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Source: The Verge Warner Bros. Discovery has removed the entire lineup of classic Looney Tunes shorts (1930-1969) from its streaming service, Max. The company confirmed the move to Deadline, saying the streamer will prioritize adult and family programming, rather than content for kids. This comes after Warner Bros. Discovery yanked hundreds of Looney Tunes episodes…
Source: The Verge Google is shipping the latest “experimental” features of its Gemini 2.0 Flash AI model to more developers across all regions, and people are finding some concerning abilities that include editing out watermarks from photos. The company’s lightweight localized on-device AI model is now equipped with native image generation that can not only…
Source: The Verge Frida Baby is upgrading a popular tool designed to help relieve an infant’s congestion with more power. The company says it sells over 4.7 million of its manual SnotSuckers every year, but for parents who are too grossed out at the thought of manually sucking snot out of a sick infant’s nose,…
Source: The Verge Discord is launching a way for developers to directly integrate the platform’s social features into their games. The new Social SDK, announced today, will let developers that use it offer “friends lists, cross-platform messaging, voice and more for all players — with or without a Discord account,” according to a press release….
Source: The Verge Today’s episode of Decoder is a little different, and I think it’s one of the more illuminating conversations I’ve had in a while. I’m talking to Evan Smith, the cofounder and CEO of Altana, a company that makes software to track and manage the global supply chain. Smith started Altana in 2019…
Source: The Verge Xbox 360 modders have discovered a new way to get homebrew apps and games running on the console. A new software-only exploit known as BadUpdate allows you to use a USB key to hack past Microsoft’s Hypervisor protections and run unsigned code and games. Modern Vintage Gamer has tested BadUpdate and found…
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…
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…
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…
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…
