Month: March 2026
Crimson Desert dev apologizes for use of AI art
Reviews of Crimson Desert have been mixed, but the bigger issue for the game has been the discovery of what appeared to be AI-generated assets in the final release. Now the developer has acknowledged that AI art was indeed used during the game’s creation, but says that it was intended…
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You might soon be able to sign into Windows 11 without a Microsoft account, with software engineers ‘working on it’
Microsoft may ditch the need to set up Windows 11 with a Microsoft account A company exec says software engineers are working on it There’s no indication yet of when the change might be implemented Microsoft has told users that big improvements are coming to Windows 11 — improvements covering…
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Even the most advanced AI models fail more often than you think on structured outputs — raising doubts about the effectiveness of coding assistants
Report finds AI coding assistants regularly fail one in four structured-output tasks Even advanced proprietary models only reach approximately 75% accuracy Open source AI models perform worse, averaging closer to 65% reliability The promise of artificial intelligence as a tireless coding assistant has encountered a significant roadblock after new research…
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Ubisoft took trips to Japan with expert guides for Assassin’s Creed Shadows and spent ‘a lot of time’ researching on top of that — ‘We’re making video games, but for Assassin’s Creed we try to be credible’
Assassin’s Creed Shadows art director Thierry Dansereau says the team took guided trips around Japan as research for the game He says the team visited most of the locations in the game They also continued to conduct research “throughout the whole project” Ubisoft has revealed that it did extensive research…
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These are the 5 hidden macOS settings I can’t live without when playing games on my Mac
Apple’s latest M5 Pro and M5 Max chips have taken Mac performance to a new level, and there’s no doubt that gaming on Apple’s computers is in better shape than it’s been in for years. The days of Mac gaming being a distant pipe dream are well and truly over.…
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“We wanted to focus on those three things… not always done by our competitors when they put out products” – I talked to Intel about its plans for 2026, Panther Lake, and beyond
Intel entered 2026 on the back foot — not something I’d have previously expected to write about one of the most dominant companies in computing. Apple, having dropped Intel as a hardware partner for its Macs was getting acclaim for its Arm-based M-series chips, while Intel’s old rival AMD had…
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