Monthly Archives: July 2024

Snapchat’s latest features help users personalize their accounts

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Techme101

Snapchat is introducing new ways for users to personalize their accounts, the company announced on Tuesday. The new updates, which are mostly available for Snapchat+ subscribers, allow users to do things like design a personalized house on Snap Map, share … Continue reading →

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Cancel Assassin’s Creed Shadows demand angry Japanese gamers furious at Ubisoft’s lack of ‘cultural respect’

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Techme101

Anybody who has been online for more than five minutes in their lifetime instinctively knew that Ubisoft’s first portrayal of the land of the Rising Sun in an Assassin’s Creed game was, at best, going to raise eyebrows. Now you … Continue reading →

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Asia’s biggest casino gambling nation revealed

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Techme101

Asia-Pacific’s biggest casino gambling nations have been revealed in a twenty-country report. Insider Monkey led the hunt for the largest gambling names in the Asia-Pacific region, with one nation topping the staking charts. Data provided by market research company Mordor … Continue reading →

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Nintendo plans to stockpile Switch 2 consoles to avoid scalping issue

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Techme101

To avoid issues of resellers profiting from Nintendo Switch 2 stock delays, the company is planning to ramp up stock when the console is released. Since the first Switch console launched back in 2017, the console has faced issues of … Continue reading →

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Resident Evil 9 confirmed: here’s what we know

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Techme101

Resident Evil 9 is coming. The game’s creator Capcom has officially confirmed it’s in development. Koshi Nakanishi, the director of Resident Evil 7, announced the news at the Capcom NEXT Summer 2024 showcase. He was tight-lipped on the details, but … Continue reading →

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Polestar Is Bracing for the EV Tariff Wars. It May Not Emerge Unscathed

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Techme101

The carmaker says that China tariffs will impact its core product, the Polestar 2, amid growing financial pressure.

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News outlets are accusing Perplexity of plagiarism and unethical web scraping

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Techme101

In the age of generative AI, when chatbots can provide detailed answers to questions based on content pulled from the internet, the line between fair use and plagiarism, and between routine web scraping and unethical summarization, is a thin one.  … Continue reading →

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In Ukraine War, A.I. Begins Ushering In an Age of Killer Robots

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Techme101

Driven by the war with Russia, many Ukrainian companies are working on a major leap forward in the weaponization of consumer technology.

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Elon Musk’s Politics May Be Pushing Some Buyers Away From Tesla

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Techme101

The Tesla chief executive’s polarizing statements have alienated some potential customers and may be partly responsible for a recent slump in sales.

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Figma disables its AI design feature that appeared to be ripping off Apple’s Weather app

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Techme101

Figma CEO Dylan Field says the company will temporarily disable its “Make Design” AI feature that was said to be ripping off the designs of Apple’s own Weather app. The problem was first spotted by Andy Allen, the founder of … Continue reading →

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