Month: February 2024
Two words: poker roguelike
In Casino Royale, James Bond gets a bit of poker advice: You never play your hand. You play the man sitting across from you. Okay, but what if you just played your hand? What if no one was sitting at the other end of the table? Balatro, a new turn-based…
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Would you use a phone with no apps? One of the world’s largest mobile networks believes you will — but I am not totally convinced
I have a lot of apps on my phone. How many is ‘a lot’? A quick tot up reveals the number to be an absolutely ridiculous 288. I only use a fraction of those of course, and I should probably have a clear out, but it’s fair to say, I…
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Seagate’s Xbox Storage Expansion Card is cheaper than ever at nearly $100 off
We’ve griped long enough about the ballooning install sizes of the latest AAA games, but complaining won’t slow the trend. Without some miraculous development in data compression technology, the only remedy today is to buy extra storage. Xbox Series X and S gamers have had it the roughest with the…
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Apple’s HomePod with a screen now rumored for 2025 release, but has the Echo Show already won that smart home race?
We’ve heard rumors that Apple is working on a HomePod with a screen to act as a smart hub for years now. Although we’re still far from an official confirmation, the latest from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman’s latest Power On newsletter suggests that Apple is at least continuing to work on…
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Google explains how Gemini’s AI image generation went wrong, and how it’ll fix it
A few weeks ago Google launched a new image generation tool for Gemini (the suite of AI tools formerly known as Bard and Duet) which allowed users to generate all sorts of images from simple text prompts. Unfortunately, Google’s AI tool repeatedly missed the mark and generated inaccurate and even…
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The world’s most iconic police force has been hit by a cyberattack that took its website offline
The iconic Canadian national police force, also known as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), suffered a recent data breach which temporarily knocked its website offline – but its operations, as well as citizens, should not be affected by the incident, it said. CBC says the RCMP sent a breach…
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