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ChatGPT’s Studio Ghibli AI Art Trend Is an Insult to Life Itself
Open AI's latest update to ChatGPT ignores any prior restraint and jumps headfirst into aping the actual talents of Studio Ghibli.
Source: Gizmodo.com
Reception: Positive
Trump and DOGE Are Destroying U.S. Public Health Agencies From the Inside Out
The CDC is set to cut a third of its contracts spending within the next two weeks—the latest bit of dismantling orchestrated by the Trump administration.
Source: Gizmodo.com
Reception: Positive
Behold, This Incredibly Fuzzy Bantha Toy (and Some Other Fuzzballs)
Right out of Star Wars Celebration, io9 has your exclusive first look up close at some of Hasbro's latest, surprisingly hairy action figures.
Source: Gizmodo.com
Reception: Positive
US expands export blacklist to keep computing tech out of China
The US has added 80 organizations and companies to a trading export blacklist in an effort to prevent China from acquiring computing technology for military purposes. The new restrictions announced by the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Sec…
Source: The Verge
Reception: Positive
No Man’s Sky gets prehistoric with Relics expansion
The latest update for No Man’s Sky is going back in time. Called Relics, the expansion launches today and introduces paleontology and archaeology elements to the sci-fi exploration game; players can now unearth the bones of alien creatures, piece them togethe…
Source: The Verge
Reception: Negative
In Baby Steps, I stumbled through a refreshing kind of open world
âIs the rage boiling over?â Bennett Foddy asks me as I fall down a wooden plank for the dozenth time. The creator of QWOP and Getting Over It is known for games that can be both frustrating and meditative, pairing challenging physics with thoughtful desig…
Source: The Verge
Reception: Positive
Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account
Microsoft is no longer playing around when it comes to requiring every Windows 11 device be set up with an internet-connected account. In its latest Windows 11 Insider Preview, the company says it will take out a well-known bypass script that let end users sk…
Source: The Verge
Reception: Positive
Samsung’s Tab S10 FE tablets arrive with a $50 price hike
Samsung has launched the Tab S10 FE and Tab S10 FE Plus, the latest in its midrange Android tablet line, but they cost $50 more than their predecessors. For the first time neither tablet has a direct equivalent in the standard Tab S10 series. The FE is the sm…
Source: The Verge
Reception: Positive
What will the Switch 2 cost after the Trump tariffs?
Nintendo revealed its Switch 2 in full yesterday, just hours before Trump took to the White House Rose Garden for his own launch: his latest, and largest, round of tariffs yet. Unfortunately for Nintendo, the tariffs hit the countries where it builds its cons…
Source: The Verge
Reception: Positive
Google’s Pixel Buds Pro 2 are now $179, their lowest price yet
The weather is getting warmer, so it’s time to go out, take a walk, and listen to your favorite audio tracks — and a good way to do that is with the Pixel Buds Pro 2. Google’s latest pair of wireless earbuds are currently on sale at Amazon, Best Buy, and the …
Source: The Verge
Reception: Positive