Technology
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Sony’s New Access Controller Reveals a Big Problem in Adaptive Gaming
Similarly, third-party options that are smaller, bigger, or unorthodox shapes can be better for players than adaptive controllers and avoid…
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Taylor Swift, QAnon, and the Political Weaponization of Fandom
Taylor Swift remains inescapable. Tales of her reign are legion, as are her fans. Next to Beyoncé, her power and…
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Dealroom: Nvidia emerges as the most active large-scale investor in AI startups in 2023, excluding accelerators like YC, with 35 deals, 6x more than in 2022 (Financial Times)
Financial Times: Dealroom: Nvidia emerges as the most active large-scale investor in AI startups in 2023, excluding accelerators like YC,…
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The Best Console of Japan’s Golden Gaming Era Finally Gets Its Due
A big hurdle to enjoying these games today is the wide array of console types available on the used market.…
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Ukraine Is Crowdfunding Its Reconstruction
The new fundraising appeal comes amid a certain “tiredness” from donors, as Ukraine’s finance minister put it. Yaroslava Gres, United24’s…
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TechInsights: Huawei's Mate 60 Pro shows "significant progress" in China's domestic design and engineering of radio-frequency chips, replacing US suppliers (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: TechInsights: Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro shows “significant progress” in China’s domestic design and engineering of radio-frequency chips, replacing US…
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A look at the race among chip giants to make 2nm chips, as Samsung and Intel see the next leap in chip manufacturing a chance to close the gap with TSMC (Financial Times)
Financial Times: A look at the race among chip giants to make 2nm chips, as Samsung and Intel see the…
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In a 2+ hour long talk on X with Alex Jones, Andrew Tate, Jack Posobiec, others, Elon Musk said X should avoid outright bans unless users "do something illegal" (Sara Dorn/Forbes)
Sara Dorn / Forbes: In a 2+ hour long talk on X with Alex Jones, Andrew Tate, Jack Posobiec, others,…
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Paris-based Mistral AI has raised €385M, or about $415M, with investors including a16z and Lightspeed; sources: the deal values Mistral at about $2B (Cade Metz/New York Times)
Cade Metz / New York Times: Paris-based Mistral AI has raised €385M, or about $415M, with investors including a16z and…
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X lifts the permanent ban on Infowars host Alex Jones' account, after Elon Musk conducted a poll that resulted in 70.1% voting in favor of restoring the account (Associated Press)
Associated Press: X lifts the permanent ban on Infowars host Alex Jones’ account, after Elon Musk conducted a poll that…
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