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I’d never really given much thought as to what goes on behind the scenes of a esports live stream. Sure, we’ve come a long way from bedroom broadcasting, but it turns out there’s even more tech hidden behind that big black stage backdrop than you might expect. Picking my way through a tangle of power cables at Integrated Systems Europe, or ISE, the Esports Arena control room rolled into view. This makeshift workspace is a proper (though temporary) structure that houses lots of people and even more computers. It’s predominantly a Windows environment, with quite literally rack upon rack of…

From a presentation standpoint, Super Bowl LIX will largely be sticking to the status quo on Sunday. Fox Sports is capturing the game in 1080p HDR and upscaling that to 4K for its own networks and the free Tubi live stream. Comcast just announced that it’ll be airing the game in Dolby Vision, which it has done before, but now with Dolby Atmos for the first time. The latter is certain to be a virtualized surround signal, but it could still lend some extra atmosphere to the game if you’ve got a nice home theater setup.Comcast says the Dolby Vision…

We are living through what can charitably be called interesting times, and one of the questions that many people are asking is: “What can I do?” One answer to that question — no matter what side of the political spectrum you fall on — is to contact your federal or local representatives and let them know how you feel, via social media, texts, emails, or phone calls.Even if you (like me) can get a little nervous about actually calling your government representatives, that shouldn’t stop you from letting the people you voted for (or against) know what their constituents are…

Time is not on DJI’s side. The world’s largest drone maker has less than a year to convince the Trump administration to save its products from an automatic US ban — at a time when drone fears have been stoked more than ever. Some of those fears were exacerbated by DJI’s own bad timing: days after a small DJI drone took out a plane fighting the LA wildfires, the company chose to announce it would no longer enforce the “no-fly zones” it designed to keep such things from happening. The company will no longer stop its drones from flying over…

Google updated its artificial intelligence principles on Tuesday to remove commitments around not using the technology in ways “that cause or are likely to cause overall harm.” A scrubbed section of the revised AI ethics guidelines previously committed Google to not designing or deploying AI for use in surveillance, weapons, and technology intended to injure people. The change was first spotted by The Washington Post and captured here by the Internet Archive.Coinciding with these changes, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, and Google’s senior exec for technology and society James Manyika published a blog post detailing new “core tenets” that its…

Microsoft Build is once again being held in Seattle this year, just over the lake from Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington. The developer conference will start on May 19th and run through May 22nd at the Seattle Convention Center.I’m also expecting a lot of announcements for Copilot at Build, whether it’s the consumer version or the Microsoft 365 Copilot that businesses pay for. Microsoft recently relaunched Copilot for businesses with free AI chat and pay-as-you-go agents, and it’s certainly not done trying to convince businesses that AI agents are the future. Microsoft also started bundling Office AI features into Microsoft…

If you exercise without tracking it, did you exercise at all? Don’t take the risk of missing a discipline: strap the best running watch to your wrist for a guaranteed calorie count while you’re doing sports. Whether you’re a runner, a lunger or just looking to get a bit fitter, the top tickers offer total fitness assistance. The top options below can analyse your activity, provide detailed training feedback and guide you to a new PB – on the road, in the gym or underwater. Besides keeping tabs on your sweaty metrics, today’s crop of clever trackers can also monitor…

Getting one of the best watch winders is an essential investment for any automatic watch enthusiast. If you own one or more self-winding timepieces, you already know they rely on your wrist’s movement to stay ticking. But what happens when your favourite watch spends more time in its display case than on your wrist? That’s where a watch winder comes in. The right winder not only keeps your watch wound and ready to wear at a moment’s notice, but, arguable, also helps maintain the accuracy of its timekeeping by stopping the delicate lubricants from drying out. From sleek single-watch designs…

Through February 18th, new and lapsed subscribers can get one year of ad-supported Peacock Premium for $29.99 if you sign up now. That’s over half off its typical price of $79.99, and a $50 discount overall. It’s easy to get the deal: if you already have a free Peacock account, you’ll just need to apply the code WINTERSAVINGS. If you don’t already have an account, simply click on GET OFFER on the Peacock home page and set one up. Current Peacock Premium and Premium Plus subscribers are not eligible for this deal, unfortunately.Along with The Wild Robot, Peacock’s library includes…

OpenAI just gave itself a full rebrand, complete with a new typeface, logo, and color palette, as explained to Wallpaper in an interview about the process behind the changes. You’ll have to look closely to spot the difference between the redrawn logo and its old one, but a side-by-side comparison shows the updated “blossom” with a slightly larger space in the center and cleaner lines.Though the original logo was designed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Ilya Sutskever, an in-house design team led by Veit Moeller and Shannon Jager took the reins this time around, intending to create a…

Apple launched a new app today, called Apple Invites, which lets you create, share, and manage invitations for events. With it, you can generate a quick digital invitation that, when shared with your friends, lets them gather all the info about the event, RSVP, and add it to their calendar. That includes your Android friends, who can access invites using a web-based version of the app on the iCloud site.It’s a mostly straightforward, easy-to-use app that offers a better way to invite friends to things than trying to cram all the details into a text message or make sure everyone…