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Content warning: This article includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, help is available from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (US), Crisis Services Canada (CA), Samaritans (UK), Lifeline (AUS), and other hotlines. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said in a new blogpost that the company’s main product, the…

Congressman James Comer, chair of the US House Oversight and Government Reform committee (HOGR), yesterday invited Valve president Gabe Newell, Discord CEO Humam Sakhnini, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy, and Reddit CEO Steve Huffman to testify before a HOGR hearing on October 8. The hearing, per a press release from HOGR itself, “will examine the radicalization…

A sentient rock, an ancient hologram and an alien zealot are debating how we respond to the imminent arrival of a slumbering, long-forgotten god. Do we try to shackle them? Do we prostrate ourselves before them? Do we try to impress them with our mighty deeds? I dunno—I’m too busy sacrificing mortals to a great…

Every once in a while a piece of hardware crosses my desk that is seemingly intent upon drilling through the layers of ice encasing my cold, black heart. After all, it’s hard not to spread a little joy in the office, or at least to crack a smile yourself, when you’re wearing cat ears. Pink…

Microsoft’s “Full screen experience” mode for handheld gaming PCs shouldn’t officially be usable yet, but it turns out you can use it already if you’re happy using a Preview version of Windows and using a third-party tool. Only problem is, if my experience is anything to go by, it might not work all too well….