As the Nintendo eShop fails to protect from ‘eslop’, indie devs reflect on how it affects their work and why Steam is just better: ‘Their algorithm will more or less naturally bury AI slop’

Nintendo recently rolled out a bunch of new eShop publishing guidelines for the Switch 2. While these are just applicable in Asia right now, there are some indie devs hoping that the changes will make their way over to other markets as they scramble for ways to make their games stand out from all the…

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Steam will let you reverse your last 7 days of CS2 (and soon other) trades if you accidentally swap your $10,000 AK-47 for some magic beans

Steam’s introducing a new feature it’s calling Trade Protection to Counter-Strike 2. In essence, it’s designed so that—if you find yourself victim of a con that hijacks your Steam account and trades away all your $5,000 AK and Karambit skins—you can easily reverse the last seven days of trades on your account at the touch…

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EU-commissioned study on generative AI and copyright suggests overturning the current opt-out approach that ‘effectively treats silence as consent’

The world of AI is moving incredibly fast, not only for tech companies and Wall Street investors but also, it seems, for legislatures. That’s particularly true in the realm of copyright, where it seems existing laws are being brandished like plastic cutlasses to tackle the newly surfaced breakneck leviathan of generative AI. That, at least,…

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