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Sean Hollister

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    Remedy is now in Control.

    Now that Alan Wake II has sold 1.3 million copies, it’s shoring up the Goofy Sam Lake Twin Peaks Metaverse by buying the full rights to Control (and sequels) from 505 Games.

    My fav part of Alan Wake II is how it parodies and extends the company’s previous games — including Control and a bizzaro world version of Max Payne physically acted and voiced by the same people. That worked despite Rockstar owning Max Payne, though! Last we heard, Microsoft still owns Quantum Break.

    The original key art for Control.
    The original key art for Control.
    Image: Remedy
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    Sean Hollister
    Intel 10A is coming 2027, Intel 14A in 2026.

    I showed you Intel’s new public roadmap last Wednesday — when it confirmed Intel 14A was coming by 2027. But it turns out the company quietly announced Intel 10A as well. It’ll start production in 2027, after 14A begins production in 2026. That’s different than consumer availability, of course.

    Intel told Tom’s Hardware that each new node it makes should normally offer a 14 to 15 percent power/performance improvement.

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    Sean Hollister
    Lego wants YOU... to say what kind of Lego merch you’d buy.

    The Lego Group’s running an online survey (via Jay’s Brick Blog) that starts out a tad boring, but soon reveals fun merch ideas!

    Do note:

    The designs showcased in this survey are purely conceptual. They represent imaginative ideas and creative exploration, but they do not guarantee or imply that LEGO® will produce them as actual products.

    Image: Lego
    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    Pay for your pies.

    Tesla reportedly stiffed a Black-owned bakery during Black History Month, canceling an order for thousands of dollars worth of pies — after asking the owner to double the amount.

    Today, Musk vaguely tweeted he’d “make things good with the bakery”. Meanwhile, the community has stepped in to help.

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    Sean Hollister
    Google says News search results aren’t going away — but the deck is often stacked against them.

    Did you know Google tested removing its News tab from search results entirely? It’s back now “and we do not have plans to remove it,” says the company.

    But many searches downplay News in what I’d argue is an irresponsible way. When I search for “Wyze Camera,” stories about major security lapses are buried under an avalanche of product results. I saw the same thing after we wrote about SanDisk’s data-losing portable SSDs.

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    Sean Hollister
    Byju’s may no longer be Byju’s after shareholders vote out Byju.

    Byju Raveendran is CEO of the company once described as India’s most valuable startup, but... maybe not anymore?

    Byju’s is an app-based educational company that’s snapped up US firms like Osmo (you might have seen its iPad-camera-attachment STEM games) and Epic during its buying sprees.

    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    Did today’s update improve your Samsung Galaxy S24’s camera?

    Inquiring minds would like to know. Officially, there’s a new “vividness” option, and “image quality and sharpness optimization code has been applied” as well.

    Unofficially, SamMobile says it “improves text clarity while using high zoom ranges,” improves “the exposure of dark parts of a scene while capturing images indoors,” helps with backlit photos, improves colors and exposure in various photo modes, and more.