Getty Images accused AI of wholesale theft. It’s now an official ChatGPT image partner.

Getty Images has announced a new display agreement with OpenAI that will bring its licensed visual content into ChatGPT. The partnership is notable given Getty’s long-running criticism of AI companies over how training data is sourced, marking an unexp…

Here’s how you can reserve a Steam Machine
Here’s how you can reserve a Steam Machine

The Steam Machine is here, but getting one is a little complicated. Valve is taking preorders using a reservation system, which is intended to make the process more fair and harder for bots to exploit. However, it’s a bit different than the $5 reservations Valve used for the Steam Deck. Starting today, you can sign […]

Valve will finally let you build your own Steam Machine with SteamOS for desktop
Valve will finally let you build your own Steam Machine with SteamOS for desktop

If you don’t get lucky with Valve’s Steam Machine reservation system, you can make your own Steam Machine instead. Valve says that “starting with the SteamOS 3.8 release, you can put together your own Steam Machine using whatever PC parts you want.” SteamOS 3.8.10 launched last week with a slew of updates, including “improved compatibility […]

Valve explains why it isn’t subsidizing the Steam Machine
Valve explains why it isn’t subsidizing the Steam Machine

Valve finally announced the price of the Steam Machine, and like a lot of new gadgets these days, it’s not cheap: It starts at $1,049 for a 512GB model, and a 2TB model costs $300 more. Configurations with a bundled Steam Controller cost an extra $79 each. Despite Valve offering a console alternative with the […]

Valve prices the Steam Machine at $1,049
Valve prices the Steam Machine at $1,049

After months of waiting, Valve has finally announced that the Steam Machine, its new living room-friendly PC, will start at $1,049 and go on sale beginning June 29th. You can now register your interest to buy a Steam Machine as part of a reservation system. To offer a fair playing field for people who want […]

RingConn’s Lord of the Rings promotion assumes smart ring wearers want to be like Gollum
RingConn’s Lord of the Rings promotion assumes smart ring wearers want to be like Gollum

Smart ring maker RingConn’s marketing copy says Lord of the Rings’ “enduring narrative highlights a simple but powerful idea: that meaningful transformation often begins with the choices we make each day. RingConn embraces a similar philosophy, believing that lasting change begins with everyday awareness and small, intentional decisions.” Of course, the “intentional decisions” Frodo makes […]

AMD releases FSR 4.1 upscaling for older graphics cards
AMD releases FSR 4.1 upscaling for older graphics cards

AMD is officially launching FSR Upscaling 4.1 for Radeon RX 7000-series GPUs today. The update means that computers with those older graphics cards, which use the RDNA 3 graphics architecture, will be able to see improvements like better image quality and smoother gameplay in their games. AMD had promised in May that it would be […]

Timekettle’s new X1 Meeting Hub does real-time translation for 50 people and fits in your pocket

At $849 and 199 grams, the Timekettle X1 Meeting Hub wants to replace professional interpretation setups at your next multilingual meeting.

Lucid lays off 18% of staff, its second deep cut in four months
Lucid lays off 18% of staff, its second deep cut in four months

Lucid Motors is laying off 18% of its workforce, roughly 1,500 employees, just four months after the EV maker cut 12% of its staff. The company also confirmed Monday that it has eliminated the second production shift at its Casa Grande, Arizona factory…

Kia’s electric van is becoming so popular that supply is now being rationed
Kia’s electric van is becoming so popular that supply is now being rationed

The PV5 is turning out to be a smash hit, so much so that Kia is now being forced to ration supply to overseas markets as it juggles demand.