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Waymo has announced that it will start offering fully autonomous ride-hailing services to the general public in Los Angeles starting tomorrow, March 14th, and that Austin, Texas will open up “later this year.” Waymo has been testing its Level 4 autonomous ride-hailing service in Los Angeles since late 2022, and is now finally ready to open up the service officially. Level 4 is one of the SAE driving automation levels, signaling that the car drives itself with no human driver input, but is limited to…

Streamer MomoSeventh has been on a mission to see how long they can go without being beaten in Dead by Daylight as The Blight Killer. Their run was looking like it could top 2,000 wins, but today, it was cut short at 1,947 by a team of Survivors running some of the best loadouts they could have. Top Dead by Daylight Blight main loses killstreak just shy of 2,000 wins MomoSeventh is a content creator who has been streaming Dead by Daylight for over a year with one specific goal in mind: to get and hold the longest Killer…

Apple is poised to release not one, but two next-gen versions of its popular AirPods this coming fall, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. What’s particularly interesting is that production on Apple’s fourth-gen AirPods will be in the 20 million to 25 million range. This marks a sizable increase from previous production runs. With respect to the increased production, Gurman notes that it’s shaping up to be a “record-setting run.” Specifically, the AirPods 4 models will be part of Apple’s…

Maria Diaz/ZDNETGemini, Google's series of artificial intelligence models, is already becoming ever-present on our phones. Gemini powers the Pixel 8's highly-touted AI features, is available in Google Messages, and can be set as your default Android assistant (although when ZDNET's Jack Wallen tested that feature, it didn't go so well).Next up, Gemini might be coming to Apple's iPhone later this year.Also: You can now ask Google's Gemini AI to revise specific details in a responseBloomberg reports that Apple is in…

Of all the aspects of the modern superhero film that need to evolve for the genre to survive, perhaps none are as overlooked as casting. Not casting in the traditional sense, necessarily (though that too could use an overhaul), but rather in how writers, directors, and producers select which characters appear in a given film. The current formula is incredibly limiting — one headlining superhero, a love interest/best friend, another supporting character (with spin-off potential), and a villain. The result…

If you’ve been considering signing up for Disney+ to watch the likes of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour and Shōgun but want to save on costs, then Uber has announced a great bundle deal.  If you sign up for Uber One (£5.99 per month or £59.99 per year), then the company will throw in an entire year of the Standard Disney+ plan for free – this is usually worth £79.90.   GET a year of disney+ for free with uber On top of that, you’ll get free delivery on takeaway orders from Uber Eats and discounts on food and…

Yeah, it’s not just Nintendo prepping new console hardware for 2024. Insider Gaming reports details for the PS5 Pro come from documentation Sony recently sent to third-party developers. Hold onto your skepticism. Based on the reports, the PS5 Pro will offer a more consistent frame rate (fps) at 4K and a performance mode for 8K resolution. It’s also expected to render games up to 45 percent quicker and have ray tracing capabilities two to three times faster than current PS5 consoles. The report says Sony may target a…

OnePlus Ace 3V will be unveiled later this year. The model was previously spotted online with rumoured specifications. Several leaks and reports suggested the expected features as well as the price of the upcoming handset. The company has now officially announced the moniker and confirmed the launch of the phone. It could be rebranded outside China as the OnePlus Nord 4 and is said to succeed the OnePlus Ace 2V, which was launched in March 2023 and remodelled into the OnePlus Nord 3.OnePlus China President Li Jie…

Steam has announced the most popular games on Steam Deck over the past 12 months, with Baldur’s Gate 3 topping the chart. “It’s been roughly two years since we launched Steam Deck, and we thought we’d take a look at the games being played on it the most in its second year,” wrote Valve, ranking the games in order by highest daily active player count. Larian Studios’ Dungeons & Dragons-inspired party-based RPG topped the ranking, with time survival rougelike Vampire Survivors coming in second. Elden Ring, Hogwarts…

Billy Porter is known for going big. The 54-year-old actor and singer routinely stole scenes as the drag ball emcee Pray Tell in FX’s drama Pose, a role that won him an Emmy. In Amazon’s 2021 update of Cinderella, he turned the fairy godmother into a fabulous, tough-talking fairy “godmuvva”, as he puts it. But his latest role, in the Bill Oliver-directed relationship drama Our Son, takes a different tack: as Gabriel, a relatively meek stay-at-home dad divorcing his husband, Nicky, (Luke Evans), Porter is required to play…