Hands-on with the Switch 2: It’s the Switch, too
The Nintendo Switch 2 could be considered the most direct "sequel" to a Nintendo console that the company has ever made. The ...
Nvidia confirms the Switch 2 supports DLSS, G-Sync, and ray tracing
The other major Nvidia technology supported by the new Switch is G-Sync, which prevents screen tearing when games are running ...
Most Americans think AI won’t improve their lives, survey says
For Americans, the future of AI apparently looks bleak, not because it possibly spells the end of the world but because 83 ...
Critics suspect Trump’s weird tariff math came from chatbots
Some overseas officials challenged Trump's math, such as George Plant, the administrator of Norfolk Island, who told the ...
Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen
To do this, Berthet and her colleagues built a database of 700 bonobo calls and deciphered them using methods drawn from ...
Feeling curious? Google’s NotebookLM can now discover data sources for you
Most of Google's AI efforts thus far have involved adding generative features to existing products, but NotebookLM is ...
Are new Google E2EE emails really end-to-end encrypted? Kinda, but not really.
When Google uses the term E2EE in this context, it means that an email is encrypted inside Chrome, Firefox, or just about any ...
Samsung turns to China to boost its ailing semiconductor division
Samsung has turned to Chinese technology groups to prop up its ailing semiconductor division, as it struggles to secure big ...
Google DeepMind releases its plan to keep AGI from running wild
This work has identified four possible types of AGI risk, along with suggestions on how we might ameliorate said risks. The ...
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Hi everyone: I've been using the same Canon ImageClass D1350 via USB since 2012. It's worked flawlessly, until the last week or two. The model has a reputation for being extremely reliable-the main ...
Wealthy Americans have death rates on par with poor Europeans
The US had the largest gap in survival between the poorest and wealthiest quartiles compared to European countries. America's ...
SpaceX just took a big step toward reusing Starship’s Super Heavy booster
SpaceX has now launched eight full-scale test flights of Starship, with a Super Heavy booster and Starship's upper stage stacked together to form a rocket that towers 404 feet (123.1 meters) tall. The ...