Dear tech industry, we don’t need to follow behind gaming with terrible product trade-in values

[ad_1] Recently a story made headlines concerning a potential seller finding out just how bad Microcenter’s trade-in value is for a Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card.  The retailer only offered $700 for a card that’s currently priced at nearly $2000 on its own online store, less than half its original value. And keep in … Read more

NVIDIA Instant NeRFs need just a few images to make 3D scenes

[ad_1] NVIDIA sees AI as a means of putting new tools into the hands of gamers and creators alike. NVIDIA Instant NeRF is one such tool, leveraging the power of NVIDIA’s GPUs to make complex 3D creations orders of magnitude easier to generate. Instant NeRF is an especially powerful tool in its ability to create … Read more

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Friday, April 19 (game #47)

[ad_1] The working week ends here, for some people at least – but you’re not allowed to down tools and start relaxing until you’ve solved today’s Strands puzzle. OK, that’s not an official requirement – no, I don’t have the power to compel people to play – but it’ll get your brain working ahead of … Read more

Quordle today – hints and answers for Friday, April 19 (game #816)

[ad_1] Another day, another potentially tricky Quordle to solve. Or rather, two – because the Daily Sequence is a bit of a tough one, too. You’ll find clues for the main puzzle below, but none for the Sequence because you get 10 guesses there and I assume if you’re playing that game you know what … Read more

Galaxy users claim they’re running into infamous green line problem after update

[ad_1] Galaxy users are seeing green – literally. Several reports have recently cropped up online from people complaining about a vertical green line appearing on their smartphone. It’s unknown if this is a widespread issue or just a localized problem. What is known is it is affecting multiple models. News site Android Authority in their … Read more

Microsoft says Copilot app in Windows Server was a mistake

[ad_1] If you were among the Windows Server 2022 users who recently spotted a new Microsoft Copilot app added to the list of installed programs, don’t fret – it’s not an actual app, and it doesn’t work.  It’s just a mistake on Microsoft’s part, a tail left behind the tests Microsoft ran for Windows Server … Read more

DJI launches its own power stations to charge your drones when far from home

[ad_1] Drone brand DJI is breaking new ground by launching its first power stations in the US, Europe, and Australia. They’re known as the Power 500 and the Power 1000 with the latter being the more powerful of the two. It has a battery capacity of 1,024 Wh capable of outputting 2,200W of energy. Even … Read more

Meta rolls out new Meta AI website, and it might just bury Microsoft and Google’s AI dreams

[ad_1] Meta AI is getting a new upgrade as Meta tries to establish dominance in the generative AI marketplace against OpenAI and Google. The announcement came from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself on Threads, where he touted some stats and details about the new Llama 3 model used to underpin Meta AI, which is being … Read more

I just saw what Half-Life 2 should look like in 2024, and I’ve changed my mind about Nvidia’s RTX Remix tool

[ad_1] In a darkened room at Nvidia’s ‘Future of Gaming’ showcase at a fancy London hotel earlier this week, I was ushered before a bank of computer screens showing live gameplay from a very exciting game: Valve’s Half-Life 2. Alright, HL2 isn’t a new game – in fact, it turns 20 this year! – but … Read more