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Apple Maps users who were thinking of visiting ol’ Beantown, AKA Boston, can now get a sneak peak at some of the area’s most famous landmarks in 3D after Apple added it to its growing list of cities with select hand-crafted 3D models.Tech blogger Frank McShan first noticed that Boston was getting paid its due with colored, 3D accurate buildings. Without any official announcement, and being a stranded New Yorker myself, we have Boston’s own Dan Moren to thank for showing us which landmarks are now showing up in a full…

Screenshot: NvidiaUndeterred by a global pandemic that’s been dominated by supply chain mishaps, scalpers, and the return of crypto, Nvidia is releasing an entire new graphics card line. Speaking at the company’s GeForce Beyond event today, CEO Jensen Huang introduced us to the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080, the opening salvo in a new line of GPUs that Team Green hopes can escape the fate of the stalled RTX 3000 series. To support that dream, the company also announced upgraded DLSS 3.0 tech that supplies more frames with less…

After putting nearly all of its eggs in one virtual basket, Meta is now looking for ways to make the metaverse a place that people actually want to visit, starting with giving users a surprisingly easy way to digitize themselves as a virtual reality avatar using just the hardware in their smartphone.Digital stunt doubles are more popular than ever in Hollywood, but as more than just a safer way to make the action on screen more exciting. Recreating many of Marvel’s comic book costumes in the movies can often only be…