A Nerdy Dystopia
- PC Gamers in Countries Without PSN Hit Out at Sony for Blocking Sale of Single-Player Games God of War Ragnarok and Until Dawn on Steam - IGNweb.archive.org PC Gamers in Countries Without PSN Hit Out at Sony for Blocking Sale of Single-Player Games God of War Ragnarok and Until Dawn on Steam - IGN
PC gamers in countries without PlayStation Network have expressed their frustration at Sony after the confirmation they cannot buy single-player games God of War Ragnarok and Until Dawn on Steam.
Fuck Sony, down with these corpo bastards.
- EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEOwww.tomshardware.com EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO
"Advertising has an opportunity to be a meaningful driver of growth for us."
- Korea: Samsung barricades office after union planned to demonstrate in building’s lobby
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/18028108
> https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/1137217
- Don't use Discord for tech support. Seriously.
Otherwise in 10 years we may not have a place to find tech support resources.
- Younger generations have bigger brains – and it's impacting dementia
Gadg8eer @sh.itjust.works Lockednewatlas.com Younger generations have bigger brains – and it's impacting dementiaBigger brains suggest better brain health and cognitive function. And since the 1930s, our brains have been growing in size. Now, a new study shows how this is affecting our risk of developing dementia, particularly Alzheimer's disease.
Unfortunately, not every dystopian element of real life is caused by corpo-jerks. Sometimes the full truth is inescapably fucking awful even before money gets involved.Got confused somehow, sorry about that. I must have had this tab open and mistook it for one of my "bad news suitable for Nerdy Cyberpunk Dystopia" tabs.
- AI Companies Running Out of Training Data After Burning Through Entire Internetfuturism.com AI Companies Running Out of Training Data After Burning Through Entire Internet
AI companies are swiftly running into a massive problem: there isn't enough data on the internet to train the next generation of models.
- CPU prices could rise as Apple takes 50% of next gen manufacturingwww.pcgamesn.com CPU prices could rise as Apple takes 50% of next gen manufacturing
With TSMC's 3nm process set to be the preferred choice for future GPUs and processors, Nvidia, Intel, and AMD have to compete with Apple.
Oh great, more bad news about hardware prices...
- AI is good enough to replace hack writers
I can only hope it goes no further because f*** the corpos, I want to write for a living and actually provide quality.
- Square Enix is testing new "eTolkien" AI to generate conlangswww.gamedeveloper.com Square Enix is testing AI-driven fictional language generation
The AI text-to-speech "translations" to create fictional languages are still in the experimental phase.
Actually, this sounds pretty cool to experiment with.
- Legal battle erupts: Game developers say you can't sue us for making games addicting under guise of making games entertaining.techstory.in Legal battle erupts: Game developers say you can't sue us for making games too entertaining - TechStory
The world of video games is facing a legal firestorm. Multiple lawsuits allege that popular titles like Fortnite and Call of Duty employ manipulative design elements to create addictive experiences, particularly harmful to young players. But in a recent coordinated response, major developers like Mi...
Yeah, see if I continue spending ANY money on Minecraft if you win this,
BlizzardActivisionMicro$oft. - CD Projekt Red rules out microtransactions for single player gameswww.techspot.com CD Projekt Red rules out microtransactions for single player games
On Friday, CD Projekt Red Chief Financial Officer Piotr Nielubowicz participated in a live chat with investors on the Polish platform Stockwatch. During the talk, Nielubowicz confirmed...
"Well, at least some corporations aren't always evil by default..."
- Captain Barbossa: "Ye best start believing in Cyberpunk stories, cuz ye'll be living in one."
"Arr! I be using me talk like a pirate day avatar voicemod profile because me calendar can't decide what holiday it be today!"
- They nearly Trojan'd all of Linux... Scary.lemmy.dbzer0.com XZ Hack - "If this timeline is correct, it’s not the modus operandi of a hobbyist. [...] It wouldn’t be surprising if it was paid for by a state actor." - Divisions by zero
Thought this was a good read exploring some how the “how and why” including several apparent sock puppet accounts that convinced the original dev (Lasse Collin) to hand over the baton.
![XZ Hack - "If this timeline is correct, it’s not the modus operandi of a hobbyist. [...] It wouldn’t be surprising if it was paid for by a state actor." - Divisions by zero](https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/b12c0e6b-4287-46c6-8ce8-1e92b0827dc0.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
We need less solar and more cyber in our punks if we're going to actually save ourselves as a species without destroying nature; corporations profit from climate change, they're the ones that directly cause the vast majority of it on purpose...
- *takes the Whitepill*
The whitepill, "be yourself, even when it hurts because people expect you to conform", isn't sexy but it is the truth.
- Blackouts in Europe! Soviets are at it again, poking holes in the power grid!www.newscientist.com Unprecedented GPS jamming attack affects 1600 aircraft over Europe
A 63-hour-long marathon of GPS jamming attacks disrupted global satellite navigation systems for hundreds of aircraft flying through the Baltic region – and Russia is thought to be responsible
...and Russia... is still Russia. Join me for another night in our internet of dreams!
