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Did you ever wonder why so many games have a seemingly unnecessary multiplayer/online component these days? If the server side code is an integral part of the game then it can be used as a form of DRM.

In the Culture novels robots assigned to this task have super accelerated consciousness, beyond human cognitive capabilities and can basically harmlessly stop you with a force field if you do anything to attempt to harm another person. Can Elmo's bots do any of that? Not even close.

Um, is that an Uzi at the back?

I saw a description for Jojo Rabbit recently that was like "A lonely boy talks to his imaginary friend"

It's worth noting that at least for now, the original version of System Shock 2 is still for sale on GOG. There's no indication on the page that it's also set to be taken down imminently and it's part of GOG's preservation program.

'Apple said that under the DMA, “instead of competing by innovating, already successful companies are twisting the law to suit their own agendas"'

The call is coming from inside the house.

Expect specialist "open" hardware capable of installing any software/OS to become increasingly expensive, while increasingly locked-down, mass-produced consumer hardware remains at current price. You only need to look at TVs for an example of this - try finding a recent non-smart TV at a reasonable price as the cheap models are all subsidised by the revenue from pushing ads into your face.

https://www.nutritiontable.com/nutritions/nutrient/?id=864

Maybe something that could be dried, soybeans could work. Would have to be properly stored to keep it dry.

This affects anyone who relies on American payment processors (Visa, Mastercard, PayPal), so is very much a global issue.

Enid Blyton is really trying to keep her stories up-to-date with modern times

Spidermәn

I saw some early demos and hoped that AI could bring about a revolution in on-the-fly procedural generated content for gaming to do things that would be literally impossible by other methods. But no, instead it has been used to replace artists to produce poor-quality pre-generated static content and I couldn't be more disappointed.

As I remember it was utter crap. Fell off at the slightest touch and terrible battery life.

Yeah, I don't think I would be playing the game if crashing had real-world consequences.

No joke I think this is genuinely why conspiracy theories are so appealing

Yes

...And I wouldn't be surprised if they are using AI to generate the artist backstory and album art.

Probably an instance of Spotify "Ghost Artists". Spotify pays unknown musicians small amounts to record generic-sounding tracks and sign over all royalties to Spotify.

I would hope that any competent person can see that this can not end well.

Google must know that they are not a monopoly in search.