Month: September 2023
What If the Robots Were Very Nice While They Took Over the World?
First it was chess and Go. Now AI can beat us at Diplomacy, the most human of board games. The way it wins offers hope that maybe AI will be a delight. Source
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LG dives into the foldable laptop fray
Following the likes of Lenovo, Asus, and most recently HP, LG has announced a new laptop built around a single large foldable display. The device is called the LG Gram Fold, and it’ll be available to buy online in South Korea for 4.99 million won (around $3,697) from October 4th.…
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Starfield patches in a round of fixes while sacrificing the infinite money glitch
Starfield‘s latest patch has gone live on console and PC, adding a small helping of meaningful fixes, and one that may not be so welcome to the game’s cheesier players. That’s because Starfield update 1.7.33 has swiftly patched out an exploit that allowed players to rack up a practically infinite…
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Bo’s sublime e-scooter of the future is finally ready to buy
On the outskirts of London’s Olympic Village, a crowd has formed. All are staring at Bo’s first production e-scooter, the Bo M. Company CEO Oscar Morgan is peppered with questions about range, speed, price and if he’ll give a freebie to a tween whose nickname is Bo. All of this…
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Techno-fixes to climate change aren’t living up to the hype
An updated road map for combating climate change pours cold water on the idea that unproven technologies can play a major role in averting disaster. Today, the International Energy Agency (IEA) updated its road map for the energy sector to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. It doubles down on the…
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Valve suddenly says SteamVR 2.0 is now in beta — as headset rumors swirl
Greetings! Today we are shipping SteamVR 2.0 in beta. We see this is as the first major step toward our goal of bringing all of what’s new on the Steam platform into VR. Users who opt into this beta will notice a new UI with lots of added features: ·Most of the current…
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