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/ The FTC case against Microsoft could unearth rare details on game industry exclusivity deals.

/ A chance to revisit a side-scrolling classic. 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: Nintendo Now that Game Boy and GBA titles are part of the Nintendo Switch Online subscription, Nintendo is starting to roll out some classics: and next week that will include Metroid Fusion. It’ll be available to subscribers starting on March 8th. The side-scrolling adventure originally hit the GBA back in 2002, and it represented an interesting evolution of Super Metroid’s 2D design. Here’s the basic set-up: In Metroid Fusion, interstellar bounty hunter Samus Aran is attacked by an X parasite w...

Tech/ Artificial Intelligence / The change comes just hours after big layoffs at CNET and weeks after the outlet came under fire for quietly publishing AI-generated stories.

/ It could have to pay up to $7.8 million to settle the charges that it misled consumers.

/ In an upcoming version of Android, you can use a third-party app like Dashlane to manage passwordless logins instead of Google’s built-in password manager.

Microsoft/ Tech / Microsoft restricted Bing AI in recent days after wild responses, but a new toggle lets the chatbot get more creative once again. 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 new toggle for Bing AI.

/ Adding OLED to a running watch might seem odd, but it’s part of Garmin’s strategy to smarten up its watches. 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: Garmin Garmin’s Forerunner 265 and Forerunner 965 watches have just landed. And in a first for the line, both sport shiny always-on OLED touchscreens. The Forerunner series comprises Garmin’s midrange, lightweight GPS watches for runners (and triathletes), making the shift to OLED an interesting choice. That crowd tends to favor outdoor readability and long battery life — two things that smartwatches with OLED displays aren’t always ...

/ Tesla’s sixth Gigafactory will be just south of the Texas border in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the new Monterrey Gigafactory at the company’s Investor Day event in Austin, Texas.

/ The billionaire CEO announced the third part of his company’s ‘Master Plan,’ outlining plans for a ‘fully sustainable earth.’ The announcement was made during an Investor Day event at the Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. Elon Musk revealed the third part of Tesla’s “Master Plan,” in which the company will lead the global effort to eliminate fossil fuels and convert the world to sustainable energy. The plan was outlined during an investor event Wednesday held at the company’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. Master Plan 3 includes adding renewable power to the existing grid, producing more electric vehicles, installing heat pumps in homes and buildings, using high-temperature heat delivery and hydrogen for industrial applications, and building sustainably fueled planes and boats. Musk’s plan is...

Tesla held its first-ever Investor Day event on March 1st at the Austin, Texas-based Gigafactory. The company’s CEO, Elon Musk, revealed the third part of his “Master Plan,” which outlined ways that Tesla would reduce its manufacturing costs and grow to “extreme size.” Tesla has been buffeted by questions around demand, price, and management — especially in the wake of Musk’s disastrous acquisition of Twitter. But after steep stock declines in 2022, the company appears to be on more solid footing. Tesla slashed the prices for its popular Model 3 and Model Y by as much as 20 percent, which seemed to help attract more customers. Also, Musk is coming off the heels of a victory of sorts: a California jury found that he was not liable for billions of dollars in damages as a result of his infamo...

/ Elon Musk’s company is convening its first-ever Investor Day to pull the curtain back on its latest Master Plan, as well as details about its plans to grow to ‘extreme size.’ a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white”>Tesla Investor Day 2023 live blog

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