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HHW Gaming: Xbox Gets A Much-Needed Win, EU Regulators Approves Activision Blizzard Acquisition
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Amazon is making a Lord of the Rings MMO (again)
/ The team behind New World will be developing the new game, following a canceled project several years ago. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
T-Mobile is giving away free MLB.TV again
/ You’ll have another chance to claim free MLB.TV from May 23rd to July 17th. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.
Linda Yaccarino Was Named Twitter CEO and Apple Launched Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro on iPad in This Week’s Tech Roundup
This week, the tech industry was surprised to learn that Elon Musk would be hiring a new CEO at Twitter. Months after buying the company and taking up the role himself, Musk hinted that he had hired a woman for the position. The following day, he officially revealed the hire was NBCUniversal’s Linda Yaccarino.Elsewhere in tech, SpaceX and Vast have teamed up to build the first commercial space station. The two companies plan to launch the Haven-1 into orbit, using SpaceX’s Falcon rocket, as soon as mid-2025.On the software side, Adobe brought its Firefly text-to-image AI to Google’s Bard chatbot. Apple, meanwhile, finally rolled out Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPads.Below, Hypebeast has rounded up the top tech stories of the week so you can stay up to date on trends in the industry.Elon...
Korg Berlin Introduces Acoustic Synthesizer Prototype
Korg Berlin, a music instrument R&D division co-founded by Maximilian Rest and Tatsuya Takahashi in 2020, has officially revealed its first prototype — the Acoustic Synthesis_phase5.The device is described as a marriage of an acoustic instrument and synth-like controls. Unlike a traditional synthesizer that uses oscillators, phase5 uses tuned metal forks that produce distinct fundamental notes and overtones like a real live instrument. Since it uses acoustic resonators instead of electric circuits, the device exhibits unique properties such as reverbing like an electirc guitar when held near an amp and ringing when dropped or hit against the side."We're trying to capture this rawness of instruments, while being at the same time, controllable like a synthesizer," Takahashi explains to R...
Google, how do I ask your AI the right questions?
/ It’s kind of weird that Google knows Duet AI and SGE need to prompt you on how to prompt it. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Live footage of me thinking of what to ask AI bots.a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>The SGE snapshots also prompt you on what to ask it next.
Google’s new Magic Editor pushes us toward AI-perfected fakery
/ Google’s AI-powered Magic Editor tool promises to ‘make complex edits without pro-level editing tools.’ a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Google One of the most impressive demos at Google I/O started with a photo of a woman in front of a waterfall. A presenter onstage tapped on the woman, picked her up, and moved her to the other side of the image, with the app automatically filling in the space where she once stood. They then tapped on the overcast sky, and it instantly bloomed into a brighter cloudless blue. In just a matter of seconds, the image had been transformed. The...
Google’s AI tools embrace the dream of Clippy
/ Google recently demonstrated how its Duet AI features might soon be able to analyze your work and suggest ways to continue or improve it. If this reminds you of Clippy, then you’re not alone. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Microsoft’s Clippy sits atop its paper throne.
Google’s AI pitch is a recipe for email hell
/ Gmail will start helping you write more polished prose — but more polished doesn’t automatically mean better.
Android 14 played a surprisingly small role in Google’s I/O keynote
/ Google barely mentioned Android 14… and that might actually be a good thing for Android. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>This year’s I/O keynote featured a lot of AI and very little about the next version of Google’s mobile OS.
Apple’s AirTags are available at a rare discount
/ You can also save on Google’s new Pixel 7A, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Bose’s best pair of noise-canceling earbuds. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Memorial Day is just around the corner, and if you’ve got plans to travel, today’s deal on Apple’s AirTags has landed at the perfect time. Right now, you can buy a single AirTagfor $25 ($4 off) at Amazon and Best Buy, which is the lowest price we’ve seen so far this year. If you’d like to buy a set for the whole family, you can also buy a pack of four for $89.99 ($10 off) from Amazo...
Tears of the Kingdom’s portable stove is Link’s most powerful new gadget
/ Out of all of Tears of the Kingdom’s new tools and toys, the Zonai portable pot is hands down the most useful and game-changing. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Link receiving a portable pot from a Zonai device dispenser.
