Month: September 2023
Mattel’s Pictionary Vs. AI leaves the guesswork to the bots
Mattel has announced Pictionary Vs. AI, a version of its visual guessing game where an AI model does all the guessing, using computer vision with a smartphone as the medium. The company just announced the game at the 2023 Code Conference, which is co-hosted by Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel. The…
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The best iPads for 2023: How to pick the best Apple tablet for you
Finding the best iPad for you can be complicated. Between the 10th-generation iPad, the iPad Air and the M2 iPad Pro, Apple sells three tablets in the 11-inch range with broadly similar designs but key differences when it comes to internal components and accessory support. The older 10.2-inch iPad remains…
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The Morning After: Amazon bets $4 billion on an OpenAI rival
Amazon’s bid for AI glory is in the billions. It’s investing up to $4 billion in OpenAI rival Anthropic to provide advanced deep learning and other services for its Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers. Google has already invested $400 million in the company, which was founded by former OpenAI executives.…
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Sony announces Olivia Rodrigo edition of its LinkBuds S earbuds
Sony is releasing a custom pair of its LinkBuds S earbuds designed in collaboration with pop star Olivia Rodrigo. And the partnership goes beyond just style: this pair of the LinkBuds S will include two custom EQ modes that are optimized for each of Rodrigo’s albums, Sour and Guts. These…
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SAG-AFTRA members have voted over 98% in favor of authorizing video game strike
Yesterday (Monday, September 25), the American labor union, The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a strike on the Interactive Media Agreement which covers its members’ work on games. As The Hollywood Reporter writes, a total of 34,687 members cast…
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A new ransomware group says it has breached Sony completely
A new ransomware threat actor, going by the name Ransomed.vc, claims to have breached Sony in its entirety. In an ad recently posted on the dark web, the group said it breached all systems belonging to the Japanese tech conglomerate and stole sensitive corporate data. Given that the company isn’t…
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