6️⃣ GTA VI Sets Preorder Record

Nearly $1 billion in preorders came in during the week before release, making GTA VI the most preordered game ever.

Cyberpunk 2077 held the previous record.

Rockstar appears to have recouped half of its rumored $2 billion budget. GTA V reached $1 billion 3 days after launch.

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🗓 EpiPad Uses the Forearm as a Trackpad

A 5×4 mm millimeter-wave radar on the watch strap reads tiny changes in reflected signals as fingers press the skin, leaving the display untouched.

EpiPad estimates pressure from reflection phase and uses lightweight machine learning to recognize gestures. The forearm supports scrolling, zooming, clicks, pressure levels, and multi-finger input.

In tests with 20 volunteers, it achieved 92.8% gesture accuracy and 90.2% pressure accuracy, including with people absent from the training data. Its roughly 10 mm distance accuracy beat touchscreen and tilt controls, with fewer errors and higher efficiency.

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🥬 Cannabis Producers Pivot to AI

A record cannabis price collapse is pushing producers to repurpose large industrial sites as AI data centers.

The sites already have power, water, climate control, and fiber optic links.

Producers want to become data center owners.

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