Digital Trends
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The Cute VR Platformer Moss And Its Sequel Are Heading To Consoles
The popular VR game Moss and its sequel are coming to consoles and PCs in a bundle. Moss: The Forgotten Relic brings together Moss, Moss: Book II and the Twilight Garden DLC into a single package. Developer Polyarc says the games have been “beautifully enhanced and reimagined.” This was…
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Andon Labs’ AI radio stations show why Grok and Gemini can’t be trusted
Andon Labs has been running a series of experiments in which AI agents run businesses without human intervention. Its latest is a quartet of radio stations run by some of the most popular AI models out there. “Thinking Frequencies” is run by Claude, “OpenAIR” by ChatGPT, “Backlink Broadcast” by Google’s Gemini, and “Grok and Roll…
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts
On Friday, OpenAI launched a new set of personal finance tools in preview for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the U.S., letting them connect their accounts and ask questions ranging from spending analysis to future financial planning. OpenAI has partnered with the financial connection service Plaid to manage the account connections. Users can connect to over…
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ChatGPT Will Offer Personalized Financial Advice (If You Connect Your Bank Account)
OpenAI is rolling out a preview of a new personal finance feature inside of ChatGPT. Starting today, Pro users in the US can connect their financial accounts to ChatGPT in order to get more personalized advice from the chatbot. To hear OpenAI tell it, every month more than 200 million users already turn to ChatGPT…
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PMOS and pitfalls of personalized health
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. A few days ago, my esthetician was smearing hot wax on my face. The two caterpillars I call…
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Runway started by helping filmmakers. Now it wants to beat Google at AI.
AI video generation startup Runway doesn’t have the typical Silicon Valley pedigree. No Stanford founders, no ex-Google founders, no nine-figure seed round that bought them time to ignore revenue. Its three founders — two from Chile, one from Greece — met at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and built the company in New York.…
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Engadget Podcast: Who Needs Googlebooks?
Google As usual, Google delivered much of its consumer-focused news this week during the Android Show, ahead of its I/O developer conference. We’ve gotten a closer look at Android 17, which will sport a slew of new Gemini AI integrations, including some new agentic upgrades. The company…
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Even GoPro is pivoting to defense
Want to make money? Start building data centers. Or build batteries to power data centers. Or: pivot to defense. This is not financial advice, but it’s certainly what seems to be winning over public markets and private investors lately. Ford’s nascent energy storage business — a fraction in size to Tesla’s and won’t be ready…
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The UK’s Tax Authority Is Turning To AI To Help Identify Fraud
Mehaniq/Shutterstock HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the UK’s tax authority, has announced a 10-year deal with British tech firm Quantexa to use AI for detecting fraud and tax return errors. The BBC has reported that the multi-year agreement will cost the UK government £175 million ($234 million). Under the…
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Leaked images reveal Xbox Elite 3 controller with mysterious new buttons
Hours after a smaller Xbox Cloud Gaming controller appeared online, Brazil’s Anatel regulator has also accidentally published images of what appears to be Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox Elite 3 controller. Tecnoblog has posted images that show the successor to the Elite 2 controller, with an interchangeable D-Pad, paddles, and two new mysterious buttons. The Elite 3…
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Indian Uber rival Rapido raises $240M at $3B valuation
Indian ride-hailing company Rapido said on Friday it had raised $240 million in fresh funding at a $3 billion valuation to compete better in the country’s growing but challenging mobility market. Led by Prosus, the equity round saw participation from existing investors, including WestBridge Capital and Accel. The round was part of a larger $730…
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Behold, the Elon Musk jackass trophy
Yesterday, in Musk v. Altman, before the jurors came in, Sam Altman’s team passed up what looked — from a distance — like a little league trophy. It was not. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had the lawyers read the inscription aloud for the press: “Never stop being a jackass.” It’s a commemoration OpenAI employees bought for…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI has been bleeding staff since its merger
Elon Musk’s newly rebranded SpaceXAI is reportedly losing top talent, with more than 50 researchers and engineers departing since February, according to The Information. The exits include key leaders across coding, world models, and Grok voice. Rivals like Meta and Thinking Machines Lab are reportedly scooping up former staff, with the company’s core pre-training team…
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xAI Introduces Its Coding Agent Called Grok Build
xAI xAI has launched a coding agent of its own to serve as competitor to its rivals’ products, such as Anthropic’s Claude Code. It’s called Grok Build, and it’s still in its early beta version that’s initially only available to SuperGrok Heavy subscribers paying $300 per month for…
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Meta brings virtual writing to everyone with Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses
Meta is rolling out new features to its Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, including bringing the ability to write messages just with hand gestures to all users. You’ll be able to use the feature in WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram and with “native Android and iOS messaging,” Meta says. The feature, which relies on the Meta Ray-Ban…