Valve won’t subsidize the Steam Machine — and it’s a philosophical thing
The Steam Machine starts at $1,049. That’s steep compared to the PS5 or Xbox Series X, and Valve knows it….
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AI-generated apartment photos are making New York’s rental market even worse
Finding an apartment in New York was already brutal. Now generative AI is adding a fresh layer of deception to…
Valve says getting RAM for the Steam Machine is basically a hostage situation
The Steam Machine costs $1,049 for the 512GB model and $1,349 for the 2TB version. Those prices sting, especially when…
Steam Machine costs $1,049 and shows why game consoles are only getting pricier
Valve has finally revealed the price of its Steam Machine, and while it’s not as terrifying as some feared, it’s…
Apple Watch SE 3 drops to $199 for Prime Day — the best value in Apple’s lineup
The Apple Watch SE 3 is down to $199 for Amazon Prime Day, and honestly, it’s the best Apple Watch…
Tesla Autopilot Crash Killed Woman in Her Home, Doorbell Cam Captured the Impact
An elderly Texas woman died Friday after a Tesla driver using Autopilot lost control and crashed into her family’s home…
Google DeepMind and A24 Team Up to Build AI Movie Tools
Google is putting $75 million into A24, the indie studio behind films like Moonlight and Everything Everywhere All at Once,…
OpenRouter’s Fusion Promises Fable-Level AI for Half the Price
OpenRouter launched Fusion, an API that sends your prompt to multiple AI models in parallel, then uses a judge and…
Inception Labs’ Mercury 2 AI Is Fast — and It Beats Google’s DiffusionGemma at Its Own Game
Inception Labs just dropped Mercury 2, and the speed numbers are wild: roughly 1,000 tokens per second. For comparison, Claude…
AI Chatbots May Be Reinforcing Delusions in Vulnerable Users, Study Warns
A new study from researchers at King’s College London and Germany’s Protestant University of Applied Sciences proposes a framework for…