Known for developing games of high-quality and excellent writing, Obsidian Entertainment’s fantasy RPG Avowed is no doubt on a lot of people’s radars. The Fallout: New Vegas studio is looking to release its new title early next year, but there is an opportunity to play it sooner. However, it will necessitate forking over some extra…
With the release of Black Op 6 Season 1, many weapons in the roster received a significant balance pass to better suit the game state. Here’s a list of every weapon balance change made in Season 1. Recommended Videos All Balance Changes in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 1 Despite having many of…
A fast Kindle? From left to right: 2024 Paperwhite, 2021 Paperwhite, and 2018 Paperwhite. Note not just the increase in screen size, but also how the screen corners get a little more rounded with each release. Credit: Andrew Cunningham I don’t want to oversell how fast the new Kindle is, because it’s still not like…
Research by British telecommunications provider O2 has found that seven in ten Britons (71 percent) would like to take revenge on scammers who have tried to trick them or their loved ones. At the same time, however, one in two people does not want to waste their time on it. AI grandma against telephone scammers…
This is not egregious behavior, at least on the scale of garage door opener firms. And Aladdin’s app works with Google Home and Amazon Alexa, but not with Home Assistant or my secondary/lazy option, HomeKit/Apple Home. It also logs me out “for security” more often than I’d like and tells me this only after an…
OpenAI recently introduced SimpleQA, a new benchmark for evaluating the factual accuracy of large language models (LLMs) that underpin generative AI (genAI). Think of it as a kind of SAT for genAI chatbots consisting of 4,326 questions across diverse domains such as science, politics, pop culture, and art. Each question is designed to have one correct answer,…
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly preparing to investigate Microsoft for potentially anti-competitive practices in its cloud computing division. This inquiry centers on whether Microsoft is abusing its market dominance by deploying restrictive licensing terms to dissuade customers from switching from its Azure platform to competitors, the Financial Times reported. According to the…
If you’re still trying to remember all of your passwords and then type ’em into sites by hand, let me tell you: You’re doing it wrong. With all the credentials we have to keep track of these days, there’s just no way the human brain can handle the task of storing the specifics — at…
One out of every five PCs shipped in the third quarter of 2024, a total of 13.3 million units, was a PC with a neural processing unit (NPU) fine-tuned for generative AI (genAI) development, according to data published Wednesday by analyst firm Canalys. It is anticipating a rapid rise in shipments of these AI-capable PCs,…
The Halo series is as well known for its epic campaign missions as it is for its awesome selection of multiplayer maps. For well over two decades, both Bungie and 343 Industries have crafted unforgettable campaign experiences, which are (mostly) centered around the story of the Master Chief. We know Halo levels are great, but…