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A large and popular open-source mapping database used by many companies, apps, and websites is currently dealing with a strange problem: Random, fake beaches are appearing in places like backyards, church parking lots, and golf courses. And the community knows who to blame: Pokémon Go players trying...
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Look, we love the OG Ghostbusters cast, but Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire proves it's time for them to allow the new heroes to take full control of the franchise.
![Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Makes It Clear: For The Love Of Gozer, Retire The Original Cast - SlashFilm](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/69a8989e-3579-4d45-81e4-657dbb07d036.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
This marks the first time in the history of tabletop roleplaying games that the core rules of any edition have been made available in braille.
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Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball and manga pioneer, dies at 68. A legend in anime and gaming, his work includes Dr. Slump, Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, and other classic works.
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A long list of Adult Swim Games is being pulled from Steam and console stores
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Jake Casella Brookins On the other hand the aphorism often cited, that “Necessity is the Mother of Invention,” appears to be nothing better than a fragment of uncritical rationalism…Dou…
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For decades, horror has been where I’ve gone to unwind. Not a week passes when I’m not reading it, watching it, or playing it.
Conversations between Wikipedia editors following CNET's AI scandal reflect the reputational hazards of AI content and dubious ownership.
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From cancelled books to ‘review bombing’, it might seem as though the website can make or break a career. But how influential is it really?
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The Culture novels are far-future communist space opera from an explicitly socialist author. So how do we explain their wealthy, hyper-capitalist fans?
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As decentralized social networks become more popular, the way different protocols interact could set the stage for the future of the web.
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Coyote vs. Acme is the latest in the predatory trend of shelving movies for tax write-offs. It's always been here, but it's never been so bad.
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Deepfakes are blurring the lines of reality more than ever before, and they're likely going to get a lot worse this year.
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Concerns raised about interference or censorship after documents showed writers were barred despite receiving enough nominations
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The Hugo Awards are in the midst of what is almost certainly its most significant crisis in the history of the award, which was first given ...
A Look at the Irregularities in the 2023 Nominating Statistics, What We Know, and What It Means
Fans of R.F. Kuang's highly acclaimed Babel are wondering why the Nebula-winning and best-selling novel was excluded from Hugo eligibility.
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AI Takeover: Duolingo AI adoption to replace human translators has led to a massive layoff, leaving thousands of translators in limbo.
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"Imagine with Meta AI" turns prompts into images, trained using public Facebook data.
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People may grumble about Apple's higher monthly fee, but there are a lot of original series packed in their lineup that many viewers haven't yet considered.
So the maxim is do whatever it takes to pretend the prequels weren't terrible, eh?
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