If you missed the chance to buy the Apple TV 4K when it was $59 off a few weeks ago, now is your opportunity to purchase it at that price again. Amazon has discounted the 32GB model to $120, making it only $10 more than it was during Prime Day. That’s a compelling price for… Continue reading The 2021 Apple TV 4K drops to $120 at Amazon
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Indonesia blocks Steam, PayPal and other services over missed regulatory deadline
Indonesia is blocking residents from accessing various online platforms after those services failed to comply with a July 29th regulatory deadline, reports Reuters (via The Verge). Among the affected platforms are PayPal, Steam and Yahoo (owned by Engadget’s parent company Apollo Management). Under the country’s 2020 MR5 law, companies labeled as “Private Electronic System Providers”… Continue reading Indonesia blocks Steam, PayPal and other services over missed regulatory deadline
A studio of ‘Witcher 3’ developers are making an online action game set in feudal Japan
A group of former CD Projekt Red developers is working on a new online action that will take players to feudal Japan. This week, Dark Passenger co-founders Jakub Ben and Marcin Michalski announced the formation of their studio and put out a call for talent in a series of tweets spotted by PC Gamer. Ben… Continue reading A studio of ‘Witcher 3’ developers are making an online action game set in feudal Japan
Uber starts showing more US drivers how much they will earn on potential trips
Uber has launched a couple of features designed to improve the experience of and increase transparency for drivers. A few months ago, the ride-hailing giant started piloting a feature called “Upfront Fares” in a handful of cities. Now it’s expanding its availability and rolling it out to most of the US over the coming months.… Continue reading Uber starts showing more US drivers how much they will earn on potential trips
GM will limit warranty transfers and ban buyers from flipping Hummer EVs
GM doesn’t want people buying some of its newer and most sought-after models, such as the GMC Hummer EV, to quickly sell them for a profit. The automaker is implementing several aggressive measures meant to discourage the practice, even if it ends up losing the company some customers. In a letter obtained by Corvette Blogger,… Continue reading GM will limit warranty transfers and ban buyers from flipping Hummer EVs
Samsung’s ‘Repair Mode’ keeps your data hidden from technicians
With stories of hackers selling personal information in bulk on forums becoming more common, it can be stressful to send your device for repair. Yes, you could wipe your phone, but then you have to go through the hassle of restoring it afterward. Now, Samsung has introduced a solution for that issue in the form… Continue reading Samsung’s ‘Repair Mode’ keeps your data hidden from technicians
Recommended Reading: What’s next for DALL-E 2?
Charlie Warzel, Galaxy Brain/The Atlantic Warzel dives into questions about DALL-E 2 in his newsletter for The Atlantic, many of which have been voiced by others. Those include what it could mean for the future of art and the potential commercial ambitions of OpenAI, the company that created it. Polygon Enjoy a bit of nostalgia… Continue reading Recommended Reading: What’s next for DALL-E 2?
TikTok is testing more mini-games, including one from Aim Lab
TikTok is conducting a broader test of games in its all-conquering app. The company recently added a way for creators in some markets (including the US) to append one of nine mini-games to a video by tapping the Add Link button and choosing the MiniGame option. When viewers come across a video that links to… Continue reading TikTok is testing more mini-games, including one from Aim Lab
Free AI tool restores old photos by creating slightly new loved ones
You can find AI that creates new images, but what if you want to fix an old family photo? You might have a no-charge option. Louis Bouchard and PetaPixel have drawn attention to a free tool recently developed by Tencent researchers, GFP-GAN (Generative Facial Prior-Generative Adversarial Network), that can restore damaged and low-resolution portraits. The… Continue reading Free AI tool restores old photos by creating slightly new loved ones
DeepMind’s AI has now catalogued every protein known to science
In late 2020, Alphabet’s DeepMind division unveiled its novel protein fold prediction algorithm, AlphaFold, and helped solve a scientific quandary that had stumped researchers for half a century. In the year since its beta release, half a million scientists from around the world have accessed the AI system’s results and cited them in their own… Continue reading DeepMind’s AI has now catalogued every protein known to science