Month: February 2024
Helldivers 2 creative director explains that the team ‘really applied’ themselves to keep the game from being pay-to-win
Johan Pilestedt, the CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios and creative director of Helldivers 2, has made some interesting comments about their approach to monetization. In a recent Twitter thread highlighted by PCGamesN, Pilestedt responded to a post that mentions some complaints that the title could be considered ‘pay-to-win’. If you’re…
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Forget about AI GPU scarcity: data center operators may have to wait a whopping three years to get key component — and this may be killing off competition by driving smaller operators out
The GenAI GPU scarcity has already sparked a surge in demand, increased costs, and reduced availability. However, another pressing issue is looming: data centers are running out of space and power. This is particularly problematic for small companies providing high-performance computing (HPC) colocation services, who are finding current data centers…
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Climate change is erasing previous gains in air quality — fires are mostly to blame
Air quality in the US is projected to backslide in the coming decades, landing back where it was in the mid-2000s as a result of climate change, according to a new report. The report comes with an online tool for users to zoom in on individual properties to see what kind…
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The first Deadpool & Wolverine trailer is one big joke about Marvel’s past
It’s going to take something special to get people as hyped for Marvel’s movies as they used to be, and the first trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine — the studio’s first R-rated cape flick — makes it seem like it has just the thing. In the new trailer, it’s unclear…
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Super Bowl 2024: the biggest movie trailers and ads
“The future is in good hands.” Jon Hamm narrates this Super Bowl trailer for Despicable Me 4 that shows the great, erm, promise of AI-generated imagery. Naturally, AI image creation has improved, and pictures with glaring errors like those here are somewhat fewer and farther between, but yeah, this is…
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You can stream the Super Bowl for free with this one-month Paramount Plus deal
You don’t need to sign up for a pricey cable package just to watch the Super Bowl today, February 11th. Plenty of streaming services from Fubo to Philo TV are offering free trials, with Paramount Plus arguably offering the best deal. Today only, new subscribers can sign up for a…
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