Illustrations by Alex Castro / The Verge Nintendo has acquired CG production company Dynamo Pictures, and will rename it to “Nintendo Pictures,” the company has announced. The new subsidiary will “focus on development of visual content utilizing Nintendo IP” and the “planning and production of visual content including CG animation.” The company’s IMDB page lists…
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Andrej Karpathy, Tesla’s head of artificial intelligence and leader of the company’s Autopilot team, is leaving the company. Karpathy announced the departure on Twitter on Wednesday. “It’s been a great pleasure to help Tesla towards its goals over the last 5 years and a difficult decision to part ways. In that time, Autopilot graduated from…
Thursday! What a concept! And what a day to get stuck into a fresh Wordle. But if you just get plain stuck, we’re here to nudge you in the right direction. The answer to the July 14 Wordle, puzzle #390, can be found at the end of this article, or you can simply read on…
Amazon has ordered a remake of British comedy Friday Night Dinner for its recently rebranded Freevee service. Formerly known as IMDb TV (which itself was rebranded from IMDb Freedive in 2019), Freevee is Amazon’s free, ad-supported video channel, available to Amazon account holders in the US and UK through the Prime Video website or app. Amazon began ordering shows for the…
US President Joe Biden delivers a speech upon landing at the Ben Gurion Airport for a state visit to Israel. Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images President Joe Biden said Iran is closer than before to creating nuclear weapons. He blamed former President Donald Trump for backing out of the Iran deal in 2018. Biden…
Bill Gates told Forbes about his plan to donate $20 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation this month. Jeff J Mitchell/Pool/Getty Images Bill Gates said he and Melinda French Gates still “work constructively” on their charity foundation. Gates told Forbes he and his ex-wife were often in agreement on issues relating to the…
When the Toyota Yaris was launched in 1999, it signalled a shift in the manufacturer’s small cars. Affordability was front and centre, but the design saw a lift and it broke new ground – a 1-litre engine provided frugality, a sliding rear seat brought practicality and the original central, almost holographic, driver display was forward-looking….
Apple has announced its Back To School offer in Europe which sees students receive up to a £120 gift card with the purchase of a MacBook, iMac or iPad, as well as 20 per cent off Apple Care to protect their purchase. Apple’s education discount applies to current and newly accepted college and university students…
MacBook Pro M1 Pro 16-inch front with display on If you’re in the market or a new laptop, monitor or pretty much any device with a screen, you may have wandered across the phrase ‘colour gamut’. We’ve put together this guide to explain exactly what that means… What is a colour gamut? The term ‘colour…
iPhone 13 mini front home Here is the simplest way to clear the storage on your iPhone. It can be hard to manage your iPhone’s storage, as small things like downloaded videos and photos can pile up. Thankfully, it’s not too hard to go through your storage and trim down all the useless content you…