Back with a two week recap after some much needed R&R. Happy Halloween!
News
- For whom the bell tolls:( Cryptic Studios and Zen Studios appear to be latest studios affected by Embracer Group’s restructuring | Game World Observer (Cryptic denying layoffs) (Right now over 1/6th of Cryptic Employees are "Open to offers" on LinkedIn, with many of them being senior team members from STO/NW.) (https://twitter.com/Tumerboy/status/1714371221717127454?t=WZv4Q657XlPA8gnVSil12Q&s=33)
- Another one of the greats has fallen: Elite Dangerous studio Frontier Developments announces layoffs 'following a period of disappointing financial performance'
- And that’s the game, GG Twitter: X is starting to charge new users $1 per year to send tweets
- PSA: it's time to update WinRAR due to a big security vulnerability - https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/18/23922075/winrar-security-vulnerability-exploit-patch-update
- IT’S BEEN 84 YEARS BUT WE SURVIVED DESANTIS KILLING THE ELDERLY FOR THIS: Tesla begins Cybertruck deliveries on November 30
- ChatGPT live web browsing exits beta, DALL-E 3 enters beta
- IRS will start piloting its free TurboTax alternative in 2024
- Just sell the unfinished PoS anyway: Cities: Skylines 2 Dev Admits Performance Issues, Will Launch the Game Anyway - IGN
- Study shows AI program could verify Wikipedia citations, improving reliability
- Meta Quest 3 appears to have ample supply.
- Amazon’s Fallout series finally has a release date
- THE AI GOT TOO SMART: California DMV suspends Cruise’s driverless permits
- And I thought Apple was bad with their part DRM: PS5 Slim's Optional Disc Drive Needs to Connect to the Internet to Pair It to a Console
Media
- The Analogue 3D is a Nintendo 64 for modern times
- Bring back my childhood, one nostalgia trap at a time: Disney is making a live-action Gargoyles show with James Wan
- HOME AUTOMATION will CONSUME your LIFE (in a good way)
- Asus breaks the overclocking world record with 9.044GHz Intel 14900KF CPU
- Before you judge me for drooling over these gorgeous 3D CT scans of USB cables I implore you to check them out yourself
- Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 is using AI art : r/gaming Planetside 3 confirmed! lol
- Game install sizes are getting out of hand
- Madness or genius? The Best Caramelized Onyo | Chef Jean-Pierre(Also, delightful boomer PBS throwback style chef) (I watched his newest video. He might very well be insane)
- Happy Day! DFHack puts search and filters across most Dwarf Fortress windows!
- The 2000’s called, they want their slap bracelet back: Motorola is back with another slap bracelet phone concept
- Telltale’s The Expanse: Good interactive movie; licenced music and voice actors; Good graphics and writing; Great performances; Short; Drummer’s prequel
Odds and Ends
- FFS. iCloud photos now downloading in .HEC format
- Egg Foo Young is one item, not two, Thanks Google Assistant…
- Guess who else Google is looking to replace with AI? YouTube creators!
- AI sigh of the week (Unedited. Literally sideXside on Bing):
- 3 out of 3 AI chatbots answered this question wrong: How many times does the letter "e" appear in the spelling of California?
- Google is looking to use AI to rewrite your reviews.
- "From Now On... No One Dies." - Spider-CUBE (Review)
- With all the advancements in video games, why are working mirrors still so rare?
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