How to fix stick drift on PS5 and Xbox controllers - Engadget
Give your controllers a good clean.
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Stick drift in modern video game controllers has been a problem for years at this point. Hall Effect thumbsticks can reduce stick drift, so it's extra annoying that neither the PS5 DualSense or the Xbox Wireless Controller uses this tech. You can easily identify stick drift if you're not touching your controller but the in-game camera starts to pan without your input or your character/vehicle gently begins to move.
Baby products company Frida is expanding into kids’ personal care
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Baby products company Frida is expanding into a line of personal care products for kids ages 6 to 11 that will be sold in Walmart and on Amazon, the company told CNBC exclusively.
Cineplex CEO Says Gen Z Is Ready to Go to the Movies: “They’re Tired of Looking at Small Screens”
Ellis Jacob, CEO of Cineplex, says young audiences are driving Hollywood’s box office rebound by heading back to the multiplex in big numbers.
“The big change is Gen Z are coming back to the movies in a big way, and that’s making a difference,” Jacob told The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday after the Canadian exhibitor posted second quarter financial results where Cineplex swung to a profit and higher overall revenues on box office draws like The Odyssey and Michael, in addition to younger audiences embracing breakout horror pics in Obsession and Backrooms.
AI Data Centers Are Driving Up Electric Bills. Who Pays?
Red STOP AI protest flyer with meeting details taped to a light pole on a sunny city street, San Francisco, California, May 20, 2025. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
Free U.S. History Course for High School Students

U.S. history is more than a timeline of names, dates, and events. It is the story of people, power, conflict, change, and the questions that continue to shape civic life today.
Why Are Rivers So Mathematical? | Quanta Magazine
A simple scaling law brings order to the chaos of flowing water, rock, and sediment. New findings have extended the law even further.
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Council Post: Half Your Workforce Already Bypassed Your AI Policy
Keegan Crage | Owner, TechBrain AU — ISO 27001 certified, cyber security & AI governance partner.

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Nine in 10 organizations claim to have an AI policy in place, yet 70% of IT leaders have already caught their staff using unapproved AI at work. Telemetry from one of the largest annual breach studies has found employee use of AI on business devices has tripled in the last 12 months.
One million evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin pummels east China: What we know
Provinces in eastern China have been inundated with heavy rain and flooding caused by Typhoon Dolphin, the strongest storm to make landfall in China this year.
Dolphin struck eastern China, including Shanghai, with winds up to 150 kilometres per hour (93 miles per hour), forcing more than one million people to evacuate their homes. The storm has disrupted flights and other transport while bringing heavy rain, flooding and the risk of landslides across the region.
Microsoft Clarity Now Separates Branded And Non-Branded AI Citations
Microsoft Clarity has added branded and non-branded query labels, filters, and Share of Authority breakdowns to its AI Citations dashboard.
The August 3 update helps marketers answer a basic question: Did an AI system look for your brand by name, or did it find your content while researching a broader topic?
What's the beef with plant-based meat?
Meat eaters view plant-based meat as riskier and offering less value than conventional meat, regardless of how it is marketed, according to new Adelaide University research.