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Jay Peters

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    Oblivion Remastered is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 on August 11th.

    It will run at 30fps both docked and in handheld, Nintendo Everything reports. The physical version will be on cart, according a listing from retailer VGP, but the company says that while the game isn’t a game-key card, “we have not been told to what extent the game is on the cart.”

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    Jay Peters
    Threads is expanding live chats a little more.

    Any “champions” in a Threads community can now make and host live chats, and live chats can have up to three co-hosts. If you want to share a post in a live chat to your main Threads feed, you’ll be able to do that, too.

    Threads launched live chats in April.

    A screenshot of a Threads live post message in a main feed.
    Image: Threads
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    Jay Peters
    Here’s a photo of OpenAI’s Codex hardware.

    The gadget is called the Codex Micro, and it’s being shown at the AI Engineer World Fair, where it’s being described as a keyboard that’s “designed to supercharge people’s Codex usage,” according to OpenAI spokesperson Dominik Kundel.

    The hardware, a partnership between OpenAI and accessories company Work Louder, was teased earlier on Monday.

    An image of the Codex Micro at a conference booth.
    Photo by Dominik Kundel / OpenAI
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    Jay Peters
    Gemini now lets more people generate personalized AI images.

    In April, Google announced that AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers in the US would be able to connect Google Photos with Personal Intelligence to let Gemini generate AI images based on their personal context. Beginning today, however, the feature won’t be behind a subscription: all eligible users in the US will have access.

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    Jay Peters
    Where did Dbrand’s Steam Machine Companion Cube go?

    Dbrand opened up preorders on Monday, shortly ahead of the actual announcement of the Steam Machine’s price and release date. But the cube appears to have vanished from the company’s website, and the YouTube teaser has been made private, as noted on Reddit.

    Dbrand and Valve didn’t immediately reply to requests for comment.

    Render of Dbrand Companion Cube skin for the Steam Machine
    Image: Dbrand
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    Jay Peters
    Pete Buttigieg: “You’ve probably heard of ‘swatting’... Now imagine the same concept, but with Child Protective Services instead of a SWAT team.”

    This is a long and distressing post from Buttigieg about an experience with CPS over an accusation that he says “was absurdly and obviously false, and was promptly rejected by law enforcement.”

    As part of the process, however, Buttigieg could not be alone with his kids, and he could not be present while CPS interviewed them.

    A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family

    [Pete Buttigieg’s Substack]