The Fridge

Eye-scanning Orb maker says ‘there is no world where we are not going to have’ biometrics to check we’re human and keep games bot-free

I recently spoke to a number of biometric authentication providers and experts to try and suss out the pros and cons of various ‘proof-of-human’, AKA ‘liveness detection’, technologies, AKA prove you’re flesh and bones and not an agentic AI. One thing I didn’t focus on too much in my piece exploring the tech, but which…

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Critical Role’s new D&D campaign trailer has given me unshakable faith that whatever Brennan Lee Mulligan does with his galaxy brain and 13 players is going to be great

I don’t usually wax lyrical about public figures often. Just because someone’s made something you like, doesn’t mean you should assume all their future projects will be winners. Creative endeavours flounder all the time. Managing expectations is good. The keyword, however, is usually, because I’m happy to call it now: Critical Role’s new campaign is…

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