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Thursday June 19, 2025. 06:06 PM
The single most prevalent complaint leveled against Hideo Kojima's games since the days of Metal Gear Solid 2 is that they're basically just playable movies anyway. 2008's MGS4 still holds the world record for the longest cutscene in gaming, with its ending wrap-up weighing...
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An article recently published in JAMA Pediatrics (or, the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics) presents findings from a study suggesting that Long COVID, a condition where symptoms last at least 3 months and up to several years after a SARS-CoV-2...
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Margaret Mitchell, chief ethics scientist at Hugging Face and founder of Google's responsible AI team, has dismissed artificial general intelligence as 'just vibes and snake oil.' Mitchell, who was ousted from Google in 2021, has co-written a paper arguing that AGI should...
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This stop motion of a googly-eyed blob by Nick Douillard helped me forget about life's problems for 22 seconds. This little pink blob with a hat and teeth is endlessly captivating as it morphs around into different forms. I wish I could adopt it.  — Read the rest The post Th...
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A team of scientists from the University of Colorado, Boulder just published an article, 'The non-nutritive sweetener erythritol adversely affects brain microvascular endothelial cell function,' in the Journal of Applied Physiology, warning about the potential risks of the...
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Time for another episode of 'game minutiae no one has ever thought about before!' Despite all the discussion about the Switch 2 and its price — to say nothing of the $80 games — the system's sole worthwhile exclusive, Mario Kart World, has nonetheless turned out to be...
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In 1853, a Liverpool photographer achieved what seemed impossible at the time. He shrunk a 680-letter memorial plaque to the size of a pencil tip while keeping every character crystal clear under magnification. John Benjamin Dancer was an optical instrument maker in his...
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It's no secret that I love a good animal snout, and there's almost no snout more majestic than that of the regal beast affectionately known as a 'Chaos Worm' or a 'Void Horse' (for supreme examples of such creatures, check out one of my favorite Instagram accounts 'Cleo Long ...
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American highways harbor some of the country's most unusual fast-food landmarks, from a palatial McDonald's mansion to a UFO-themed burger joint in Roswell, New Mexico. These quirky restaurants, as listed on Atlas Obscura, can make a trip to get a burger feel like a novel...
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Most of the pre-launch discussion over the Switch 2 was about one thing and one thing only: its price. Gaming is steadily becoming a more expensive hobby in general, but it's Nintendo in particular that's leading that charge by making the jump to $80 per game and ratcheting...
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Iranian state television has instructed residents to delete WhatsApp from their smartphones, claiming the messaging platform gathers user information to share with Israel. The local media provided no evidence supporting these allegations but additionally encouraged residents ...
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Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 6.15.3, 6.12.34, and 6.6.94 stable kernels. Each contains a relatively large number of important fixes throughout the kernel tree.
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Thank goodness real science and health experts are working tirelessly to combat the misinformation and disinformation about vaccines and other health issues currently being peddled by the folks — and brain worms — currently in charge of our public 'health' system. —...
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Microsoft’s latest Windows update has created a big confusion. Many users are actively complaining that Microsoft weakened the facial recognition feature, Windows Hello, and now they can’t sign in to their devices in the dark or low light conditions. Windows Hello’s...
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Microsoft’s latest Windows update has created a big confusion. Many users are actively complaining that Microsoft weakened the facial recognition feature, Windows Hello, and now they can’t sign in to their devices in the dark or low light conditions. Windows Hello’s...
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The high-speed car technology ride Test Track at Walt Disney World's (Orlando, Florida) EPCOT theme park has been closed since June 17, 2024, for a retheming. Until now, Disney has been uncharacteristically closed-lipped about how the ride will be updated. But this week,...
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Observatory maps datacenter hubs and power demand worldwide The International Energy Agency (IEA) has unveiled an online platform to closely monitor and analyze the impact of AI across the energy sector worldwide.…
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Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (gvisor-tap-vsock), Debian (activemq and chromium), Fedora (kea, python-django4.2, python-django5, python-setuptools, and rust-git-interactive-rebase-tool), Oracle (ipa and kernel), Red Hat (buildah, container-tools:rhel8,...
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TL;DR: Channel your inner super spy with the iSpyPen Pro X, now only $159.99 (reg. $209.99). Ever wanted to feel like a super spy? Now you can go full James Bond with the iSpyPen Pro X. This sleek pen is a luxurious writing instrument that also doubles as a camera, capturing...
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93 Escort Wagon writes: More proof that Amazon's leadership views the balance of power between itself and its workforce tilting decisively in its favor: Amazon's employees are being told they must relocate to one of the company's large hubs -- with the company specifying the ...
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