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Is throwing someone in at the deep end the best way to teach them to swim? Probably not, but it is the most fun. At least, for the observers. That’s what 1000xResist does, opening in medias res and trusting you’ll figure out how to float. It begins with one of the story’s most dramatic scenes…
Fortnite added Peter Griffin from Family Guy recently, and if you can push past the existential dread that sentence may give you, it’s a no-brainer. Once a PvE co-op builder, Fortnite’s Battle Royale game mode has long outgrown its humble roots and become an ‘Oops! All Franchises’ monolith. But somehow, Seth MacFarlane had never heard…
CES is all wrapped up, and while AI fatigue has hit our hardware writers (as the term ‘AI’ has slipped into the realm of buzzword purgatory) I’m about to make things a hell of a lot worse for everybody. As spotted by TheVerge, there’s now an AI-powered sex toy that aims to treat people with…
Like it or not, we’re very much in the world of generative AI now. Massively complex neural networks trained on vast quantities of data, all so we can use it to make pictures of donkeys riding space rockets or tell us which churro coating is the best. I jest, of course, because large language models…
Earlier this year PCG reported on a crypto rug-pull with a new twist: The CEO of the firm involved didn’t appear to exist. The news came in the wake of a Guardian Australia investigation into Hyperverse, a crypto scheme that collapsed with an estimated $1.3 billion in losses, and during its time was fronted by…
You might think that Hewlett-Packard’s most important profit generator might be AI servers or cheap laptops, but you’d be wrong. Over half of HP’s annual profits last year were entirely down to its print division, with no small thanks to its Dynamic Security printer firmware upgrade that completely blocked all third-party ink cartridges. Cue yet…
In the latest wave of anti-ad blocker measures implemented by YouTube, AdBlock users have been reporting widespread performance issues with the extension enabled. In a thread posted to the YouTube subreddit over the weekend (thanks, 9to5Google) users noted that having AdBlock enabled caused slow load times and increased CPU usage, as one user writes: “This…
There’s nothing like a bit of heart-warming, cheery news to start a new year but the PC shipment estimates for 2023, from market analysts IDC and Gartner, are anything but cheery. The total number of units shipped varies between the two groups, with IDC estimating just under 260 million, whereas Gartner puts it at around…
Conquer Mount Qaf with these Prince of Persia guides (Image credit: Ubisoft) Prince of Persia fast travel: How to unlock Prince of Persia sidequests: Where to find each Prince of Persia Amulets: Powerful trinkets Prince of Persia Sacred Archive puzzles: Each solution If you’re exploring every nook-and-cranny in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, you’ll…
Conquer Mount Qaf with these Prince of Persia guides (Image credit: Ubisoft) Prince of Persia fast travel: How to unlock Prince of Persia sidequests: Where to find each Prince of Persia Amulets: Powerful trinkets Prince of Persia The Deserter quest: Help the lost soldier The Sacred Archive puzzles in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown…