Author: Zach_Wilson

Google DeepMind co-founder joins Microsoft as CEO of its new AI division

Microsoft has hired Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman. In a post on X, Suleyman announced that he’s joining Microsoft as the CEO of a new team that handles the company’s consumer-facing AI products, including Copilot, Bing, and Edge. Suleyman will also serve as executive vice president of Microsoft AI and…

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Mac users beware – a macOS Sonoma 14.4 bug could delete saved versions of files in your iCloud Drive

The latest update for macOS Sonoma has yet another bug, this time causing havoc for users’ saved files in iCloud Drive.  Normally, when you save files within your iCloud Drive all the different versions of that file will be saved for future reference. So, if you’ve been working on a…

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13 Best Amazon Echo and Alexa Speakers (2024): Earbuds, Soundbars, Displays

We’ve rounded up our favorites, including third-party devices like the Sonos Era and a voice-enabled Yamaha soundbar. Source

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NVIDIA partners with Ubisoft to further develop its AI-driven NPCs

NVIDIA has been working on adding generative AI to non-playable characters (NPCs) for a while now. The company is hoping a newly-announced partnership with Ubisoft will accelerate development of this technology and, ultimately, bring these AI-driven NPCs to modern games. Ubisoft helped build new “NEO NPCs” by using NVIDIA’s Avatar…

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Ubisoft let me actually speak with its new AI-powered video game NPCs

For the past three months, ever since I spoke to the AI NPCs in Nvidia’s cyberpunk ramen shop, I’ve been wondering: Which game developer will take a flying leap on this controversial and intriguing tech? If you said “Ubisoft,” the company that’s always raising its hand to play with VR,…

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These new Backbone One controllers are perfect if you haven’t upgraded to an iPhone 15

Mobile gaming peripheral manufacturer Backbone has announced two new mobile controllers: the Backbone One – Lightning (2nd Gen) and the Backbone One PlayStation Edition – Lightning (2nd Gen). Intended to supersede the existing Lightning versions of the original Backbone One and Backbone One PlayStation Edition, the two controllers boast all…

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