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Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Amazon jumps on the AI desktop app bandwagon.

The company is launching a new app for its AI-powered Quick assistant, which can write emails, connect to your calendar, and edit documents inside Zoom, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and Slack. Amazon says Quick can connect to your local files, help you create custom apps, as well as provide alerts for missed emails and more.

Image: Amazon
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
When did graphing calculators get so colorful?

When I was in high school, you had your choice of gray, gray, or gray, but Texas Instruments’ new TI-84 Evo graphing calculator expands the line with more colors that include raspberry, pink, and teal. The new Evo also features a faster processor, more room for graphing, a redesigned keypad, and a new icon-based menu.

<em>The TI-84 Evo in raspberry.</em>
<em>The TI-84 Evo in mint.</em>
<em>The TI-84 Evo in teal.</em>
<em>The TI-84 Evo in silver.</em>
<em>The TI-84 Evo in purple.</em>
<em>The TI-84 Evo in pink.</em>
<em>The TI-84 Evo in white.</em>
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The TI-84 Evo in raspberry.
Image: Texas Instruments
Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
Good morning from the Musk v Altman line outside the courtroom.

We expect opening arguments today.

A long line of mostly journalists queue outside the federal courthouse in Oakland
Standing in line, one of my many hobbies.
Image: Elizabeth Lopatto
Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
“Welcome back, coach.”

We knew Ted Lasso was set to return this summer, and now Apple has released a more specific timeframe: season 4 will start streaming on August 5th. There’s also a new trailer showing that, even though Ted is in charge of a new team, things don’t seem to have changed all that much.

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Dbrand has a better angle for turning the Switch 2 Joy-Cons into a gamepad.

Unlike the grip that Nintendo bundles with its latest console, Dbrand’s $19.95 Joy-Lock Controller Holder lets you adjust the angle of the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons using a ratcheting mechanism. You can also add a pair of beefier grips for an additional $19.95, and enhance the thumbsticks with a pair of stick-on textured caps for $9.95.

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Dbrand’s Joy-Lock Controller Holder shown with and without Switch 2 Joy-Cons attached.
For around $50 you can turn the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons into a comfortable controller that’s cheaper than Nintendo’s Switch 2 Pro controller.
Image: Dbrand
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
A GPU with more memory? In this economy?

Nvidia is launching a 12GB version of its RTX 5070 laptop GPU, to go along with the existing 8GB configuration. Nvidia’s blog post explains how this will actually help supply during the RAM shortage:

In order to maximize memory availability, we are releasing the GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU 12GB configuration with 24Gb G7 memory. This gives our partners access to an additional pool of memory to complement the 16Gb G7 supply that currently ships with most GeForce GPUs. The 12GB configuration will exist alongside the current 8GB configuration, and allows our partners to bring a broader range of GeForce RTX 5070 laptops to consumers.

Behold the crown jewel of outrageous gaming laptops

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The $5,500 dual-screen Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo is ‘who is this for’ incarnate. But it slaps.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Samsung leaks confirmation of its own smart glasses.

Yesterday we got our first good look at the purported design of Samsung’s smart glasses, and today Samsung itself confirmed they’re on the way, though it probably didn’t mean to. SamMobile spotted a mention of support for “Glasses” in an update to Samsung’s Nearby Device Scanning app, mentioning quick pair support too.

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
The Clicks Communicator will ship at the end of the year.

Droid Life reports that potential buyers who’d reserved the upcoming BlackBerry-ish Android phone were just told to expect the phone to ship in Q4 this year. First announced at CES, the Communicator is a fully-fledged phone with a physical keyboard, a big step up from Clicks’ current line of keyboard cases.

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
A question of taste.

Is a multicolor smart ceiling light / LED screen a fun way to liven up your living room, or an all-out assault on good taste? Every household has to make that choice for themselves.

stable_genius_hatter:

It’s too bad my wife has such refined taste, because I love this stuff.

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Attack of the killer script kiddies

In the aftermath of Mythos, AI-assisted amateur hackers are waiting to strike.

Yael Grauer