Nvidia confirms the Switch 2 supports DLSS, G-Sync, and ray tracing
The other major Nvidia technology supported by the new Switch is G-Sync, which prevents screen tearing when games are running ...
Hands-on with the Switch 2: It’s the Switch, too
The Nintendo Switch 2 could be considered the most direct "sequel" to a Nintendo console that the company has ever made. The ...
DeepMind has detailed all the ways AGI could wreck the world
This work has identified four possible types of AGI risk, along with suggestions on how we might ameliorate said risks. The ...
Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen
To do this, Berthet and her colleagues built a database of 700 bonobo calls and deciphered them using methods drawn from ...
Most Americans think AI won’t improve their lives, survey says
For Americans, the future of AI apparently looks bleak, not because it possibly spells the end of the world but because 83 ...
Critics suspect Trump’s weird tariff math came from chatbots
Some overseas officials challenged Trump's math, such as George Plant, the administrator of Norfolk Island, who told the ...
Feeling curious? Google’s NotebookLM can now discover data sources for you
Most of Google's AI efforts thus far have involved adding generative features to existing products, but NotebookLM is ...
SpaceX just took a big step toward reusing Starship’s Super Heavy booster
SpaceX has now launched eight full-scale test flights of Starship, with a Super Heavy booster and Starship's upper stage stacked together to form a rocket that towers 404 feet (123.1 meters) tall. The ...
Are new Google E2EE emails really end-to-end encrypted? Kinda, but not really.
When Google uses the term E2EE in this context, it means that an email is encrypted inside Chrome, Firefox, or just about any ...
Wealthy Americans have death rates on par with poor Europeans
The US had the largest gap in survival between the poorest and wealthiest quartiles compared to European countries. America's ...
A bonus from the shingles vaccine: Dementia protection?
And over the past couple of years, observational studies have suggested that the vaccine against shingles may have a protective effect. But it's extremely difficult to do a clinical trial given that ...
Employee pricing for all, tariffs on the sticker: OEMs react to tariffs
New 25 percent tariffs on all foreign car imports into the United States went into effect this week as President Trump ignited his new trade war. It has caused something of a rush at dealerships ...