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🔮 Steve Jobs' prescient AI predictions
📱 Samsung's foldable leaks
📼 '80s Walkman reboot
✨ Bridgerton star enters the TARDIS

🕹️ The First Descendant is entertaining nonsense

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Steve Jobs was known for being a visionary in many areas, and a recently resurfaced clip shows him speculating about the potential for generative AI all the way back in 1985. Long before AI programs like ChatGPT were anything near a reality, Jobs was predicting an "interactive client" that could help students not only read the words of famous philosopher Aristotle, but also chat to them as Aristotle.

It's a vision that seems more prescient than ever as Apple gears up for its launch of Apple Intelligence later this year. The new capabilities include writing assistance, image creation and editing, and improvements to the functioning of Siri.

Everything you do while online is tracked digitally. Often connected to your email address or IP, trackers can easily identify financial details, Social Security number, demographics, contact details, and more. The unfortunate reality is that, for most of us, we no longer have any true privacy.
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Image: Evan Blass

Those who are eagerly awaiting the launch of Samsung's new foldable phones at the company's Unpacked event next week can get a sneak preview of what to expect thanks to info from leaker Evan Blass.

According to The Verge, Samsung's Z Flip 6 will be the company's first foldable with a vapor cooling chamber, and both it and the Z Fold 6 will be thinner or lighter, with improved battery life. There are also new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processors, a brighter screen on the Fold, and an improved camera on the Flip. The Unpacked event on July 10 will confirm these details.

Image: Fiio

Anyone of us who grew up in the pre-digital music days will surely have a fondness for a particular type of retro audio experience. And Fiio is here to serve that demographic with its rebooted Walkman known as the CP13. There's no Bluetooth, no onboard storage, and no track skipping -- just a place to put your cassette and the fast-forward/rewind buttons.

Previous versions of this device featured solid colors, but the latest version is a gloriously transparent ode to the cassette. With its clear front, you can see the cassette wheels spinning as you listen. The newer version also offers a built-in rechargeable battery and a USB-C port in a nod to modern conveniences.

Image: James Pardon/Bad Wolf/BBC Studios

Doctor Who fans always look forward to the show's Christmas specials, which are fun adventures with notable guest stars. This year's special will include Nicola Coughlan of Bridgerton and Derry Girls fame. She'll be joining Ncuti Gatwa in the TARDIS this winter, and the writer of the upcoming special, Steven Moffat, has spoken about her role.

Former showrunner Moffat spilled the beans on her appearance to Ireland AM, saying, "Nicola is wonderful in it, she will break your heart. I'm not allowed to say anything about it. At least I think I'm not allowed to say anything about it, so I'll just shut up".

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Sometimes you want a game that's a sprawling, complex epic full of meaningful decisions and ethical quandaries. And sometimes you want to suspend every thought in your head and just shoot some things. The First Descendant falls firmly into the second camp, according to our gaming editor, Giovanni Colantonio.

The Nexon-developed looter shooter is full of action, with tight gameplay and fun design elements. But the stats are baffling and the narrative is nonsensical. "My mistake was that I was trying to put an ounce of critical thought in while I played," Colantonio writes. "In reality, I’d need to virtually shut my entire brain off to enjoy it."

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