For another 8 hours or so, it’s still time for the monthly event where Bandcamp foregoes its revenue split with artists. It’s also now a sponsored event if that matters to you, but the music probably still sounds the same.
The game already kicked players into a third-person mode when wielding big machine guns — and a modder extended that to the whole single-player game in 2022 — but this November it’ll be an official multiplayer mode at minimum.
Curious if they’ll balance the rocket launcher and sniper rifle. In first-person mode, they’re partially balanced by how much the weapon blocks your view.
So what’s next after Super Cruise? GM exec Dave Richardson tells TechCrunch the company could follow Mercedes-Benz’s Drive Pilot by also offering a hands-off, eyes-off system:
We’re looking aggressively to make that an L3 solution, where you don’t even have to look at the road anymore.
The Washington Post has a story about Mark Zuckerberg’s recent fashionbro glow-up, and I can’t stop laughing at this bananas grant of anonymity for what amounts to a stan quote — my italics added for emphasis:
“Zuckerberg is ruthless as both a leader and an executive, but in his heart, he’s just a start-up guy who wants to be cool with the nerds,” a former Facebook executive said. “He’s living his best life,” added the executive, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid retaliation.
Zuck or nothing, indeed.
[The Washington Post]
Key sites for producing high-purity quartz used in chipmaking “only sustained minor damage,” according to an initial assessment by Sibelco, one of the mining companies in Spruce Pine, NC. But power outages are still a big problem for its operations after the devastating storm.
The Quartz Corp, meanwhile, says “damage is mostly concentrated around ancillary units,” and that it’s confident it can “avoid” supply disruptions.
[www.sibelco.com]
The lines between the WordPress open-source project, the nonprofit backing it, and the commercial arm owned by Automattic are blurring.
The OhSnap Snap 4 is thinner than a camera bump, yet there’s so many more ways to use it than a PopSocket. While the earlier Snap 3 broke on my colleague Victoria, this new model is holding up great for us both. Plus, Best Buy’s got it for $27.99 right now. Watch my video for caveats, though!
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The company is rolling out a new $0.49 “access fee” starting with select stations and adding more over time. The fee will apply to each charging session. Host-owned chargers can add an additional fee on top, if desired. Blink says it will continue to offer its membership with no monthly subscription fees.
