Month: August 2025
Roblox is sharing its AI tool to fight toxic game chats – here’s why that matters for kids
Online game chats are notorious for vulgar, offensive, and even criminal behavior. Even if only a tiny percentage, the many millions of hours of chat can accumulate a lot of toxic interactions in a way that’s a problem for players and video game companies, especially when it involves kids. Roblox…
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I’ll upgrade my M1 MacBook Pro for the first time in years if this rumor is true – and it might be the last MacBook I buy this decade
How often do you upgrade your MacBook? I’m willing to bet it’s not very often, and certainly not every year. If so, that’s great news for you, but perhaps not so pleasing for Apple, which would rather you stumped up for one of the best MacBooks as often as possible.…
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Even the lowly canister vacuum now wants access to your Wi-Fi network
The Miele Guard L1 Electro is available now for $1,499 making it the most expensive model in the company’s L1 lineup and considerably pricier than even the $380 canister vacuum that Dyson still sells. That seems like a lot for a vacuum that still has a power cord, but the…
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This Meta prototype is a seriously upgraded Meta Quest 3 – and you can try it for yourself
Meta has two new VR headsets you can try They’re protypes that aren’t usually accessible to the public You’ll have to attend SIGGRAPH 2025 to give them a whirl Every so often, Meta will showcase some of its prototype VR headsets – models which aren’t for public release like its…
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This see-thru Game Boy is a work of art — because she designed a transparent circuit board
Now, she’s put her skills to work in probably the most beautiful build I’ve ever seen: a working see-through Game Boy Color where even the circuit board is made of clear plastic. Because she designed and created that board herself from scratch, you see. I’ve been floored by console mods…
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Revel shutters rideshare business, pivots to EV charging
Revel is shutting down its ridehail business, citing heightened competition from rideshare leaders like Uber and Lyft. The company, which began as an electric moped business before shifting to rideshare, plans to pivot to electric vehicle charging. “At the end of the day, rideshare is a very competitive market and…
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