Embark busts 9 myths about Arc Raiders’ aggression-based matchmaking, and says defending yourself is no longer a hostile action

Are PvE-only lobbies a thing in Arc Raiders? Will one measly kill mark me as a hostile player in future matches? These are questions Embark tackles head-on in a new matchmaking-focused blog post. This is by far the most the developer has spoken in detail about its unique aggression-based matchmaking system since we first learned…

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007 First Light’s James Bond (probably) won’t be a sexist, misogynist dinosaur: ‘Some things fall by the wayside,’ IO Interactive says

James Bond, the dashing 007 of British intelligence, is famous for his way with the ladies: smooth, casual, kind of misogynistic sometimes. If you’ve watched any of the pre-Daniel Craig movies, you know what I mean. The womenfolk in the films tend to be treated a bit like furniture from Ikea: Nice to look at…

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An AI speaker messed up and skipped the names of students at a college commencement ceremony and yes, there were many boos

Well, it’s been a hell of a few weeks for AI interfering with educational ceremonies, after two speakers at separate events (including ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt) were roundly booed for calling it the future. This instance, though, is slightly different. @nowthisimpact You can hear the outrage. ♬ original sound – NowThis Impact Glendale Community College…

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Devs, be careful what you plug in: GitHub security breach was apparently facilitated by a ‘poisoned Visual Studio Code extension’

GitHub, arguably the place for developers to store and share code, has been the target of a cyberattack. The Microsoft-owned platform reported on Tuesday that its internal repositories experienced unauthorised access, although it does not appear to have exposed customer information outside of that. “Our current assessment is that the activity involved exfiltration of GitHub-internal…

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