Google used AI to enhance The Wizard of Oz for the Las Vegas Sphere’s giant screen
Google used AI to enhance The Wizard of Oz for the Las Vegas Sphere's giant screen Google used AI to enhance The Wizard of Oz for the Las Vegas Sphere’s giant screen AI was used on over 90 percent of The Wizard of Oz to prep the film for the Sphere’s 160,000-square-foot screen. | Image: […]
You can grab three months of Apple TV Plus for $2.99 a month right now
You can grab three months of Apple TV Plus for $2.99 a month right now Curious what all the fuss over shows like Severance and The Studio is about? If you’re interested in streaming either, new and eligible returning subscribers can sign up for Apple TV Plus through April 24th for just $2.99 a month […]
Arduboy creator says his tiny Game Boy won’t survive Trump’s tariffs
Arduboy creator says his tiny Game Boy won't survive Trump's tariffs Arduboy creator says his tiny Game Boy won’t survive Trump’s tariffs The original Arduboy. Kevin Bates managed quit his day job and move to China after his game-playing business card, the Arduboy, went viral in 2014. But a decade later, Trump’s staggering and inexplicable […]
YouTube says Nope! to age-gating Balatro videos
YouTube says Nope! to age-gating Balatro videos On Friday, the YouTube channel Balatro University posted a video highlighting how some of their videos had recently been age-restricted after the company tightened its policies about gambling content. But in a post Monday night, YouTube said the restrictions shouldn’t have been applied. “Videos featuring Balatro gameplay should […]
Elon Musk dies to tutorial boss in Path of Exile 2 livestream
Elon Musk dies to tutorial boss in Path of Exile 2 livestream Elon Musk, seemingly keen to repair some of his gamer cred after he admitted to account boosting, streamed himself playing Path of Exile 2 during a flight as a part of an “airborne continuity test” of his Starlink internet service. But during the […]
Switch 2: the good news and bad news
Switch 2: the good news and bad news In most ways, Nintendoâs Switch 2 is exactly what we wanted: a Switch, only better. Nintendo has an occasional tendency to follow its best and most successful consoles with some of its weirdest ideas â Wii U, anyone? â but this time seems to have stayed the course […]
22 years later, modders are keeping SimCity 4 alive
22 years later, modders are keeping SimCity 4 alive Search for âSimCity 4â on YouTube, and youâll see players constructing multilevel highway interchanges and intricate railroad networks, or maybe even a swooping flyby of a sprawling metropolis. None of these features came with the original game, which was released just after the turn of the […]
Nintendo confirmed the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons don’t use Hall effect joysticks
Nintendo confirmed the Switch 2's Joy-Cons don't use Hall effect joysticks Nintendo confirmed the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons don’t use Hall effect joysticks Nintendo hasn’t confirmed what joystick technology the Switch 2 is using, but its not Hall effect sensors. After several days of not providing a direct answer about the technology used in the Switch […]
Quantum mechanics might have the solution to joystick drift
Quantum mechanics might have the solution to joystick drift The Nintendo Switch may be remembered as much for repopularizing portable gaming as it will for a hardware issue that affected millions of gamers: joystick drift. Drifting is the most common term for an issue where joysticks detect false inputs â even when no one is […]
One streaming app to (almost) rule them all
One streaming app to (almost) rule them all Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 78, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If youâre new here, welcome, sorry everythingâs about to get so expensive, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, Iâve been […]