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Amazon launches Rufus, an AI-powered shopping assistant
01 Feb

Amazon launches Rufus, an AI-powered shopping assistant

John RoutledgeLatest News
Amazon launched a new generative AI shopping assistant, Rufus, on Thursday. The chatbot is trained on Amazon’s product catalog, customer reviews, community Q&As and “information from across the web.” It’s only available to a limited set of Amazon customers for now but will expand in the coming weeks.The company views the assistant as customers’ one-stop shop for all their shopping…
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Meta Quest headsets get spatial video playback, just in time for the Apple Vision Pro launch
01 Feb

Meta Quest headsets get spatial video playback, just in time for the Apple Vision Pro launch

John RoutledgeLatest News
Apple has made spatial video capture and playback a key selling point of its headset, but it won’t be the only device in town that can handle stereoscopic videos. Meta Quest virtual reality headsets are getting spatial video playback capabilities, perfectly timed to coincide with tomorrow’s Apple Vision Pro launch.You can upload spatial videos via the Meta Quest mobile app…
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Samsung Odyssey monitors are up to $1,000 off right now
01 Feb

Samsung Odyssey monitors are up to $1,000 off right now

John RoutledgeLatest News
If you’ve considered splurging on a premium monitor, Samsung has some deals worth investigating. The company’s offerings, including the 55-inch Odyssey Ark (available for a record-low $2,000), 57-inch Odyssey Neo G9 ($500 off) and 49-inch Odyssey OLED G9 ($400 off) are among the models discounted in a wide-ranging monitor sale on Amazon and Samsung’s website.The 55-inch Odyssey Ark is a…
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Comcast agrees to kill 10G branding after advertising watchdogs said it was misleading
01 Feb

Comcast agrees to kill 10G branding after advertising watchdogs said it was misleading

John RoutledgeLatest News
Comcast is discontinuing its its “Xfinity 10G Network” branding to describe its internet service after a National Advertising Review Board (NARB) panel found that the term could mislead consumers into thinking that Comcast’s cellular and broadband services would offer much faster speeds than current-generation networks. Comcast rivals T-Mobile and Verizon had challenged the branding with the National Advertising Division (NAD),…
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Avatar VFX artists vote to unionize
01 Feb

Avatar VFX artists vote to unionize

John RoutledgeLatest News
A group of visual effects artists who work on the Avatar movies have voted to unionize. Fifty-seven out of 88 eligible workers at TCF US Productions 27 (a Walt Disney Studios subsidiary) voted in favor of the union in a National Labor Relations Board election. Nineteen workers voted against the effort and two ballots were void.TCF US Productions 27 is…
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Elgato introduces its first-ever HDMI 2.1 capture cards
01 Feb

Elgato introduces its first-ever HDMI 2.1 capture cards

John RoutledgeLatest News
Elgato’s going all-in on HDMI 2.1. The company just announced a pair of capture cards that support the latest display technology specification. The 4K X and 4K Pro offer true HDR10 support, USB 3.2 connectivity, VRR and can capture 4K gameplay at 144fps.Also, this card actually works with newer USB-C iPad models. This is the first time a capture card…
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