The Asus ROG Ally X is official — and I took a peek inside
Could it match the Steam Deck OLED?
Could it match the Steam Deck OLED?
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NASA, Boeing, and the United Launch Alliance had hoped for a shorter delay, but NASA says the ULA is taking more time to troubleshoot an issue with ground launch systems that halted the mission less than four minutes from liftoff.
The next launch window begins on June 5th.
Sean Fletcher, a UI designer who makes skins for the Delta emulator for iOS, announced a series of Pride-themed skins (pictured in the gallery below).
You can pay what you want, but Fletcher says June 2024 proceeds from this particular set will go to Rainbow Railroad, a non-profit devoted to aiding LGBTQI+ people around the world who face persecution. Here’s a guide for installing Delta skins.
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A set of 2,500 internal documents, including some related to search, call into question past statements made by the company.
We’ve curated a collection of great gifts that should appease any dad, from tabletop games and tools to some of our favorite tech.
The classic PlayStation platformer is coming back with a new edition on the PS5. It launches on August 1st (a PS4 version will follow). “I’ve long wished that the game could be accessible to more people on modern systems,” creator Tokuro Fujiwara explained on the PlayStation Blog. “Now that the opportunity is here.”
On The Vergecast: what we know about how Google works, the media’s deal with OpenAI, and a party speaker cameo.
It’s expanding InHome delivery to 10 more cities, including Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and San Bernardino.
With InHome, a delivery person wearing a camera uses a one-time code for a smart lock or garage door to deliver orders inside your home.
Soon, you won’t even have to order. Walmart is developing a replenishment service that automatically orders groceries for you.
As Drake attempts to flip taunts by Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, and Metro Boomin on Sexyy Red’s “U My Everything,” the beat transitions into a sample of the AI-generated song “BBL Drizzy.”
While the Udio-generated master recording is public domain, creator King Willonious’ lyrics are copyright protected, so he could get paid for a writer credit, as Billboard reporter Kristin Robinson explains.
According to Mark Gurman, noted Apple whisperer, we can expect a Settings redesign in iOS 18. Which, have you seen the settings menu in iOS recently? It’s chaos. We’d already heard that MacOS 15 might come with a settings overhaul, but news of a possible iOS cleanup is music to my ears.
And yet, Matty Benedetto has amassed millions of subscribers with his Unnecessary Inventions. Tune into my new video series, Full Frame: Creators, where I spend a day with a creator to see how they have found success on the internet.
Search is an invisible platform that shaped the entire web. And it’s changing.
A notification from Google acknowledges “an ongoing issue with serving some features in Google Search” without specifying which ones. Presumably, they’re not linked to AI Overviews, which appear to be here to stay.
Google later confirmed this reflected reports of blank results in Google News and Discover earlier, but now it’s all working again.
Update: Google now says the problem is resolved.
If you’ve purchased a Surface laptop or tablet in the UK you can now get it repaired at electricals retailer Currys. It doesn’t matter where you purchased your device from, Currys will handle repairs at its 300 stores across the UK. It’s a lot more convenient than having to send your device back to Microsoft, that’s for sure.
[Microsoft News Centre UK]
GPD looks like it has created one of the most interesting dual-screen laptops we’ve seen to date. The secondary display sits on top or folds over the regular one to then close flat into a tablet. It looks impressive in the GIF below, but the key will be weight and balance. We’re expecting to hear more about the GPU Duo at Computex next week.
I’ve been intrigued by Rabbit’s so-called “large action model” that trains an AI assistant to use your favorite apps on your behalf. That didn’t quite work out with the Rabbit R1, but now Apple’s taking a crack with Siri according to Mark Gurman’s latest scoop.
The new system will allow Siri to take command of all the features within apps for the first time [...] using AI to analyze what people are doing on their devices and automatically enable Siri-controlled features. It will be limited to Apple’s own apps at the beginning, with the company planning to support hundreds of different commands.
So, I guess my colleague Allison Johnson was right, the future of AI gadgets is just phones.