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Modder builds a Nintendo Wii the size of a deck of cards
Modder James "loopj" Smith recently introduced a fully functioning Wii that could easily fit in a shirt pocket. A complete assembly guide is available on GitHub, but it requires advanced motherboard trimming, soldering, and PCB assembly skills, so only experienced users should attempt it.Read Entire Article
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The VoodooX 3Dfx project tries to revive the legend of early 3D graphics cards for PC
3Dfx Interactive is a brand that is long gone but not forgotten. It's a name known by many PC enthusiasts who experienced and survived the crazy hardware innovations of the 1990s that changed PC gaming forever. Oscar Barea is a Voodoo doctor (pun intended) who decided to resurrect the brandRead Entire Article
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Apple is rolling out AirPlay support for TVs in hotel rooms
Apple's AirPlay is finally available in some hotels starting today. At last year's WWDC, the company announced it was working with LG to bring the feature to hotel TVs by the end of 2023. It initially said the capability would arrive with the launch of iOS 17 last September. However,Read Entire Article
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Hackers attempted to trick LastPass employee with cloned voice of CEO
Bad actors targeted a LastPass employee with fake WhatsApp messages, going as far as creating an audio deepfake of the company's CEO, Karim Toubba. This digital twin, which LastPass says was likely made with AI, showed a forced urgency that usually comes with traditional social engineering attempts.Read Entire Article
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Micron set to receive grants totaling over $6 billion for US chip production
Sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that the deal is not yet finalized but could be wrapped up and announced as soon as next week. Based on the language used in the article, it does not sound as if the money is coming from the Chips and Science ActRead Entire Article
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Nintendo emulator Delta lands on the Apple App Store, now the top free app
According to Testut, iGBA was a knockoff of GBA4iOS, which he developed while still in high school. Testut expressed frustration that Apple approved the clone (despite it being filled with ads and trackers) while his own app had been stuck in the approval process for well over a month.Read Entire Article
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Nothing's new Ear (a) earbuds are up for pre-order, ChatGPT integration incoming
The budget-focused Ear (a) buds, priced at $99, and $149 Ear buds both come with up to 45db of active noise cancellation, almost twice that of the older Ear (2)'s 40db. Their algorithm automatically applies the level of noise cancellation required based on the environment. It can also check forRead Entire Article
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Google is set to invest over $100 billion in AI, DeepMind founder says
According to Demis Hassabis, the child prodigy who founded DeepMind, Google is likely to invest more than $100 billion in AI technology and applications in the near future. DeepMind is a British-American research laboratory that has been working on AI since 2010. Google acquired the company in 2014.Read Entire Article
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System requirements for Windows 11 "AI Explorer" leaked, could be exclusive to Arm devices
While Microsoft is yet to release an official statement on AI Explorer, a leak has now seemingly revealed the minimum system requirements for PCs to run the new feature. The leak comes from noted Windows Insider Albacore, who says strings of code within the latest Windows 11 Build 26100 BetaRead Entire Article
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The EU has given TikTok 24 hours to provide details about its payment-for-views Lite app feature
TikTok Lite launched in France and Spain this month after being available in Asia for several years. As the name suggests, it has a smaller install size than the standard version of the app and requires less data usage. It's also designed mostly for watching videos – users cannot createRead Entire Article
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Logitech thinks the computer mouse needs an AI upgrade
The newly-launched Signature AI Edition Mouse is essentially a souped-up version of the popular Signature M750. It's virtually the same package but packs an extra button that launches the Logi AI Prompt Builder app, powered by none other than ChatGPT.Read Entire Article
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Microsoft warns that Russia's online influence campaigns targeting US elections have picked up pace
Russia's US election influence campaign has picked up the pace over the last two months, writes Microsoft, but the less contested primary season means it hasn't been as intense as in 2016 and 2020.Read Entire Article