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A new Disney Parks blog post shared that release window for Star Wars Outlaws, as reported by IGN. Ubisoft had already announced that the game would be released in 2024.

The company squeezed out roughly 1,300 more vehicles in the final three months of the year than analysts had expected, according to Bloomberg. Tesla said in a press release this morning that, overall, that was a 38 percent year-over-year increase.

That’s according to leaker Ice Universe, who warns that the feature is in testing and may not make it to the final phone. We’ve seen 4K 120fps recording on OnePlus and Sony phones in the past, and now Samsung could join them after its launch, which is tipped for January 17th.

Fidelity, an investor that put over $300 million into Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, now believes the company is worth 71.5 percent less than the $44 billion paid for it, Axios reports. That implies a total valuation of between $12 and $13 billion and includes a drop of 10.7 percent in the month of November alone when Musk told advertisers to “go fuck” themselves.

The DukeBox is a modern take on the jukebox from the company’s experimental LG Labs division. It combines front-firing speakers on the bottom and a 360-degree speaker on top with a vacuum tube audio system behind a transparent OLED panel that can display things like track information, album art, or... a fireplace, naturally. It’ll be demonstrated at the big CES show starting next week in Las Vegas.

95.57 percent of surveyed Steam users are already on Windows 10 and 11, with nearly 2 percent of the remainder on Linux and 1.5 percent on Mac — so we may be talking about fewer than 1 percent of users on these older Windows builds.

Also as of January 1st: Residents can now hold people accountable in civil court for doxing them; automatic license plate readers can’t be as easily used against persons seeking reproductive health care; it’s slightly easier for deepfake porn victims to sue; non-weaponized drones can fly over public events; dealers can sell cars over the internet.

If I’m not mistaken, the car is a Columbia Electric Victoria Phaeton — where “Victoria Phaeton” refers to the entire body design. Originally it was used for horse-drawn carriages, before early electric car makers like Fritchle, Columbia, and Baker adopted it too.

I’ve been mechanical keyboard-curious for a long time. Not because I’ve never used one. I’m old; of course I have.

The gorgeous X-ray-like close-up photos in this video are from Fritzchens Fritz — I’ve introduced you to his work before. You can also go straight to his Flickr page if you don’t have time for video. I particularly like this shot.

Chinese boutique handheld firms are moving fast, with Ayaneo and GPD switching out their AMD 7840U in 2024 handhelds for the new 8840U instead — even though that chip is largely unchanged from 7840U. The only public diff is faster AI.