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Jay Peters

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    Aston Martin and Chillblast teamed up on some super expensive gaming PCs.

    They start at £3,749.99, and there’s a model on Chillblast’s website that costs £15,999.99. But just imagine playing 007 First Light on them! The immersion — the type of PC only James Bond could afford!

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    Jay Peters
    Bluesky wants to move away from being a “public square.”

    While it’s unclear what Bluesky wants to turn into, the company is “very inspired by companies like Reddit,” COO Rose Wang tells CNBC.

    Wang also says that Bluesky needs to “get to parity on video features” — and earlier today, the platform announced that video uploads can now be as big as 300MB.

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    Jay Peters
    Meta’s Instagram Plus subscription begins rolling out today.

    The $3.99-per-month subscription adds features like letting you keep a story up for 48 hours and the ability to customize your bio’s font. You can see the whole list of features on Instagram’s website.

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    Jay Peters
    Meta’s metaverse team is now headed up by a former Fortnite exec.

    The previous boss, Gabriel Aul, announced his retirement in February with Saxs Persson, once the EVP of the Fortnite ecosystem at Epic, taking over, Business Insider reports.

    Persson, who joined Meta in October, had a big role in making Fortnite the giant that it is today — we interviewed him a few times during his tenure at Epic.

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    Jay Peters
    It sure seems like the Vision Pro isn’t getting upgraded for a while — if ever.

    Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, in a post today: “The Apple XR headset and smart glasses roadmap I put together about a year ago is no longer a useful reference. For now, only two smart glasses products remain visible in the roadmap.”

    Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, this weekend: Apple is developing “a slimmer and lighter headset to succeed to the $3,499 Vision Pro.”

    Whatever actually pans out, it seems like 2025’s M5 upgrade might be the last for the Vision Pro.

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    Jay Peters
    Crystal Dynamics used “AI-assisted tools” while developing the Tomb Raider reboot.

    According to the Steam page for Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis:

    AI-assisted tools were used during development to support some early exploration and temporary development content. Any AI-assisted assets were either replaced or refined by humans in order to maintain the creative and artistic vision of the development team.

    Crystal Dynamics tells Eurogamer that “we leverage AI tools to help our teams iterate on ideas faster and more efficiently, while ensuring that all finished content in the final product is human-crafted.”