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The Day Before "Was Never An MMO", Says Ex-Fntastic Staff (www.dualshockers.com)
The Day Before was designed from the ground up as an extraction shooter, not an MMO, an ex-developer told DualShockers.
The Crew franchise has a troubled future after The Crew 1 delisting - GameScout (gamescout.co.uk)
Ubisoft is delisting The Crew 1 after nearly a decade, but even worse, existing owners will no longer be able to play as of March 2024.
SFWA Comments on AI to US Copyright Office - SFWA (www.sfwa.org)
On October 30, the SFWA Board and the SFWA Legal Affairs Committee sent the following letter to the US Copyright Office in response to their August 2023 Notice of Inquiry regarding copyright law and policy issues in artificial intelligence, which is part of their AI Initiative.
Adobe Says Significant Costs, Penalties May Arise Out of FTC Investigation (www.marketwatch.com)
Adobe said it could face significant costs or penalties tied to a Federal Trade Commission probe into its disclosure and subscription cancellation practices.
Disgruntled Cloud Engineer Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Intentionally Damaging His Former Employer’s Computer Network After He Was Fired (www.justice.gov)
SAN FRANCISCO – Miklos Daniel Brody was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for a network intrusion and for making false statements to a government agency, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and United States Secret Service (USSS) Special Agent in Charge Shawn M. Bradstreet. The sentence was handed down by...
YouTube doesn't want to take down scam ads (old.reddit.com)
Hey Reddit,...
Alphabet Loses Antitrust Fight With Epic Games Over Google Play (www.bloomberg.com)
Google’s mobile app store maintains a monopoly in the market for distribution of programs and payments on its Android software, a federal jury in California decided, dealing a blow to the technology giant in a high-stakes antitrust battle with Epic Games Inc.
Elizabeth Magill: UPenn president quits in antisemitism row (www.bbc.com)
She has faced mounting calls to resign since giving controversial Congressional testimony.
Russia tricks US actors into appearing in propaganda videos (www.bbc.com)
Videos of actors like Elijah Wood posted on Cameo have been used to spread falsehoods about Ukraine.
Intel posts blatantly hypocritical marketing attack on AMD and then takes it straight down (www.pcgamer.com)
Intel accuses AMD of selling old chips as new.
Pre-Hire Assignments Frustrate Job Applicants in Sluggish Market (www.bloomberg.com)
Take-home assignments during the interview process are on the rise, irking candidates who say it feels like free work.
23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Genetic testing company 23andMe revealed that its data breach was much worse than previously reported, hitting about half of its total customers.
Generative AI is everything, everywhere, all at once (www.zdnet.com)
Businesses want in on generative AI and are willing to do anything to ride the wave.
Your voice is my password – the risks of AI-driven voice cloning (www.welivesecurity.com)
AI-driven voice cloning can make things far too easy for scammers – I know because I’ve tested it so that you don’t have to learn about the risks the hard way.
Unity Software to cut 3.8% of staff in 'company reset' (www.reuters.com)
Videogame software provider Unity Software will eliminate 265 jobs or 3.8% of its global workforce and end an agreement with a digital video effects company founded by the "Lord of the Rings" director as part of a "reset," the company said on Tuesday.
ChatGPT generates fake data set to support scientific hypothesis (www.nature.com)
Researchers say that the model behind the chatbot fabricated a convincing bogus database, but a forensic examination shows it doesn’t pass for authentic.
Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed (www.theverge.com)
Let’s hope we never see this type of ‘technical error’ again.
The MAUI team does not respond to issues with any urgency... THIS IS **THE** ISSUE!!! · dotnet/maui · Discussion #19029 (github.com)
Description DO NOT CLOSE THIS ISSUE BECAUSE YOU THINK IT DOEN'T MEET THE CRITERIA OF A VALID ISSUE! THERE ARE SOME VERY SALIENT ISSUES BEING RAISED IN THIS ISSUE..... I have reported issues as far ...
Does a volcanic eruption emit more carbon dioxide than human activity? (www.euronews.com)
As the volcano in Iceland threatens to erupt any minute now, some social media users are falsely claiming the fumes from the natural disaster will generate more CO2 than all of the cars and airplanes on earth. #TheCube
New Documentary Uncovers How the Infamous Star Wars Holiday Special Happened - IGN (www.ign.com)
A new documentary, A Disturbance in the Force, explores how and perhaps more importantly, why the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special was made.
OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO (www.theverge.com)
Altman is “ambivalent” and wants governance changes.
Why Cities: Skylines 2 performs poorly (blog.paavo.me)
The teeth are not the only problem
Black Lives Matter march organiser splurged £30k in donations on taxis and takeaways (www.independent.co.uk)
Xahra Saleem co-organised the Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol which saw the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue
Threads Software Limited Gives Meta’s Instagram 30 Days to Desist from Using the Service Name Threads (www.businesswire.com)
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UK software company Threads Software Limited and its lawyers have today (30 October) written to Meta’s Instagram giving it 30 days to stop using the name Threads for their service in the UK. If it does not, Threads Software Limited will seek an injunction from the English Courts....
Scientist, after decades of study, concludes: We don't have free will (phys.org)
Before epilepsy was understood to be a neurological condition, people believed it was caused by the moon, or by phlegm in the brain. They condemned seizures as evidence of witchcraft or demonic possession, and killed or castrated sufferers to prevent them from passing tainted blood to a new generation.
This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI (www.technologyreview.com)
The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models.
China's troubled property giant Country Garden has reportedly defaulted on a bond payment (markets.businessinsider.com)
The world's second largest economy is dealing with a real estate slump that has crippled massive developers like Country Garden and Evergrande.
Brand New Space:1999 Eagle Replicas Available for Pre-Order Soon (youtu.be)
For those of you new here, we're all about celebrating the amazing universe of Gerry Anderson, the legendary creator of Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Space: 1999 and so much more. So buckle up and get ready for an interstellar journey!
American Jews and Palestinians face fear and hatred (www.bbc.com)
As the war between Israel and Hamas intensifies, so have attacks against both communities in the US.
Cities: Skylines 2 dev says they were "caught off guard" by the success of the original city-builder after it sold 40 times more than their expectations (www.gamesradar.com)
8 years later, the devs are still surprised by how the successful the original game was
AAA Games Are Dying - It's Time To Indie (youtu.be)
Description: In this video we talk about the major AAA releases that are failing, and what it means for indie games.
Booking.com makes a fortune – so why is it leaving its bills to small hotels unpaid? (www.theguardian.com)
This is a global company that needs to investigate why its payment systems have failed so many small businesses
BBC defends policy not to call Hamas 'terrorists' after criticism (www.bbc.com)
UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps says the BBC's position is "verging on disgraceful".
Growing backlash over Harvard students' pro-Palestine letter (www.bbc.com)
Lawmakers and alumni have been angered by the letter, which blames Israel for the unfolding conflict.
Open letter to the Harvard community (docs.google.com)
We are faculty at Harvard who are deeply concerned about the events in the Middle East, as well as the safety of our students here on campus. On October 7th, Hamas launched a premeditated attack on the Israeli population. Hundreds of terrorists infiltrated Israeli towns and houses. Children were killed in front of their parents;...
Over 6,100 gaming jobs have been cut in 2023 (so far) (venturebeat.com)
Like many sectors, game developers have been cutting headcount due to economic uncertainty through out 2023. According to Farhan Noor’s videogamelayoffs.com, game developers issued layoffs to over 6,100 employees in 2023 (so far).
Last Of Us Studio Naughty Dog Is Cutting Developers (kotaku.com)
The PlayStation first-party studio behind Uncharted and The Last of Us Part II is laying off dozens of contractors
Closure - Puny Human (punyhuman.com)
A letter to our fans and friends...
Pope suggests Catholic Church could bless same-sex couples (www.bbc.com)
The pontiff says any request for such a blessing should be treated with "pastoral charity".
Poland's opposition supporters mass in Warsaw two weeks before election (www.euronews.com)
Opposition leader Donald Tusk told supporters that political "change for the better is inevitable” in Poland at a massive march on Sunday.
Surprise: When Dependabot Contributes Malicious Code (checkmarx.com)
In July 2023, our scanners detected nontypical commits to hundreds of GitHub repositories appear to be contributed by Dependabot and carrying malicious code.
What do you think about upvoting/boosting your own post? (kbin.social)
For clarification, I am not talking about using multiple accounts. I am talking about using a single account, and giving your own post a single upvote....
Tesla Sued By U.S. Agency For Discriminating Against Black Employees (www.forbes.com)
The suit claims Tesla had knowledge of the ongoing racial harassment but didn’t make an effort to stop it.
Amazon Reverses Course on ‘Garbage Books’ After Public Uproar - Decrypt (decrypt.co)
Despite initially refusing, Amazon eventually removed several books believed to be written using AI and listed under a real author’s name.
[three.js] Release r157 · mrdoob/three.js (github.com)
https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/wiki/Migration-Guide#r156--r157...
Unity Announce MASSIVE Pricing Changes (youtu.be)
After setting the internet on fire with the exceptionally bad Unity Runtime Fee, Unity have been pretty much radio silent while thousands of Unity developers protested in a variety of ways. Today, they have finally announced the new Unity pricing structure and the runtime fee is almost completely gone, replaced by a royalty,...
Community Reflection on Bevy's Third Year (bevyengine.org)
Bevy is a refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust. It is free and open-source forever!
Re-Logic Make Huge Donation To MonoGame – GameFromScratch.com (gamefromscratch.com)
MonoGame, a popular open source XNA implementation, have created a new foundation, and received a massive donation from Re-Logic!