Pope Leo XIV brings not peace but a sword to AI oligarchs and a slop-mad world in new address, says it’s ‘Turning people into passive consumers of unthought thoughts’

Pope Leo XIV—who’s become a remarkably familiar presence in the pages of PC Gamer of late—has once again taken to the pulpit to exhort us to be careful about this “AI” nonsense. In a message for the 60th World Day of Social Communications (which is actually on May 17), the Bishop of Rome implored humanity…

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‘Slay, bestie’ just some of the Gen Z slang used in programming language dreamt up by AI in a ‘Ralph Wiggum loop’ that its creator feared may be too powerful

I’ve already used my quota for Gen Z slang for the year in the headline—as a 33-year-old man, I’ll keep things age-appropriate from here on out. And nothing has made me feel older than this programming language my colleague just put me onto that exclusively uses Gen Z slang and was dreamt up by Anthropic’s…

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‘Leaps + Bounds’, A Visual Journey Through Nine Console Generations, Launches Next Month

“Perfect for gaming obsessives, retro collectors, tech historians, and product design obsessives”. Bitmap Books has just announced that its latest project, Leaps + Bounds: a Visual Guide to Nine Console Generations, will be available to order next month. Running to 336 pages, the book is billed as “a journey through the history of home gaming,”…

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Arc Raiders players are celebrating a ‘huge update’ for rubber ducks as the OG gets a facelift alongside several new funky variations

It’s a great day to be a rubber duck collector in Arc Raiders. Ok, that’s very specific, but it’s a great day nonetheless. As part of the Headwinds update, Embark has overhauled the OG yellow rubber duck and has added heaps of new collectable rubber ducks, all with different skins. Part of the new map…

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This ‘scientifically dubious’ Linux CPU scheduler makes decisions ‘based on real-time planetary positions, zodiac signs, and astrological principles’

Should you wish to allow the (extremely dubious) astrological laws of the universe to decide the CPU scheduling within your home machine, I’ve found just the Github project for you. Also, you shouldn’t. I just wanted to get that in early. Nevertheless, scx_horoscope is a fully functional CPU scheduler that loads into the Linux kernel…

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AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D review

Nostalgia is a potent thing in the technology world right now. And I say that as someone with a brand new Commodore 64—a faithful replica of my very first computer—sat beside my desk. AMD is smart enough to understand this, to understand the way the cosy old days tug at the heart strings of PC…

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Arc Raiders has been hit with ‘extensive’ and ‘coordinated DDoS attacks’ as Embark reassures players that it is working hard to mitigate the issues

It’s only been a day since Arc Raiders’ big Headwinds update launched, but unfortunately, it hasn’t had the release Embark would’ve hoped for, as a massive DDoS attack has affected server stability. “Both Arc Raiders and The Finals have been under extensive, coordinated DDoS attacks,” one of Embark’s community managers, Ossen, says in a post…

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