UT Austin’s communication school adds Karch Gaming Institute
Source: Venture Beat The University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication will be home to the Karch Gaming Institute. Read Full Article
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Big Tech’s tax bill is on the table in tariff talks
Source: The Verge The United Kingdom is preparing to respond to the series of tariffs President Donald Trump has introduced since taking office. New taxes on everything from pure-bred horses to bourbon are on the table, but the Labour government seems more interested in a conciliatory approach, and it’s considering sacrificing a popular tax on…
What’s on your desk, Allison Johnson?
Source: The Verge Allison Johnson is the smartphone reviewer for The Verge, along with, as she says, “a bit of telecom on the side, which means I am a professional phone user.” She came to The Verge from DPReview, where she covered digital cameras and smartphone cameras. That looks like a cozy space. Where in…
Google Pixel 9A review: a midrange phone done right
Source: The Verge The A-series Pixels have been very good over the past few years. And in the Pixel 9A, Google has taken a good midrange phone and made it great. It’s $499, which feels just right for what you get in the 9A. Spend a bit more for the Pixel 9, and you’ll get…
Black Mirror season 7 review: a warmer sci-fi anthology
Source: The Verge Black Mirror started out as a grim, dark, and nihilistic exploration of near-future tech. But with the tragic romance of “San Junipero” in season 3, the anthology slowly started to shift its priorities. Early on, everything was bad: the technology and the people. And the former was used to show how awful…
Oppo’s Find X8 Ultra squeezes better specs into a slightly thinner phone
Source: The Verge Oppo’s new Find X8 Ultra is the latest entrant in the ongoing competition between Oppo, Xiaomi, and Vivo to produce the world’s best camera phone. But unlike its rivals, Oppo has decided that bigger might not be better. Let’s be clear: the Find X8 Ultra isn’t a small phone by any means,…
8flow wants to map your enterprise data and workflows for use in AI — and it’s raised $10M to help
Source: Venture Beat If your business is still figuring out how best to use AI — and aren’t all of ours? — one important consideration to start is data. What of your company’s data will be useful for AI, where is it stored, how secure is it, who has access, and how can it be…
Judge berates AI entrepreneur for using a generated ‘lawyer’ in court
Source: The Verge A man’s recent attempt to use an AI-generated avatar in his legal appeal made an immediate impression on a New York courtroom, but probably not the one he was hoping for. Jerome Dewald — a 74-year-old that The Register notes is behind a startup that says it’s “revolutionizing legal self-representation with AI”…
China will show fewer US films in response to tariffs
Source: The Verge “We will follow market rules, respect the audience’s choice, and moderately reduce the number of American films imported,” The CFA said. “China is the world’s second-largest film market. We have always adhered to a high level of opening up to the outside world and will introduce more excellent films from the world…
ChargePoint’s new Level 2 chargers are faster and go both ways
Source: The Verge ChargePoint is ready to speed things up. On Thursday, the EV charging company revealed new AC Level 2 EV chargers that it says effectively double the speed of typical Level 2 chargers. The new architecture also supports bidirectional charging, so owners can use their EVs to power their home or business if…