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Chrome OS tests variable refresh rate support
Google is testing assist for variable refresh charges (VRR) within the Chrome OS 101 Dev Channel, as first noticed by Kevin Tofel at About Chromebooks. You must allow a flag at chrome://flags#enable-variable-refresh-rate to entry the function, which Google says can be utilized with “succesful shows.”
VRR helps stop screen-tearing by syncing the refresh price of a show with the frames-per-second (FPS) of no matter’s on the display. Google’s check of the function may point out a smoother gaming expertise on Chrome OS, which might make sense contemplating Google simply introduced Steam is “coming quickly” to Chrome OS. Rumors in regards to the launch of three potential gaming-focused Chromebooks have been floating round as effectively, a risk that’s solely been made stronger with a brand new Chrome OS flag that provides RGB keyboard assist.
However alternatively, VRR assist may sign an upgraded refresh price for future Chrome OS tablets. As my colleague Dan Seifert notes in his evaluate of the Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 and the HP Chromebook X2 11, Chrome OS is at present fairly clunky when utilized in pill kind. Tablets working Chrome OS will want VRR in the event that they need to compete with the likes of Samsung and Apple — the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 lineup has a refresh price of 120Hz, whereas the iPad Professional comes with ProMotion assist (which is mainly one other title for VRR) that makes scrolling animations smoother.
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Lego debuts its first Minecraft set for adults
Minecraft is 15 years old, so it’s only natural that Lego should honor the anniversary with a set just for the game’s many adult fans. The company has started taking preorders for The Crafting Table, a 1,195-piece 18-and-up build, as Jay’s Brick Blog writes. The set will cost $89.99 in the US when it’s released on August 1st.
Lego says the set will include “familiar biomes, favorite mobs and hidden Easter eggs.” As the name suggests, the kit looks like an in-game crafting table. But inside of it is a Minecraft diorama featuring 12 biomes including Plains (with a village), Taiga (with a dripstone cave), and Cherry Grove (with an abandoned mineshaft).
It also has eight microfigures; among them are Steve, Alex, a skeleton, a Creeper, and a pig. And it incorporates five mini-builds and stickers that feature phrases from the game. The whole kit, once built, will measure 5.5 inches x 6 inches x 6 inches.
The Crafting Table will also be available in Australia (AU $129.99), the UK (£79.99), the EU (€89.99), Canada (CAD $119.99), and Singapore (SGD $149.99), according to Jay’s Brick Blog. Lego insiders get 585 points for picking up The Crafting Table.
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Fox News AI Newsletter: American rocker sees 'crazy future'
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– John Oates of Hall & Oates says new tech in music could lead to a ‘crazy, scary world’
– Most Americans expect AI abuses to impact 2024 election: survey
– AI can help protect wildlife from human dangers, but ‘real’ value is in data collection
‘OUT OF TOUCH’: John Oates, of Hall & Oates, is wary of the future represented by artificial intelligence in the music industry.
AI MISINFORMATION: More than three-fourths of American adults believe that abuses involving the use of artificial intelligence systems will affect the outcome of the presidential election, according to a new survey.
PROTECTING ENDANGERED WILDLIFE: Artificial intelligence will make it easier to determine the best methods of protecting endangered wildlife in the coming years, with current methods making little use of technology in meaningful ways, an expert told Fox News Digital.
ALTMAN’S OUSTER: Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner shared new details about the ouster of CEO Sam Altman, who was subsequently rehired with a new board in place, in an interview on Tuesday.
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Godzilla Minus One gets a surprise Netflix release
Written and directed by Takashi Yamakazi, Godzilla Minus One goes back to the giant radioactive kaiju’s origins. It’s set just at the end of World War II after the US nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The film follows a kamikaze pilot named Kōichi Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki), who after deciding to land on Odo Island rather than sacrifice himself for the war becomes one of the only survivors of a Godzilla attack on the island.
Critics received the movie well when it hit theaters in December. The Verge’s own Charles Pulliam-Moore called it “a spectacular disaster movie” that “feels more than the sum of its parts.” Godzilla Minus One also picked up several awards, including an Academy Award for visual effects back in March.
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