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Source: The Verge / You might be able to watch celebrities set their mouths on fire on live TV. By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium. Sep 13, 2024, 7:14 PM UTC If you buy something from…
Source: Venture Beat Kinetix announced its $1 million fund to support game developers who are combining generative AI and user-generated content. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25365556/HT055_THREADS_CVirginia.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Opening your Threads account up to the fediverse is as easy as a click")
Source: The Verge It looks like the fediverse is continuing to open up. In late March, Meta’s Threads introduced a beta feature that allows users from the US, Canada, or Japan to cross-post and view likes from Mastodon and, presumably, other federated social networks. In June, it added that ability to over 100 countries. If…
Source: Venture Beat We heard the news yesterday that all 25 of Annapurna Interactive’s team resigned after a deal fell through to spin them out of the entertainment company Annapurna. It was a sad moment not only because it added 25 more people to the list of 12,700 game workers put out of work so…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25619393/GXVIIN2bgAAhB7w.jpeg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Is this weirdly shaped, canary yellow thing Tesla’s robotaxi?")
Source: The Verge A blurry photo of a heavily camouflaged vehicle tooling around on the Warner Bros. movie studio lot surfaced last night, spurring speculation that it’s the fabled Tesla robotaxi set to be revealed next month. With its canary yellow wrap and clearly manipulated shape, it’s difficult to glean much about the robotaxi from…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25619342/aos_pdp_02_1000x1000.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Bungie will compensate an artist after its Destiny 2 Nerf blaster ripped off their work")
Source: The Verge When Bungie and Hasbro decided to create a real-life, dart-blasting Nerf version of one of the most famous Destiny 2 guns, someone got lazy — stealing a fan artist’s nine-year-old work instead of creating the Ace of Spades from scratch. To Bungie’s credit, the game company has just announced it will “make…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25618931/snappy1.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Snappy could improve smartphone photography with a stabilized grip")
Source: The Verge The Camera Control on the new iPhone 16 lineup is Apple’s attempt to improve the ergonomics of smartphone photography, but it doesn’t solve the problem of securely holding on to those smooth rectangular slabs while framing a shot. Similar to accessories we’ve seen from companies like Xiaomi, the Snappy adds the grip…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25618882/World_s_First_Smart_Deadbolt_With_UWB_NFC_Technology.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "The Ultraloq Bolt Mission from U-tec is the first smart lock with UWB")
Source: The Verge U-tec’s new smart lock will allow your door to unlock automatically as you approach it using ultra wideband (UWB) technology. The auto-unlock features that U-tec and others previously offered used a combination of BLE, Wi-Fi, and GPS, which can be unreliable and slow. The Ultraloq Bolt Mission UWB Plus NFC is the first smart lock…
Source: Venture Beat Los Angeles Comic Con is returning on October 4 to October 6 with more gaming fandom and other elements of pop culture like comics, sci-fi and anime. The event has become L.A.’s largest pop culture event, and today the exp released its entire lineup of panels, entertainment and activations. It began expanding…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25619414/2154292697.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Keurig caught making ‘inaccurate’ recycling claims about its coffee pods")
Source: The Verge Keurig did not disclose that two of the largest recycling companies in the United States had expressed significant concerns to Keurig regarding the commercial feasibility of curbside recycling of K-Cup pods at that time and indicated that they did not presently intend to accept them for recycling. In fiscal year 2019, sales…
