We're Talking About That | July 3, 2023

 On time, once again!

 News 

• 0_- Welcome to Twitter’s Death!
• Twitter puts strict cap on how many tweets users can read each day
• Okay, NOW you can start talking about Twitter dying: https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/tech/twitter-public-access-restricted/index.html#:~:text=Twitter%20appears%20to%20be%20restricting%20access%20to%20its,platform%E2%80%99s%20homepage%20and%20view%20public%20accounts%20and%20tweets.
• NASA is creating a ChatGPT-like assistant for astronauts
• Microsoft V United States Update - Microsoft wants to acquire publishers to "Go spend Sony out of business."
• You know what I think? Darker ink. Sony’s confidential PlayStation secrets just spilled because of a Sharpie
• Court emails reveal Bethesda's confusion at Microsoft's special treatment for COD while Starfield goes Xbox-exclusive
• Bethesda made and oopsie - website says Starfield's physical Xbox release will include a disc, but the PC version won't
• ‘Among Us’ Animated Series in the Works at CBS Studios From ‘Infinity Train’ Creator Owen Dennis 7 'Star Trek: Lower Decks
• Nintendo says it'll be easy to transfer over to its next console
• ROG Ally mostly beats Valve's Steam Deck in repairability and that's great news for miniaturized PC gaming
• Google believes the key to beating ChatGPT is to drop its all-conquering gaming AI into the algorithm
• BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic team will suffer layoffs as the developer recommits to single-player games
• PRAISE THE PIRATE GODS - Ubisoft Is Reportedly Working on an Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Remake
• YouTube test threatens to block viewers if they continue using ad blockers

Media

• The best VR game no one talked about: https://store.steampowered.com/app/676030/Eternal_Starlight_VR/
• This microscopic bag just sold for $63,750
• Microsoft's light-based computer marks 'the unraveling of Moore's Law'
• Retro game emulators in 3D VR?! PPSSPP; Dolphin VR

Odds and Ends

• https://github.com/Die4Ever/deus-ex-randomizer/releases
• Work Story - “PSA It’s all your fault except we know it’s sales but f**k you guys anyway.”
• Prime Free Game - Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
• Discord finally realizes that STO is just Neverwinter with a skin
• Chatbot task quoted ALL the main points from https://www.wri.org/insights/cop27-key-outcomes-un-climate-talks-sharm-el-sheikh EXCEPT the African initiative (#7). Ironic as this was an African centric conference. Shows you exactly how white the training data was…

 

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