David Gaider will never play Dragon Age: The Veilguard because he’d be ‘wincing’ the whole time: ‘EA really did a number on them in terms of setting them up to fail’

There’s a common thread amongst former BioWare developers: They are proud of what they worked on, have a lot of love for their former studio, and they have few good things to say about publisher EA. For understandable reasons. David Gaider was with BioWare for a long time, joining the studio after the success of…

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‘Slopfix’: A software team is charging up to $10,000 to clean up AI-generated code, with the help of *checks notes* AI

AI slop. If you’ve heard the term, there’s a good chance you are similarly exasperated with the onslaught of low-quality, AI-generated… well, slop. One team is now charging up to $10,000 per project to try and cut down AI-generated slop code and is, rather ironically, using AI to do it. As reported by Tom’s Hardware,…

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The Blood of Dawnwalker’s most interesting mechanic took a bite out of my inner RPG completionist, who would’ve otherwise played hooky with a witch

I had the pleasure of playing four hours of The Blood of Dawnwalker last week—and while I can’t say it’ll knock my socks off just yet (RPGs that claim to have impactful choices just require more sitdown time to prove their worth) it has absolutely got its teeth into me, because I experienced something rare:…

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China’s National Vulnerability Database warns that recent Claude Code models have a security backdoor

A cybersecurity firm associated with the Chinese government reportedly has concerns about Anthropic’s Claude AI models and has warned users against trusting it, at least before updating to the latest version. As reported by Reuters, the Chinese National Vulnerability Database (NVDB) claims that recent Claude Code versions have a monitoring mechanism that transmits sensitive information…

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Two men plead guilty to stealing over £71,000 worth of Pokémon TCG in a string of burglaries targeting small card stores

Two brothers have been caught trying to steal £62,000 worth of Pokémon TCG by Cheshire police who aptly commented: “gotta catch ’em all!”—true, but I’m not sure Ash Ketchum envisioned it quite like this. Keith Johnson, 33, pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary with intent to steal at a hearing which took place earlier…

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LiberNovo Omni Pro review

The LiberNovo Omni Pro is what happens when a very good first‑gen idea goes in for a polish rather than a full redesign. If you’ve read my original LiberNovo Omni review, you know the bar here is high. That chair is still the comfiest thing I’ve ever sat in for ridiculous work‑and‑gaming days. The Pro…

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