Author: Adam

Introduction Help out at home or steal your job, which path do you choose? | Image: 1X Technologies (left), Fourier (right) Nvidia has announced that Isaac GR00T N1 — the company’s open-source, pretrained but customizable foundation model that’s designed to expedite the development and capabilities of humanoid robots — is now available. “The age of […]

Introduction Business is still booming for music streaming services, which crossed the 100 million US subscriber mark in 2024, according to the Record Industry Association of America’s (RIAA) latest revenue report. Overall sales were also bolstered by physical media, which is growing at a slightly faster rate than digital, thanks in large part to continually […]

Introduction Nearly seven months after it was announced, Microsoft’s Xbox Adaptive Joystick is now available. | Image: Microsoft Today at its annual Microsoft Ability Summit, the company announced that its Xbox Adaptive Joystick is now available exclusively through the company’s online store for $29.99. The joystick was originally announced last August with a planned release […]

Introduction WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 05: Federal Communication Commission Commissioner Geoffrey Starks testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill December 05, 2019 in Washington, DC. All five of the FCC commissioners testified before the subcommittee, which is tasked with oversight of […]

Introduction A Blackwell Ultra server cluster. | Image: Nvidia Nvidia now makes $2,300 in profit every second on the back of the AI revolution. Its data center business is so gigantic, even its networking hardware now rakes in more money than its gaming GPUs. Now, the company is announcing the AI GPUs that it hopes […]

Introduction Oracle is closing in on a deal that would have it “vouch” for TikTok’s security in exchange for a small stake in the company’s US operations, according to Bloomberg. The plan, which was reportedly discussed among the Trump administration last week, would include “guarantees that an updated US version of TikTok would not contain […]

Introduction On Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance publicly acknowledged a simmering “tension” between two warring factions inside the Republican party – the populist MAGA right and the tech billionaires who threw their support to Donald Trump  – and called for a truce.  In remarks at Andreesen-Horowitz’s American Dynamism policy conference in Washington, DC, Vance, a […]

Introduction Assassin’s Creed Shadows brings the franchise to the shores of Japan. After almost 20 years and 13 mainline games, Assassin’s Creed — the series about using flashy gadgets and techniques to murder your enemies undetected — has finally been set in a place famous for assassins who use flashy gadgets and techniques to murder […]

Introduction The White House is working to “improve Wi-Fi connectivity,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement emailed to The Verge. According to The New York Times, it’s using Starlink to address the issue, which White House officials blame on the property’s spotty cell service and “overtaxed” Wi-Fi infrastructure. Huh. Giving Leavitt […]