The Evening Wire · The Tech Wire
The day's tech, one more pass — same wire, fresh signal, night light on.
After eighteen years of jaggedy bowling, a new mod bestows GTA 4 with DLSS and FSR support
Rockstar’s modding guidelines , recently updated in advance of GTA 6 , say much about how you can’t dream up unofficial story missions, or give the upcoming instalment…
The day in tech
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The AI Desk · ★★★★ 9/10
Asha Sharma announces Xbox Labs project to "explore new technology," which sure sounds like tinkering with old games through AI
As part of Microsoft's ongoing , physics-ignoring push to do more business with thousands fewer staff , games chief Asha Sharma has announced Xbox Labs: a new umbrella…
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The Garage · ★★★★ 9/10
'Mission: 60s' event promises passport back to the Space Age
Your invitation to revisit the Space Age has arrived.
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The Gadget Drawer · ★★★★ 9/10
Motorola’s wild-looking Signature 27 runs Qualcomm’s new Extreme chipset
Motorola is the first company to announce a phone running Qualcomm's top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip.
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The Software Shelf · ★★★★ 9/10
KDE turns 30 with Plasma 6.8, remote upgrades, and an X11 farewell
KDE celebrates 30 years with a new Plasma release, a farewell to X11, and a movie.
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The Arcade · ★★★★ 9/10
Question passengers with tarot-like cards in Dreadline Express, a train mystery with the most intriguing conversation system I've played since Her Story
In Dreadline Express, you play a character who awakes in the cabin of a carriage on the last human train.
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The Launch Pad · ★★★★ 9/10
On this day in space! Oct. 16, 1975: NASA launches the 1st-ever GOES weather satellite to watch Earth from space
On Oct.
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The Signal Room · ★★★★ 9/10
Kids turned the comment section of an NPR podcast into a group chat
Middle schoolers, likely blocked from other apps and social networks, apparently turned the Spotify comment section under an episode of NPR's Wild Card into an impromp…
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