SoftBank just sold its entire $5.83 billion stake in Nvidia but I’m sure it’ll all feed back into Team Green’s pockets before long

SoftBank is the world’s biggest technology investment management group, and it’s just pulled its entire $5.83 billion stake out of Nvidia, according to Bloomberg. It has reportedly sold all these shares to help bankroll its continued investments into AI. This was followed by its own share price sliding, but that’s only by a few dollars…

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‘We would rather cut off our own arms’: Demonschool developers dispute Nexon CEO’s claim that ‘every game company is now using AI’ in response to Arc Raiders backlash

Amid the news of an added duos mode and a new Helldivers 2-style community event, Arc Raiders has been dealing with some backlash. Embark Studios now has a track record of using generative AI for voice work in its games, first for The Finals and now for Arc Raiders, and it’s causing no small amount…

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Bloodlines 2 just got a new roadmap with Christmas-themed goodies, as well things that probably should have been there from the start like an FOV slider and motion blur toggle

Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines 2 was always going to be polarizing given the oddball legacy of its cult hit predecessor, but I didn’t expect it to polarize in the precise way that it did. As PC Gamer online editor Fraser Brown said in his review, the “good, sometimes even great” bite ’em up “is…

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Someone’s finally making a spiritual successor to Bully, but I wish it wasn’t inspired by some of the worst comedies ever made

I’m surprised it’s taken this long for someone to make a spiritual successor to Bully. Not only is it one of Rockstar’s most fondly remembered games, but it’s also the one least likely to get a sequel, except perhaps for Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis. So credit where it’s due to Agefield High for finally…

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WhatsApp is reportedly becoming a dreaded web app again on Windows 11, with RAM usage increasing to a claimed 2 GB under the weight of all your spicy group chats

According to Windows Latest, popular messaging service WhatsApp is downgrading its Windows 11 app to a WebView2 equivalent in the latest update, switching from a native Windows application to a web wrapper that loads the browser version instead. As a result, Windows Latest reports that WhatsApp version 2.2584.3.0 can use up to 2 GB of…

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I’ve never been as excited by a social media website as much as I am by this solo dev’s ‘cyber-vibe text-only’ site that is ‘how the internet was supposed to be’

I got rid of pretty much all my social media years ago, and I’ve been a happier, freer man ever since. But I’d be lying if there wasn’t part of me that still desires that dopamine fix of scrolling through a site for easily ingestible content from familiar faces or display names. That’s been ingrained…

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A multiplayer wuxia RPG releasing this week has a whopping 10 million pre-registrations, and it might just fill that hole in your heart where a new MMO ought to be

It’s been too long since I’ve felt the rush of excitement that comes with a new MMO launch. Millions piling into woefully unprepared servers, trying and failing to get my bearings in a sea of usernames, and the rare joy of playing an online RPG before the community has figured out the tier list placement…

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