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So, you've got a fancy new GPU, and it's time to say farewell to your old one. Whether you're selling it or donating it, you'll want to make sure that your graphics card arrives at its next home in one piece — it's the least it deserves for all the good times. In this guide, we'll show you how to pack a GPU for safe shipping.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The European Union’s three branches provisionally agreed on its landmark AI regulation, paving the way for the economic bloc to prohibit certain uses of the technology and demand transparency from providers. But despite warnings from some world leaders, the changes it will require from AI companies remain unclear — and potentially far away.First proposed in 2021, the AI Act still hasn’t been fully approved. Hotly debated last-minute compromises softened some of its strictest regulatory threats. And enforcement likely won’t start for years. “In the very short run, the compromise on the EU AI Act won’t have much direct effect on established AI designers based in the US, because, by its terms, it probably won’t take effect until 2025,”... Continue reading…

Image: Sony Naughty Dog announced Thursday that it’s canceled the multiplayer game it was building in The Last of Us universe.The studio says it has been in pre-production on The Last of Us Online even while working on The Last of Us Part II. “We were enthusiastic about the direction in which we were headed,” according to a blog post about the news.However, “to release and support The Last of Us Online we’d have to put all our studio resources behind supporting post launch content for years to come, severely impacting development on future single-player games,” Naughty Dog says. “So, we had two paths in front of us: become a solely live service games studio or continue to focus on single-player narrative games that have defined Naughty Dog’s... Continue reading…

Curio The musician Grimes has developed an interactive AI plush toy for children which can converse with and “learn” the personalities of their owners. Grimes and toy company Curio created the line of toys in partnership with OpenAI, as first reported by The Washington Post. Grimes, who voices all three toys, is also an investor and advisor for the product. The three plush figurines are named Gabbo, Grem, and Grok — not to be confused with the AI chatbot named Grok owned by Elon Musk, a former partner of Grimes. Curio told the Post that the AI plush toy Grok and chatbot Grok are unrelated. The toy Grok is a shortening of the word “Grocket,” which Grimes said she coined due to the fact that her children with Musk grew up in the vicinity of... Continue reading…

The guiding principle behind all of our reviews at XDA is trust. Every aspect of the process is inspired by the fact that there’s a big responsibility that goes along with helping someone to choose the right product to buy. This core tenet guides everything from the way we test products to never allowing outside factors to have any input on our reviews.

Choosing the best office desk means choosing a harmonious blend of comfort, functionality, and style. Your desk is more than just another piece of furniture. It's the altar on which you display your creativity, enhance your workflow and productivity, and organize your frequently used devices and other essentials.

Microsoft has announced that it's started replacing the Files with the new OneDrive app in the new Teams app. The new OneDrive app, with all the updates made to OneDrive and SharePoint library experiences, will make file management much more effective than previously, according to the Redmond-based tech firm.

The Vivo X100 Pro in blue. | Image: Vivo Even in tiny smartphone cameras, lenses matter. Vivo seems to agree since lens improvements are a major emphasis on its new flagship smartphones: the Vivo X100 and Vivo X100 Pro. They launched in China first on November 13th, and now Vivo is releasing them internationally with matching 6.78-inch 120Hz OLED screens. The X100 will be available in Southeast Asian markets, including India and Indonesia, and the higher-tier X100 Pro will also be available in European markets. And no surprise — the US isn’t getting either of the devices.Like the X90 Pro before it, the X100 Pro offers a 50-megapixel one-inch-type main camera — a huge sensor by smartphone standards. Vivo says it’s been tuned with “Optical Precision Calibration” for “consistent... Continue reading…

We're heading into the final stretch of the holiday shopping season and Best Buy is pulling out all the stops with its last-minute shopping event. While the retailer is knocking down prices on some of its most popular products like laptops, PCs, TVs, and more, you can also save big on some important accessories with major discounts on Blue Yeti microphones that are now up to $80 off.

The Verge This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more.Mailchimp, one of the podcast industry’s best-known sponsors, recently reached out to Pineapple Street Studios about making a new show. Pineapple and Mailchimp first collaborated in 2019, producing narrative ads for Mailchimp and branded series. So given their longstanding relationship, Pineapple Street staff were shocked when management at their parent company, the radio giant Audacy, informed them at a meeting on October 3rd that the new Mailchimp contract required all work on the series to be performed by non-union workers.Many of the producers who worked on Mailchimp projects in the past, or would take on a new branded series,... Continue reading…

Recent years haven't been kind to budget PC builders. Current-generation GPUs start at around $250 or more these days; AMD hasn't introduced budget Ryzen 7000 CPUs yet; and it's been tough financially for the world in general. But that was slightly offset over the past year by some hardware getting much cheaper, such as SSDs. You could even buy a great SSD with a 1TB capacity for less than $40 just a couple months ago.