Hallmark’s glowing Xbox 360 ornament plays the Halo theme
The ornament also plays the console’s startup sound. | Image: Hallmark The Halo 3 soundtrack could soon be joining classics like “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Deck the Halls” on your…
I see your Haribo gummy bear battery and raise you a Pocket Rocket instead
Last month, my colleague Liz Lopatto explained how a gummy bear battery bank was taking over the ultralight backpacking world. I’m talking full-grown, outdoorsy adults nerding out about gummy bear…
Amazon hopes to replace 600,000 US workers with robots, according to leaked documents
Amazon has deployed over a million robots to its facilities, and is testing bipedal bots like Agility Robotics’ “Digit” (pictured). | Image: Jason Redmond / Getty Images Amazon is reportedly…
Google’s new deadline for Epic consequences is October 29th
Two days from today, October 22nd, was Google’s deadline to begin opening up its app store, stop forcing developers to use Google Play Billing, let them set their own prices,…
Bryan Cranston and SAG-AFTRA say OpenAI is taking their deepfake concerns seriously
Actors, studios, agents, and the actors union SAG-AFTRA have all expressed their concerns about appearing in Sora 2’s AI-generated videos ever since the deepfake machine was released last month. Now…
SpaceX launches 10,000th Starlink internet satellite
Starlink satellites awaiting deployment. | Image: SpaceX On Sunday, SpaceX launched 56 additional Starlink satellites on separate Falcon 9 rockets, surpassing 10,000 total satellites launched into low Earth orbit to…
Major AWS outage takes down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more
Here are just a few of the services impacted by the outage. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently experiencing a major outage that has taken down online services, including Amazon,…
X is changing how it handles links to try and keep you in the app
X is testing a change to the way it handles links on iOS so that the buttons to like, reply, and repost will always be visible. Normally, when you click…
X is launching a marketplace for inactive handles
Premium Plus and Premium Business users will soon be able to browse and request inactive usernames on the X Handle Marketplace. Handles are going to be broken up into two…
This weekend is your last chance to get a month of Disney Plus starting at $9.99
From Apple TV Plus to Peacock, a number of streaming services have recently increased their pricing — and Disney Plus is no exception. Starting on Tuesday, October 21st, the standalone…