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Simulating everything, sort of: The promise and limits of world models
Experts explain how they work, what they can do, and what’s still unsettled.
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A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance
The SFPD’s exposure of hours of videos from drone platform Skydio reveals how broadly it’s watching the city from above—and how the results can spill online.
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“An oversight we deeply regret”: Games Done Quick cancel SNK-sponsored stream following backlash over studio’s Saudi Arabian ownership
Games Done Quick, the speedrunning organisation behind events like Games Done Queer and the yearly Summer Games Done Quick, have cancelled a stream sponsored by Metal Slug developers SNK following backlash to the fighting game studio being majority owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. Games Done Quick apologised for the “oversight”, and wrote that…
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LA Noire Developer Considered Mad Men Star Jon Hamm for the Role of Cole Phelps, but Had a Very Good Reason for Going With Aaron Staton Instead
The creative team behind LA Noire considered Mad Men star Jon Hamm for the role of Cole Phelps. Here’s why they went with Aaron Staton instead.
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Waze is getting a bunch of new AI-powered features
Waze is getting an AI makeover. Google is integrating its flagship AI assistant, Gemini, into the driving app with the goal of letting users personalize their trips a little more. Of the four new updates, only two are being described as involving Gemini. Waze says its updating its conversation reporting feature, first introduced in 2024,…
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Ex-Labour candidate and university employee is being investigated after saying she hoped Ann Widdecombe suffered an ‘extremely painful death’
A former Labour parliamentary candidate, who is also employed by a university, is reportedly being investigated after saying she hoped the former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe had suffered an “extremely painful death”. The comments matter because they concern a public figure and appear to have been made in the context of Ann Widdecombe’s death, which…
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Elder Scrolls Online studio echoes id Software, claims to now be the same size it was 10 years ago following Xbox layoffs
As far as silver linings go, this one feels stepped-on.
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Steam’s “no questions asked” refund policy makes it “super easy for players to abuse this rule”, says indie developer
Solo indie developer Mateo Covic, creator of the game Paddle Paddle Paddle, has publicly criticised Steam’s refund policy after claiming he was forced to refund around 55,000 sales, a refund rate of roughly 21 percent, despite the game holding overwhelmingly positive reviews. Covic argues that Steam’s “no questions asked” policy — which grants automatic refunds…
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Review: Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok (Switch 2) – A Deep, Addictive RPG With A So-So Story
Nintendo Life has published a review of Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok, a Switch 2 port of Cygames’ 2024 console spinoff of its long-running Granblue Fantasy mobile RPG, refreshed with a new expansion. The reviewer is broadly positive, describing it as a deep, addictive action RPG that suits the portable hardware well thanks to…