If youâre one of the folks who picked up a Virtual Boy headset for the Switch, Nintendo has a solid update coming your way: on August 4th two unreleased games are launching for subscribers, along with the option to adjust colors. Meanwhile, Super Mario Sunshine is being added to the Gamecube classics collection on August 13th.
Applied without scary needles or noise.
Per The New York Times:
Utah became the first state to legalize plug-in solar systems last year. Nine others, including New Jersey, Virginia and Colorado, have joined it, and lawmakers in California, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and several other states are considering doing so.
Hereâs my review from 2024 in Europe where these so-called âbalcony solar systemsâ have been gaining traction for years.
The company that showed off a working modular concept phone at MWC is teasing a bezelless concept for the IFA show in September. It looks nice, and attracts attention, but donât expect to buy it (from Tecno) anytime soon.
Sony sold 1.6 million PlayStation 5 consoles, about a third fewer than last year at this time, and says it has plenty of memory for the foreseeable future:
Regarding the impact of memory market conditions on PlayStation 5 hardware, we have secured the quantity of memory necessary to meet our projected sales volume for FY26, and there is no change to our plan for hardware profitability for FY26 to remain similar to FY25.
In other words, there shouldnât be any major PS5 restock panics or severe manufacturing shutdowns leading into big game launches (like GTA VI), but price increases are always on the table to maintain profitability.
âFake news,â is how he responded to a Wall Street Journal report on the possible sale of Teslaâs business in its second-largest market:
Now, some Tesla executives have been told to prepare for a separation of the China business ahead of a potential merger, a person familiar with those talks said. And Tesla advisers have discussed possible options for a separation, including a spinoff, sale or closure, another person said.
Musk responded similarly to reports of mass layoffs at Twitter, canceling the $25,000 Model 2 ... you get the idea.
A little over a week after OpenAI said that its rogue AI agent accidentally hacked Hugging Face, Anthropic is disclosing three âincidentsâ where a Claude model, during cybersecurity evaluations, was inadvertently able to access the internet due to a misconfiguration and âgained unauthorized access to the production infrastructure of three different organizations.â
Anthropic discovered the intrusions after reviewing its cybersecurity evaluation transcripts in the wake of OpenAIâs disclosure.
Big Hops, an indie 3D platformer that launched earlier this year, was a blast solo, but now you can play the entire game co-op on Steam as part of a beta. As many as eight people can play at once, and it looks chaotic and wonderful.
The full launch of Big Hops Together update will happen on August 9th.
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In an SEC filing, EA said that as of today, it had obtained âall regulatory approvals required to complete the Merger.â The deal, announced in September, is expected to close âon or about the close of tradingâ on August 4th.
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Gemini Spark in Chrome can do things like âscheduling viewings for apartments youâve saved or researching flight options and starting the booking process,â according to Google. However, a human will have to push the button on tasks like making payments.
Spark is also now available on Googleâs AI Pro tier in 160 more countries. It initially was available only on the more expensive AI Ultra tier, and just recently came to AI Pro in the US.
