MOTTERUは、Qi2.2対応で急速充電25Wが可能な車載用ワイヤレス充電器を発売。LEDあり／なしの2モデルで展開し、LEDありは7200円のところ数量限定で3220円オフの3980円になる。

The video game industry is experiencing something that most consumer-facing businesses would consider remarkable: organized online campaigns from players are actually forcing studios to cancel projects or publicly walk back any association with AI-generated content. Running With Scissors, the publisher behind the Postal shooter franchise, recently scrapped a title after players accused its trailer of containing AI-generated graphics. Goonswarm Games, the developer behind the canceled project, subsequently shut down entirely and cited six years of lost work alongside what it described as a flood of threats and accusations. Sandfall Interactive's "Obscur: Expedition 33" had its Indie Game Awards Game of the Year honor rescinded after the developer said it had considered AI-generated images, even though the final release contained none. Larian Studios, the developer behind Baldur's Gate 3, faced immediate backlash after CEO Swen Vincke mentioned in an interview that the company was using generative AI to "explore ideas" for an upcoming release. Vincke later clarified on X that artists use AI only for reference images the way they would use "art books or Google," and Larian executives eventually stated on Reddit that AI would play no role in final artwork.

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オウルテックは、準固体電池を採用したモバイルバッテリーを発売。5000mAhと1万mAhの2モデルで展開し、最大30Wの急速充電や2台同時充電、ワイヤレスイヤフォンなどの低電流モードなどに対応する。

米Adobeは、「Adobe Acrobat」英語版に「プレゼンテーション作成」などの新機能を追加した。

オリオスペックに、公式キャラを前面に押し出したグラフィックスカードとマザーボードのサンプル品が入荷して話題を集めている。ギガバイトの低価格マザーボードやNZXTの新型連結ファンも売り場に並ぶようになった。

California-based Karman Industries "says it has developed a cooling system that uses SpaceX rocket engine technology to rein in the environmental impact of data centers," reports the Los Angeles Times, "chilling them with less space, less power and no water." Karman has developed a cooling system similar to the heat pumps in the average home, except its pumps use liquid carbon dioxide as refrigerant, which is circulated using rocket engine technology rather than fans. The company's efficient pumps can reduce the space required for data center cooling equipment by 80%. Over the years, data centers have used fans and air conditioning to blow cold air on the chips. Bigger facilities pass cold liquid through tubes near the chips to absorb the heat. This hot liquid is sent outside to a cooling yard, where sprawling networks of pipes use as much water as a city of 50,000 people to remove the heat. A 50 megawatt data center also uses enough electricity to power a mid-sized city... Cooling systems account for up to 40% of a data center's power consumption and an average midsized data center consumes more than 35,000 gallons of water per day... U.S. data centers will consume about 8% of all electricity in the country by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency... The cooling systems are projected to use up to 33 billion gallons of water by 2028 per year... To serve this seemingly insatiable market, Karman has developed a rotating compressor that spins at 30,000 revolutions per minute — nearly 10 times faster than traditional compressors — to move heat... About a third of Karman's 23-person team came from SpaceX or Rocket Lab, and they co-opted technologies from aerospace engineering and electric vehicles to design the mechanics for the high-speed motors. The system uses a special type of carbon dioxide under high pressure to transfer heat from the data center to the outside air. Depending on the conditions, it can do the same amount of cooling using less than half the energy. Karman's heat pump can either reject heat to air, or route it into extra cooling, or even power generation. The company "recently raised $20 million," according to the article, "and expects to start building its first compressors in Long Beach later this year...."

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　インフィニットループは、デスクトップマスコットソフト「Desktop Mate」に、「東方Project」より「霧雨魔理沙」と、その二次創作キャラクター「ゆっくり魔理沙」を追加した。いずれもSteamで提供され、価格は「Desktop Mate 霧雨魔理沙 DLC」が2,200円、「Desktop Mate ゆっくり魔理沙 DLC」が1,100円。また両製品をセットにした「Desktop Mate 霧雨魔理沙&ゆっくり魔理沙 DLCセット」が2,970円。

パナソニック コネクトは、軽量設計の業務用4K液晶プロジェクター「PT-VMQ85」シリーズを発表した。

『IT／イット “それ”が見えたら終わり。』『シャイニング』など数々の傑作を世に放ち、世界で累計４憶部以上売り上げた今世紀最大のレジェンド・ベストセラー作家である原作スティーヴン・キング。参加者が命を賭け、賞金獲得に挑む殺人ゲームという斬新な設定が、話題...続きを読む

NTTドコモは1月26日、第3世代移動通信方式である「FOMA」の提供終了に関連し、「docomoコンテンツ決済」の取り扱いに関する詳細を公表した。同社が3月31日をもってFOMAのサービスを終了することに伴い、特定の契約形態を持つ利用者は同決済サービスが継続して利用できなくなる。対象となるのはFOMAの契約に加え、スマートフォン向け接続サービスである「spモード」を契約している利用者だ。

　米Forbes誌の報道によれば、MicrosoftはFBIの事件捜査に協力するため、クラウドに保存されたBitLocker回復キーをFBIに提供したという。

　パソコン工房などを運営するユニットコムは、iiyama PCブランドより展開しているミルキーホワイトカラーの15.6型ノートPCに、Core i5搭載モデルを追加した。

　ななしいんくに所属するVTuber涼海ネモさんは、4月29日付けでななしいんくを卒業する。1月25日、自身とななしいんくの公式X(旧Twitter)アカウントでの投稿、およびYouTube配信にて発表した。

Amazon.co.jpにて、オムロンの上腕式血圧計「HCR-7104」が17％オフのセール価格で販売中だ。カフが正しく巻けているか確認できる機能や、前回の測定記録を呼び出せるメモリ機能を搭載した定番の1台としている。

中国OSCALは、エントリークラスモデルとなる13.4型Androidタブレット「Pad 200」の国内販売を開始した。

　Amazonで、Core i7-12700HとGeForce RTX 3060を搭載するACEMAGICのミニPC「M2A」の値下がりが続いており、1月8日時点の価格と比較すると4万7,000円引きの14万9,998円で販売されている。

Brax Technologies just announced "a privacy-focused alternative to locked-down tablets" called open_slate that can double as a consumer tablet and a Linux-capable workstation on ARM. Earlier Brax Technologies built the privacy-focused smartphone BraX3, which co-founder Plamen Todorov says proved "a privacy-focused mobile device could be designed, crowdfunded, manufactured, and delivered outside the traditional Big Tech ecosystem." Just as importantly, BraX3 showed us the value of building with the community. The feedback we received — what worked, what didn't, and what people wanted next — played a major role in shaping our direction going forward. Today, we're ready to share the next step in that journey... They're promising their "2-in-1" open_slate tablet will be built with these guiding principles: Modularity beyond repairability". ("In addition to a user-replaceable battery, it supports an M.2 expansion slot, allowing users to customize storage and configurations to better fit their needs.") Hardware-level privacy and control, with physical switches allowing users to disable key components like wireless radios, sensors, microphones, and cameras. Multi-OS compatibility, supporting "multiple" Android-based operating systems as well as native Linux distributions. ("We're working with partners and the community to ensure proper, long-term OS support rather than one-off ports.") Longevity by design — a tablet that's "supported over time" Brax has already created an open thread with preliminary design specs. "The planned retail price is 599$ for the base version and 799$ for the Pro version," they write. "We will be offering open_slate (both versions) at a discount during our pre-order campaign, starting as low as 399$ for the base version and 529$ for the Pro version for limited quantities only which may sell out in a day or two from launching pre-orders... "Pre-orders will open in February, via IndieGoGo. Make sure to subscribe for notifications if you don't want to miss the launch date." Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader walterbyrd for sharing the news.

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Amazon.co.jpにて、ダイソンのコードレス掃除機「Dyson V8 Slim Fluffy Extra」が29％オフのセール中。日本の住環境に合わせて小型・軽量化された人気モデルが、3万円を切る手頃な価格で購入できる。

ソフトバンクは、Y!mobileを2回線目以降で申し込んだユーザーが対象のキャンペーンを実施。2月5日まで「Samsung Galaxy A25 5G」が1円、「iPhone 16e（128GB）」は「シンプル3 M／L」などの契約で一括7万5096円または2年間24円になる。