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Modder builds a Nintendo Wii the size of a deck of cards
Advanced assembly skills recommended
WTF?! Shrinking popular game consoles has long been a popular pastime for modders. Some have spent years competing to make the tiniest functioning Nintendo Wii. The latest candidate measures just a few square inches and retains the original machine's functionality except for physical disc support.
The EU has given TikTok 24 hours to provide details about its payment-for-views Lite app feature
"Is social media 'lite' as addictive and toxic as cigarettes 'light'?"
Microsoft warns that Russia's online influence campaigns targeting US elections have picked up pace
Russia is trying to undermine US support for Ukraine and NATO
How to play PS1 Doom on PC (and why you might want to)
Preserving a unique piece of the franchise's history
TL;DR: The original Doom received numerous console ports during the 1990s, but the PlayStation version stood out. While it didn't perfectly replicate the original PC experience, some fans still prefer its unique visual style and music. Fortunately, modders have brought the PS1 editions of Doom and Final Doom to PC with modern quality-of-life features, multiplayer, and mod support.
Boston Dynamics unveils impressive all-electric Atlas robot
A generational leap in humanoid robotics
Survey: 63% of US employees would take a pay cut to work remotely
Workers value more than money when it comes to their jobs
Amazon Prime US customer numbers jump 8% to 180 million, an all-time high
Looks like the Prime Video ads didn't turn many people off
Ghost kitchens are vanishing due to mounting criticism and demand
Delivery-only services are coming up short in the post-pandemic era
YouTube star Marques Brownlee's scathing Humane Ai Pin review leads to argument over ethics and influence
Surely he's only telling the truth?
Ikea announces Brännboll: a new gaming furniture line blending style and function
Infused with 90s nostalgia
Lean on me: Some AI products still depend on human intervention
"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain"
A decade of Interstellar: Epic space odyssey returns to theaters this September
Celebrating its 10th year anniversary
Fallout TV series season 1 is now streaming, Fallout 4's next-gen upgrade introduces new content on April 25
All Fallout games now on sale, Fallout London mod also coming this month
Avi Wigderson wins Turing Award for his influential work in computational randomness
The Turing Award is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of Computing
Adobe is paying upwards of $7 per minute for original video content to train AI
Is Adobe paying enough?
The UK could ban the sale of smartphones to kids under 16
Most parents would approve
Meta will blur images containing nudity in Instagram messages to under 18s
Over 18s can enable the feature if they want
Sun Microsystems co-founder supports forced TikTok sale, calls it China's "programmable fentanyl"
"Spinach for Chinese kids, fentanyl - another chief export of China's - for ours"
A hot potato: Joining the list of people who support the US government's attempt to force ByteDance into diversifying TikTok is Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla. The OpenAI backer didn't hold back when talking about the popular short-form video platform, noting that it could be weaponized by a foreign adversary. He also called the app programmable fentanyl whose effects are under the control of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Sony debuts new flagship 4K60p Pan-Tilt-Zoom camera with AI auto framing
A lot of tech in a tiny form-factor
Compaq, Gone But Not Forgotten: The Best-Selling PC of the 1980s and 1990s
#TBT The year was 1982 and computers had finally made the jump from machines that took up a full room to something that could fit on a desk. But they were still far from portable, so three entrepreneurs decided to change that.
