Author: Zach_Wilson
Unofficial mod transforms the Playdate into a charming robot pet
Although Panic paused development on its official Playdate charging dock, an enterprising character artist has swooped in with an open-source kit (via Gizmodo) that transforms the device into an interactive robot pet. PlayBot is Guillaume Loquin’s name for the cute add-on, which anyone with the right know-how can build. (For…
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iRobot’s mop-equipped Roomba Combo j7 Plus is nearly matching its best price to date
Cleaning up after holiday parties can be a real pain, but a robot vacuum like the iRobot Roomba Combo j7 Plus can speed up process. And thankfully right now it’s just $669 ($331 off) at Wellbots, which is just $20 shy of its Black Friday all-time low price. If you…
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Walmart starts its own Game Informer-style gaming site
The ever-dwindling field of games media has a new player: Walmart. Restart is new website run by Moonrock — a marketing company specializing in bringing brands to video games — and sponsored by the largest retailer in the United States. A new games site sponsored by Walmart doesn’t seem inherently…
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Another major US hospital hacked, data on 1.4 million patients leaked
The Tech University Health Sciences Center in Texas and El Paso confirmed suffering a cyberattack Data on 1.4 million people were exfiltrated in the attack A threat actor named Interlock claimed responsibility for the attack Another major US hospital has suffered a cyberattack recently, and as a result, lost sensitive…
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I pitted ChatGPT search against Perplexity to see which was the best AI search engine, and the results surprised me
If you’ve been following the news from 12 Days of OpenAI, you’ll know that OpenAI has released ChatGPT search to the world as part of its Christmas-themed launch extravaganza. This means that everybody with a ChatGPT account (you need to be logged in to use it) now gets access to…
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Gemini, GTA, and the search for the next big thing
Google announced a bunch of new stuff last week, from Gemini 2.0 and Project Mariner to Android XR and Project Moohan. As ever with Google, it feels like a lot of stuff without necessarily a coherent plan behind it. But if you look closely enough, and start to put some…
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