There's just something innately cool about mixing ESP32 and 3D-printing technology with the cosmos. After all, mankind has been staring up at the planets and the moon for millennia, so representing the positions of the celestial bodies in the comfort of your own living room has a special vibe to it.

NotebookLM is genuinely one of the better AI tools I use, and I’ve been on it long enough to have a real opinion on it. The way it stays grounded in your sources, the citation behavior, the interactive mind maps are all some of the most useful features in my workflow - nothing else does what it does at the same level, and it’s free, which always matters.

Valve's Steam Machine announcement had sent the company's fans into a tizzy as they eagerly awaited a Steam console/PC hybrid to enjoy their entire library on their TV. Valve marketed the Steam Machine as a PC six times more powerful than the Steam Deck, providing the SteamOS experience at 4K 60 FPS, although its internals cast heavy doubts on that claim. While Valve essentially created the PC handheld market with the excellent Steam Deck, the Steam Machine seems less like a slam dunk. Its launch is still a ways away, but considering what we know about it, and how the PC hardware market has transformed in the last six months, all signs point to the Steam Machine being dead on arrival. Valve is trying to create a new market, but the delay in the Steam Machine's launch might be the biggest reason it loses out on that very market.

GitHub employees fixed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in less than six hours last month. Wiz Research used AI models to uncover a vulnerability in GitHub's internal git infrastructure that could have allowed attackers to access millions of public and private code repositories."Our security team immediately began validating the bug bounty report. Within 40 minutes, we had reproduced the vulnerability internally and confirmed the severity," explains Alexis Wales, GitHub chief information security officer. "This was a critical issue that required immediate action."GitHub's engineering team developed a fix and deployed it jus …Read the full story at The Verge.

As PC gamers, many of us have gone down the path of upgrading one or two parts of our PC while leaving the rest untouched, hoping everything would just fall into place. In most cases, the one part we always focus on is the GPU. After all, it's responsible for rendering the visuals and pushing higher frame rates. Yes, a newer, more powerful GPU should significantly improve your frame rates, but that's not always guaranteed when your other parts are lagging behind, especially your CPU.

Today the first witness was sworn in in Musk v. Altman: Elon Musk. I was surprised by how flat he seemed.This is not the first time I've seen Musk in court. During his defamation suit, he turned on the charm and the jury responded by finding him not guilty. Today he looked adrift and unprepared. The only times he showed real animation were when he was bragging about how much he'd done for OpenAI.The direct examination is a way of telling a story through questions; it's important to make the narrative clear. For a suit that accuses Sam Altman of straying from OpenAI's mission, Musk spent a weird amount of time talking about himself, recou …Read the full story at The Verge.

We've all seen the news reports, stories, and videos surrounding AI development and large language models (LLMs) hosting with huge encompassing data centers. These things can draw similar amounts of power as small cities, and they only seem to be replicating worldwide as we slowly incorporate AI and chatbots more into our daily lives. As a tool, they're great at offloading mundane tasks, quickly looking something up, or even interacting with other parts of your home. Throw in a smart home platform like Home Assistant and your own self-hosted LLM, and you've got one powerful local setup.

LG probably isn't the first brand you'd think about when considering a new laptop. However, the brand has been making some fantastic laptops for some time and has quite a robust lineup to choose from. While some models can be pricey, you can score a pretty good discount if you're willing to wait for them to go on sale.

GitHub has not been making any friends lately with its stability issues. Everyone, from small hobbyists to large businesses, has been hit with GitHub reliability problems as of late, to the point where OpenAI reportedly thought of making its own variant just so it could ensure it had access to its own code at all times.

Gemini is coming to Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick, and GMC vehicles. | Image: General Motors General Motors is planning to bring Google's Gemini AI assistant to around four million vehicles across the US. Model year 2022 and newer Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick, and GMC vehicles with Google built-in will be eligible for the AI upgrade, which will be rolled out via over-the-air software updates for GM's infotainment system "over several months," according to GM's announcement.GM says this update represents "one of the largest deployments of Gemini in the industry," and that "customers will notice an upgrade from the current Google Assistant to a smarter, more intuitive AI assistant that continues to improve over time." The assistant …Read the full story at The Verge.

In the days since this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner was cut short when shots were fired at the event, there has been a boom of conspiracy theory videos created by people who insist that the entire situation was a false flag operation. These kinds of theories are nothing new, but the way they're spreading now is a reflection of how reaction video culture is reshaping our social media landscape. And even though the initial chaos around the shooting has started to die down, content creators are still posting about what "really" happened. There is still much we do not know about Cole Allen, the 31-year-old suspected shooter who a …Read the full story at The Verge.

We didn't have many complaints when we reviewed this CPU. The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D is fast, versatile, and can handle pretty much anything you can throw at it. However, with something this good, you already expect a high price, which is one part of the chip we didn't like.