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If there’s one thing that AI is good at, particularly language models, it’s detecting patterns in datasets so large that it would be practically impossible for humans to sift through them all, quickly and accurately. That certainly seems to be the case with Anthropic’s new general-purpose model, Claude Mythos, as the company has announced that…

We cram two radiators, five fans, a dual-GPU video card, and 850-watt power supply into a micro-ATX cube—no big deal This rig should take two to four hours to build. Difficulty level is medium. The Mission Anyone can put some fancy gear into a regular tower case. It’s like Lego, but not as expensive. With…

World of Warcraft Legion Remix—the second in Blizzard’s limited-time experiments with old expansions—is trying to fix its oops! All tanks issue by throwing an absurd amount of HP at healers and DPS. And a hefty defensive buff on the side, as a treat. Some context: In “Remix” events, WoW players can make an alt that’s…

Surface Pro 4, anyone? Microsoft has begun sending invites to members of the press for an October 6 event in New York City. The invitations state that Microsoft has “some exciting news to share about Windows 10 devices,” though stops way short of offering up any specifics. That’s okay because the web is filled with…

When you read the words “From legendary developers Steve Ellis and David Doak” you could be forgiven for assuming that the next words would be “comes a new FPS”. Ellis and Doak were among Free Radical Design’s co-founders, giving us the excellent TimeSplitters series, and nearly Star Wars: Battlefront 3, before it was canned and…

With Patch 8 of Baldur’s Gate 3 landing earlier this month, I’ve saddled myself with the accursed duty of completing another Honour Mode playthrough. Given that Patch 8 gives me the constituent parts for one of D&D 5e’s oldest powergamer builds, the Sorcadin, I reckoned I’d give it a go. The Sorcadin, for the uninitiated,…