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Incredible DIY flight sim cockpit features flaming afterburners, a pneumatic cannon, and firework rockets
Posted on Saturday September 13, 2025
The incredible work, which was posted to Reddit by user u/Ok_But_1351, originally appeared on Chinese social media platform bilibili.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Roku plans massive rollout of AI-generated ads on its streaming platform
Posted on Saturday September 13, 2025
Roku is planning a major push to adopt generative AI for advertising on its popular TV platform. The US streaming leader is working to expand access to next-gen AI advertising tools for smaller companies, which often lack the resources or expertise to manage campaigns.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Preliminary Microsoft-OpenAI deal clears way for OpenAI's for-profit conversion
Posted on Friday September 12, 2025
The new arrangement comes after a summer of contentious talks between the two companies, which have long been both collaborators and competitors in the race to develop advanced AI systems.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Game Bub brings open-source FPGA power to classic Game Boy games
Posted on Friday September 12, 2025
Eli Lipsitz, a software engineer with a passion for retrocomputing and video game emulation, is seeking funding to complete his latest project. Game Bub is an open-source handheld that emulates Game Boy hardware using a powerful field-programmable gate array chip. The developer is aiming to raise $100,000 and has already...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Visual Studio Code brings AI model switching alongside UX upgrades
Posted on Friday September 12, 2025
Visual Studio Code 1.104 brings major AI and safety improvements. GitHub Copilot now automatically selects the best AI model for each task, supporting GPT-5, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini Pro 2.5.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Modder adds over an hour of Switch 2 runtime by dropping in a bigger battery pack
Posted on Friday September 12, 2025
The mod comes courtesy of YouTuber Naga, who pried open a Switch 2 and installed a larger 8,000 mAh battery in place of the factory-fitted 5,220 mAh unit. To the amusement of many social media users, he even used a pair of metal-cutting scissors to saw off a sizable portion...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
FTC investigates OpenAI, Meta, Google over potential chatbot harm
Posted on Friday September 12, 2025
Federal regulators are demanding answers from several of the largest artificial intelligence companies as concerns mount over the risks chatbots pose to young users. The Federal Trade Commission issued sweeping information requests on Thursday to OpenAI, Meta, Google, Elon Musk's xAI, and several smaller firms, including Character.ai and Snap, seeking...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Kickstarter laptop packs dual touchscreen, modular GPU, and hot-swappable mechanical keys
Posted on Friday September 12, 2025
Hong Kong-based manufacturer Krayzor has launched a Kickstarter for a laptop that blends features usually reserved for desktops. The company pitches it as an ideal setup for gaming, content creation, and multitasking.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
PsiQuantum raises $1 billion, hits $7 billion valuation in quantum race
Posted on Friday September 12, 2025
The company states that it will use part of the new capital to accelerate the development of its quantum chipsets, scale test systems, and advance materials manufacturing. A quantum computer in Brisbane, Australia, is scheduled for completion by late 2027, while a separate system in Chicago may follow in 2028....Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
MSI Afterburner update to unlock additional voltage controls, but only on newer MSI RTX 5000 cards
Posted on Friday September 12, 2025
Alexey "Unwinder" Nicolaychuk, the sole developer of MSI Afterburner, is working on a new beta version of the program. The world's most popular GPU overclocking tool is set to deliver significantly improved voltage control on upcoming "MSI 50x0" GPUs, with the first working samples of the new cards already in...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »