George Carlin's estate sues over AI-generated comedy special
George Carlin’s estate has filed a lawsuit against the makers of an hour-long comedy special featuring an AI replica of the comedian, as reported by NBC News. The late comedian’s estate, including his...
View ArticleAmazon's 2023 Echo Show 8 is back to $90, plus the rest of this week's best...
We've reached the end of another week, so it's time for a roundup of the best deals we could find on tech we like. Happily, a couple of the items we saw at CES (and named among the best) are already...
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The MicroKorg 2 hands-on: A stylish update to an iconic digital synthesizer
The MicroKorg 2 has some big britches to fill. The original MicroKorg is one of, if not the best selling synthesizer of all time. It's also probably the longest continuously manufactured synth, having...
View ArticleUltrawings 2 hits PS VR2 early and even the developer was surprised
To the surprise of just about everyone — seemingly including the studio behind it — virtual reality game Ultrawings 2 has hit PlayStation VR2 earlier than expected. Developer Bit Planet Games wrote on...
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Samsung’s AI features on the Galaxy S24 in China reportedly ditch Google for...
The Samsung Galaxy S24 isn’t taking Google’s Gemini AI with it to China. CNBC reported Friday that the Chinese version of the flagship phone uses Baidu’s Ernie chatbot to power the phone’s AI-powered...
View ArticleMicrosoft slashes 1,900 jobs across Xbox and Activision Blizzard
We're not even one month into 2024 and it's already been another brutal year for workers in the video game industry. Microsoft is the latest company to announce a major round of layoffs in its gaming...
View ArticleThe Final Fantasy 14 live-action TV show is dead
A live-action TV series based on Final Fantasy 14 is no longer happening. The project is now dead, according to Dinesh Shamdasani, the co-founder of Hivemind, one of the production companies involved....
View ArticleApple's rivals aren't happy about its EU App Store changes
Last year, the European Union implemented new laws to make big tech open up its platforms to competitors. The deadline for compliance is March, and all eyes were on how Apple, which is famous for not...
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What’s up with the 'toxicity' around Cities: Skylines II?
Cities: Skylines II developer Colossal Order has a uniquely close relationship with its community. The original Cities: Skylines came out in 2015 and gobbled up the audience that was left behind by...
View ArticleInstagram is testing 'flipside,' a finsta feature that already kind of exists
Instagram is testing yet another feature meant to give users an alternative to finstas. It’s called “flipside” and it allows people to create a secondary photo grid that only designated friends can...
View ArticleElevenLabs reportedly banned the account that deepfaked Biden's voice with...
ElevenLabs, an AI startup that offers voice cloning services with its tools, has banned the user that created an audio deepfake of Joe Biden used in an attempt to disrupt the elections, according to...
View ArticleLawsuit says 23andMe hackers targeted users with Chinese and Ashkenazi Jewish...
In October 2023, 23andMe admitted that it suffered a data breach that compromised its users' information. The company has been hit with several lawsuits since then, and according to The New York Times,...
View ArticleThe Morning After: A cheaper Tesla, Apple's EV project
Sorry to interrupt your Saturday, but The Pokemon Company is aware it's being mocked and Apple isn't giving up on its dreams of making a car — it just might not be as impressive as first imagined. This...
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Seeking Mavis Beacon is a wild Sundance doc about the search for a lost tech...
With a healthy dose of heart and whimsy, the Sundance documentary Seeking Mavis Beacon follows two young Black women who are devoted to finding the original model for Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. If...
View ArticleFossil is done making smartwatches but will keep releasing updates for a few...
Fossil is officially getting out of the smartwatch business. Following months of speculation about the future of its Wear OS smartwatch lineup, which hasn’t seen a new model since 2021’s Gen 6, the...
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Casio's Dimension Tripper lets you control your guitar pedals with your...
NAMM is packed to the gills with synths, guitars, saxophones, et cetera. But, I promise you right now, the Dimension Tripper from Casio is the only wireless expression controller on the floor that you...
View ArticleFan-made Bloodborne Kart catches heat from Sony, forcing developers to shift...
We were so close to finally drifting on the cobblestone streets of Yharnam, but it looks like we’ll have to wait a little longer for Bloodborne Kart. And, it’ll be called something else when it does...
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Embodme Erae II hands-on: A customizable MPE MIDI controller for your soft...
The original Erae Touch was one of the more interesting MPE controllers to come out in the last few years. But it's been on the market for less than three years. So it was something of a surprise when...
View ArticleNarrative game Open Roads has been delayed by a month
Annapurna is delaying the release of its upcoming narrative adventure game, Open Roads, by a few weeks so the team can do a little more refining. It’s now scheduled for release on March 28 instead of...
View ArticleX confirms it blocked Taylor Swift searches to ‘prioritize safety’
X has confirmed it’s preventing users from searching Taylor Swift’s name after pornographic deepfakes of the artist began circulating on the platform this week. Visitors to the site started noticing on...
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