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RPG developer Owlcat launches free game dev learning resource: ‘A rising tide truly lifts all ships’

Cyprus-based studio Owlcat Games, which is currently working on a sci-fi RPG set in the world of The Expanse, has partnered with other game studios and publishers to launch GameDev Learning Drop, a free directory of resources for game developers. The initial collection of software recommendations, tutorials, online courses, and other resources was put together…

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Ubisoft surprise-revives its neglected Splinter Cell middle child on Steam, puts it on sale, then slaps a Uplay requirement on it so you don’t get too excited

In what I’ve chosen to interpret as a reward for all my good deeds on Earth, Ubisoft has inexplicably revived the neglected middle child of the Splinter Cell series (which is, itself, the neglected child of Ubisoft’s franchise line-up). Pandora Tomorrow is back, baby: it’s been wordlessly listed on Steam at a 40% discount (and…

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When will the AI bubble burst? As OpenAI signs yet another megabucks deal with Broadcom, can anyone make sense of the trillions of dollars involved?

So, OpenAI has signed yet another megabucks deal, this time with Broadcom and involving 10 gigawatts of what’s described as OpenAI designed “custom AI accelerators.” From a technological perspective, the interesting bit is that the hardware is OpenAI designed. “OpenAI will design the accelerators and systems, which will be developed and deployed in partnership with…

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‘They just really didn’t think anyone would look up’: Researchers snooped on unencrypted satellite data with basic equipment, finding private calls, text messages, and even military communications

A team of researchers from UC San Diego and the University of Maryland have published a study [PDF warning] detailing their attempts to pick up unsecured information from the airwaves using a basic receiver system. Over the course of three years, the team pointed their off-the-shelf residential dish at various geostationary satellites and interpreted the…

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