AI might undermine one of the better alternatives to the Kindle

Kobo, a Rakuten subsidiary that sells ebooks and ereaders, has built its name on being a more open and author-friendly version of Amazon Kindle. However, a recent change to the company's self-pub [...]

Nvidia Drive Hyperion platform passes key safety assessments for autonomous vehicles

Nvidia today announced that its autonomous vehicle (AV) platform, Nvidia Drive AGX Hyperion, has passed industry-safety assessments. [...]

A New Implant Aims to Rewire Stroke Patients’ Brains

Epia Neuro’s brain-computer interface will include a motorized glove to help stroke patients recover movement in their hand. [...]

Kojima is leaving behind a USB stick with game ideas for after he dies

Iconic video game maker Hideo Kojima has left behind a USB stick filled with game ideas in the case of his death, as indicated in an interview with Edge Magazine that VGC reported on. Kojima says it&# [...]

"If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies" researchers warn as they call for global AI shutdown

For Eliezer Yudkowsky, the only meaningful measure of political success in AI governance would be an international treaty that legally requires shutting systems down.<br /> The article "If [...]

Interplay co-founder Rebecca Heineman dies

Rebecca Heineman, co-founder of video game company Interplay Entertainment, has died at 62. As Rock Paper Shotgun has reported, her friends and colleagues from the industry broke the news on their soc [...]

The Morning After: Elon Musk wants a $134 billion payout from OpenAI and Microsoft

Part of a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its non-profit status claims Musk is owed anywhere from $79 billion to $134 billion in damages for the “wrongful gains” of OpenAI and Microsoft.< [...]

Some Spotify video podcasts are coming to Netflix

Spotify is taking the video versions of some of its podcasts to another platform entirely: Netflix. Starting in the US in early 2026 (with more markets and shows to follow), Netflix will start offerin [...]

Everything NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang announced at its CES 2025 keynote

NVIDIA held its CES 2025 keynote last night with CEO Jensen Huang and it was surprisingly eventful. The company finally unveiled its much awaited GeForce RTX 5000 GPUs that promise a considerable perf [...]