OpenAI head Sam Altman claims a single ChatGPT query uses ‘one 15th of a teaspoon’ of water but that doesn’t put AI’s environmental impact in the clear

In a blog post on Tuesday(via The Verge), OpenAI supremo Sam Altman said that a typical ChatGPT query uses ‘roughly one 15th of a teaspoon’ of water. Altman doesn’t go into any detail over that claim, including whether it’s a consequence of the cooling hardware used to manage server computers or also the broader environmental…

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After beating Elden Ring Nightreign’s bosses with ‘mind control,’ Twitch streamer PerriKaryal may turn her big brain to Nintendo next

PerriKaryal is a tech creator on Twitch with a Master’s degree in psychology, and she ain’t afraid to use it. Her latest headlining project is a largely hands-free control scheme using an EEG. The brain cap detects distinct peaks of brain activity, which the streamer’s brain-computer-interface coding then interprets as gamepad inputs. So, yes, of…

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PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for June: FBC: Firebreak, Battlefield 2042, Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2 and more

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for June: FBC: Firebreak, Battlefield 2042, Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2 and more

This month, join forces to tackle the paranormal crises of a mysterious federal agency under siege in the cooperative first-person shooter FBC: Firebreak, lead your team to victory in the iconic all-out warfare of Battlefield 2042, test your skills as a new Fazbear employee managing and maintaining the eerie pizzeria of Five Nights at Freddy’s:…

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Anonymous employee accuses RuneScape of kowtowing to Trump as it puts the kibosh on new Pride events: ‘The content… is now controversial in a way it didn’t used to be’

Players are in an uproar after an anonymous Jagex employee, speaking to Pink News, accused the RuneScape and Old School RuneScape (OSRS) dev of deliberately curtailing its Pride Month celebrations in response to the American government’s assault on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The announcement that RuneScape and OSRS wouldn’t be running—or would at…

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Dispatch is the first Telltale-style game I’ve played that’s delivering on the promise of playing a TV show, and it’s even got a compelling management sim tucked inside, too

Dispatch is the first game out of AdHoc—a studio that contains several directors and developers from Telltale Games’ height of popularity. Featured in our own PC Gaming Show, Dispatch also has a demo out for Steam Next Fest, and after playing it, my only complaint is that I want to see more. I’ve always had…

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Resident Evil Requiem’s behind-closed-doors demo was weirdly boring, but it’s got me donning a tin foil hat and joining the ‘Leon’s back’ chants

Capcom will have many opportunities to show off Resident Evil Requiem between now and its February 27, 2026 release date, but its first was kind of a bust. Behind the closed doors of Capcom’s booth at Summer Game Fest, I watched a theater presentation of a hands-off Requiem demo that featured one puzzle, zero guns,…

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