The little Saurian companion played an essential role in Natlan, where we unlock numerous quests related to it in Genshin Impact. Another major quest is available in version 5.5, and this one is required to be completed to unlock a new map called Ancient Sacred Mountain.

Harry Potter will soon return in the form of a TV series. One of the actors who appeared in the movies was asked about the possibility of joining the TV show, but their response wasn't promising.

The reliability of the electric grid is critical.From handling demand surges and evolving power needs to preventing infrastructure failures that can cause wildfires, utility companies have a lot to keep tabs on.Buzz Solutions a member of the NVIDIA Inception program for cutting-edge startups is helping by using AI to improve how utilities monitor and maintain their infrastructure.Kaitlyn Albertoli, CEO and cofounder of Buzz Solutions joined the AI Podcast to explain how the companys vision AI technology helps utilities spot potential problems faster.Buzz Solutions helps utility companies analyze the massive amounts of inspection data collected by drones and helicopters. The companys proprietary machine learning algorithms identify potential issues ranging from broken and rusted components to encroaching vegetation and unwelcome wildlife visits before they cause outages or wildfires.To help address substation issues, Buzz Solutions built PowerGUARD, a container-based application pipeline that uses AI to analyze video streams from substation cameras in real time. It detects security, safety, fire, smoke and equipment issues, annotates the video, then sends alerts via email or to a dashboard.PowerGUARD uses the NVIDIA DeepStream software development kit for processing and inference of video streams used in real-time video analytics. DeepStream runs within the NVIDIA Metropolis framework on the NVIDIA Jetson edge AI platform or on cloud-based virtual machines to improve performance, reduce costs and save time.Albertoli believes AI is just getting started in the utility industry, as it enables workers to take action rather than spend months reviewing images manually. We are just at the tip of the iceberg of seeing AI enter into the energy sector and start to provide real value, she said.Time Stamps05:15: How Buzz Solutions saw an opportunity in the massive amounts of inspection data utility companies were collecting but not analyzing.12:25: The importance of modernizing energy infrastructure with actionable intelligence.16:27: How AI identifies critical risks like rusted components, vegetation encroachment and sparking issues before they cause wildfires.20:00: Buzz Solutions innovative use of synthetic data to train algorithms for rare events.You Might Also LikeTelenor Builds Norways First AI Factory, Offering Sustainable and Sovereign Data ProcessingTelenor opened Norways first AI factory in November 2024, enabling organizations to process sensitive data securely on Norwegian soil while prioritizing environmental responsibility. Telenors Chief Innovation Officer and Head of the AI Factory Kaaren Hilsen discusses the AI factorys rapid development, going from concept to reality in under a year.NVIDIAs Josh Parker on How AI and Accelerated Computing Drive SustainabilityAI isnt just about building smarter machines. Its about building a greener world. AI and accelerated computing are helping industries tackle some of the worlds toughest environmental challenges. Joshua Parker, senior director of corporate sustainability at NVIDIA, explains how these technologies are powering a new era of energy efficiency.Currents of Change: ITIFs Daniel Castro on Energy-Efficient AI and Climate ChangeAI is everywhere. So, too, are concerns about advanced technologys environmental impact. Daniel Castro, vice president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and director of its Center for Data Innovation, discusses his AI energy use report that addresses misconceptions about AIs energy consumption. He also talks about the need for continued development of energy-efficient technology.Subscribe to the AI PodcastGet the AI Podcast through Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Google Play, Castbox, DoggCatcher, Overcast, PlayerFM, Pocket Casts, Podbay, PodBean, PodCruncher, PodKicker, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher and TuneIn.

Protect the streets of Detroit, survive a family of horror icons, and turn digital detective with Aprils PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup. RoboCop: Rogue City, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Hackers Memory will be available to PlayStation Plus members from April 1.Lets take a closer look at the games.View and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imageRoboCop: Rogue City | PS5Become the legendary part man, part machine, all cop hero and bring justice to the dangerous, crime-ridden streets of Old Detroit. With your powerful Auto-9 or one of a range of weapons available, eradicate criminals throughout this explosive first-person adventure. Your cyborg strength and cybernetic abilities can be upgraded as you progress, to make you an even more formidable law enforcement officer.Explore open areas and complete your objectives according to your own sense of justice. Finding evidence, interrogating suspects and maintaining public order are just some of your daily tasks as a police officer. But dont take decisions lightly: your choices can determine the fate of citizens and the result of your mission. Your investigation leads you right into the heart of a shadowy conspiracy in an original story that takes place between RoboCop 2 and 3, with striking locations to explore and familiar faces to meet. Peter Weller, the original RoboCop actor, is even back on duty to voice the cybercop.View and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imageThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre | PS4, PS5Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. As a victim you must use your wits and stealth to stay out of the Familys reach and find the tools you need to lead to your eventual freedom. Slaughter Family players must seek out, track down, and stop their guests from escaping. Players of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre can finally find out if they have what it takes to survive.View and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imageDigimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Hackers Memory | PS4After being accused of a crime he didnt commit, Keisuke Amazawa has no choice but to dive into the Digital World and investigate to prove his innocence. Even if that means joining a group of hackers and helping them to solve the troubles threatening this mysterious universe. Discover the mysterious backstory to the events that happened in Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth as you dive into a deeper and darker adventure, at crossroads between real and digital and experience the perfect mix between Adventure, Raising and Battle with over 320 Digimon to discover.All three games will be available to PlayStation Plus members on April 1 until May 5.View and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imageLast chance to download Marchs gamesPlayStation Plus members have until March 31 to add Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Sonic Colors: Ultimate and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection to their game library.

Halfway through October 2021 my youngest daughter, just 7 years old at the time, came to me with concern in her eyes. The Nintendo Switch wouldnt turn on, and its last few moments of operation were concerning. Something about a download that had just completed, she said, and a button that said update. That was the end of the line for that particular unit, but only the beginning of my troubles with a console that would proceed to try my patience until this very day an experience that makes me loath to consider buying the Nintendo Switch 2.The Hall family had been victim to a technical snafu as old as mobile devices themselves, the dreaded low-power firmware update. Thats when a device, like an iPhone or a graphics card or a $250 red-and-black plastic hunk of shit, loses power while its upgrading its most important layer of software. Firmware refers to the pieces of code that tell a device that its a device and not a 398-gram brick, and as I took the tripartite console from her tiny little hands where it was cradled like a dead bird I knew that it was a total loss. But that wasnt the worst part.Inside that black mirror of despair were dozens of tiny, furry neighbors her digital friends from Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The new island backup feature had only recently been introduced, and her idiot father hadnt yet taken the time to perform the arcane rites required to save a Nintendo Switch game to the cloud.Her friends were all dead, of that I was sure. So, too, was the bell-selling knickknack shop that she and her older sister had built from scratch before showing it off on the Polygon Twitch channel. My house, my wifes house, those damnable ladders and bridges that took weeks to build, and, of course, the peach trees that we all loved so much none of them were ever coming back.Ultimately, its my fault. Im the user here, and it was my error. But I get to be angry at Nintendo for not making something like backing up hundreds of hours of irretrievable gameplay, shared joyfully during the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, just a little bit easier or dare I say it a feature that gets turned on automatically from the start.Everything about the Switch is a quirk, and some of them are more obnoxious than othersBut Nintendo doesnt treat the cloud like other console manufacturers do. It doesnt treat online storefronts like other console manufacturers do, either. Or onboard storage. Or game cartridges. Or online multiplayer. Or friends lists. Or televisions, for that matter. Everything about the Switch is a quirk, and some of them are more obnoxious than others.While having our original Nintendo Switch replaced by a refurbished one set me back pert near $120, Ive easily spent at least that much buying additional controllers over the years. Both of the original Joy-Cons that shipped with our original Switch suffered from Joy-Con drift, something that my children suffered through wordlessly for months before I realized it.What is happening to Mario? I asked one day while watching the girls play in the basement.Oh, thats just how the controllers work now, said my oldest. I was incredulous. There is no scenario where I would accept anything other than absolute obeisance from a human input device, but here my kids were making do, trying to complete nefarious jumping puzzles with a joystick that was barely capable of walking a virtual avatar in a straight line. Suffice it to say that they eventually lost the taste for piloting the tiny red plumber especially when it took the better part of two months to get our controllers back after being repaired under the warranty.When the next two broke, I just threw them away. It wasnt even worth a trip to the post office for me.Today were in a better place, thanks. The girls both have healthy relationships with video game consoles like the Xbox Series X, with iPhones and iPads, and with Windows PCs, as well as a catalog of games that each of them can call home. But they remain literally afraid of the Nintendo Switch, a console that let them down multiple times for various reasons. I cant even coax them to bring it along for road trips.They wont forget that experience, and I wont either. And thats why Im waving off the Nintendo Switch 2. Ive got enough to worry about in the year of our lord 2025 that risking a visitation from another wonky portable console isnt even on my radar.

Marvel Studios went live at 11 a.m. EDT with a stream on Instagram and YouTube depicting a canvas directors chair with Chris Hemsworths name on it. The studios official account on X posted the stream with no context except the word ANNOUNCEMENT and the text take a seat. The stream is currently revealing further chairs one at a time at roughly 10-minute intervals, each featuring a new familiar name of an actor from the Marvel Cinematic Universe roster. The logical assumption is that were seeing a slow-burn reveal of the cast for Marvel Studios upcoming event movie Avengers: Doomsday, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom and probably as many Avengers as Marvel can cram on screen. (But not Dr. Strange, apparently.)As of this posting, weve seen chairs for Hemsworth (presumably returning as Thor), Vanessa Kirby (set to play Sue Storm, aka Invisible Woman, in Fantastic Four: Next Steps later this year), Anthony Mackie (fresh off his run as Captain America in Captain America: Brave New World), Sebastian Stan (as Bucky Barnes, aka Winter Soldier, who showed up for a cameo in Brave New World and will co-star in Thunderbolts* in May), and Letitia Wright (Shuri from the Black Panther movies).If the current pace continues, and the primary cast is as sprawling as it was for previous Avengers movies, we can expect this livestream to continue for hours, with fans mostly waiting to see whether supposedly retired MCU players like Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson have been lured back into the game. (The latter is an extreme long-shot, given Johanssons recent interview where she emphasized that her MCU character, Black Widow, is dead, and that Marvel fans should move on.)But the real appeal in the stream and on social media is the raucous live-chat and run of memes, as Marvel fans with nothing to do but wait try to out-funny each other in expressing their impatience for the stream to move on. pic.twitter.com/B6JY1kIfvb arianators wildin (@arianatorswildt) March 26, 2025This post is being updated live as the stream continues. Avengers: Doomsday is scheduled for release in 2026.

Most traditional investment firm offices hardly exude a sense of warmth, but rather have a staid, buttoned-up aesthetic. A refurbished commercial space, designed by dMFK Architects, now fosters connection and community in a welcoming environment.Located in Londons Mayfair neighborhood, the 6,500-square-foot headquarters is set within a heritage building. The base-build renovation, while high quality, had diluted some of the historic character. The architects were tasked with creating a range of distinct, separate areas that still encourage collaboration among all staff members. We wanted to maintain the separation for the employees who work quite autonomously, but to also facilitate regular interaction between everyone, says Joshua Scott, director at dMFK Architects.The original split-level space has been subdivided into a range of smaller offices, working pods, and intimate meeting rooms. These areas flow into larger open-plan sections, which creates a circuit of connectivity. The arrangement supports any number of styles of work for the 50-person team. Staff members can come together in small groups for conversation or to brainstorm. They can also choose from quieter spots, ideal when privacy is needed.Rich materials are layered to bring added depth to interiors, yet are still in harmony with the existing elements. It was a deliberate choice to mix and match finishes and textures, just like you would find in a home, notes Dagmar Heiman, associate at dMFK Architects. It lends a softness to the overall space, which is in contrast to the streamlined but almost clinical office settings that we often see today.Light and dark stained woods, for example, are paired with natural stone or ceramic slabs. Ash flooring alongside oak joinery provides subtle variation. A neutral palette complements the clients curated collection of artwork on display throughout the office. From sculptures to paintings with bold brushstrokes, the pieces add pops of vibrant color. They enliven every corner, offering moments of surprise as individuals move from one floor to another.Furnishings, specifically selected or custom designed, contribute to the lived-in feel, and are made to fit rooms of varying sizes. A bespoke dining table rests at the heart of the hub, a central spot for employees to gather for shared meals or events. Even a sit-stand desk gets a sophisticated update in wood, developed in tandem with the client to reflect the elevated surroundings rather than detract from them.The architects envision a headquarters that will evolve as the needs of the staff and leadership change. Theres an authenticity and a tactility here thats meant to last, and like a patina, we hope it will get better with age, Scott adds.For more information on dMFK Architects, visit dmfk.co.uk.Photography by Ed Reeve.

Most everyday objects go largely unnoticed switch plates, coat hooks, salt shakers. Functional and familiar, theyve often remained unchanged for decades, serving their purpose without much thought. But every so often, a design comes along that challenges convention. CIRCUIT, a fruit bowl designed by Swiss designer Renaud Defrancesco, does just that, reimagining both materiality and function. Inspired by marble runs, it transforms a simple storage vessel into a dynamic display of freshness.Available in two shapes (O and S) and crafted from cork, oak, and maple wood, CIRCUIT rethinks the traditional fruit bowl, where produce is often piled together, accelerating ripening. Instead, it allows each piece of fruit to rest individually, improving air circulation and prolonging freshness. More than just a neatly organized and visually striking display, this thoughtful design helps reduce food waste by preventing over-ripening and spoilage. This inventive approach is central to Defrancescos work he thrives on reimagining everyday objects, as seen in TWIST, a playful take on the classic pencil sharpener, and his boot design with a built-in pocket for shears, seamlessly blending function with unexpected detail.Handcrafted in protected workshops in Switzerland, CIRCUIT also reflects Defrancescos commitment to supporting local craftsmanship and ethical production, merging utility with artistry that elevates the everyday. Whether cradling fruit on a kitchen counter or holding essentials like keys and sunglasses on an entryway table, CIRCUIT brings elegance to even the most ordinary moments.To learn more about CIRCUIT and bring it into your own home, visit renauddefrancesco.ch.

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication.If you're in the market for a sleek wireless speaker, the Sonos Era 100 is currently $50 off during Amazon's Big Spring Sale. Normally priced at $249, the current discount brings the speaker down to just $199. This is as low a price as this speaker has ever been, according to price-tracking tools.The Sonos Era 100 is a smart speaker that can work as stereo with a pair or as rear speakers in a Sonos surround sound system. It is an updated version of the Sonos One smart speaker, offering better bass and other improvements. The speaker is a favorite among anyone looking for high-quality sound in a smart-system package. It has an "excellent" review from PCMag for its ability to play stereo with a single device (it has a dual tweeter setup), its balanced audio, and the well-developed companion app that allows you to adjust the EQ. Sonos Era 100 $198.00 at Walmart $807.42 Save $609.42 Get Deal Get Deal $198.00 at Walmart $807.42 Save $609.42 As Lifehacker's deals expert Daniel Oropeza explains, Sonos takes their user-friendliness seriously. When people complained about an update on their companion app that got rid of many cool features, Sonos listened and put them back. It's no wonder they've been so popular in the audio market. Shopping for tech? Lifehacker can help you make the right decision. Browse our tech reviews and head-to-head comparisons for everything from laptops and smartwatches to e-bikes and home gyms. Subscribe to our deals newsletter, Add to Cart, for the best sales sent to your inbox, or browse our best-of lists directly on Amazon, including:The Best Over-Ear HeadphonesThe Best Wireless EarbudsThe Best Adjustable Dumbbell SetsThe Best Projectors