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‘What if behind the pointer, there was an AI model’: Google DeepMind wants to reinvent the humble mouse cursor

I don’t doubt there’s some worthwhile application of at least one technology lumped under the monolithic ‘AI’ banner. Unfortunately, big tech’s major players seem preoccupied with reinventing the wheel and introducing an unnecessary agentic twist. Case in point, Google DeepMind’s latest experimental demo attempts to give your humble mouse cursor an AI enhancement. “The mouse…

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The Bioshock series has some of gaming’s best intros because lead dev Ken Levine knows ‘if you have a mediocre beginning, you’re done’

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that the Bioshock games have some of the best openers in the business—descending down into Rapture for the first time while Andrew Ryan’s hypercapitalist croon asks you if a man is not entitled to the sweat of his brow? Chef’s kiss. Molto bello. Even Infinite, which I have…

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PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for May: Star Wars Outlaws, Red Dead Redemption 2, Bramble: The Mountain King, The Thaumaturge and more

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for May: Star Wars Outlaws, Red Dead Redemption 2, Bramble: The Mountain King, The Thaumaturge and more

This month, outwit the galaxy’s crime syndicates, witness the end of the Wild West era, confront twisted creatures inspired by Nordic folklore, or uncover the secrets of early 20th-century Warsaw. All these titles and more are available in May’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup*. Meanwhile, PlayStation Plus Premium welcomes the iconic arcade shooter Time Crisis….

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Germany cuts Steam Deck desktop devs a $1.5 million cheque, they declare an end to ‘insecure spyware-riddled software imposed by the likes of Microsoft’

In a nice bit of news for True Linux Patriots everywhere, Germany’s Sovereign Tech Agency has dedicated €1.3 million of its Sovereign Tech Fund (about $1.5 million / £1.1 million) to the KDE free and open-source (FOSS) software community (via Phoronix). If you know KDE for anything, you likely know it for its Plasma desktop…

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Available for Xbox Insiders: New Xbox Console Updates Bring Updated Boot Up, Gamerscore Badges and More

Category: Xbox Insider May 13, 2026 Available for Xbox Insiders: New Xbox Console Updates Bring Updated Boot Up, Gamerscore Badges and More Alex ChartersSenior Product Manager Starting today, select Xbox Insiders can begin testing the latest updates coming to Xbox consoles, bringing even more ways to personalize and shape your experience. This latest update brings the newly…

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