Guidemaster: Picking the right tablet for each use case
Enlarge / Microsoft’s Surface Pro 9. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Tablets looked to take the computing world by storm during the iPad’s meteoric rise, but they have now stabilized into their…
The gravitational interactions that have helped us dodge 60-hour days
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Most of us wish we had more than 24 hours in a day to get everything done and actually breathe. What if each day gave us…
Game tutorials should be easily skipped. Why is that so hard?
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Between work, sleep, errands, and other demands, the average gamer doesn’t have as many hours as they’d like for their hobby. When you…
XAI Summary, AGI and Tesla Dojo 2
Rob Mauer of Tesla Daily has some highlight notes from the X.AI twitter space and Farzad has a supercut of the Twitter space. It sounds like Elon said that Tesla…
Infrared may no longer be a punchline, as IEEE approves 9.6Gbps wireless light
The Light Antenna One promises up-to-gigabit network connections with infrared light. We’ve known for over a decade that blinking light bulbs can transfer substantial quantities of wireless data, not just…
Mass Production of Tethered Humanoid Robot for Researchers by Chinese Company Fourier Intelligence
Fourier Intelligence will mass produce humanoid robots. They plan to make 100 GR1 humanoid robots units by the end of 2023. They will mainly target robotic R&D labs. GR-1 will…
Sanctuary AI Humanoid Robots Can Teleoperate and Work Autonomously
Sanctuary AI is a Canadian humanoid robotics company iwth over 100 million in funding. They want to create the world’s first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots that will help us…
Court denies FTC’s last-ditch attempt to stop Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard
Image: Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has lost what may be its final attempt to block Microsoft from buying Activision Blizzard. It’s the second loss for the FTC…
The Biden administration can talk to social media sites again — for now
Ten days after a federal judge in Missouri barred the Biden administration from contacting tech companies about posts protected by the First Amendment, the White House is temporarily no longer…
Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family plan ends in August
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is ending its Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family plan. The plan had already spread to eight countries as of February, allowing…