The team at [@CreativeBloq]( ) headed to Unreal Fest in Orlando earlier this week. Here's the @Flipboard Storyboard they created on all the news, from what they thought about Unreal Engine 5.6 to the creation of the voxelised world of "A Minecraft Movie." #Tech #Technology #UnrealEngine #UnrealFest #GameDev #VideogameDevelopment #Movies #AMinecraftMovie
Eager fans around the globe endure long lines for the Nintendo Switch 2 launch. [@AssociatedPress]( ) reports: "The much anticipated Switch 2 ... is an upgrade to its eight-year-old predecessor with new social features meant to draw players into online gaming. Nintendo is counting on the Switch 2 to boost sagging sales." #Nintendo #Switch2 #Gaming #Tech #Technology
Reddit has sued Anthropic for allegedly using its training data without a proper licensing agreement. Here's more from [@Techcrunch]( ). #Technology #Tech #Reddit #Anthropic #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Law #USLaw
Some experts thought that the sluggish sales of Tesla in Europe were due to the fact that the brand was updating its Model Y car and so people were waiting to purchase the new version. That doesn't seem to be the case. According to Electrek, sales are through the floor in France, Belgium, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, and other countries, even after the new Model Y launch. Tesla had a modest increase in year-on-year sales in Austria, and a huge one in Norway, but, reporter Fred Lambert notes, that's against a particularly bad May 2024 for the country. The automaker has been offering record discounts including zero-interest financing in order to incentivize sales. "2,500 Norwegians buying Tesla vehicles in May isn’t compensating for the declines in other markets and I doubt that the surge in May in Norway is going to be sustainable in the second half, especially if Tesla ends the zero-interest financing when it claims it will at the end of the quarter," writes Lambert. #Tesla #Technology #Tech #ElonMusk #Europe #Norway #TSLA
Google recently launched Veo 3, an AI video-generation tool. What could possibly go wrong? The team at [@time]( ) was able to use the tool to create realistic videos, "including a Pakistani crowd setting fire to a Hindu temple; Chinese researchers handling a bat in a wet lab; an election worker shredding ballots; and Palestinians gratefully accepting U.S. aid in Gaza." While there were inaccuracies in each video, experts said they could potentially fuel social unrest or violence if shared on social media during a breaking news event. After TIME contacted Google, the company has added a visible watermark to Veo 3-generated videos, however it is small and relatively easy to crop out. Here's more. #Google #Veo3 #Video #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Misinformation #Disinformation #News #Tech
Silicon Valley’s psychedelic obsession has a new accouterment: integration therapists. [@WSJ]( ) reports: "More people in the tech world have been turning to psychedelics, often with the explicit purpose of unlocking efficiency, potential or meaning." Gift link: https://flip.it/AB3mdr #Psychedelic #Drugs #Tech #Technology #Psychiatry #TechBros
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky wants to build the everything app. Check out the latest Decoder podcast from @npub1j302...tme2: #Airbnb #App #Tech #Technology #Travel
Vibe coding — writing software using LLM chatbots — is a growing trend, according to @npub1zzy7...9edy. He writes for his blog, Augment, about whether or not it's really useful, and his misgivings. "Where I begin to get nervous is when it's used for production code that serves real users, especially when sensitive data is involved," he writes. "Semafor's Reed Albergotti reported that apps developed via the vibe coding tool Lovable were found to have, er, significant security issues." Find Albergotti's [@Semafor]( ) story at the second link. #Tech #Technology #Coding #VibeCoding #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
Silicon Valley is really trying to make chatbots happen — and now that companies like Google are testing ads in their products, they're doing their best to figure out how to keep people talking to them. [@Techcrunch]( ) breaks down what works, what doesn't work, and the chatbot traits that could be dangerous. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #SiliconValley #Technology #Tech #Chatbots #ChatGPT #OpenAI #Google