Month: June 2023
AI is killing the old web, and the new web struggles to be born
In recent months, the signs and portents have been accumulating with increasing speed. Google is trying to kill the 10 blue links. Twitter is being abandoned to bots and blue ticks. There’s the junkification of Amazon and the enshittification of TikTok. Layoffs are gutting online media. A job posting looking…
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Urtopia’s Chord e-bike is a little overkill for a city ride and that’s okay
Urtopia may be a relatively new name in the e-bike world, but it makes a strong first impression. With its 4G, GPS, mmWave sensors and even light projection turn indicators, the Carbon 1 felt like the Inspector Gadget of two-wheeled travel, but its exotic design and road-bike leanings meant it…
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Riot Games’ upcoming Soul Fighter summer event promises to tie together all of its Runeterra games
Riot Games is launching a special summer event across all of its Runeterra titles. Entitled Soul Fighters, the summer event will last for six weeks and take place across League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, League of Legends: Wild Rift, and Legends of Runeterra. Starting July 20, the event takes inspiration…
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Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 is here to make 5G phones more affordable
While Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 currently dominates as the company’s most powerful mobile chip – finding its way into almost every one of the best Android phones available right now – Qualcomm has just pulled the wraps off its latest entry at the other end of the scale: the…
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The Verge and Vox Media Release New Consumer Research on Artificial Intelligence
The Verge today released the results of its latest “Trust Survey” on consumer attitudes towards artificial intelligence in a new report, Hope, Fear and AI. To better understand the rapid rise and adoption of generative AI tools, The Verge and Vox Media partnered to conduct a representative study of how…
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Apple Vision Pro might be lacking some features at launch, says leak
Apple’s Vision Pro headset hasn’t even gone on sale yet, and it might not do for another year yet. But that was never going to stop Apple from working on what will follow it and now a recent report suggests that isn’t just one, but two new headsets. Unfortunately for…
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