex offers a popular media server app that lets people upload…
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Researchers reconstruct 3D environments from eye reflections
Researchers at the University of Maryland have turned eye reflections into (somewhat discernible) 3D scenes. The work builds on Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF), an AI technology that can reconstruct environments from 2D photos. Although the eye-reflection approach has a long way to go before it spawns any practical applications, the…
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