Vibe-coded emulator adds color to Virtual Boy’s red monochrome games

What just happened? Nintendo’s Virtual Boy famously used inexpensive red monochrome displays to create a stereoscopic 3D effect. Thanks to a newly developed, vibe-coded emulator, some games in the console’s library can now be played with limited color, reportedly added through a hand-painted process. Despite selling just 770,000 units worldwide, Nintendo’s Virtual Boy still has […]

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Bitcoin ETFs shed $635 million as BTC tests their holdings’ estimated $81,500 cost basis

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded about $635 million in net outflows Thursday as the cryptocurrency traded near the estimated cost basis of the funds’ Bitcoin holdings. The Oct. 22 withdrawals were the largest daily outflow since June 25 and reversed nearly 60% of the inflows the funds attracted over the previous three trading sessions, […]

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Ethereum staking yield is losing to cash rates, so why are investors still lining up?

Put €10,000 into Ethereum staking at a 2.2% annual return and, if ETH’s price stays unchanged, you’ll earn about €220 over a year. That’s just €7 more than the same amount would earn at the average rate on new euro household deposits with maturities up to one year, but with Ethereum’s price volatility attached to […]

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5 creative projects built with Gemini 4 Argon

Gemini 4 Argon, our new frontier model, excels at tackling complex projects. Argon excels at deep work in complex, real-world tasks to help across domains including coding, finance, legal, cybersecurity, and science. Its depth and precision across multi-step tasks leads Argon to outperform other frontier models on benchmarks across domains. Since we rolled out Argon […]

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iPhone Duo owners report cracked screens on launch day

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority Add Android Authority on Google: Some early iPhone Duo owners are reporting cracked inner screens, with damage appearing near the crease. One owner says their screen broke after fewer than 20 unfolds, and Apple replaced the phone immediately. The cause and scale remain unclear, and it’s too early to establish […]

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Micron’s 2027 roadmap: DDR6 with 2x DDR5 bandwidth, 1TB RDIMMs, and 400+ layer NAND

Forward-looking: Micron has outlined its memory and storage roadmap for the next few years, revealing significant upgrades across its next-generation products. The plans span DDR6, LPDDR6, HBM, and NAND, as the AI infrastructure spending boom continues to push hardware costs higher. Micron has detailed its 1δ (1-Delta) node as the follow-up to 1γ (1-Gamma). The […]

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Only one person in the world can play this free Steam game at a time

First look: These days, a big online game is one that can drop 100 strangers onto the same map at once. Jono, a free platformer that quietly landed on Steam earlier this month, goes in the opposite direction entirely: there’s exactly one playable character for the whole planet, and everyone who downloads it has to […]

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Kraken drops Monero spending questions; XMR cap stays

Crypto exchange Kraken has withdrawn intrusive compliance demands sent to Monero customers after its co-CEO admitted the requests were unjustified. On Oct. 24, Arjun Sethi said that customers who purchased and withdrew Monero (XMR) had received emails requesting information about their employers, sources of funds, and intended use of the cryptocurrency. He acknowledged that no […]

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Financial Services Verification coming to US and Canada 2027

When you see an ad on Google, you should know who’s behind it. In both the United States and Canada, more than 97% of the ads people see on Google already come from identity-verified advertisers. We’re building on this foundation by introducing Financial Services Verification in these North American markets, expanding a program that currently […]

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ChatGPT’s Chrome extension can now control tabs, download files, and fill out forms

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. In a nutshell: OpenAI has released a major update to its ChatGPT browser extension, bringing deeper integration with Google Chrome. The extension can now access content from open webpages, analyze information, and complete tasks directly in the browser. The update also […]

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