During an earnings call in the summer of 2021, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg first publicly used the M-word. “In the coming years,” Zuck told investors, “I expect people will transition from seeing us primarily as a social media company to seeing us as a metaverse company.” “Um, what?” said every cyberpunk sci-fi fan on Earth in…
IBM has apparently begun layoffs of as many as 8,000 people — layoffs that were announced back in January. But those layoffs are avoiding the age-related criticisms of IBM’s past and are also too early to reflect the IBM-promised generative artificial intelligence (genAI) layoffs, according to Jason Andersen, a former IBM manager who today serves…
Enlarge / The Windows App runs on Windows, but also macOS, iOS/iPadOS, web browsers, and Android. Microsoft Microsoft announced today that it’s releasing a new app called Windows App as an app for Windows that allows users to run Windows and also Windows apps (it’s also coming to macOS, iOS, web browsers, and is in…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A coalition of law-enforcement agencies said it shut down a service that facilitated the unlocking of more than 1.2 million stolen or lost mobile phones so they could be used by someone other than their rightful owner. The service was part of iServer, a phishing-as-a-service platform that has been operating since…
The UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence has released its final report — “Governing AI for Humanity” — detailing how AI can best serve humanity, especially people who are often underrepresented and left out of such discussions. The report builds on months of extensive global consultation with more than 2,000 participants and the publication of a…
When you’re done with the campaign in Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2, there’s still a lot of work for you to do. Every class has a skill tree to unlock perks at every level using experience gained from PvE and PVP activities. But you can speed the process up. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by…
A Bump in the Road is the quest in Fallout 76 that sees you join a business partner and start your own caravan company. This is an intrinsic part of the Fallout universe, and now you get to engage with it every time you log in. You’ll need to seek out the A Bump in…
God of War Ragnarok has finally been released on PC. If you’re about to jump into the game for the first time, take a look at these settings for maximum frames per second and quality. Before tweaking the graphics settings, be sure to check the minimum and recommended PC system requirements to run God of…
Enlarge / Fitbit’s Charge 6. Google Users of Fitbit’s iOS and Android apps have been reporting problems with the apps’ ability to sync and collect and display accurate data. Some have been complaining of such problems since at least April, and Fitbit has been working on addressing syncing issues since at least September 3. However,…
Party for Introverts has announced that their narrative vampire adventure, Cabernet, will arrive on October 24. It will be released on Steam. In Cabernet, you play as a newly turned vampire who has to incorporate themselves into a bunch of aristocrats. They call it a narrative RPG, but I think they mean it’s more of…