visionOS 2: Spacemen can touch fingers, high five, fist bump each other with visual and audio feedback

First introduced in April, Spatial Personas in Apple Vision Pro are designed to feel like they’re in the same physical space, and to enhance the experience, lifelike avatars will soon be able to interact directly with each other using some new gestures in visionOS 2. Previewed at WWDC last year, Spatial People allows Vision Pro … Read more

how talks to sell Paramount turned into a Titanic failure

After more than six months of grueling negotiations, David Ellison thought he was on the verge of landing the deal of a lifetime: taking over Paramount, Hollywood’s century-old studio. Ellison took the floor Tuesday morning in Los Angeles from an adviser to Shari Redstone, the heiress who controls the media group behind the classics, including … Read more

OpenAI expands lobbying team to influence regulations

OpenAI is building an international team of lobbyists as it seeks to influence politicians and regulators who are increasing their control over powerful artificial intelligence. The San Francisco-based start-up told the Financial Times that it has expanded the number of staff in its global affairs team from three in early 2023 to 35. The company … Read more

I put the Luma Dream Machine to the test with 7 AI videos – here’s how Sora fares

Luma Dream Machine

Luma Labs, the artificial intelligence company that previously released the 3D model generator Genie, has entered the world of AI video with the Dream Machine — and it’s impressive. Demand to try Dream Machine overwhelmed Luma’s servers so much that they had to introduce a queuing system. I waited all night for my requests to … Read more

Despite the Rocky Start, the ROG Ally made portable computers a real competitor to the Steam Deck

The ROG Ally is celebrating its 1-year anniversary today, June 13, 2024. Below, we look at how it overcame launch issues to become a viable Steam Deck competitor and a sign of how open the market can be of portable computers. Considering how much the market for portable gaming PCs has exploded since Valve launched … Read more

Complete revision of the final form – An unparalleled achievement

Fate 2 Bungie As I wrote my thoughts on the initial campaign missions about a day after Destiny 2 released its massive Final Shape expansion, I knew it wasn’t going to be my full review. There was plenty left to come including a raid, a final mission and secrets that have just been revealed as … Read more

Head-to-head review: 2025 RockShox Zeb vs Fox 38

This isn’t the first time we’ve pitted the RockShox Zeb against the Fox 38, and it certainly won’t be the last. Both companies continue to battle for dominance, releasing minor and not-so-minor revisions each season in search of that top spot. That’s not to say there aren’t other worthy contenders out there, but for the … Read more

Amazon missed its chance to dominate AI, according to a new report

Amazon’s Alexa logo against a blue background

In the voice assistant arms race, the first may be about to finish last. Shortly after Apple unveiled a new “Apple Intelligence” Siri at its WWDC 2024 keynote, a new report from wealth shows that Amazon’s Alexa – perhaps the most capable of the current voice assistants – is struggling with its generative AI change: … Read more

Potential ‘devastating’ impact of Google AI Summary on publisher visibility revealed

What a Google ‘top stories’ search result looks like with and without AI Summary The dramatic impact Google’s AI-written summaries are having on search results visibility for publishers has been revealed through exclusive new research. An investigation led by The Press found that AI-written summaries returned nearly a quarter of news-related search queries in mid-May … Read more