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    Samsung squashes hopes that it will release its Ballie home robot

    I mean if this could project midair video holograms then yeah it'd have been neat, but an early 21st century Earth projector with not great runtime at best, and from floor level? Doesn't sound like a great idea to me.
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    Samsung squashes hopes that it will release its Ballie home robot

    Really hard to see what this does/did that a smartphone doesn't, other than be an impromptu projector. And that seems like a bizarre piece of functionality that someone rammed in there just to see if they could, not because it was in any way a good idea.
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    Nvidia leans on DLSS improvements to make up for a lack of GPUs at CES

    I vaguely recall seeing mention of there being a new Bond game in development somewhere, and of course am familiar with the Resident Evil franchise existing, which just makes it all the more confusing why there's also several generic placeholder images/names used alongside those 2... I guess...
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    In a surprise announcement, Tory Bruno is out as CEO of United Launch Alliance

    If he has jumped, the only thing slightly surprising is the timing as I expected him to get Vulkan a bit more up-and-running before calling it a day, since it is pretty much his baby even if it is the one he was forced to create rather than the one he might have chosen given a free hand. But...
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    Microsoft takes down mod that recreated Halo 3 in Counter-Strike 2

    Exactly what I thought when I got to that part, what did they expect to have happen? It's dubious enough to loot directly from seemingly long-dead and abandoned IPs that haven't explicitly been abandoned/opened up for people to use, because you just might rouse the lawyers at whatever megacorp...
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    SteamOS has problems with 8GB GPUs, but Valve is working on it

    I really hope the scenario some are suggesting where this shifts enough units that developers spend more time on optimising their VRAM usage comes to be, because whilst sure it's not meant to be anywhere near a high-end machine 8GB really isn't quite enough at present for 1080p high settings in...
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    Russian launch pad incident raises concerns about future of space station

    Well if it can survive a reboost (and the trampoline flips the other year) it can survive being boosted all the way out to an L-point, slowly. Not that notionally being able to survive the journey makes the journey a remotely good idea of course.
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    Russian launch pad incident raises concerns about future of space station

    Even ignoring the difficulty of 'just keep the Russian doors locked' due to the station being designed for the Russian and US portions to rely on each for critical functions, as illustrated in this very article, there are myriad other problems with just shoving it higher and trying to continue...
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    Russian launch pad incident raises concerns about future of space station

    So next question, is there a port conveniently positioned that would let you thrust into it and provide the appropriate torque to the station? Trying to put energy into the station from a docked vehicle via a docking ring in anything other than a pretty direct axial path sounds like galloping...
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    Civilization VII team at Firaxis Games faces layoffs

    Hard to tell if these layoffs are a response to poor sales or just the continuing normal drawdown of staffing once past the immediate post release period. Most large studios have cyclical headcounts as people get bought on for particular stages of projects, then released again unless there's a...
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    AI built from 1800s texts surprises creator by mentioning real 1834 London protests

    Eh I'd have to disagree with your conclusion somewhat, more data and more compute to train on all that data faster absolutely does result in generally better outputs, UP TO A POINT. That's the entire reason why so many billions have been poured into acquiring more of both those components, the...
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    US may purchase stake in Intel after Trump attacked CEO

    And nobody paid the slightest bit of attention because despite 357 (approximately) threats to shut down TikTok, everyone knows full well that TACO.
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    This aerogel and some sun could make saltwater drinkable

    One the most critical parts of the article, and it's the sort of useless waffle that should be acompanied by an ALL CAPS youtube title contaning words like EXTREME, NEVER SEEN BEFORE and INCREDIBLE alongside a ridiculous/idiotic gurning 'shocked' face. What kind of sunlight? Weak...
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    Nothing Phone 3 review: Nothing ventured, nothing gained

    That's not a phone. I'm not even sure a large, wheeled, suitacase has enough surface area using all sides to allow it. Do you have even the remotest idea just how many permutations there are of USB speeds and power delivery capabilities, even before you start multiplying out by the physical...
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    F1 in Britain: Terrible English summer weather equals entertaining race

    Other than times when their use is mandated at the start of a race, I doubt they'll get used much in the future. I seem to recall it being mentioned several times in interviews that the Pirelli full wet is a bit crap, in that it can't cope with much more water than the inter but overheats and...
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    F1 in Britain: Terrible English summer weather equals entertaining race

    This has to be the answer to Norris smashing up podium proceedings, heck of a lot easier to stick a lego trophy back together than a piece of porcelain!
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    Civilization VII patch lets you turn off some controversial new features

    On the one hand its always good to see developers realise they screwed up, and either remove or provide ways to disable stuff that simply doesn't work well in a game. On the other even if there's a bit less railroading now, I'm still not sure what reasons there are to play Civ7 over Humankind...
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    After AI setbacks, Meta bets billions on undefined “superintelligence”

    I read this as even the most deluded hypers realising that not only are the current family of 'AI' products not very good and a net negative once you take into the account the cost of operating them, and there being no signs or pathways to that changing, but that people in general and the...
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    Gaming news site Polygon gutted by massive layoffs amid sale to Valnet

    I wouldn't say RPS lost 'some good staff', pretty much every single core staff member left a body-shaped imprint in the door the instant the terms of the sale contract ran out and they could dip with the money, and the longer term/better contributing writers were fairly quickly disposed of...
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    Revisiting iZombie, 10 years later

    Reminds me somewhat of Being Human, a very British sitcom (doesn't feel like the right term, but descriptively it fits) revolving around a ghost, vampire and werewolf that find themselves sharing a house together, and their struggles in dealing with the everyday challenges of both Being Human...