Digital Bandidos wants to be an outlaw publisher that fights for devs | Steve Escalante
Source: Venture Beat Digital Bandidos formed last year as an indie game publishing company just as many publishers were going out of business. Read Full Article
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Roblox’s new AI model can generate 3D objects
Source: The Verge Roblox is launching and open-sourcing Cube 3D, the first version of its foundational AI model for generating 3D objects. “With Cube, we intend to make 3D creation more efficient,” Roblox says in a press release. “With 3D mesh generation, developers can quickly explore new creative directions and increase their productivity by deciding…
Zoom’s AI will soon help you do busywork, too
Source: The Verge Zoom’s AI Companion is getting an “agentic” upgrade at the end of this month, allowing it to identify and perform tasks on users’ behalf. Workspace users will be able to access the feature within a new Tasks tab in Workspace, where they can have Zoom’s AI schedule follow-up meetings, generate documents from…
The OneXSugar asks: what if Nintendo Switch could transform into Nintendo DS?
Source: The Verge The picture above does not contain two different gaming handhelds. Instead, this halo device for Qualcomm’s just-announced Snapdragon G3 Gen 3 gaming chips — which I’ll tell you about in a sec — is a single transforming device with swing out gamepads and screens. It’s called the OneXPlayer OneXSugar, and it’s one…
Bambu Labs launches 3D-printable toys with reusable electronics
Source: The Verge 3D printer manufacturer Bambu Lab has launched a new toy system called CyberBrick under its MakerWorld brand, which pairs reusable and programmable electronics components with 3D-printable models to enable a range of possible toys based on both official and community designs. CyberBrick is initially only available through Kickstarter, but has already surpassed…
Google is switching legacy G Suite accounts to pooled storage
Source: The Verge People who are holding on to free G Suite legacy accounts will soon lose their individual storage allotment perks. In an email seen by The Verge, Google has started informing G Suite legacy free edition plan users that they will be switched to pooled storage that’s “shared across all users within your…
Microsoft accidentally wipes out Copilot in latest Windows 11 update
Source: The Verge Microsoft’s Copilot app for Windows is being “unintentionally uninstalled” on some Windows 11 devices thanks to the latest monthly Windows update. The Patch Tuesday updates that started rolling out on March 11th have led to Copilot being unpinned from the taskbar and uninstalled. “We’re aware of an issue with the Microsoft Copilot…
Alphabet spins off Starlink competitor Taara
Source: The Verge Light-based internet project Taara is exiting Alphabet’s “moonshot” incubator X, spinning off into an independent company. Taara’s tech uses lasers to transmit data, and is envisaged as a rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink when it comes to connecting rural areas to the internet. The Financial Times reports that Alphabet will retain a…
Dude Perfect and Mark Rober may be the next YouTubers to get big streaming deals
Source: The Verge Netflix and other streaming platforms are stepping up efforts to sign YouTubers, which could mean big streaming deals for sports channel Dude Perfect or former NASA engineer Mark Rober, reports The Wall Street Journal. The Journal writes that streaming platforms’ creator-signing ambitions have “shifted into overdrive” in response to the success of…
SwitchBot’s next smart hub comes with a control knob
Source: The Verge According to the CSA listing, the Hub 3’s knob works for things like tweaking temperature on your smart thermostat or adjusting media volume — it says it’s compatible with “Apple TV, Spotify, and other streaming platforms for unified audio management.” The other physical controls include what looks like a home button, back…