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Moonlighter 2 Launches In September, Physical Confirmed For November
Digital Sun’s action-RPG sequel Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault will launch digitally on 2nd September, with a physical release confirmed for 13th November on Switch 2, PS5 and PC via publisher Silver Lining. The original 2018 Moonlighter, a Zelda-style roguelite-ish action RPG about a shopkeeper who raids dungeons, became a well-regarded indie hit on the…
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Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
Meta has been running dozens of paid advertisements on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads that contained AI-generated child sexual abuse material and sexually suggestive images of minors, according to research shared with WIRED. The adverts, active over the past nine months, were found by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) and had been reviewed and approved…
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You have 4 days to get one of our favorite roguelikes for free on Steam thanks to its sequel leaving Early Access
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Sunbird’s iMessage app for Android is back after a major privacy snafu
Sunbird’s iMessage app for Android has returned to the Google Play Store, three years after it was pulled over a serious privacy failure. The app lets Android users take part in iPhone group chats and texts, working by linking an Android device to a remote server that registers it with an Apple ID so Apple’s…
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Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI
Reddit is rolling out AI-powered moderation tools, part of a broader set of platform changes affecting developers and old Reddit. The new system, called “Rules Hub,” uses large language models to help moderators enforce community rules by understanding context and intent rather than relying solely on rigid keyword matching, marking a shift away from the…
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Old Reddit could be the next casualty of Reddit’s war on AI scraping
Reddit is warning that Old Reddit, the 21-year-old legacy desktop version of the site still favoured by many long-time users and moderators, could be scaled back or discontinued as part of the company’s ongoing crackdown on AI scraping. In a blog post, Reddit said unspecified “changes” were needed to protect the platform from “abusive scraping…
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Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop
Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in everything from drug discovery to chip design.
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Hospital charity supporters hit by cyber attack
Sheffield Hospitals Charity has warned supporters that their personal details may have been accessed after a cyber attack on Beacon CRM, the secure database system it uses to manage donor information. Beacon detected the breach on Monday, and it is understood to have affected more than 1,000 charities and organisations that rely on the platform,…
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Hospital charity supporters hit by cyber attack – BBC
Hospital charity supporters hit by cyber attack BBC
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OpenAI settles DOJ claim it discriminated against US citizens in hiring
OpenAI reached a $3.2 million settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over claims that it discriminated against U.S. citizens with its hiring practices. The DOJ’s investigation involved “fewer than 10” positions but argued it was important to crack down on unfair hiring practices impacting American workers and effectively shutting them out of applying for…