Espresso Displays makes some of our favorite portable monitors, but up until now, it felt like there was a hole in its portfolio. That’s because aside from its flagship model — the $800 Espresso 17 Pro — the other members of the family are slightly more affordable fare like the $469 Espresso Touch 13 and … Read more
Paul Whitehouse is set to star in HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ TV series. Learn all about the actor taking on the role of Argus Filch below. Paul Whitehouse is set to star in HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ TV series. Learn all about the actor taking on the role of Argus Filch below.
Intel is selling off its majority share in chip-maker Altera as part of its new CEO’s first steps toward stabilizing the company. The 51 percent stake sold today for $4.46 billion in a deal that is expected to close in the second half of this year. “Today’s announcement reflects our commitment to sharpening our focus, … Read more
In a decision almost certainly informed by the recent tariff chaos, NVIDIA is going to start making some of its AI chips and supercomputers in the US. The company announced that it’s building and testing its Blackwell chips in Arizona and it plans to manufacture its AI supercomputers — presumably the recently announced DGX Spark … Read more
From Emmy-nominated roles to his casting as Snape in HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ series, find out more about the British actor here. From Emmy-nominated roles to his casting as Snape in HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ series, find out more about the British actor here.
Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported amid Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration. Learn about him and get updates on the fight to get him back to the U.S. Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported amid Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration. Learn about him and get updates on the fight to get him back to the U.S.
Ubisoft has open-sourced Chroma, the company’s in-house colorblind assistance tool. It’s available for download via GitHub and is described as a “one-stop solution for detecting color blindness-related issues in games.” Here’s how it works. It throws a filter over the game screen that simulates various types of color blindness. This allows testers to flag accessibility … Read more
OpenAI has announced its phasing out GPT-4.5 from its developer API in favor of its new GPT-4.1 model. When it launched, OpenAI described GPT-4.5 as its best and most capable model so far, in part because it was a more natural conversationalist and could capably mimic some notion of emotional intelligence. Despite what its name … Read more
The Meta Quest 3S is on sale for $269 via Amazon. This is a record-low price for the 128GB VR headset, as it typically costs $300. It comes with a download code for Batman: Arkham Shadow and a three-month trial for Meta Quest+. This is the platform’s version of Game Pass or PS Plus, with … Read more
Meta plans to start using data collected from its users in the European Union to train its AI systems, the company announced today. Starting this week, the tech giant will begin notifying Europeans through email and its family of apps of the fact, with the message set to include an explanation of the kind of … Read more