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NVIDIA- and Uber-backed Nuro is testing autonomous vehicles in Tokyo
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NVIDIA- and Uber-backed Nuro is testing autonomous vehicles in Tokyo

US self-driving startup Nuro, which is backed by the likes of NVIDIA, Toyota and Uber, has started testing its autonomous vehicles on Tokyo's challenging street...

Google Play will let you try a game before you buy it
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Google Play will let you try a game before you buy it

Google Play has introduced a new feature called Game Trials, which will let you play a portion of paid games for free before you commit to buying them. It’s now...

I guess this wasn't an Xbox after all
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I guess this wasn't an Xbox after all

In 2024, Microsoft caused a lot of head-scratching and general bemusement with the launch of its "This is an Xbox" marketing campaign. Now, though, it appears t...

One of Grammarly’s ‘experts’ is suing the company over its identity-stealing AI feature
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One of Grammarly’s ‘experts’ is suing the company over its identity-stealing AI feature

For months, Grammarly has been using the identities of real people (including us) for its "Expert Review" AI suggestions without getting their permission, and n...

iPhone Fold rumor: iPad-like multitasking, but no iPad apps and no Face ID
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iPhone Fold rumor: iPad-like multitasking, but no iPad apps and no Face ID

Apple's rumored foldable iPhone will come with an iPad-style interface that will allow users to view apps side-by-side, according to a report from Bloomberg's M...

Some of the best horror games ever made are included in Humble’s $15 bundle
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Some of the best horror games ever made are included in Humble’s $15 bundle

Humble has teamed up with Frictional Games for a new bundle of PC games that pushed the horror genre forward. The bundle includes the Penumbra Collectors Pack,...

Valve says it will fight New York’s loot box lawsuit
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Valve says it will fight New York’s loot box lawsuit

Valve wants players to know that it plans on fighting New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit, which last month accused the company of promoting "illeg...

Valve's Steam Machine launches in 2026: Everything we know so far
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Valve's Steam Machine launches in 2026: Everything we know so far

The Steam Machine is back from the dead. Not as a Valve-supported program for manufacturers to create living room PCs, but instead as a home console sibling to...

Grammarly has disabled its tool offering generative-AI feedback credited to real writers
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Grammarly has disabled its tool offering generative-AI feedback credited to real writers

Superhuman has taken its writing assistant Grammarly on quite the merry-go-round ride regarding its approach to AI tools. In August, the company launched a feat...

The Live Nation settlement has industry insiders baffled
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The Live Nation settlement has industry insiders baffled

Instead of moving forward with a jury trial against Live Nation-Ticketmaster as expected, the Justice Department announced a settlement Monday that omitted what...

Valve defends loot boxes in response to New York's lawsuit
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Valve defends loot boxes in response to New York's lawsuit

It must be 2017 because loot boxes are back in the news again. Two weeks after New York's attorney general sued Valve over its use of the gimmick, the company h...

Grammarly says it will stop using AI to clone experts without permission
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Grammarly says it will stop using AI to clone experts without permission

Superhuman says it has disabled Grammarly's "expert review" AI feature that said its edit suggestions were "inspired by" real writers, including our editor-in-c...

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