Unreal's MetaHuman Animator can generate surprisingly lifelike animation with just your phone and it's now integrated directly into Unreal Engine 5.6

Unreal’s MetaHuman Animator can generate surprisingly lifelike animation with just your phone and it’s now integrated directly into Unreal Engine 5.6

The 2025 State of Unreal gave us some long-awaited updates on the tech powering The Witcher 4, and while I was picking my jaw up from the floor, something new found its way onto my screen—a bizarre animated alien rendered from a webcam feed in real time. Epic’s new updates to MetaHuman, its suite of…

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Valve doesn’t currently have ‘any specific plans’ for more Steam Machine faceplates, so you’ll have to make them yourself

Cards on the table, the first thing that piqued my interest about the Steam Machine’s initial reveal were the interchangeable faceplates. After all, I am but a simple hardware creature with a penchant for the aesthetic. Unfortunately, Valve has no plans to release a whole slew of custom plates for their tiny game box. We…

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Big networking software hack seemingly backed by China poses a ‘significant cyber threat targeting federal networks’

I suppose it’s no real surprise that state-to-state cyber warfare is ongoing—probably every minute of every day—but for us regular folk it can be disconcerting to be reminded of it. And the very serious possible consequences. Case in point this breach of a cybersecurity provider that provides networking software to tons of big companies and…

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