IA is slowly recovering from the cyberattack it faced earlier this month, and its latest update brings back a read-only version of archive.org — its digital library full of old games, magazines, videos, and more.
[Internet Archive Blogs]
Meta hasn’t even finished rolling out AI features for its smart glasses everywhere, but Stefano Grassi, the CFO of Ray-Ban parent company EssilorLuxottica, said during an earnings call that the smart glasses were the best-seller in 60 percent of Ray-Ban stores in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Last month, Meta extended its contract with EssilorLuxottica through 2030.
Researchers with the US Geological Survey trained a machine learning model to predict lithium concentrations throughout the Smackover Formation in southern Arkansas, as reported by The New York Times.
Companies like ExxonMobile are already planning to drill for lithium in the area as demand for lithium-ion batteries, which are used in EVs, grows.
[The New York Times]
Asmongold apologized for his racist comments regarding Palestinians, revealing that streaming culture has made him a ‘psychopathic version’ of himself.
The Icemag (video below) is almost obsolete. Next month, Sharge will intro an Icemag 2 that doubles the MagSafe / Qi2 wireless charging speed to 15W, adds a folding kickstand, and reportedly improves the cooling!
Speaking of obsolete: In my tests, the recent Shargeek 140 is better than the old Shargeek 130 in my video. No more overheating, better display, same capacity.
MacRumors reports that code in the iOS 18.1 release candidate contains references to “a new Magic Mouse 2, Magic Trackpad 2, and several Magic Keyboards, which would include versions with Touch ID and number pads, as well as models without.” Let’s hope that if these come out, Apple fixes the most egregious thing about the Magic Mouse’s design.
The Washington Post tracked down Metro, who attended a high school where Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz taught, and confirmed somebody on X made false sexual misconduct allegations in his name in a since-deleted video from last week:
It’s obviously not me: The teeth are different, the hair is different, the eyes are different, the nose is different.
The video was widely called out as AI, but experts told the Post it was more likely a “cheap fake” — like a human actor doing an impersonation.
[The Washington Post]
Sylens, one of the most important characters in Sony’s Horizon series, had been played by the late Lance Reddick. The role has been recast for the upcoming Lego Horizon Adventures, Guerrilla Games tells IGN, though the studio will introduce the name of Sylens’ new actor “at a later date.”
