Microsoft just announced that its Xbox Adaptive Joystick is now available for purchase directly from the company. This news comes during the annual Ability Summit. The Adaptive Joystick is designed for people with limited mobility, so it has four customizable button inputs on the front and two more mappable bumper and trigger-style buttons. It also comes with a standard thumbstick. It costs $30, which is cheaper than the official wireless Xbox controller. Thats just one accessibility-minded announcement that Microsoft made today. The company is bringing AI tools to the screen-reader Narrator for Windows. This will allow the software to offer rich image descriptions. Itll be available to Windows Insider members sometime this spring. Microsoft Teams is also getting an update for those who are hard of hearing. The software will soon be able to automatically recognize when someone is using sign language, placing them prominently as a speaker during the meeting. This is what Sign Language View already does, but its an opt-in service. The update streamlines the process. Itll be available later this year. The company has long been at the forefront of accessibility-related tech. It made a nifty Adaptive Mouse that allows for near-endless customization options. Microsoft also created technology that pairs game controllers without forcing users to touch the console and a kit to make Surface laptops more accessible. The brand first introduced the original Adaptive Controller around six years ago. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/microsofts-xbox-adaptive-joystick-is-now-available-183009651.html?src=rss

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Nvidia indulged all your artificial intelligence fantasies on Tuesday at what was being called the Super Bowl of AI. The chip giants GPU Technology Conference (GTC) was held at the SAP Center in San Jose on Tuesday, and it wasyou guessed itall about AI.Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang made several large announcements during a two-hour keynote, with plenty of meat to keep AI-hungry consumers and businesses happy. That includes partnerships with large automakers to build autonomous vehicles and even personal AI supercomputers that sit right on your desktop.Here are some of the key announcements from Huangs keynote:GM partnership: General Motors selects Nvidia to build out its self-driving vehicle fleet, incorporating the technology in manufacturing and enterprise centers, in addition to in-vehicle features.Nvidia Dynamo: Dynamo is, in essence, the operating system of an AI factory, which will help companies process information to streamline AI capabilities.DGX Spark and DGX Station: New desktop personal AI supercomputers that are powered by Nvidias Grace Blackwell platform. The DGX Spark was announced earlier this year under the name Digits and will retail for $3,000.Robotics: Huang talked at length about the coming iteration of physical AI, which includes robotics, and announced a joint project between DeepMind and Disney Research for a new robotics platform called Newton. Huang was even joined onstage by a Disney-like robot that resembled the titular character from Wall-E.Huang noted that the time has come for robots, as the world is experiencing a shortage of human workers. Were 50 million short, he said, which is what will spur the robotics revolution. With generative AI now in widespread use, and agentic AI becoming ever-more ubiquitous, its only a matter of time before robots and other types of physical AI become commonplace, too. As such, Nvidia is keen on creating the infrastructure and technology to power it all.Investors didnt seem too enthused by the keynote, however. Prior to the keynote, shares of Nvidia Corp (Nasdaq: NVDA) were trading at around $118 per share, down roughly 1.5% during intraday trading. After it concluded around 3:15 p.m. ET, shares continued to sag. The stock was down more than 3.4% as of late-afternoon trading on Tuesday.

Struggling to get enough spinach in your diet? Rather than rustling up a salad or green smoothie, one TikToker has a rather unusual hack to ensure she hits her daily greens goal.I call it dinosaur time, TikTok user @sahmthingsup said in a video posted last month, wherein she stands over the sink and stuffs handfuls of raw spinach into her mouth. @sahmthingsup Ive been going strong on dinosaur time for about a week now as a supplement to my normal lunches and I feel pretty good. So maybe try it out #greens #healthy #healthyliving #healthyrecipes #healthylifestyle #fyp #dinosaur #dinosaurtime #Fitness #fitnesstips #nutrition #nutritiontips #macros original sound sahmthingsup While it may not be the most appetizing way to consume the leafy greens, the food hack has already racked up more than one million views. For added enrichment, put on a dinosaur documentary, one user commented. Another added: My life changed when I realized I could do this with any food I should be getting more of.In an interview with the New York Post, @sahmthingsup explained that she started eating raw greens as a way of managing her macronutrient-rich diet. Assembling salads every day was time-consuming; when she saw a Facebook post that suggested eating handfuls of spinach over the sink, it was a lightbulb moment.I thought it was genius, so I decided to do the same and it worked beautifully, she told the Post. Since it reminded her of a Brachiosaurus eating leaves from the tree in the film Jurassic Park, she decided to call it dinosaur time.And thus a trend was born.Packed with essential vitamins and minerals while being low in calories, spinach is a superfood when it comes to overall health. Rich in vitamin A, C, and K1, as well as iron, calcium, and folate, getting enough spinach in your diet supports immune function, bone health, and red blood cell production.While rawdogging handfuls of spinach may not be everyones idea of a fun snack, @sahmthingsup confessed that during dinosaur time, she channels Spike after he hatches out of his egg in the film The Land Before Time.The video somehow found its way onto the radar of Stu Krieger, writer of the 1998 film. He gave the hack his stamp of approval, commenting, This might be the best channeling of Spike Ive ever seen.

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