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This Is How The Netflix Generation Will Watch F1 In The Future

https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2023/07/07/how-apple-vision-pro-could-transform-f1-viewing/ My dad says he used to stand: swaying and singing with his mates. He remembered when the terraces went and they had to sit. They often didn’t. You couldn’t sing and wind up the other fans sitting down, he used to say. When he first started taking me to… Read the rest

The Game Boy that survived the Gulf War has been removed from Nintendo New York

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/30/23780549/gulf-war-game-boy-nintendo-nyc There was a box of them. Of course it was poignant but we often smiled as we sorted through the collection. We told stories to each other and the kids as we lifted each one out. Trying to explain what it was, how it worked and what he’d done… Read the rest

Self-powering patch can monitor muscle moves and it costs less than $3

https://newatlas.com/technology/self-powering-patch-muscle-movement/ You get it from both sides. Teachers are always on your back: “tuck your shirt in… put your blazer on!” And then when they go full a full inspection, they have a go about my uniform not being right. And then there’s the other kids. I try to ignore… Read the rest

AI-enabled teddies could tell children bedtime stories, says toymaker

https://www.ft.com/content/acf0307c-ca6d-445d-889a-50cbe64d61e2 It takes time but it’s worth it. My right-on parents only had to check that the toys weren’t uniformly pink or blue and the story didn’t include golliwogs. We’ve got it more difficult. So many more books and toys to check. So many ever-changing issues, and so many things… Read the rest

Teaser’s AI dating app turns you into a chatbot

https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/09/teasers-ai-dating-app-turns-you-into-a-chatbot/ Practice makes perfect. That’s what my dad says. He means school or occasionally football but… Another of his favourite clichés is: “try. try, try again”. Anyway there are more important things than school and certainly football – sorry dad. He has occasionally talked about previous girlfriends but in a… Read the rest

Hands on With Apple’s Vision Pro: The Opposite of Disappearing

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-vision-pro-hands-on-demo/ I love them. I still call them films but they’re called “immersives”. Ugh! When my parents were my age, I remember them flicking through their memories on their phone. It’s lovely stepping back into my life: childhood birthday parties and holidays. Family events. There’s no doubt, you’re there. The… Read the rest

PlayStation is betting big on new franchises and live service games

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/23/23735274/sony-playstation-new-franchises-live-service-games-business They call it “empty nest” as though my strapping son is some sort of fledgling. Watching him pack and then going into his empty room, he is still a presence and a history: T-shirts from recent festivals; files of revision; right back to childhood books we read together. All… Read the rest

Police near Seattle issue warning about AI phone scammers impersonating family members

https://www.geekwire.com/2023/police-near-seattle-issue-warning-about-ai-phone-scammers-impersonating-family-members/ He’s a good boy. My friend was complaining about her son the other day, I didn’t say anything. Well, OK, maybe just a little something. What can I say? He’s a good boy. He’s busy. So successful. Oh the stories he tells! I told my friend where he was… Read the rest

Amazon’s working on a secret new home robot that could be more like Rosie

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/12/23721400/amazon-astro-smarter-home-robot-ai Biased, clearly. Always takes her side. It can be a simple “discussion” about my homework or what I’m eating or a full-on row about what time I’m getting in. I mean, how old does she think I am? She knows she can’t win and so she pulls in reinforcements.… Read the rest