Elon Musk went live to a massive audience as he tested X’s video game livestream capabilities. The X/Twitter CEO faced technical difficulties while playing Diablo IV’s most difficult Tier 100 Nightmare dungeon.
Musk took to X with a burner account, @cyb3rgam3r420, to test the waters with X’s streaming service for about an hour. He even
Source: Hot Hardware – Musk Tests Livestreaming Game Feature On X With Diablo IV As Millions Tune In
Without fanfare, Rockstar updated the PlayStation 4 version of the original Red Dead Redemption on Tuesday to play at 60fps on the PS5. The 2010 open-world Western launched on PS4 and Switch in August but only runs at 30fps on those platforms — a point many fans took issue with. PS5 owners will now see smoother framerates when playing the title in backward compatibility mode.
Rockstar updated the game with patch 1.03, pushed to PlayStation owners on Tuesday. The patch notes state the higher framerates are only available to PS5 owners, not the standard PS4 or even the more powerful PS4 Pro. In other areas, the patch also added an option to enable subtitles when first starting the game and incorporated requisite “bug fixes and improvements.”
There was no shortage of online grumbling about Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive charging $50 for a 13-year-old game without significant upgrades like 4K visuals or a faster framerate. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick defended the pricing in August, saying, “That’s just what we believe is the commercially accurate price for it.” He noted the inclusion of the Undead Nightmare DLC to help justify the cost, describing the expansion as “a great standalone game in its own right when it was originally released, so we feel like it’s a great bundle for the first time, and certainly a great value for consumers.” The zombie-themed DLC adds roughly six hours of gameplay.
Although the digital version of Red Dead Redemption has been out for PS4 and Switch since August, the physical version doesn’t arrive until October 13. So, at least owners of the boxed version playing on PS5 will enjoy 60fps from the start.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/rockstar-updates-red-dead-redemption-port-to-run-at-60fps-on-the-ps5-174110584.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – Rockstar updates Red Dead Redemption port to run at 60fps on the PS5
Any way you slice it, Starfield has been a big success for Bethesda. The company has announced that it reached over ten million players, the biggest-ever launch for a Bethesda game, and it peaked at just over one million concurrent players on Steam around its launch. Even if as many as half of those players are on Microsoft’s Game Pass service,
Source: Hot Hardware – Starfield Steals Away Fallout 76’s Most Notorious Achievement For Bethesda Games
Microsoft’s Bing Image Creator creator has been around since March, using “AI” technology to generate images based on whatever the user types. You never know where this sort of thing might lead, though, and in recent weeks users have been using the tool to create images of Kirby and other popular characters flying…
Source: Kotaku – Microsoft Bing AI Generates Images Of Kirby Doing 9/11
If Marvin the Martian makes it onto your computer and does privilege escalation to take it over, we might now know just how they did it. A new Linux local privilege escalation vulnerability, dubbed Looney Tunables. that can bump basic users to root was discovered, affecting a plethora of Linux installations.
Glibc is the GNU C Library project,
Source: Hot Hardware – Looney Tunables Exploit Gives Hackers Root Access To Linux, That’s All Folks
Much like TV- and movie-streaming apps with sliding scale price plans, manga-reading services have slowly integrated payment tiers with varying benefits and limitations. Manga Plus by Shueisha, a previously free-to-read manga website with a rather annoying caveat (we’ll get there), is the latest to launch a new…
Source: Kotaku – Manga Plus’ New Two-Plan Subscription Service Has More Pros Than Cons
It’s mind-blowing to think Ahsoka is already over. Fans waited years to see how the character’s story would continue and now, a mere eight episodes later, a major piece of that story has come to its end.
Source: Gizmodo – Ahsoka’s Finale Provided Emotional Endings and Tantalizing Teases
Most VPNs come with monthly subscription plans, but if you want an all-in-one VPN solution without the recurring cost, the Mini Decentralized VPN is on sale for $198.99 right now (reg. $359). It uses a seven-layer enterprise-grade firewall, protects you from being tracked online, and offers features like ad blocking—in…
Source: LifeHacker – This Deeper Connect Mini VPN Is On Sale for 0 Right Now
If you’re rocking an iPhone 15, it’s probably a good idea to update to the latest version of iOS swiftly. Apple has released a fix for the overheating issues that have plagued its latest batch of iPhones. The company says that iOS 17.0.3 “provides important bug fixes, security updates and addresses an issue that may cause iPhone to run warmer than expected.” An iPadOS 17 update is also available.
Apple partially blamed the overheating issue on an iOS 17 bug. It noted that there were also “some recent updates to third-party apps that are causing them to overload the system.” The company has been working with the developers of those apps (which included Uber, Instagram and Asphalt 9) to resolve the problem.
Your iPhone may be configured to update to the latest version of iOS automatically during downtime when it’s charging. You can also update your device manually, by going to Settings > General > About > Software Update on your iPhone. If iOS 17.0.3 is available to you (Apple rolls out updates gradually), you’ll be able to install it right away and hopefully keep your iPhone from getting too toasty.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/apple-releases-ios-17-fix-for-iphone-15-overheating-issue-172616576.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – Apple releases iOS 17 fix for iPhone 15 overheating issue
Uber is adding another service to its ride-hailing app: package returns. The company announced a new feature — dubbed ‘Return a Package’ — where customers can have a courier pick up their packages and have them dropped off at a local post office, UPS or FedEx. It will only be available for parcels that are sealed and prepaid, however.
Using this tool, you can track your package’s movement in real-time in the Uber app and confirm when a drop-off is completed. This feature will have a flat rate fee of $5, or $3 for Uber One members. ‘Return a Package’ will be available starting today in the Uber and Uber Eats apps in nearly 5,000 cities throughout the United States.
This new service is similar to Uber’s existing Connect feature, which allows users to ship goods to and from friends and family — the difference here is that the receiver will be another service worker instead. However, Return a Package is by no means breaking new ground. DoorDash has been offering a similar service since January of this year. The new offering comes ahead of the busy holiday season, when lots of online shoppers buy and return items.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/you-can-have-uber-take-your-packages-to-the-post-office-now-172403100.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – You can have Uber take your packages to the post office now
On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Meta plans to charge European users $17 a month for an ad-free version of Instagram and Facebook. It solidifies a trend that would have seemed absurd just a few years ago: every major social media platform now either has a premium tier or is experimenting with rolling…
Source: Gizmodo – Welcome to the Age of Paid Social Media
Google officially announced the newest additions to its Pixel lineup with the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro smartphones, Pixel Buds Pro, and Pixel Watch 2 during its Made by Google event today.
Pixel 8 and 8 Pro smartphones
Google’s Pixel smartphones have been heralded for their top-notch cameras and accompanying editing software, and the new Pixel
Source: Hot Hardware – Google Pixel 8 And Pixel 8 Pro Launch With Tensor G3 And Sweet Preorder Bonuses
Enlarge / A selection of AI-generated stickers created in Facebook Messenger and shared on social media site X. (credit: Meta)
Less than a week after Meta unveiled AI-generated stickers in its Facebook Messenger app, users are already abusing it to create potentially offensive images and sharing the results on social media, reports VentureBeat. In particular, an artist named Pier-Olivier Desbiens posted a series of virtual stickers that went viral on X on Tuesday, starting a thread of similarly problematic AI image generations shared by others.
“Found out that facebook messenger has ai generated stickers now and I don’t think anyone involved has thought anything through,” Desbiens wrote in his post. “We really do live in the stupidest future imaginable,” he added in a reply.
Available to some users on a limited basis, the new AI stickers feature allows people to create AI-generated simulated sticker images from text-based descriptions in both Facebook Messenger and Instagram Messenger. The stickers are then shared in chats, similar to emojis. Meta uses its new Emu image synthesis model to create them and has implemented filters to catch many potentially offensive generations. But plenty of novel combinations are slipping through the cracks.
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Source: Ars Technica – Facebook’s new AI stickers can generate Mickey Mouse holding a machine gun
In this step-by-step guide, we’ll go over how to install the web analytics platform Fathom Analytics on a Debian 12 server.
The post How to Install Fathom Analytics on Debian 12 appeared first on Linux Today.
Source: Linux Today – How to Install Fathom Analytics on Debian 12
Google is touting its new Pixel 8 Pro phone as the “first phone built for the generative AI era.” As expected, Google’s premium smartphone is getting a whole smattering of AI features running on-device thanks to the Tensor G3 chip. Well, at least, maybe it will be, eventually.
Source: Gizmodo – Google Assistant to Integrate Bard Chatbot and All the Other AI Features Coming to the Pixel 8
There’s an important difference between looking at porn and being addicted to porn. A “porn addiction” involves an emotional dependence on pornography. Looking at porn can be a totally healthy form of sexual expression; it becomes an addiction when it begins to interfere with other parts of your daily life, like work…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Know If You’re Addicted to Porn (and What to Do About It)
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Five former Ubisoft executives have reportedly been detained for questioning by French authorities, years after they departed from the company amid widespread sexual assault allegations.
According to a report from France’s Libération newspaper (as translated by GamesIndustry.biz), this week’s arrests by the Bobigny public prosecutor’s office include Ubisoft’s former chief creative officer Serge Hascoët and ex-VP of editorial and creative services Tommy François. Hascoët resigned from the company in July 2020, while Francois left less than a month later. A year after those departures, French labor union Solidaires Informatique worked with two of the alleged victims to file a formal complaint about the alleged assaults, which seems to have led to this week’s move by French police.
It’s not immediately clear who else has been caught up in this week’s police actions or whether the former executives will be released from detention after questioning. Other high-profile Ubisoft employees who resigned or were fired amid the 2020 allegations include Assassin’s Creed Valhalla director Ashraf Ismail, former Ubisoft Canada managing director Yannis Mallat; former Ubisoft PR director Stone Chin; former Ubisoft global head of HR Cécile Cornet, and former Ubisoft vice president of editorial Maxime Beland.
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Source: Ars Technica – Former Ubisoft executives reportedly arrested over sexual harassment allegations
Enlarge / Message sent during a test of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System on Oct. 3, 2018. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg)
Nationwide tests of the US Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system will send messages to all TVs, radios, and cell phones today, October 4, starting at around 2:20 pm ET.
The tests are coordinated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Federal Communications Commission. Similar tests were conducted in previous years, including 2021 and 2018.
Today’s “national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities,” FEMA said yesterday. “The WEA portion of the test will be directed to consumer cell phones. This will be the third nationwide test, but the second test to all WEA-compatible cellular devices. The test message will display in either English or in Spanish, depending on the language settings of the wireless handset.”
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Source: Ars Technica – Emergency alert test to hit all cell phones, TVs, and radios at 2:20 pm ET today
Google will soon release a version of its virtual assistant that is powered by the company’s Bard artificial intelligence technology, helping users handle more complex tasks. From a report: The new offering, called Assistant with Bard, will be available in a test phase shortly and then roll out to the general public in the coming months, the company said Wednesday. The release will equip the Assistant, which helps users of Android and Google devices complete tasks and find information, with some of the capabilities of Bard, a chatbot that is the company’s answer to OpenAI’s wildly popular ChatGPT. “Generative AI is creating new opportunities to build a more intuitive, intelligent, personalized digital assistant,” Sissie Hsiao, a Google vice president, wrote in a blog post accompanying the news.
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Source: Slashdot – Google’s New Virtual Assistant To Include Bard AI Tools
Enlarge / When Aston Martin first announced the Valkyrie it planned to take it to Le Mans. That plan got put on hold for a while, but now it’s happening for real. (credit: Aston Martin)
Aston Martin is set to return to the world’s premier endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with a prototype Valkyrie hypercar in 2025. The return to Le Mans also signals the marque joining the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Often talked about in hushed tones by people in the know, the idea of Aston Martin’s halo hypercar entering the top flight of endurance motorsport has long been wished for, and the firm’s announcement is sure to make race fans happy. The Gaydon, UK, company intends to enter at least one Valkyrie in both WEC and IMSA from 2025, giving itself a chance to take the top step at Le Mans, the Rolex 24 at Daytona, and the 12 Hours of Sebring.
The basis for the competition car is set to be the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro, an even more hardcore version of the already rather raucous Valkyrie road car. The car with license plates boasts a Cosworth-developed 6.5-liter V12 packing 1,000 hp (745 kW), mated to a 160 hp (120 kW) electric motor, giving it an F1-style kinetic energy recovery system. Its hybrid setup makes it a ferocious thing.
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Source: Ars Technica – Aston Martin’s Valkyrie is going racing, but only after a power cut
