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We've come a long way since exclusively $1,000+ OLED gaming monitors. Alienware's latest display brings the price down to a shocking $350, though it comes with some important compromises.
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Vox - 6 hours 17 min agoBut maybe I know too much, or too little about how much to know? | Pete Gamlen for Vox Hi readers! Shayla Love here, science journalist and longtime fan of Your Mileage May Vary. I'm honored to be subbing for Sigal Samuel while she's out on parental leave. I'm diving into your questions as a way to help understand human nature and our choices through multiple lenses: philosophical, psychological, and beyond. Please send in any emotional, body/brain, sociological, perceptual, or other...
Online multiplayer changed the trajectory of games, but the cost of keeping servers running means every virtual world is doomed to die sooner or later Nevan Hagarty had an idea. If he and other Halo 3 players stayed online the night of 13 January 2022, they could delay the impending server shutdown. Players knew this was coming: it had happened to Halo 2 when its Xbox Live servers were turned off in 2010, and a group managed to stay logged into the multiplayer servers for weeks . And so, players...
England and Wales have seen their driest July on record, provisional Met Office figures show.
ABC News - 10 hours 18 min agoHiring for entry-level software developers has slowed, and college enrollment in computer science is declining...
Countries across Europe are on the brink of an energy emergency as the River Danube falls to record-low water levels - with Romania carrying out underwater detonations to improve water flow.
Hungary's prime minister has warned the country is facing the "most critical five days ahead" with its sole nuclear power plant expected to be shut down this week due to record-low water levels of the River Danube.
ABC News - 13 hours 51 min agoFor the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland Spain with an even longer encore next summer...
Fuel excise cut, which was imposed after outbreak of Iran conflict, ended at midnight on Monday. Follow today's news live LinkedIn dragged into news bargaining incentive legislation, despite lobbying from Microsoft The government has released new details of its news bargaining incentive legislation, with LinkedIn no longer exempt from the agreement which will force platforms to pay for news content. We want digital platforms to do deals with a diverse range of media organisations and have shown...
Wearing protective gear to shield from the extreme heat of molten bronze, workers at one of the last bell foundries in Europe are casting bells weighing several tons. One after another, the artisans carefully pour the molten metal into specially shaped molds held together with steel bands to create 12...
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers' questions commits the cash and presses the buttons on a vital consumer dilemma Read this week's replies: What is the true Breakfast of Champions? I've heard that in Germany you can buy sausages in vending machines. What should be sold in machines that isn't offered at the moment? Sybil Freestone, Oregon Post your answers (and new questions) below or send them to nq@theguardian.com . A selection will be published next...
A German engineer wanted a cheaper cigarette. The popular crooner Bing Crosby wanted a vacation. Satisfying both desires inadvertently led to the invention of the laugh track. Along the way there were Nazis, spoils of war, and more than one accidental encounter. Tying together this quirky history is the Magnetophon. What Was the Magnetophon? The Magnetophon was a high-fidelity reel-to-reel magnetic tape recorder. The hit of the Berlin Radio Show when it debuted in 1935, it was developed by the German...
NPR - 1 day 3 hours agoNPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Bloomberg AI infrastructure reporter Dina Bass about concerns over circular financing in the AI sector.
The endless scroll has come to a bigger screen.
GeekSpin - 2 days 3 hours agoFor $30 an hour, a humanoid robot will clean your San Francisco apartment while a remote operator controls it from elsewhere. Tech startup Tau Robotics opened the service this week to selected applicants in the city. CEO and co-founder Alex Koch said that the company is mainly targeting people who currently skip professional cleaners altogether. […] Read the original article here: You can now hire a humanoid robot to clean your home for $30...
When I started at Spectrum 25 years ago, a senior editor suggested that I find a "rabbi," by which he meant someone who could mentor me in how EEs approach problems and evaluate potential solutions. I didn't find one right away. Then in 2005 we decided to do a special report, focusing on the challenges of enterprise software development. I suggested we invite IEEE Life Senior Member Robert N. Charette , a self-described risk ecologist, prolific book author, and leading authority on risk...
Autonomous vehicle giant disturbs residents' sleep.
Anthropic's Claude goes rogue and hacks three organizations while testing...
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