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The Wolverine director says violent gameplay is a ‘key part’ of bringing the character to life, but knows it’s not for everyone – ‘We also implemented an accessibility feature to turn off mutilation’

Marvel’s Wolverine director Mike Daly says the violence was an important part of bringing the character to life Daly says Insomniac “didn’t want to go over the top” to keep the game “grounded” He confirms that players who aren’t fans of gore can turn it off in the settings Insomniac Games has confirmed that players […]

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Roku just got 4 free sports channels including two from FIFA – but World Cup fans should still use these VPNs and apps instead

Roku is undergoing a bit of a transformation at the moment, and sports fans will be very pleased with the streamer’s latest stunt. Hot on the heels of Roku’s huge free home screen upgrade, the streaming giant has quietly added a handful of new sports channels just in time for the World Cup — and

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‘Who doesn’t want a large-scale industrial polluter sitting in their backyard?’: California residents ban data centers as public backlash grows

Monterey Park becomes first city to ban data center construction Elsewhere, public opinion is turning against data center construction There are concerns about costs, pollution and electricity consumption In addition to developing new models and pushing subscriptions, AI companies have something else to worry about: getting enough data centers built. The Californian city of Monterey

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Ring Collected Visitors’ Facial Biometrics Without Consent, Class Action Claims

Amazon-owned Ring faces potential class-action lawsuit, $5M+ in damages Familiar Faces does not work in some states due to privacy protections “Profound privacy failure” affects millions of Americans Doorbell giant Ring, an Amazon company, is now facing a proposed class action in the US over its ‘Familiar Faces’ feature, which uses AI to identify and

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Quordle Hints and Answers for Friday June 5th (Game #1593)

Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle pops up at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people always play “today’s game” while others play “yesterday’s”. If you’re looking for the Thursday puzzle instead then click here: Quordle Hints and Answers for Thursday June 4th (Game #1592). Quordle was one

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NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Friday, June 5th (Game #1090)

Looking for a different day? A new NEW Connections puzzle pops up at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people are always playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s”. If you’re looking for the Thursday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Thursday, June 4th (Game

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NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Friday, June 5 (Game #824)

Looking for a different day? A new NEW Strands puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people always play ‘today’s game’ while others play ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for the Thursday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Thursday, June 4 (Game #823). Strands is

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‘We’ve heard your concerns’: Metaworkers can request breaks in computer activity tracking, but only in temporary half-hour intervals

Meta’s MCI program is rolling out, but workers are still unhappy with it Concerns have been raised about potential impacts on job prospects Temporary breaks of 30 minutes may be requested Facebook’s parent company Meta has begun rolling out a new workplace monitoring system that tracks employee activity, including keyboard activity and total time spent

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AIs like ChatGPT fall apart in classic ‘Stroop’ psychological test – and this could stand in the way of achieving artificial general intelligence

A new study tasked AIs with tackling the ‘Stroop’ test GPT and Claude performed very poorly compared to humans There are nuances here, but in general, researchers argue that improving this side of AIs is critical to achieving artificial general intelligence A recently published study has pointed out a limitation of big name AI models

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