Vague Patch Notes: The philosophies of player characters in MMORPGs
Today’s Vague Patch Notes column, as the title implies, is going to be kind of abstract and philosophical. It is about the philosophies of player...
Majority Of Americans Say AI Does More Harm Than Good, Poll Finds
A new poll from Quinnipiac University suggests a growing unease around artificial intelligence even as usage continues to climb. Surveying 1,397 adults, the poll finds that 55% of respondents believe AI will do more harm than good in their daily lives, up from 44% last year, which could be an indication that sentiment is trending in a more
8BitDo Retro 68 AP50 Keyboard Nails The Apple II Look And Is Perfect For Oregon Trail
8BitDo is launching another retro keyboard, but instead of an NES theme, this time it’s inspired by the iconic Apple II computer that was a staple of classrooms back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In celebration of Apple’s 50th anniversary, the Retro 68 – AP50th Limited Edition model will make you want to play Oregon Trail again, just
Denuvo has been broken, company promises countermeasures against new DRM bypasses — zero-day game releases become norm as security concerns mount over hypervisor-based bypass
Denuvo promises countermeasures against the recent hypervisor-based DRM bypasses
Breakthrough Memory Chip Can Withstand Extreme Heat Hotter Than Molten Lava
Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed a memory chip that remains fully functional at 700° Celsius (1,300° Fahrenheit), which is at the lower threshold of molten lava. Published in the Science journal, this development is a step towards a robust solution for deploying electronics in extreme environments.
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Stars Reach’s Open Horizons alpha update pulls the starting experience back off the rails
MMORPG sandboxes’ best feature is often their biggest struggle: How do you offer complete freedom while still showing the player what she can actually do...
China’s homegrown silicon suppliers gain traction as Nvidia struggles to get its chips into the market — Huawei, Cambricon and more step up to fill crucial market gap
Nvidia’s market share in the Chinese data center market has shrunk, with a wealth of options coming from Huawei, Cambricon and more, bringing their total share up to 41%.
IBM spruces up its mainframes with new support for modern Arm workloads — firm teams up with Arm to run Arm workloads on IBM Z mainframes
Cloud-native AI and data intensive workloads coming to IBM Z and LinuxONE systems as IBM wants to make its machines more relevant for today’s workloads.
MMO Hype Train: EverQuest Legends, Hollowed Oath, and plundering the MMO past for its future
Can we reflect for a moment how really odd the MMORPG genre is? The extraordinary lifespan of some of these online titles gives us a...
NASA Engineers Plunge Into Toilet Issue Mid-Flight During Historic Moon Mission
The crew of Artemis II is currently navigating the ultimate test of human endurance, proving that even a quarter-million-mile journey to the moon cannot escape the frustrations of a broken bathroom. While the mission marks humankind’s return to lunar space, it began with a scramble to fix a malfunctioning toilet.
Just hours after the Space