Author: News Room

AI is already changing how the world works, but it’s also quietly making one of our biggest environmental problems even worse. And no, this isn’t about energy consumption this time. It’s about the hardware. Because every smarter AI model comes with a physical cost. AI is about to supercharge the e-waste problem According to a study published in Nature Computational Science (via Rest of World), the rapid rise of AI could add between 1.2 to 5 million metric tons of e-waste by 2030. The reason is pretty simple. AI relies on high-performance hardware like GPUs and specialized servers, and these…

Online dating is already a trust minefield, and now Tinder wants to add an eyeball scan to the mix. The popular dating app has announced a global partnership with World, the biometric identity company founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman. To prove you are a real human on Tinder, you will soon have the option to get your eyes scanned by a physical orb device. What is World ID and how does Tinder’s human verification work? World is a company built around the idea that proving your humanity online will become increasingly important as AI bots multiply and outnumber real people…

Motorola is not the name I expect to see on a genuinely good laptop. A stylish phone? Sure. A foldable with some personality? Absolutely. But a thin-and-light notebook that actually feels well judged on both design and value was a genuine surprise. And yet, the Moto Book 60 Pro is one of the more quietly impressive laptops in its segment. With the broader laptop market being in a mess, Motorola’s laptops feel refreshing. It is capable, attractive, and still approachable at a time when pricing elsewhere has become increasingly rough. The design still does the “wait, Motorola made this?” thing…

Open any gaming PC, and chances are the blue icon of Steam is sitting right there on the desktop. Not hidden, not optional, but almost expected. Over time, Steam has gone from being just another launcher to becoming the default storefront for PC gaming, almost like a built-in part of the experience. The Monopoly Nobody Talks About By most estimates, such as QuantumRun and IconEra, Steam controls roughly 70 to 80% of the PC digital distribution market. That is not just a strong lead. It is near-total dominance. At the same time, it follows the familiar 30% revenue cut model,…

In this week’s episode of The Game Informer Show, the fellas discuss Pragmata, Capcom’s inventive action game blending third-person shooting with a simultaneous hacking mechanic. Next, Alex chats about a new survival crafting game set in the age of piracy called Windrose. Lastly, we cover the news of an animated Bloodborne movie produced by popular YouTuber Jacksepticeye.The Game Informer Show is a weekly podcast covering the video game industry. Join us every Friday for chats about video game reviews, news, and exclusive reveals alongside Game Informer staff and special guests from around the industry. Support the show by subscribing to…

Rumors have long suggested that Apple is developing a version of the AirPods Pro equipped with infrared (IR) cameras (via MacRumors). The purpose behind the cameras, however, has remained quite vague until now.  Why did Apple spend $2 billion on a company earlier this year?  Earlier this year, the Cupertino giant paid $2 billion for Q.ai (its second-largest acquisition, behind only Beats), an Israeli AI startup that develops technology for interpreting microfacial movements.  I’m talking about reading whispered or unspoken words by analyzing skin and music movements in real time. At the time, the acquisition raised quite a lot of…

Zoom video calls just got a new kind of awkward small feature. The platform will now ask you whether you’re human. It has partnered with World, Sam Altman’s iris-scanning identity company (previously known as Worldcoin), to add real-time human verification inside meetings.  The feature, launched on April 17, 2026, is a part of World’s ID 4.0 rollout. It lets hosts confirm that every face on the call belongs to a real person, not an AI-generated imposter.  How does the “verified human” badge actually work? For those wondering how World’s Deep Face technology works, it includes a three-step process. It cross-references…

Every year, millions of people follow Korean content without speaking a word of the language. They stream shows with subtitles, read translated lyrics, and find workarounds. But live theater has always been a different problem — you can’t pause or rewind it. That’s the problem: a Korean startup thinks it’s cracked, and Yuroy Wang was one of the first to try it. The 22-year-old Taipei retail worker is a K-pop fan who loves Korean culture but doesn’t speak the language. When he went to see “The Second Chance Convenience Store,” a touring play based on a Korean novel that was…

I’ve been waiting for Android to take desktop mode seriously for years. Back in 2019, I bought a OnePlus 7 Pro and wasted an embarrassing amount of time trying to brute-force its half-baked desktop mode into something useful. The idea made perfect sense to me even then. Phones were already absurdly powerful, and the thought of carrying one real computer in my pocket felt less like science fiction and more like delayed common sense. What wore me down wasn’t the idea. It was the waiting. Devices like the Steam Deck eventually showed that docking a compact machine into a usable…

Apple’s main business still revolves around the iPhone, with roughly half of the revenue being brought in by these devices. But this is why it feels so strange that the company managed to build a better entry-level Apple laptop than an entry-level iPhone. The MacBook Neo starts at $599 in the US, with buyers getting a full aluminum build, a 13-inch hi-res Liquid Retina display, Apple silicon, and all-day battery life. Apple is clear about what it has built. This isn’t a Pro machine with the powerful M series processors. But despite the various cutbacks in hardware, it still feels…