Author: Zach_Wilson
Indie adventure Open Roads thrives on curiosity
You could breeze through Open Roads, the new mystery game from publisher Annapurna Interactive. It’s only around two hours long, and it isn’t the kind of game where you’re likely to get stuck. There are no real puzzles to solve or obstacles to overcome. Instead, you steadily move through a…
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Huberman fans aren’t leaving the show behind
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. I have never gotten so many responses to an issue as I did with last week’s on Andrew Huberman. He seems to elicit an even stronger response than Rogan, though perhaps response to Rogan has calmed…
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This tiny box from Samsung can hold 2TB of a special kind of RAM worth tens of thousands of dollars — CXL Memory Module Box hailed as the future of expansive server memory in the age of AI
At MemCon 2024, Samsung showcased its latest HBM3E technology, talked about its future HBM4 plans, and unveiled the CXL Memory Module Box, also known as CMM-B, the latest addition to its Compute Express Link (CXL) memory module portfolio. CMM-B is essentially a memory pooling appliance for rack computing leveraging CXL.…
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The rumored Apple Pencil 3 could make it easier than ever to draw on iPads
Apple could unveil a new and improved Apple Pencil, equipped with a brand-new “squeeze” gesture, providing additional control without taking your hand off the pencil. According to 9to5Mac, there are references to a new gesture called “squeeze” in the code for iPadOS 17.5 beta, which was recently released to developers.…
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Meta’s AI image generator can’t imagine an Asian man with a white woman
Have you ever seen an Asian person with a white person, whether that’s a mixed-race couple or two friends of different races? Seems pretty common to me — I have lots of white friends! To Meta’s AI-powered image generator, apparently this is impossible to imagine. I tried dozens of times…
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A big Chromebook update just delivered 4 super-useful features – here’s what’s new
Google just released a new version of ChromeOS which comes laden with some impressive improvements, including the ability to implement custom keyboard shortcuts and to do the same with your mouse buttons. ChromeOS M123 delivers these new powers, and more besides, but the ability to actually define your own keyboard…
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