Xbox exec suffers bout of terminal LinkedIn brain, suggests folks laid off by Microsoft use AI to 'reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss'

Xbox exec suffers bout of terminal LinkedIn brain, suggests folks laid off by Microsoft use AI to ‘reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss’

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes—every so often, in times of deep economic equality, someone with a thick paycheck or accumulated wealth will waltz up and say something so mind-bogglingly disconnected from good sense and empathy that it becomes enshrined as an example of what not to say. The latest entrant to the…

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This Handy Gizmo Will Let You Use Any USB Controller With Your Dreamcast, Without Sacrificing VMU Support

“Just gonna leave this here”. Modder Todd Gill has revealed a new Dreamcast adapter that will allow you to use USB controllers with your console without having to forgo the VMU functionality of the system. Running JoypadOS, an open-Source firmware for game controllers and adapters, Gill’s gizmo plugs into your Dreamcast’s controller port and features…

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Team17 Co-Founder Martyn Brown Has Passed Away Aged 57

The British games industry loses a legend. We’re sad to report that Team17 co-founder Martyn Brown has passed away. He was 57. Brown helped establish the veteran British publisher in 1990 following the merger of 17-Bit Software and Swedish developer Team 7. Brown led Team17 alongside Michael Robinson, Debbie Bestwick, Andreas Tadic, Rico Holmes and…

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Details on Days Gone Remastered’s Speedrun, Permadeath modes and more

Welcome–or welcome back–to Days Gone,  Bend Studio’s sprawling open-world adventure-survival epic. In this PlayStation 5 remaster launching April 25, you’ll once again be able to enjoy Deacon St. John’s journey across the gorgeous natural beauty of the Oregon wilderness–provided you can deal with the mind-boggling amount of mutant Freaker monstrosities that want to shred you…

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ChatGPT is getting ‘erotica for verified adults’ in December: Sam Altman claims mental health concerns have been addressed, so now it’s time to ‘safely relax the restrictions in most cases’

Six months after admitting that ChatGPT 4o was a little too enthusiastic with its relentless praise for users, Sam Altman is bringing sexy back. The OpenAI boss says a new version of ChatGPT “that behaves more like what people liked about 4o” is coming in a few weeks, and it’ll get even better—or potentially much…

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Gabe Newell waxes poetic about his love for the Dota 2 community in a special message for The International: ‘People talk s**t at me in chat’ and tell him to uninstall the game on a weekly basis

The finals of The International 2025, the annual Dota 2 world championship tournament, are now underway, and to get things started on the right foot Valve boss Gabe Newell shared a special message with fans: After all these years he still loves the game, even though a lot of you are pretty mean to him…

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