Fitness trackers and smartphone apps help heart disease patients stay active, study finds

A new American Heart Association review found that smartphone apps and wearable trackers helped heart disease patients walk more and increase daily activity.

Two of Call of Duty’s greatest games are finally coming to modern PlayStations

Treyarch has confirmed that Call of Duty: Black Ops and Black Ops 2 are being ported to modern PlayStation consoles by Iron Galaxy. The classic shooters will include campaign, multiplayer, and Zombies, giving PlayStation players a chance to revisit two…

A US state wants to ban smart glasses while driving, and it could open Pandora’s box

Smart glasses are rapidly evolving from niche gadgets into mainstream consumer technology. Devices from companies such as Meta, Google, Apple, and Snap are increasingly capable of displaying notifications, providing navigation, recording video, and eve…

Epic Games just took a big step toward AI-built games with Unreal Engine 5.8

Unreal Engine 5.8 ships with an experimental plugin that lets developers connect any LLM to core engine systems, and Epic plans even deeper integration for Unreal Engine 6.

ChatGPT’s new Scheduled page puts all your automated tasks in one place

OpenAI is rolling out a dedicated Scheduled page for ChatGPT that lets users view, manage, and monitor all active tasks from the sidebar.

Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans
Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans

Midjourney CEO David Holz just showed off the company’s first hardware product and plans to build a San Francisco spa, which he admitted is a bit different from the “cat pictures” produced by its AI image generator. Dubbed The Midjourney Scanner, it’s an ultrasound-based full-body scanner that uses a ring of sensors to capture vertical […]

EU won’t force publishers to keep games playable, but the Stop Killing Games fight isn’t over

top Killing Games has hit a major roadblock in Europe after the Commission rejected its proposal. Campaign founder Ross Scott says future legislation could still provide a path forward.

Illinois put community solar on a 150-year-old coal mine
Illinois put community solar on a 150-year-old coal mine

An old coal mine in Illinois is now generating community solar power for hundreds of households and businesses.

BLUETTI’s $2.2M-crowdfunded FridgePower dedicated fridge backup arrives at retail
BLUETTI’s $2.2M-crowdfunded FridgePower dedicated fridge backup arrives at retail

Summer storms and tornadoes are increasing outage risks across the US, leaving households vulnerable to massive food spoilage, compromised essential medications, and the loss of expensive premium meats. But earlier this spring, BLUETTI introduced the u…

Elon Musk gets a $116 billion Tesla payday
Elon Musk gets a $116 billion Tesla payday

Elon Musk has exercised the entirety of his 2018 Tesla (TSLA) CEO pay package, acquiring 303,960,630 shares for a paper gain of about $116 billion, according to a new SEC filing.
But he didn’t sell a single share to do it — and the stock he received is…