Propaganda
President Biden will likely veto a bill demanding the labor department take away a demand that companies consider ESG when investing or setting up retirement plans. Lefty friends think this is ridiculous because they all think it's a suggestion and not an order from the labor department. Then they say they will win anyway, and the ESG will be the big factor in all investments.
Trump says he won't stop campaign if indicted.
Ford patents car that could reposses itself if you stop paying for it.
Walgreens decides to not sell abortion drug in states where it is illegal.
Wal Street admits it's no longer the only option for investment and return.
The supreme court is going to decided whether art can be played off itself. The article is sort of vague and rambly.
Medical Freedom movement has major support in republican states.
A new ocean protection agreement has been made via the UN.
Science
Sculptures that only work in zero g. Mostly water sculptures.
Ultra black fish species discovered deep in the ocean. They look like bad CG.
VR
Meta Quest Pro was a mistake and isn't selling well. The company plans to continue the regular Quest line.
Meta doesn't understand the quest 2 is a games console. Discussed with a friend. He points out Carmack and others were checking for the wrong things when they started. Those were the smart ones, and they left.
Videogames
50 games from 50 years on the switch. Almost every year is represented.
This could be AI as well. If videogames were 90s action movies.
More about CoD style Doom 4.
Star Fox dev talks about the creation.
Diablo creators and other former izzard devs making a new game.
Age of Wonders 4 looks nice. What's with cling every game 'like D&D'?
Hellblade 2 creators traveled to Iceland to get better idea of where things are and how to navigate the island.
Mods
Mods add AI voice acting in normal game.
The people who mod Sonic games to make them good.
Modifying a phone with a much larger battery. Not safe but a start into independent phone creation.
Film and TV
Could Disney give up Hulu for Namor and full control of the Hulk?
There is a new TMNT film. It's by Earth Rogen and has several stars in side character slots. Master Splinter id Jackie Chan.
Tech
A tech scam. A false recruiter hires you for a legit company. They even use real names and people. It's actually shocking how much work goes into the scam. I got caught by one and then realized what was happening. They wanted me to send them computer equipment I bought with my own money so they could 'install a chip' to make it work for them.
3D printed houses pluses and minuses.
How to build simulations with USD.
Making a porting program from Rhino to Revit. Architect has a really weird problem. The programs they use are designed either for idiots who don't understand computers, or engineers from the late 90's. This shows that weirdness pretty dang well.
AI
Large scale simulations are now capable on your graphics card.
This could also be propaganda. Romania has an AI chancellor.
3D animated videos by AI.
Music to be created by AI this year.
Propaganda that Google has AI and will lead the AI revolution.
ChatGPT created articles on art history by people who exist.
Graphics Cards
Sales for GPUs are down, but Nvidia is still winning.
Edge will use your graphics card to upscale videos.
Luxury
Lufthansa to offer beds and sleeping quarters for flights.
Former Greatness
Best Buy closing stores.
Seattle tech job market is suffering. Not as much as the dot.com bubble burst, but we're just starting. Luckily there are way more jobs than people, but the high paying jobs are going away.
People are watching other people work at home.
That will be a daunting task.