Author: Zach_Wilson
Valve wants Half-Life: Alyx to work well standalone on Steam Frame
When I tried Half-Life: Alyx streaming from a PC to Valve’s new Steam Frame VR headset, I was blown away; thanks to the Frame’s dedicated wireless adapter and a cool trick Valve calls “foveated streaming,” I didn’t detect any latency as I explored an industrial building and fought some head…
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Black Friday comes early for printing fans: Elegoo’s Centauri Carbon 3D printer is now just $279
Black Friday sales officially start in two weeks on November 28, but you don’t have to wait to pick up a 3D printer at a bargain price. The Elegoo Centauri Carbon is currently available for $279.99, down from its regular $413, directly from Elegoo. That’s a solid saving on a…
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Anthropic details how it measures Claude’s wokeness
Anthropic is detailing its efforts to make its Claude AI chatbot “politically even-handed” — a move that comes just months after President Donald Trump issued a ban on “woke AI.” As outlined in a new blog post, Anthropic says it wants Claude to “treat opposing political viewpoints with equal depth,…
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Apple will take a mini commission from mini app developers
Apple is launching a new program for mini app developers that slashes its fees for in-app purchases. On Thursday, the company announced that mini app creators who join the program take advantage of a lower 15 percent commission rate — half of the up to 30 percent rate Apple charges…
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Hackers use Anthropic’s AI model Claude once again
Anthropic announced on Thursday that Chinese state-backed hackers used the company’s AI model Claude to automate roughly 30 attacks on corporations and governments during a September campaign, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal. Anthropic said that up to 80% to 90% of the attack was automated with AI,…
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Who is buying VR and XR headsets anyway?
From the outside, it looks like virtual and mixed reality is having a moment. Three new headsets have launched or been announced in the last month: There’s Apple’s M5 Vision Pro, the Samsung Galaxy XR, and, just this week, Valve announced the Steam Frame. Given the marketing, you might assume…
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