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06 Mar

Leaked Rivian R2 specs include a 330-mile range and $47,000 starting price

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Specs for the Rivian R2 leaked this week ahead of Thursday’s unveiling. Found by “internet sleuths” who tipped off Electrek, its specifications were buried in source code for the EV’s teaser website (briefly visible to anyone in the public using a web inspector). The code suggests the R2 will have up to a 330-mile range and a $47,000 starting price…

06 Mar

Sleight of Hand is a new noir game from the creator of Framed

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Framed creator Joshua Briggs is back with another mystery game, and, this time, it has a supernatural element. RiffRaff Games has announced the upcoming release of Sleight of Hand, a "third-person card-slinging occult noir stealth sim" — a collection of words that alone have us very intrigued. Sleight of Hand follows Lady Luck, a former occult detective who must track down…

06 Mar

Microsoft engineer who raised concerns about Copilot image creator pens letter to the FTC

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Microsoft engineer Shane Jones raised concerns about the safety of OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 back in January, suggesting the product has security vulnerabilities that make it easy to create violent or sexually explicit images. He also alleged that Microsoft’s legal team blocked his attempts to alert the public to the issue. Now, he has taken his complaint directly to the FTC,…

06 Mar

Ghost of Tsushima is coming to PC on May 16

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Another tentpole PlayStation game is coming to PC. This time around, it's Ghost of Tsushima, the PlayStation 4's brilliant swansong. The director's cut of the open-world adventure will hit Steam and the Epic Games Store on May 16.Nixxes, a Sony studio that's highly regarded for its PC ports, spent the last year working to bring Sucker Punch's game to another…

06 Mar

Beats Studio Buds + are on sale for a record-low price

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Those who are looking to upgrade their earbuds could do much worse than picking up a pair of Beats Studio Buds +. We reckon they're the best Beats option for most people. In addition, they give Apple fans who don't necessarily love the stems of AirPods but would prefer to stick with the company's products a solid option for true…

06 Mar

The best multi-device wireless charging pads for 2024

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Wireless chargers can add convenience to your space while also removing those pesky, messy cords. If you have a number of devices you use regularly, like an iPhone or Android phone, wireless earbuds and a smartwatch, it may be worthwhile to pick up a wireless charger that can power them all up simultaneously. Multi-device wireless chargers keep all of your…

06 Mar

FDA approves the first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor

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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first continuous glucose monitor (CGM) people can buy without a prescription. Dexcom's Stelo Glucose Biosensor System has a sensor users are meant to insert into their upper arm, similar to the company's other CGMs that need a doctor's prescription for purchase. It pairs with a smartphone application that can show the…

06 Mar

The Morning After: iOS 17.4 is here

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Apple’s latest update to iOS has an important addition — at least in the European Union. With the arrival of iOS 17.4, Apple now officially supports third-party app stores on the iPhone. Web browser makers no longer need to base their apps on Apple’s WebKit, and Apple is opening up the NFC chip to wireless payment methods that are not…

06 Mar

Tidal cuts $9 from the price of its hi-fi audio streaming plan

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Tidal is condensing its plans in a bid to compete with fellow music streamers. The platform is removing its HiFi Plus and HiFI tiers to create one individual plan, aptly called Tidal. The new option will offer everything Plus users paid $20 monthly for but for $11— the same price as Spotify and Apple Music's one-person plans. It seems Tidal…

06 Mar

The Logitech MX Brio packs a big upgrade in image quality and a handy party trick

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Logitech has been in the webcam game since way before the pandemic made having one a necessity. But for some reason, none of them were good enough to be part of its flagship productivity lineup alongside peripherals like the MX Master 3S and MX Mechanical. That changes now with the introduction of the $200 MX Brio which sports a new…