So long and thanks for all the space junk: China-based Starlink competitor SpaceSail plans to have 15,000 satellites deployed by 2030, and it's not the only one with its eyes on the skies

So long and thanks for all the space junk: China-based Starlink competitor SpaceSail plans to have 15,000 satellites deployed by 2030, and it’s not the only one with its eyes on the skies

If I say to you “satellite-based internet provider”, your first thought is probably Starlink. A subsidiary of Elon Musk’s space technology company SpaceX, Starlink has launched a total of 8,000 internet-providing satellites as of February 22, with many more planned in the future. However, rival satellite companies are waiting in the wings, including the reportedly…

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Dave Oshry, CEO of New Blood Interactive, will never uninstall Doom from his PC, and has over 488 hours in Fallout 76: ‘It’s the best cryptid hunting game’

Disk Cleanup Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend column delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like “How tidy is your desktop?” and “What game will you never uninstall?” Dave Oshry, CEO of New Blood Interactive, first encountered PC…

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Westworld: Get Set for Season 2

Warning: spoilers for Westworld Season 1! Attention PlayStation Vue subscribers! Westworld, one of my favorite HBO series, returns on April 22. That’s this Sunday! Before the character-driven drama and twisting mysteries continue, we wanted to refresh you on the happenings of the extraordinary first season. In the Loop We begin with the story of Dolores…

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After upsetting everyone by threatening to ruin Diablo 4’s most powerful loot in its next season, Blizzard has decided that maybe it wasn’t such a good idea after all

Diablo 4’s upcoming season was shaping up to be a big disappointment after the excitement around its latest expansion. Blizzard threatened to completely flatten the identity of the most powerful loot with a change that—while healthy in the long run—spoiled the fun of having ultra-rare items to chase in an action RPG. But after holding…

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Feature: “Virtua Fighter Really Needs To Run At A Steady 60fps” – Producer Seiji Aoki On Bringing An Iconic Series To Switch 2

“I see this game as the foundational product for the future”. Virtua Fighter isn’t a series you’d generally associate with Nintendo systems, and that’s probably because the closest we’ve had to an entry is Virtua Quest, a GameCube spin-off from 2004 (though we also had a Virtual Console release of Virtua Fighter 2 back in…

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Two men have been arrested for attempting to destroy government databases and they reportedly tried to cover their tracks with the help of AI tools

At this point, I’ve come to look at generative AI in search as a hindrance at best, and a potentially damaging ‘yes and machine‘ at worst. Despite that, it seems that two alleged conspirators used it to try and cover their tracks after attempting to destroy 96 government databases. Maybe next time, go with plain…

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