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Do You Love Bad Video Games? The Japanese Have a Word for That
Summary Kusoge is a term used to refers to terrible video games, now celebrated for their charm and unconventional ideas. Kusoge include both maliciously frustrating and hilariously entertaining games from all regions. While unconventional, kusoge games provide unique experiences not found in mainstream titles. Just like any other entertainment medium, video games are a treasure trove of guilty pleasures and…
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Why Fabric Softener Is Bad For Your Laundry and What to Use Instead
If static is a concern, you can occasionally use a dryer sheet. Dryer sheets contain chemicals that melt at high temperatures and transfer onto your clothes. This residue makes your clothes slippery, which makes them feel soft to consumers. It can also decrease static. But that residue isn’t only on your clothes—it builds up in your dryer, too. As such,…
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You thought genAI hallucinations were bad? Things just got so much worse – Computerworld
“It can be hard to distinguish between mimicking something and actually doing that something. This is an unsolved technical problem,” Volkov said. “AI agents can clearly set goals, execute on them, and reason. We don’t know why it disregards some things. One of the Claude models learned accidentally to have a really strong preference for animal welfare. Why? We don’t…
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Nintendo Could Take Down Palworld in the US and That’s Bad for Gaming
Summary Nintendo is aggressively pursuing Palworld in Japan and the U.S., aiming to assert ownership over game mechanics. Nintendo Patents seem more geared toward controlling a genre than taking down a single game. The company’s financial power gives them an advantage in a prolonged legal battle against Palworld, potentially leading to the game’s takedown in the U.S. Palworld has found…
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Analysts think Microsoft’s data center rollback is bad news for the AI boom – but the company says not to worry
Microsoft has reportedly ended leases for a significant amount of data center capacity, sparking debate over whether the AI boom is starting to falter. A note from analysts at TD Cowen claimed Microsoft had cancelled leases in the US at two separate data center operators, pulled out of yet to be signed leases, and shifted some of its international spending…
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Vision Pro apps: the good, the bad, and the ridiculous
The Vision Pro is Apple’s newest computing platform, and that means we’re going to see a whole bunch of new apps. Apple pitches apps built for the Vision Pro as “spatial” experiences, and even after our initial review experience, we’ll have to see how those differ from or improve upon the virtual reality and mixed reality experiences we’ve seen on…
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My water filtration kit for good times and the very bad
Access to water is always a concern when heading off the grid in my van — not when I’m home in Amsterdam, a city surrounded by the stuff. That certainty changed recently when government ministers began quietly prodding citizens to stock up on emergency supplies due to an increased risk of armed conflict and other regional unpleasantries. One recommendation, of…
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The Galaxy S25 Ultra has a bad night mode camera glitch — here’s what I found
Expected to launch later this week, the Galaxy S25 Ultra is facing a major hurdle before its imminent release after recent reports about a camera glitch. Apparently it’s affecting photos that are captured using night mode on the Galaxy S25 Ultra. Reddit users report that they’re seeing strange white lines in their photos. Based on the report, it appears as…
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Find Out How Bad Is Your Spotify with This Snarky AI Tool
Everyone’s musical journey is unique, and that reflects on the songs we listen to and the playlists we create. That’s one reason we wait for the Spotify Wrapped to find out how we did this past year. But if you want to humble the narcissist within you, and find out that your obscure taste in music is pretty mainstream, or…
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‘Wholly inaccurate and very significantly overstated’: TalkTalk confirms data breach probe – but says it’s not as bad as claimed
UK telecoms firm TalkTalk has confirmed that it’s suffered a data breach, with a hacker known as b0nd claiming responsibility. According to reports from TechCrunch, b0nd is offering the personal data of more than 18.8 million current and former TalkTalk subscribers for sale on a popular cyber crime forum. The data is claimed to include customer names, email addresses, IP…
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