WizKids’ Baldur’s Gate 3 mini figures look like they’ve been through the hells
WizKids did Baldur’s Gate 3 dirty with its new D&D Icons of the Realms collection of miniature figures. The anticipated collection based on the beloved RPG (my personal 2023 GOTY)…
Spotify’s iPhone app will now let you easily buy audiobooks
It’s finally possible to purchase an audiobook from Spotify’s iPhone app with just a few taps. On Monday, Spotify announced that Apple approved an update that allows users in the…
Elgato is letting you stick a Stream Deck on anything
The Streeam Deck Modules can be easily added to customized mounts and other projects. Elgato announced a new “Stream Deck Everywhere” strategy at Computex, which includes a software-based virtual Stream…
Trump to sign law forcing platforms to remove revenge porn in 48 hours
After dragging its feet for years, America is finally taking its first big step toward shielding victims of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII)—also known as revenge porn—from constantly being retraumatized online.…
New portal calls out AI content with Google’s watermark
Last year, Google open-sourced its SynthID AI watermarking system, allowing other developers access to a toolkit for imperceptibly marking content as AI-generated. Now, Google is rolling out a web-based portal…
Labor dispute erupts over AI-voiced Darth Vader in Fortnite
On Monday, SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against Epic subsidiary Llama Productions for implementing an AI-generated Darth Vader voice in Fortnite on…
Space Force official: Commercial satellites can do a lot more than we thought
A generation ago, when former NASA administrator Dan Goldin promoted the mantra of a “faster, better, cheaper” approach to the agency’s science missions, critics often joked that NASA could only…
Biotech company Regeneron to buy bankrupt 23andMe for $256M
Biotechnology company Regeneron will acquire 23andMe out of bankruptcy for $256 million, with a plan to keep the DNA-testing company running without interruption and uphold its privacy protection promises. In…
This Molecular ‘Hard Drive’ Stores Information in Plastic
Like DNA hard drives, the approach could lock the world’s data down for the long haul—if researchers can make it practical. We have a data storage problem. This year, the…
Google releases its NotebookLM mobile app
Google’s NotebookLM app for Android is out now, as reported by 9to5Google, and is expected to launch for iOS and iPadOS on May 20th, according to the app’s App Store…