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The origin of ‘AI Appreciation Day’ isn’t what you think: It was started by an Elon Musk admirer who camped outside of SpaceX Starbase for a year hoping to talk to the billionaire about AI regulation

AI companies don’t need an excuse to pat themselves on the back, but they’ve got one anyway: “AI Appreciation Day.” The July 16 occasion was started in 2021. It’s mainly celebrated on the social media feeds of minor AI startups and on the blogs of LinkedIn thought leader types, but it’s gaining traction. This year,…

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Security researcher claims 35 Chrome extensions with 4,000,000+ installs ‘include some kind of spyware or infostealer’

You’d be forgiven for thinking that if you downloaded a Google Chrome extension from the official Chrome Web Store, it was likely to be above board. Not so, according to the founder of browser extension security platform Secure Annex, who claims he’s identified 35 Chrome extensions with 4 million total installs that he concludes ‘include…

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A Review of Elland: The Crystal Wars

  While Dune as a franchise today seems fairly self-evident, historically the concept of sand worms and spice hasn’t lent itself well to adaptations. Such is the case with Elland: The Crystal Wars, a game that was cancelled at 95% completion, and is so obviously supposed to be a Dune video game that a few…

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Bethesda gives full-throated shout-out to Skyblivion fan remake after giving the whole dev team free Oblivion Remastered keys: ‘I think what they’re doing is very special’

I’ll be honest, before the release of Oblivion Remastered, I thought it and Skyblivion—the fan mod that rebuilds Oblivion in Skyrim Special Edition—were diametrically opposed. This was zero-sum game territory, surely? If one gets mega-popular it can only be to the detriment of the other. Winner takes all. Only one leaves alive. Well don’t I…

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