Jun 29
‘Yellowjackets’ Star Liv Hewson Scoffs At ‘Disgust’ They’ve Received Over Top Surgery
Posted in: Today's Chili“I don’t have to entertain it and I’m not going to,” the actor said.
Jun 29
Endangered Orcas in the Pacific Northwest Are Battling a Mysterious Skin Disease
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Orcas in the Pacific Northwest are battling some kind of unknown skin disease, new research out this week suggests. The study found photographic evidence that these orcas have been developing more and more mysterious lesions over the years. It’s not clear yet how harmful this trend may be, but it’s the latest…
Jun 29
Ghosts melting Nazis. Rocks healing villages. Immortality is real and so are spaceships. Indiana Jones movies are often defined by their shocking, genre-breaking endings, and the new one, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, is no different. Things get… pretty crazy there at the end, so let’s talk about it and see…
Jun 29
Bill Gates Office Accused of Asking Women Candidates About Porn Habits During Job Screening
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Women job candidates were allegedly asked sexually explicit and personal questions while interviewing for a position at Bill Gates’s private investment office, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The women went through an extensive screening process and were reportedly asked intrusive questions including if…
Jun 29
Storyteller is a game about writing, word puzzles and the twisted tales we tell ourselves just to get through the day, and it’ll be playable on Android and iOS via Netflix on September 26th. Storyteller is published by Annapurna Interactive and it landed on Switch and PC on March 23rd — after spending more than a decade in development.
Solo creator Daniel Benmergui announced Storyteller in 2011, and a prototype of the game actually won the Nuovo award for innovation at the Game Developers Conference in 2012. After that, life happened and Benmergui stopped working on Storyteller for a few years, but he eventually picked it back up and found a publishing partner in Annapurna.
In Storyteller, players compose narrative arcs using comic book-style building blocks, altering the lives, deaths, romances and betrayals of medieval characters in the process. It’s a soothing, surprising and often amusing experience that captures the absurdity of the creative writing process.
When Storyteller lands on iOS and Android in September, it’ll come with free DLC that offers new stories for players to weave. This extra content will come to Switch and PC at the same time, also for free.
The Netflix partnership makes sense for Storyteller and plenty of other indie games at the moment. Netflix is rapidly building up its roster of mobile games, all of which are free to play for anyone with a Netflix subscription, and it plans to have nearly 100 titles in its library by the end of the year. Already, Netflix has brought Kentucky Route Zero, Oxenfree, Spiritfarer, Into the Breach, Moonlighter, Laya’s Horizon, TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, Valiant Hearts: Coming Home, and other notable names to iOS and Android. The company has even purchased a few renowned indie outfits outright, including the home of Oxenfree, Night School Studio.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/storyteller-is-the-latest-hot-indie-game-coming-to-netflix-192701963.html?src=rss
Jun 29
Activision has employed a string of tactics in its cat-and-mouse battle with Call of Duty cheaters, from making them unable to see targets to simply taking their guns away. The latest measure is one of the first steps that the developers are taking to combat Modern Warfare II and Warzone 2.0 hackers who use banned tools (for instance, wallhacks) to learn extra information and gain an unfair advantage over others.
When Activision’s systems detect or suspect a cheater, a “hallucination” may be deployed. These won’t impact legitimate players at all and they’re designed to disorient hackers. Here’s the really clever part: each hallucination is a clone of a real player in the match, according to the Ricochet anti-cheat team. Hallucinations move, look and interact with the world just as a human player would to trick the cheater into thinking they’ve encountered a genuine opponent.
Ricochet says cheaters won’t be able to tell the difference between a hallucination and a genuine player at first glance (the team notes that, in the image above, there’s one hallucination and one real player). Hallucinations emit the same kinds of hidden information that cheaters receive for legitimate players through their illicit tools. Hallucinations will also be deployed close to suspected cheaters. If a shady-looking player interacts with a hallucination at all, then boom, they’ll out themself as a hacker.
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On the other hand, Ricochet has wound down one of its hacker mitigations. It was called Quicksand and, oddly enough, it would slow down a Call of Duty cheater or freeze them in place. It could mess with their control scheme as well. An updated version of Quicksand may be added in the future, but it’s on the shelf for now.
“While Quicksand was a fun mitigation to deploy against bad actors, it could also be very visually jarring to anyone in the lobby,” a Call of Duty blog post reads. “Imagine coming upon an enemy that was moving at a snail’s pace in the middle of your rotation out of a hot zone. It could trip you up.”
Meanwhile, Ricochet provided an update on its efforts to clamp down on the use of XIM-style controller passthrough devices that cheaters use. “Within the first two weeks of launching this detection we saw a 59 percent drop in any use of these devices across Modern Warfare II and Warzone,” Team Ricochet wrote. “Of those users, 57 percent of them did not utilize the device again.” Persistent users of such devices are penalized, the anti-cheat team noted.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/call-of-duty-is-using-clones-of-real-players-to-mess-with-cheaters-204515183.html?src=rss
Jun 29
The globally renowned technological brand HONOR has unveiled the official date for the launch event of its highly anticipated flagship foldable smartphone, the HONOR Magic V2. The revelation took place during the MWC Shanghai conference, where George Zhao, the Chief Executive Officer of HONOR Device Co., Ltd., delivered an enlightening keynote session titled “The Future of Smartphones” and actively engaged in a CEO Tech Talk hosted by John Hoffman, the CEO of GSMA, Ltd.
The event brought to the forefront the pivotal role played by artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G in propelling smartphone innovation. The grand launch of the HONOR Magic V2 is scheduled to take place on July 12 in Beijing.
Pushing the boundaries of innovation
George Zhao emphasized HONOR’s unwavering dedication to pushing the boundaries of innovation — he firmly believes that smartphones amalgamate computational systems, communication technologies, display advancements, and AI frameworks, effectively breaking down barriers and seamlessly integrating various other devices and emerging technologies.
Zhao asserted that AI and communication technologies serve as catalysts for a new era of smartphone innovation, and it becomes HONOR’s responsibility to embrace these opportunities and explore the limitless possibilities bestowed by smartphones. The brand remains steadfast in its commitment to advancing technology that revolves around human-centric principles.
HONOR (which also manufactured the already reviewed Magic VS) showcased its advancements in on-device AI, communication capabilities, display technologies, battery longevity, and device portability. The company aspires to deploy AI across a myriad of usage scenarios and delve into the potential of large language models (LLMs) to spearhead the development of technology that prioritizes human needs.
Zhao also expounded upon HONOR’s endeavors to optimize information communication capabilities, ensuring seamless user experiences through software and hardware integration, enhanced connectivity, and satellite-enabled communication in extreme conditions.
Revolutionizing User Experience
Acknowledging the growing accessibility of digital content and platforms, HONOR places great importance on developing display technologies that align with the ever-evolving behaviors of users. The brand remains committed to user well-being and has introduced features like Flicker-free PWM Dimming and Circadian Night Display to safeguard users’ visual health at all times.
Furthermore, HONOR recognizes the significance of balancing compact design with powerful performance, leading them to explore novel materials and form factors, including the Super-light Titanium Hinge and Silicon-carbon Battery.
During the event, Zhao underlined HONOR’s dedication to fostering innovation and collaboration to effect positive change, encouraging industry stakeholders to harness the power of innovation to create enthralling experiences for consumers. The keynote culminated with an exclusive preview of the HONOR Magic V2, the forthcoming flagship phone that aims to establish a new benchmark in foldable technology. And don’t forget to check out our review of the HONOR Magic Vs.
HONOR Magic V2 Unveiled As The Future Of Foldable Smartphones
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Jun 29
The supermodel, 53, reminded fans, “It’s never too late to be a mother” in a touching birth announcement.
Jun 29
Strange New Worlds is always going to be playing with fire when it brushes up against a legendary episode of the original Star Trek. The nature of its place in the series’ timeline, its wheelhouse in remixing spins on classic tropes, the comparisons will always be there. Last season, it proved it could play in those…
Jun 29
Annapurna Interactive is developing a game based on the iconic science fiction film Blade Runner. The game’s set between the events of Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049, so you can get some closure as to what Deckard was doing before meeting up with Ryan Gosling in an abandoned casino or whatever.
Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth follows a Blade Runner — the name on their ID is blanked out in the trailer — as they explore a mysterious location called the “land of the dead.” You can’t tell much from the trailer, but we see footage of what looks like an early version of the memory-crafting technology seen in Blade Runner 2049.
Annapurna says this game is actually canon and it takes place just one year after the events of the original film, which would put it directly in the crosshairs of some big events alluded to in the sequel. It’s always good to see more Blade Runner in gaming, especially after the criminally underrated and recently remastered 1997 adventure title.
It’s also important to note that Annapurna Interactive is actually developing this title, and not just publishing it. This is the company’s first in-house game, after gaining industry notoriety from publishing titles like Stray, Outer Wilds, Donut County and a whole lot more. Annapurna certainly has great taste, so let’s see if this translates to in-house development. There’s no release date yet, but it’s set to launch on major consoles and PC.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/blade-runner-2033-labyrinth-is-a-new-game-set-between-the-two-movies-193828674.html?src=rss
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