This one is for the real finance sickos — what the increased cost of capital for CoreWeave means. Marc Rubenstein, a former hedgie, is fairly granular about CoreWeave’s loans, which is helpful for trying to understand this situation. I came away wondering if Nvidia, which I think is is functionally the central bank for the neoclouds, will decide to bail CoreWeave out, and if so, what that will look like. [Link: Capital Wars | https://www.netinterest.co/p/capital-wars | Net Interest]

#core #weave #rubenstein

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3w ago

I’m beginning to think the next Xbox will be sold like a cell phone.

Late yesterday, I laid out five ways Microsoft can try to make lemonade out of RAMageddon, but one feels likelier to me now readers have weighed in: the cell phone subsidy model. In the K-shaped economy, wealthier buyers could buy an “unlocked” Xbox, but most could get it “free” with 36-month (or longer!) subscription. But I also think many will reject that and stick with what they already have. [Link: The next-gen Xbox won’t cost you $1,800. It can’t. Can it? | https://www.theverge.com/games/1016134/xbox-helix-price-1800-isnt-affordable-editorial | The Verge]

#xbox #microsoft

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Even this quadruped robot can solve a Rubik’s Cube faster than I can.

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Even this quadruped robot can solve a Rubik’s Cube faster than I can.

Researchers from ETH Zürich’s Robotic Systems Lab used reinforcement learning through simulations and “teacher-student distillation” to teach a quadruped robot how to independently solve an oversized Rubik’s Cube. The feat is even more impressive given the bot has to use its stubby legs and feet to reorient the cube and rotate its sides. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFdRsFiE68c]

#rubik #cube #researchers

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3w ago

The iPhone Duo should have been an iPad

Also on the Vergecast: PHP chaos, AI shopping, Brendan Carr, and a Netflix reboot.

#phone-duo #pad #iphone

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Now Google says it might use your Gmail and Google Photos data to target ads

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Now Google says it might use your Gmail and Google Photos data to target ads

According to the new terms, sharing your data for better AI recommendations also means opening it up for more personalized ads.

#gmail #google

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3w ago

Proton is hosting a map of more than 300,000 Flock cams.

The map comes from security researcher Joshua Michael, who is facing a trademark complaint from Flock after he published an interactive map of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) using information from a data leak. Proton is now hosting the map, but notes that it’s a snapshot from December 2025, so “devices installed or removed since then won’t be reflected.” [Link: Flock camera map: Find the Flock cameras watching you | https://proton.me/flock-camera-map | Proton]

#flock #joshua

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You can now try FSR 4.1 on your Xbox Ally X or X20.

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You can now try FSR 4.1 on your Xbox Ally X or X20.

If you’ve got one of the Microsoft/Asus collab handhelds, let me know if this is game-changing? You can find the update in Command Center > Armory Crate SE > Update Center > Preview Updates. Asus does warn “it may still contain bugs or instability, designed for those who can’t live without the latest and greatest.” [Image: Here’s where you can turn it on after installation. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/1792432463104-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]

#fsr #xbox-ally #x20

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3w ago

The first broken iPhone Duos are here

Some screens appear to be cracking.

#phone-duos #iphone

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Hallmark’s Halo special edition Xbox ornament glows green.

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3w ago

Hallmark’s Halo special edition Xbox ornament glows green.

In 2024, Hallmark added a tiny version of the original Xbox to its holiday ornament collection and then followed up last year with a miniature Xbox 360. For 2026 it’s returning to Microsoft’s first console, but the translucent green Halo special edition version. It will be available at the end of the month for $27.99 and includes a glowing greed LED and sound effects. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/hallmark1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]

#hallmark #halo #xbox

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How Claude Fable 5.1 can encode — and decode —messages in images.

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3w ago

How Claude Fable 5.1 can encode — and decode —messages in images.

Research done as part of the Singapore AI Safety Fellowship shows how Anthropic’s AI model can embed hidden messages into images using Morse code, object rotations, colors, and heights. The researchers also found that separate sessions of Fable 5.1 could decipher about 78 percent of the hidden messages based on a screenshot. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/fable-decode-1.png?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/fable-decode-2.png?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/fable-decode-3.png?quality=90&strip=all]

#fable #singapore #fellowship

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3w ago

Take shelter in 2027.

Amazon announced that its Fallout-themed reality show — which throws contestants into a Vault-Tec bunker — will start streaming on January 13th. It’s something of a spiritual sequel to the Squid Game competition on Netflix. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N418H-fvnh8]

#amazon #fallout #vault

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3w ago

One person’s iPhone Duo screen “cracked” already.

According to a user on Reddit: > Had my iPhone Duo for about six hours and had probably opened it fewer than 20 times. > I was showing it to a friend, and as I opened it, I felt something around the internal hinge, underneath the screen. > As I continued opening it, I heard an audible crack, and the screen broke right along the hinge. The user said the Apple Store replaced it. [Media: https://www.reddit.com/r/iPhoneDuo/comments/1xday9i/iphone_duo_screen_cracked_within_6_hours_of/]

#phone-duo #iphone

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