Someone got Doom running on a 2009 Canon DSLR camera, and it's surprisingly playable
Open-source port supports multiple mods and level packs
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If one PC creates 20dB of noise and another makes 40dB, how louder is the second PC?
Also: what are humming, rattling and whining PC noises?
Drones could be banned over most public spaces in this Colorado city, but the FAA may stand in the way
The FAA says local no-drone zones apply to the ground, not the skies
YouTube may be paying creators millions not to post on Netflix
Sean Evans, Alan Chikin Chow, and Nick DiGiovanni are among prominent creators in negotiations with YouTube
Dave Bautista takes over as Kratos in Amazon's God of War series
Production is expected to restart in October, with Ryan Hurst's Kratos scenes being reshot
Judge says ATF cannot decide when a piece of 3D-printed plastic legally becomes a firearm
The court found the rule unconstitutionally vague and at odds with America's gunsmithing tradition
FDA approves robot that can find your vein, insert a needle, and draw blood without human help
The FDA says automated blood draws could help address the shortage of trained phlebotomists
The largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricity
Heart Aerospace's 30-seat electric plane takes flight for the first time
Pew survey: 52% of Americans now more concerned than excited about AI
Job loss is a major concern across all age groups
Flock's fastest-growing business is 60 mph police drones that can read license plates from the sky
Privacy groups warn that flying plate readers could expand surveillance far beyond roadside cameras
Fairphone brings its $649 repairable Gen 6+ smartphone to the US
The phone earned a perfect 10/10 repairability score from iFixit
Meta goes to trial over Facebook and Instagram's impact on young users
The company could face $193 billion in penalties as states put its social media design on trial
Unitree shows off new Superman robot that it says can outrun Usain Bolt and jump 6.5 feet
The company says the humanoid can hit 28.3 mph after just three months of development
Ferrari's first electric car sells for a record $40 million at auction
The Luce, designed with input from Jony Ive, has drawn criticism since its May debut
These are the tech CEOs young people trust most and least when it comes to AI
Even the most trusted name on the list was backed by just 35% of respondents
Connecting the dots: Is it surprising to know that CEOs – the profession most likely to attract or suit individuals with psychopathic or sociopathic traits – aren't trusted to act responsibly when it comes to AI? A new study has confirmed that this is especially true among younger people, who have a particular distrust of executives at Palantir.
Sam Altman says four years is too long for college as AI tears up the traditional career path
The OpenAI boss says two years was the "exact right amount of time" for him
Nvidia may have just built its own hyperscaler without owning a single data center
The neoclouds are burning cash by the billion. Nvidia just lined up the money to keep them building
Why it matters: Nvidia has quietly assembled every piece of a cloud giant, and it doesn't even need to own the buildings. That is the theory making the rounds, and once you see it laid out, the last two years stop looking like a chip company having a very good run and start looking like a plan. The financing arrangement Nvidia signed this month with BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and four other Wall Street heavyweights, aimed at funneling more than $500 billion of outside capital into AI data centers, would be the last piece clicking into place. Most outlets filed it under the now usual "more AI money" headline, but there is a more interesting read.
This Carrier Pidge app delivers texts at 110 mph, unless your virtual pigeon gets lost, distracted, or dies
Finally, a messaging app with built-in bird-related failure
WTF?! Have you ever marveled at the lightning speeds of modern communications and thought, "I wish this wasn't so fast"? Probably not, but for anyone who doesn't want to resort to posting letters, there's a new app that replicates the message-carrying speed of a carrier pigeon. Adding further realism to the whole thing, there's a small chance that your virtual bird will get lost or die while traveling to its destination, so don't send anything too important.
France's court just blocked Macron's plan to ban kids from social media
French bill would have banned social media for under-15s, banned phones in schools
Gamer drops laptop temperatures by up to 15°C by switching from a wooden desk to a metal table
The laptop stayed between 75°C and 83°C during Cyberpunk 2077
A Windows Defender bug is making VLC take 30 seconds to open an MP3 file
Windows' antivirus software is mistakenly quarantining VLC's plugin cache
Marvel's Wolverine arrives complete on disc, just as physical gaming fades
Insomniac still recommends downloading the game's day-one patch
JCB's hydrogen car Hydromax hits 406 mph record at Bonneville
The run more than doubled BMW's previous hydrogen speed record, set in 2004
HallPass says its embarrassing AI-generated candy typos were intentional rage bait
The company admits it used AI to combine product images and left the resulting errors in on purpose