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Asobo Studios has updated Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 to include DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation support. RTX 50-series owners will be able to enable up to 4x Multi Frame Generation, while RTX 40-series GPUs can still enable the regular Frame Generation support with DLSS 4.

Google thinks the future will hold whole ecosystems of interconnected AI hardware, rather than one device to rule them all. One commenter is a little less optimistic about how that’ll work out:

Bad news if you were hoping to Hulk out: Apple is rolling out a software update across the bloc to reduce transmitter power and meet strict radiation standards. It’s an expansion of a change it made in France in 2023, following a new European Commission decision backing the French regulator.

Tesla has revealed the fourth part of its “Master Plan.” Part three dropped in 2023, promising to create “a sustainable energy civilization.” The new plan is instead about “sustainable abundance,” promoting clean energy and automation that will “give people back more time to do what they love.” Or, as Electrek puts it:

Google has been testing Live Updates for its Android mapping app for a while now, but some beta users are seeing a new look. Android Authority reports sightings of a new persistent notification that shows journey progress, ETA, the next turn, and flags any spots of traffic ahead.

Now, users with 100,000 followers or more can narrow down DMs with the addition of new filters and the ability to create folders. Creators can also customize shortcuts to navigate to certain categories of messages, such as requests.

In a blog post, Google addresses several recent reports that incorrectly state it sent out a widespread security notification about Gmail, calling them “entirely false:”

I just verified it for myself and, yup — if you keep scrolling, you’ll eventually hit bottom.

After debuting during a PlayStation event in June, Hitman developer IO Interactive’s new James Bond game is getting a little more love from Sony.

Bluesky already blocked users in Mississippi over the state’s age verification law. Now Mastodon has told TechCrunch it doesn’t “have the means” to comply with the law, leaving its future in the state, and others considering similarly restrictive age verification laws, in doubt.

We knew that phones, speakers and game consoles were going to be hit by tariffs. Now they’re making it harder and more expensive to get your hands on TTRPGs, retro video games, and vintage cameras too. Lego even announced that it would stop selling individual bricks in the US.

I was just listening to a podcast, in which the hosts were wondering why all printers are so terrible. (You know, as you do.) That made me re-read this truly wonderful New Yorker story on the subject, which offers as thorough an answer as you’ll ever find. It’s also just a great read:

The de minimis exemption — a previously unknown trade policy that is now all over the news — is officially dead for US consumers starting today. That means all your purchases coming from abroad (not just China!) will be subject to important taxes you previously avoided.

Dangbei is launching the Smart Fish Tank 1 Ultra at the IFA show in Berlin next week. Here’s all the company is willing to say for now:

During a conference on Thursday, Intel CFO David Zinsner confirmed receiving the investment as part of the US government’s plan to take a 10 percent stake in the struggling chipmaker. The investment stems from the $5.7 billion grant the US government promised Intel under the CHIPS Act.