Hideo Kojima to part ways with Sony, will bring his new gaming projects to Xbox
Is anyone at Sony still interested in making video games?
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Zoox is taking on Waymo in San Francisco with free rides and a very different robotaxi
Its purpose-built pods have no steering wheels or pedals
A hobbyist built a working computer out of 460 vacuum tubes, and it needs 15 minutes to warm up
The Tube Computer MK3 runs an 8-bit design on 460 Soviet-era 6N3P vacuum tubes
GOG's latest preservation push lets fans print box replicas for your digital games
Bringing a new physical layer to the store's retro gaming offering
In a bizarre twist, robots protest in Poland to warn that AI and automation could take human jobs
Around 30 machines marched, held signs, and "chanted" for tougher regulation
Corsair made a $200 gaming chair and then tested it like it was going into battle
It's Corsair's new entry-level chair
OpenAI claims 10,000 of its AI agents solved one of mathematics' hardest problems in 88 hours
The Navier-Stokes claim tests whether AI can do real mathematics, not just convincing mathematics
Google mapped a fly's nervous system and developers are using it to play Doom
The MaleCNS v1.0 dataset maps more than 166,000 neurons from an adult fruit fly's brain
Anthropic researcher resigns, warns the AI race could end in human extinction
A colleague puts the chance of AI killing all humans within a decade at more than 10%
Crystal ball: What's more concerning than the prospect of AI bringing about the end of humanity? It's the people working at these companies making the same warning. Hours after a former OpenAI employee quit Anthropic and said, "No other human activity poses this level of danger," a colleague said there is more than a 10% chance that artificial intelligence could kill all humans within the next decade.
Lucky enthusiast found $12,000 worth of RAM sitting in his garage
Salvaged from an old, decommissioned server
California city canceled Flock, removed its cameras, then found the company had put some of them back
Facepalm: Once again, Flock is making headlines it would rather avoid: the company has admitted that it reinstalled its cameras in a California city after the police force canceled its contract and took them down. Flock, for its part, is pointing to an automated system that thought the cameras going offline meant there was a fault, though it also seems to be blaming the city for removing its cameras too quickly.
Jeep, Ram, Hyundai, and Ford are turning to gas backup engines to save the electric truck
The extended-range approach also extends to three-row SUVs, addressing towing and charging concerns
CD and vinyl sales are surging as frustration with digital media keeps growing
CD revenue jumps 58%, while vinyl sales continues long-running revival
Miami wants to turn parts of the city into a real-life GTA Vice City, but sheriff opposes the plan
"Grand Theft Auto is a video game franchise built around criminal activity"
Steve Wozniak-signed Apple-1 motherboard could fetch $800,000 at auction
The lot also includes a letter to the original owner, signed by Steve Jobs
New York City bans generative AI for elementary and middle school students
The rules also ban companion chatbots and restrict teachers from using AI for grading
Range Rover's first EV packs a huge battery and a 22-minute fast charge
It pairs a 118.5-kWh battery with 542 horsepower
Lego builds on 30+ years of PlayStation with new console-inspired set
Lego invites fans to press "Start" on a brick building trip down memory lane
Dallas garbage trucks are using AI cameras to flag code violations and give homes a "blight score"
Privacy concerns and fears of unfair fines are fueling a backlash against the program
WTF?! Want another reason why there's a big pushback against artificial intelligence? In Dallas, AI-powered cameras mounted on trash collection trucks are photographing properties and assigning them a "blight score" – a rating based on perceived code violations.
California passes bill to make plug-in solar systems easier and cheaper to install
Systems up to 1,200 watts could use standard outlets
I Vibecoded Morrowind, Duke Nukem, and Serious Sam Onto an iPhone
I can't code, but with AI agents I built native iPhone ports of Duke Nukem, Serious Sam, and Morrowind, learning where vibecoding works, where it fails, and why human direction still matters.
This tiny space mission wants to reach Alpha Centauri, in about 80,000 years
The crowdfunded mission aims to launch in just three years for under $15 million
Insurance companies keep pushing AI, but 98% of their adjusters' reviews on it are negative
Glassdoor finds claims-adjuster AI reviews are overly negative, highest of any role
Grand Theft Auto VI could cause a massive workplace productivity crisis
People are already planning to disappear for a week when GTA 6 launches
ICE seeks to purchase up to $2 million in Boston Dynamics Spot robots
The deal would bring Spot into one of its most controversial government roles yet