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Mistfall Hunter looks like legally distinct Elden Ring but with a faster paced, extraction spin
Mistfall Hunter is a new soulslike game that visually recalls Elden Ring’s dark fantasy style but distinguishes itself by adopting an extraction-based structure rather than a traditional single-player campaign. Players must venture into a hostile world to gather resources and relics before escaping safely, all while facing both AI enemies and rival players, blending the…
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Here’s why you shouldn’t throw away your old iPhone
An Engadget writer makes the case for repurposing rather than discarding old iPhones, noting that even devices that no longer receive software or security updates can still serve a range of practical purposes. The piece highlights that Apple’s software support extends surprisingly far back, with iOS 27 running on devices as old as the iPhone…
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College prof hides prompt to catch AI cheaters, finds human nature is pretty much as we thought
A history professor at Alcorn State University in Mississippi devised a simple test to catch students submitting AI-generated essay answers, hiding an instruction in white text within an essay prompt that told any chatbot to insert the word “Madagascar” nonsensically into its response. Every one of the 35 students who sat the test fell for…
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Ariana Grande to sue hackers who shared her unreleased music on the dark web
The article’s headline and URL indicate that Ariana Grande is reportedly planning legal action against hackers who leaked her unreleased music on the dark web. However, the text supplied for this article contains only website navigation and menu elements (music, film, travel, art, news, shop, mailing list) rather than the actual story content, so no…
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National Geographic Announces Production Of James Marsh Documentary On Aron Ralston, ‘127 Hours’ Climber Who Severed Arm In Utah Ordeal
National Geographic has greenlit an untitled documentary from Oscar-winning director James Marsh about mountaineer Aron Ralston, whose 2003 ordeal in a Utah canyon inspired the fictionalised 2010 film 127 Hours. The project matters because it will draw on never-before-seen footage Ralston himself recorded during the incident, offering a first-hand account rather than a dramatised retelling,…
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4GB graphics cards are back
ASRock has listed a version of AMD’s Radeon RX 9050 graphics card with just 4GB of video memory, marking the return of a VRAM capacity not seen on modern GPUs for several years. The listing emerged the same day ASRock launched an 8GB version of the same card, and comes as rising RAM prices and…
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Man admits taking ambulance from outside hospital with sick patient still inside
A man has admitted stealing an ambulance from outside a hospital in Stoke-on-Trent while a paramedic was treating a patient inside the vehicle. Marshall Leese, 32, pleaded guilty to false imprisonment and aggravated vehicle taking after driving off from the Royal Stoke University Hospital, an incident that put both the patient and treating paramedic at…
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OpenAI CEO thinks the AI singularity is already upon us and that cracking down on it wouldn’t be good for humanity, because of course he does
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has said he believes humanity is already entering the AI “singularity”, a period in which artificial intelligence accelerates technological and social change. He argued that attempts to halt or heavily suppress the technology could harm humanity by preventing it from gaining AI’s potential benefits, while acknowledging that adaptation will be…
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Taiwanese authorities detain Nvidia employee for alleged attempt to smuggle AI chips into China
Taiwanese authorities have reportedly detained an Nvidia employee over allegations that they attempted to smuggle AI chips into China. The case matters because advanced AI processors are subject to export controls intended to limit China’s access to high-end computing hardware. The alleged shipment involved Nvidia AI chips, though the article text provided does not specify…