Palmer Luckey raged against America’s adversaries, endorsed completely autonomous weapons, and hinted at an Anduril IPO.
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Switch emulator Ryujinx shuts down development after “contact by Nintendo”
These copyrighted Switch games shown on Ryujinx's former GitHub page probably didn't curry any favor with Nintendo. and thus "I think it's safe to say what the outcome is." While the Ryujinx website is still up as of this writing, the download page and other links to GitHub-hosted information from that website no longer function. The developers behind the project have not posted a regular progress report update since January after posting similar updates almost every month throughout 2023. Before today, the Ryujinx social media account last posted an announcement in March.
Business Read on Ars TechnicaPopular open source Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx has been removed from GitHub, and the team behind it has reportedly ceased development of the project after apparent discussions with Nintendo. Ryujinx developer riperiperi writes on the project's Discord server and social media that fellow developer gdkchan was "contacted by Nintendo and offered an agreement to stop working on the project, remove the organization and all related assets he's in control of." While the final outcome of that negotiation is not yet public, riperiperi reports that "the organization has been removed" (presumably from GitHub) and thus "I think it's safe to say what the outcome is." While the Ryujinx website is still up as of this writing, the download page and other links to GitHub-hosted information from that website no longer function. The developers behind the project have not posted a regular progress report update since January after posting similar updates almost every month throughout 2023. Before today, the Ryujinx social media account last posted an announcement in March. Read full article
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V/H/S/Beyond Is Pleasingly Disturbing as Hell
The latest installment in the found-footage anthology series leans into sci-fi horror; it hits Shudder October 4.
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Lab owner pleads guilty to faking COVID test results during pandemic
Residents line up for COVID-19 testing on November 30, 2020 in Chicago. , which covered the cost of COVID-19 testing for people without insurance during the height of the pandemic. Local media coverage indicated that people who sought testing at LabElite were discouraged from providing health insurance information.
Crime and Courts Read on Ars TechnicaThe co-owner of a Chicago-based lab has pleaded guilty for his role in a COVID testing scam that raked in millions—which he used to buy stocks, cryptocurrency, and several luxury cars while still squirreling away over $6 million in his personal bank account. Zishan Alvi, 45, of Inverness, Illinois, co-owned LabElite, which federal prosecutors say billed the federal government for COVID-19 tests that were either never performed or were performed with purposefully inadequate components to render them futile. Customers who sought testing from LabElite—sometimes for clearance to travel or have contact with vulnerable people—received either no results or results indicating they were negative for the deadly virus. The scam, which ran from around February 2021 to about February 2022, made over $83 million total in fraudulent payments from the federal government's Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which covered the cost of COVID-19 testing for people without insurance during the height of the pandemic. Local media coverage indicated that people who sought testing at LabElite were discouraged from providing health insurance information. Read full article
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Celebrate 25 Years of LEGO Star Wars: Amazon Offers 20% Off on the Collector’s Advent Calendar
As LEGO Star Wars celebrates its 25th anniversary, the iconic collaboration between LEGO and the Star Wars franchise continues to captivate fans.
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The next iPhone SE may lose the home button, add Face ID and Apple Intelligence
An iPhone SE that feels very much like any other modern, non-budget iPhone is apparently coming early next year, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The phone will use Face ID and will be capable of running Apple Intelligence, he reiterated today. That the new iPhone SE models may support Apple Intelligence says a lot about their performance — it takes a lot of RAM to run local AI features, for instance. They’re expected to look like the iPhone 14, doing away with the chunky top and bottom bezels and the home button; both are firsts for the entry-level smartphone. It’s also rumored that the iPhone SE 4 will get an OLED screen, rather than the usual LCD. Apple will produce 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Airs with “internal improvements” at...
Business Read on The VergeImpulse Space has raised a massive new tranche of funding as big-name investors bet that moving satellites around in orbit will soon be a high demand service. The startup, which was founded by Tom Mueller three years ago, announced the $150 million Series B round on Tuesday. Impulse is developing a line of orbital transfer […]
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Famous AI Artist Says He’s Losing Millions of Dollars From People Stealing His Work
The guy who used Midjourney to create an award-winning piece of AI art demands copyright protections.
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This HP Laptop Is Stupid Cheap Right Now and Includes a Year of Microsoft 365, Boost Your Tech On a Budget!
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Bose’s New SoundLink Home Speaker Is Thankfully More Chic Than Flashy
You can pair two of these speakers to enable stereo mode and really make it a party.
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Nvidia’s all-in-one app will replace GeForce Experience later this year
Nvidia’s beta app for its GPUs is nearing its journey to a full release, and the company says it intends to “migrate all remaining GeForce Experience users” to the new app before the end of the year. Today, Nvidia added a few more features to get the app ready, including the ability to toggle G-Sync on and off, multi-monitor support for RTX HDR, and driver rollback. The app can also now notify you if there’s DRM content playing that could stop your ShadowPlay recording. Nvidia says upcoming updates to the app will also bring in the remaining features of Nvidia Control Panel, such as surround options, custom resolutions, and multi-monitor setup. Soon, both the GeForce Experience app and the Nvidia Control Panel will be replaced by the...
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Invasive Ticks Carrying New Diseases Are Spreading Through the Northeast
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23andMe Is Sinking Fast. Can the Company Survive?
The home DNA testing boom is over, and 23andMe is running out of options.
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