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Nvidia’s RTX Remix open beta will bring ray-tracing and DLSS mods to older games
Nvidia’s RTX Remix tool is now available for modders to try. The game remastering tool, currently out in open beta, allows modders to give older games a makeover with AI-powered texture tools, ray tracing, and…
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Mary Weiss, Who Sang ‘Leader of the Pack,’ Is Dead at 75
Mary Weiss, who in 1964 was the lead singer of the Shangri-Las’ No. hit 1, “Leader of the Pack,” extracting every ounce of passion and pathos available in a three-minute adolescent soap opera, died on…
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iOS 17.3 is out, adding Stolen Device Protection for your iPhone
iOS 17.3 is out, and it comes with a new security feature that’s supposed to prevent thieves from taking your iPhone and quickly taking over access to anything stored in iCloud as well as other…
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Critics Protest Harvard’s Choice to Lead Antisemitism Task Force
A Harvard task force on antisemitism has gotten off to a rocky start, with complaints that the professor chosen to help lead the panel had signed a letter that was critical of Israel, describing it…
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Netflix’s Ripley seems ready to salt and burn the Earth in new trailer
Whether it’s from reading Patricia Highsmith’s original 1955 novel, or seeing any of the films inspired by it, we’re all familiar with at least some of the beats from The Talented Mr. Ripley. But even…
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A ‘Revolutionary’ Way to Feed the World That’s Very Old
“There are some interesting hints or nods in the right direction: the focus on crop diversity and nutrition, Indigenous knowledge, a focus on neglected crops,” said Bill Moseley, a professor at Macalester College in Saint…
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Apple’s sci-fi thriller Constellation gets haunting first trailer
The show stars Noomi Rapace as an astronaut who “returns to Earth after a disaster in space — only to discover that key pieces of her life seem to be missing.” In the trailer, this…
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Trump Defamation Trial Is Delayed
The trial of E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit against Donald J. Trump was suspended Monday because of illness among jurors — and one of his lawyers’ parents. One juror was on his way to court…
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How to cut, copy, and paste on Android phones
Cutting, copying, and pasting are actions that are regularly performed in apps and between apps: getting an address from a message into a map, moving an image from an email to a document, or just…
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Opinion | The Trump Train Is Getting Very Crowded
Gail Collins: Bret, I have a feeling this is the last time I’m going to ask you about the Republican presidential primaries. Things seem to be winding up fast. Ron DeSantis is out — don’t…