Author: Zach_Wilson
Fed up with the cost of MacBook repairs? New unofficial tool might be a glimmer of hope
An Apple MacBook has had a sensor fixed by a German repair shop which managed to circumvent the company’s protections put in place to stop unauthorized third parties from making such repairs. Forbes reports that the outfit, NotebookNerds (in Dortmund, Germany) achieved the feat using a tool (dubbed ‘Nerd.Tool.1’) purpose-built…
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The Fabulous Fear Machine is a delicious pulp game about the horrors of propaganda
Did you know AMC makes video games? The television network responsible for Mad Men, Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead has a full-blown publishing label for video games, and it’s shepherded four titles to market since 2020. Its first was a real-time flight simulator from the NYU Game Center Incubator…
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Franz is the creepy thing that lives in your phone
On Christmas Day 2021, a man took a crossbow to Windsor Castle with plans to kill Queen Elizabeth II. (He failed.) In court, the would-be assassin claimed he’d been egged on by a virtual companion named Sarai on the AI platform Replika. A virtual friend “always agrees with you when…
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How will driverless cars ‘talk’ to pedestrians? Waymo has a few ideas
For years, developers have been working on ways for driverless cars to communicate intent to other road users, either through audio recordings or visual cues. Today, Waymo says it wants to be one of the first companies to put some of these methods into practice. The Alphabet-owned company’s driverless Jaguar…
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7 new movies and TV shows to stream on Netflix, Prime Video, Max, and more this weekend (October 13)
The spooky season is well and truly upon us, but this week’s streaming selection isn’t as packed with frightening films and scary shows as we’d expect for this time of year. There are a couple of new horrifying series to keep you up at night, though, including a Mike Flanagan…
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CD Projekt Red used AI to replace deceased Cyberpunk 2077 voice actor
CD Projekt Red used AI to replace the voice actor Miłogost Reczek in Cyberpunk 2077 following his passing in 2021. Miłogost Reczek sadly passed away in December 2021 at age 60, and was best known for voicing the characters Vesemir and Thaler in The Witcher games, along with the Polish…
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