It’s The AI Election Year
Leah Feiger: That are coming our way, that is so ominous. Vittoria Elliott: Woof. Leah Feiger: And probably so true. Nilesh, thank you so much for joining us today. Listeners, again, if you are seeing instances of generative AI out in the wild this election year, anywhere around the...
‘Animal Well’ Demonstrates What Gaming Stands To Lose Amid Indie Studio Closures
It took Billy Basso seven years to make Animal Well, the dense, dark Metroidvania game that crashed onto Steam’s top-seller chart earlier this month amid a flurry of player hype. The game is a labyrinth exercise where players wander a world inhabited by sometimes friendly, sometimes not-friendly creatures as...
You Can Buy A Used Tesla For Cheap. Just Be Careful If You Do
The launch of a new electric vehicle these days is invariably met with a chorus of “this car is too expensive”—and rightfully so. But for used EVs, particularly used Teslas, it’s quite another story, thanks to a glut of former fleet and rental cars that are now ready for...
I Spent An Hour In Marvel’s Apple Vision Pro ‘What If…?’ Experience. I’m Still Not Sure Why
On its surface, Marvel’s new “immersive story” What If…?, available to Apple Vision Pro users starting Thursday, seems like a win-win. Marvel gets to mess around with how to combine storytelling and spatial computing, and Apple gets a big-name experience to appease everyone who ponied up $3,500 for their...
A Nonprofit Tried To Fix Tech Culture—but Lost Control Of Its Own
Allen, a data scientist, and Massachi, a software engineer, worked for nearly four years at Facebook on some of the uglier aspects of social media, combating scams and election meddling. They didn’t know each other but both quit in 2019, frustrated at feeling a lack of support from executives....
Chromebooks Will Get Gemini And New Google AI Features
The first notable feature is Help Me Write, which works in any text box. Select text in any text box and right-click—you’ll see a box next to the standard right-click context menu. You can ask Google’s AI to rewrite the selected text, rephrase it in a specific way, or...
35 Best Memorial Day Sales (2024): TVs, Office Chairs, And Ebikes
Memorial Day sales are like other big sale events—huge, confusing, and often misleading. But there are some excellent discounts if you know how to find them (and since you’re reading this, clearly you know what you’re doing). We spent our long weekend sleuthing for discounts worth your time and...
28 Best Memorial Day Mattress Deals (2024)
Mattresses and cars are two things you should never pay sticker price for, because sticker prices are inflated and therefore “deals” are usually the actual retail price. We can’t help you with cars, but we can help with getting a new comfortable bed. We track the prices of all...
Spotify Tips For People Who Like To Listen To Whole Albums
I wish there were more options here. For example, it would be great if the end of one album could result in the start of a similar album, or if I could turn the feature off for albums and on for playlists. Still, it’s nice to have the choice,...
Insta360 X4 Review: 8K 360 Footage In A Tiny Package
In practice, this is the first 360 camera I’ve used where the video footage is still very sharp and clear, even when reframed to 16:9. You still have to deal with the stitch line, which is where the edges of the two lenses meet and software (imperfectly) fills in...