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TCL’s New Tablets and Phones Feature Paper Displays

At its CES press conference today, TCL announced quite a few things but seemed most proud of the Nxtpaper 3.0 display technology. The company believes it could be a game-changer. Nxtpaper is a kind of wellness display technology that looks and feels like paper more than a harsh, glaring, harmful screen.Read more…

Unisteller’s Latest Telescopes Make Stargazing as Easy as Flipping Through Your Phone

The winter nights may be long, but they donā€™t have to be dull, even for folks with small apartments who donā€™t have room for an extra big telescope. Unistellarā€™s latest telescope, the Odyssey, is half the size and less than half the weight of the companyā€™s last big release from 2023. However, with a few taps on yourā€¦Read more…

In 2024, AI Will Spark an Indie Video Game Renaissance (and Nightmare)

More people are making video games than ever before, but most games are still designed by teams of professionals. Thereā€™s a barrier of technical skills that keeps the average person from making their own game, but in 2024, thatā€™s going to change. AI is going to make game development so easy that youā€™ll be able toā€¦Read more…

The Author of Ready Player One Has Launched His Own Torment Nexus

Ernest Cline, the bestselling author of Ready Player One, apparently never learned the lesson of his own book. The novelistā€”whose sci-fi hit depicts a dystopian world in which people forego societal engagement for the illusory pleasures of a Matrix-like video game worldā€”has decided to launch his own ā€œmetaverseā€ā€¦Read more…

Swarming Robots, DNA, and Bitcoin: The Wild List of Stuff Heading to the Moon Next Week

Astroboticā€™s Peregrine lunar lander is slated to blast off on Monday, January 8, carrying an assortment of goodies, including cutting-edge scientific rovers, bitcoin, and a piece of Mount Everest. No doubt, this ainā€™t your grandfatherā€™s Moon mission, as the era of commercial space deliveries is now upon us.Read more…

Researchers Say Thereā€™s a 5% Chance That AI Will Cause Human Extinction

A survey of the leading AI scientists says thereā€™s a 5% chance that AI will become uncontrollable and wipe out humanity. In the short term, researchers estimate AI will become significantly more advanced, able to create a Top 40 pop song and write an NYT bestseller before 2030. So at least our AI overlords willā€¦Read more…

Google Just Disabled Cookies for 30 Million Chrome Users. Hereā€™s How to Tell If Youā€™re One of Them.

Today marks the first of many upcoming moments of silence in Googleā€™s years-long plan to kill cookies. As of this morning, the Chrome web browser disabled cookies for 1% of its users, about 30 million people. By the end of the year, cookies will be gone in Chrome foreverā€”sort of.Read more…

Roku Claims New Pro Series 4K TVs Will Optimize Your Settings With AI

Roku doesnā€™t want you to consider it the ā€œbudgetā€ TV brand you find at all-you-can-shop brick-and-mortar stores like Wal-Mart or Target. The company wants a piece of that premium TV pie, even as it already reigns as the top TV streaming platform for the U.S. and Canada. The company has announced its plans to expandā€¦Read more…

SpaceXā€™s Latest Launch Will Bring Starlink to T-Mobile Phones

SpaceX is gearing up to test its Starlink satellitesā€™ ability to connect directly to cellphones in the U.S., launching the first six satellites under a temporary license with the hopes to expand its connectivity reach beyond that of traditional cell signals.Read more…