Month: December 2024
Amazon’s latest Kindles are on sale for up to $30 off for Cyber Monday
It’s about that time of the year to turn on the heat, warm up some cocoa, and curl up in your reading nook. If you’re running out of space for physical books to enjoy, Amazon’s newest Kindles can hold thousands of digital ones, and some are on sale as part…
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This AI app claims it can calculate the day you’ll die
Robert Heinlein’s first short story, titled Life-Line, was published in 1939 and tells the tale of the inventor of a machine that can precisely predict when you’ll die with 100% precision. Eighty-five years after that chilling tale of inevitability versus free will, you can download an app called Death Clock…
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GOG’s preservation program lets you keep playing games after they’re delisted
GOG has announced that even if games in its recently launched preservation program are delisted from its store, it will maintain compatibility with those games and offer players “a seamless experience and tech support for those titles.” The first games covered are Warcraft I and II, scheduled for delisting on…
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Lenovo Legion Go S leak shows renders of the cheaper handheld gaming PC
A firmware leak last week for the “Legion Go S 8ARP1” indicated the cheaper machine will have AMD’s Rembrandt APU inside. While it’s based on a new Ryzen Z2 platform, Videocardz points out the chip will have Zen 3-plus cores that aren’t as powerful as the current generation Z1 Extreme…
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GM sells stake in EV battery plant to partner LG Energy Solutions
The nearly completed factory in Lansing, Michigan, was being developed by Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture between GM and South Korea’s LG. Following the non-binding agreement, LG will become the sole owner and complete the plant. The company will then sell the batteries to other customers. GM said it…
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Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package gets rejected — again
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package was struck down once again. In a ruling on Monday, Delaware Chancery Court Judge Kathaleen St. J. McCormick upheld her decision to block the compensation plan over concerns about conflicts of interest following its approval in 2018. After warning shareholders in June that Musk…
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