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Valve’s updates to its classic games evoke Hemingway’s two kinds of going bankrupt: gradually, then suddenly. Nothing is heard, little is seen, and then, one day, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, Day of Defeat, and other Source-engine-based games get a bevy of modern…

Plastic litter on beaches is causing “plastiglomerate” rocks to form Liz Barney/Guardian/eyevine DiscardedSarah Gabbott and Jan Zalasiewicz (Oxford University Press) Humanity has fallen. The last people are long dead after our inadequate efforts to cut carbon emissions let global warming…

Apple introduced the iPhone 16e yesterday and launched a new line of official cases alongside it. These cases come in five colors: Lake Green, Fuchsia, Winter Blue, White, and Black, and they are made from silicone. …

For decades, Microsoft Exchange has been the backbone of business communications, powering emailing, scheduling and collaboration for organizations worldwide. Whether deployed on-premises or in hybrid environments, companies of all sizes rely on Exchange for seamless internal and external communication, often…

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Microsoft Research unveiled Muse, the company’s first generative AI model designed for gameplay ideation. Fatima Kardar, corporate vice president of gaming…

Google is pulling its AI assistant Gemini from the main Google app for iOS devices. The move is meant to encourage users to download the standalone Gemini app instead, which would allow Google to more directly compete with other consumer-facing…

What you need to know A new “Display” button on YouTube for Android TV lets you switch between Artwork, Lyrics, and Video modes for a more immersive music experience. The Lyrics mode shows live, synced lyrics alongside the album art,…

The US authorities have released new details of the long-running “Ghost” ransomware group originating in China, claiming it has compromised victim organizations in over 70 countries. The advisory was issued by the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and…

Google is launching a new experiment that uses AI to help people explore more career possibilities. The company announced in a blog post on Wednesday that a new “Career Dreamer” tool can find patterns between your experiences, educational background, skills,…

That demonstrator currently generates the resulting video based on pre-recorded inputs, at a rate much slower than necessary for actual live gameplay. In a private demonstration for press, though, Microsoft also showed an early prototype of a real-time WHAM-powered video-generation…