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Hour One wants synthetic AI characters to be your digital avatars

If you ever wondered how we’ll populate the metaverse, look no further than Hour One, an Israeli startup that is making replicas of people with AI avatars. These avatars can be a near-perfect visual likeness of you and speak with words fed to them by marketers who want to sell you something. An avatar can speak on your behalf in a digital broadcast when you’re at home watching TV. Such…
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GamingNews

EA Play subscription service is coming to Steam on August 31st

EA’s subscription service is coming to Steam very soon. Today, the publisher announced that the recently renamed EA Play will launch on Steam on August 31st. This marks the fourth platform on which the service will be available, following the PS4, Xbox One, and EA’s own…
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Torchlight III is coming to Switch

Nintendo announced today during its Indie World Showcase stream that Torchlight III is coming to Switch later this year. Torchlight III has been in early access on PC since June. The action role-playing game started life as Torchlight Frontiers, an MMO. It then morphed into…
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Nintendo’s Indie World delights with multiple games launching

Nintendo livestreamed one of its Indie World Showcase presentations to Twitch and YouTube this morning. This comes as fans continue to harbor anxiety about the future of the Nintendo Switch’s lineup. So far, the publisher has only revealed Pikmin 3 Deluxe for the fall, and that game is due out October 30. But while Nintendo should have more to announce soon — like the 3D Mario remasters —…
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How Nexon is expanding its PC online games to mobile

Nexon is a lucky online-only video game company with five major franchises that have generated billions of dollars in revenues over the years. That’s the payback from being the first company to launch a free-to-play online game — the Kingdom of the Wilds, released on the…
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Subnautica and its sequel are launching on Nintendo Switch next year

One of the more popular indie survival games on PC and consoles is finally coming to Switch. Subnautica is launching on Nintendo’s hybrid home/handheld system in 2021. Developer Unknown Worlds Entertainment is also planning to launch the sequel, Subnautica: Below Zero, on Switch next year as well. In Subnautica, players end up marooned on a hostile ocean planet called 4546B. To survive, the…
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MobileNews

Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra review: big phone, small updates

Samsung has settled into a new routine for its Galaxy Note line of smartphones: take some of the major new features from the flagship Galaxy S updates from earlier in the year, improve on them slightly, and add a stylus. Instead of being the first with new technology, the…
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Facebook and NYU use artificial intelligence to make MRI scans four times faster

If you’ve ever had an MRI scan before, you’ll know how unsettling the experience can be. You’re placed in a claustrophobia-inducing tube and asked to stay completely still for up to an hour while unseen hardware whirs, creaks, and thumps around you like a medical poltergeist. New research, though, suggests AI can help with this predicament by making MRI scans four times faster, getting…
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