February 13, 2025 11:00 PM Astro Bot won Game of the Year at the Dice Awards. Image Credit: Sony Astro Bot from Team Asobi took home five major awards at the Dice Awards, including Game of the Year. The game, which Sony said last night sold 1.5 million copies, also won awards for Outstanding Achievement...
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The Download: robot reanimation, and AI crawler wars
Plus: The US is not experiencing an AI energy crisis yet. This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Robots are bringing new life to extinct species In the last few years, paleontologists have developed a new trick for turning...
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Watch NASA’s ‘launch to splashdown’ video for Artemis II lunar mission
Artemis II to the Moon: Launch to Splashdown (NASA Mission Animation) NASA has released a detailed animation (above) showing how the Artemis II mission will look from launch to splashdown. The Artemis II mission is currently scheduled to launch from Florida’s Space Coast in early 2026 and will fly four astronauts around the moon before...
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Inside OpenAI’s $14 million Super Bowl debut
OpenAI just made its Super Bowl debut with a 60-second spot that positions AI alongside humanity’s greatest innovations. The commercial traces humanity’s technological evolution through a distinctive pointillism-inspired animation style, transforming abstract dots into iconic images of progress – from early tools like fire and the wheel to modern breakthroughs like DNA sequencing and space...
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Bouncing Beholder is a fully fledged platformer game packed into just 1,024 bytes
Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Byte-sized: Bite-sized JavaScript platformer Bouncing Beholder is astonishingly small, taking up just 1,024 bytes – roughly a thousand times less data than a single promotional screenshot for a flagship video game. Despite its minuscule size, it includes all the essential elements...
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Dan Houser’s Absurd Ventures teases animation project and action-comedy adventure game
January 31, 2025 6:00 AM Dan Houser’s Absurd Ventures is working on an animated show. Image Credit: Absurd Ventures Dan Houser’s Absurd Ventures is teasing some new projects including an animated series and an action-comedy adventure game. “Prepare to meet some new kinds of heroes (and watch them suffer),” the company said in a statement....
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Blockbench is a versatile modeling tool for 3D artists and Minecraft mod creators
Blockbench puts all the tools at your disposal to make the creation process of low-poly models as easy as possible. Use cuboids to get that Minecraft aesthetic, or create complex low-poly shapes using the mesh modeling tools. Texturing Tools Create, edit and paint texture right inside the program. Create or import palettes, paint, or draw...
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TCL TVs will use films made with generative AI to push targeted ads
Advertising has become a focal point of TV software. We’re seeing companies that sell TV sets be increasingly interested in leveraging TV operating systems (OSes) for ads and tracking. This has led to bold new strategies, like an adtech firm launching a TV OS and ads on TV screensavers. With new short films set to...
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The Essential Skills You Need to Thrive in Today’s Creative Economy
The creative economy is booming, fueled by advancements in technology and a growing demand for innovative content. It’s a space where creativity intersects with business and technology, requiring individuals to possess a unique blend of skills to succeed. Whether you’re an artist, designer, developer, or entrepreneur, thriving in this dynamic environment means more than just...
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Blender 4.3 combines animation, sculpting, and rendering upgrades
Blender is an open source software for 3D modeling, rendering, animation, post-production, interactive creation and playback. Available for Windows, Linux, Irix, Sun Solaris, FreeBSD or macOS. Modeling A range of 3D object types including polygon meshes, NURBS surfaces, Bezier and B-spline curves, metaballs, vector fonts (TrueType, PostScript, OpenType) ‘Smooth proxy’ style catmull-clark subdivision surfaces Boolean...