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Dipshit Derek: Stranger Things season 5's best character exposes the show's biggest problem
While Derek’s arc is a highlight of season 5 so far, it reveals a larger problem plaguing Stranger Things as the series cruises towards its ending.
Discord now lets you buy and gift video game skins
Discord’s adding a new commerce feature that will let users buy digital items for games they might not even play. Starting with Marvel Rivals, users will be able to search, buy, wishlist, and gift cosmetics without ever leaving the platform. It works like this. Starting today, Marvel Rivals will have a new store page accessible […]
Vox launches new editorial package examining how America can improve its capacity to build
On Monday, Vox announced the launch of a major, multi-year editorial project exploring what it will take for the United States to restore its capacity to build — from new energy solutions, to upgrading transportation systems, to dramatically expanding the nation’s housing supply. The project stems from a clear diagnosis: America urgently needs to build […]
Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium, spun out of the nonprofit AI lab Kyutai, raised $70M led by FirstMark and Eurazeo, after launching in September (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium, spun out of the nonprofit AI lab Kyutai, raised $70M led by FirstMark and Eurazeo, after launching in September — A Paris-based artificial intelligence voice startup called Gradium has spun out of a nonprofit research lab and raised $70 million in funding …
DRAM it! Raspberry Pi raises prices
Raspberry Pi is increasing the price of several single-board computers in an attempt to offset soaring memory costs. The updates are being applied immediately and affect Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5, with prices increasing by $5 to $25 depending on the model and amount of RAM. The 16GB memory variants of the Compute […]