Beyond Good and Evil 2 somehow survives the bloodbath at Ubisoft: creative director says he’s ‘saddened’ by the layoffs and cancellations, but the 19-year project is ‘unaffected’

This Wednesday Ubisoft announced a major internal restructuring or, as we who speak and write English would put it: massive layoffs, studio closures, and the cancellation of at least six in-development projects (including the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake). The company’s share price has nosedived, a call for a “massive international strike” is…

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There’s a huge Arc Raiders duplication glitch which has players hoarding mountains of rubber ducks worth millions, ‘I extracted with 2.8 million. Still confused’

There’s always something fishy going on in Arc Raiders. Whether it be players clipping through doors or changing to first person perspective. But very few of these glitches actually earn the guilty player any in-game money. Unlike the latest hack, which manages to duplicate the new rare rubber ducks. Images of raiders beside mountains of…

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Microsoft is apparently now going to focus on ‘improving system performance, reliability, and the overall experience of Windows’ which is better than more AI

Microsoft seems to have listened to the year-long barrage of collective groaning, as it is apparently now focusing on improving the things in Windows 11 that matter. The Verge has heard from Pavan Davuluri, president of Windows and devices, who says the company needs “to improve Windows in ways that are meaningful for people.” “This…

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Mozilla says it’s building a ‘rebel alliance’ to challenge Big Tech and what it’s doing with AI, which is wild but I’m kind of here for it

Mozilla has been carving out a space for itself in this new and frightfully fast-growing world of AI. Last month, there was backlash when it announced that Firefox would “evolve into a modern AI browser.” Since then, it seems Mozilla has been clarifying what exactly this means, possibly in an attempt to reassure those who…

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You can now view the Computer History Museum’s collection from the comfort of your own home, and it’s full of retro blasts from the past

I love a good museum, and I also love me some antique hardware. So, I was overjoyed this morning to discover the Computer History Museum has launched a digital portal (via Hackaday), which means you can enjoy its collection from the comfort of your own home. The museum is based near Mountain View, California, which…

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Darren Aronofsky might finally kill art with his new AI-generated American Revolution drama series, presented by Salesforce

I’ve been harsh about AI on this website before, but I’ll give it this—before the advent of the LLM revolution, I don’t know that I’d ever seen anything literally without value before (and I watched that Borderlands movie). Darren Aronofsky, the director behind films like Mother!, Black Swan, and The Whale, has a new project:…

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