Dubai and the United Arab Emirates are working tirelessly to dry out the heaviest rain ever recorded in the region, when a storm unleashed more than a year’s worth of rain in a single day, sparking widespread chaos across the desert nation. Dubai, a city famed for its architectural marvels and bustling international airport, has […]
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Just over a week ago, the Department of Homeland Security warned of possible cyber attacks against the Emergency Service Sector (think “911 call operations”). The April 10 DHS memo said that previous ransomware attacks had “disrupted the networks of police department and 911 call center operations” because of their dependence on computers for the efficient […]
It’s official: With powerful new tools like the Unreal Engine and other advanced game engines, AAA video-game titles have officially crossed the uncanny valley. They look and feel more real than ever. But at what cost? To one of the industry’s most respected OG developers, it means less AAA games to play, more out-of-control budgets […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is facing significant backlash for her anti-cryptocurrency, big government stance over the last few years as more than a dozen crypto executives and tycoons are donating to her opponent, Republican candidate John Deaton, in anticipation of unseating her in the upcoming election. To say the least, they are putting their money […]
A “one-stop-shop” artificial intelligence chatbot for New Yorkers looking to launch and operate businesses in New York City has come under fire after it provided some less than savory advice for business owners, including that it was perfectly fine to serve rat-bitten cheese to customers. The Microsoft-powered AI chatbot, named MyCity Chatbot — which is […]
I don’t think I need to tell you, when Google’s Gemini AI has been spitting out images of black female founding fathers, that generative AI is hopelessly woke. The assumption, of course, was that Silicon Valley progressives were the ones behind this sinister social engineering and that, deeply embedded in the code for ChatGPT was […]
Sam Bankman-Fried, colloquially known by his initials SBF, characterized by a Manhattan judge as a power-driven fraudster lacking remorse, received a 25-year prison term on Thursday for embezzling over $8 billion from FTX customers, his defunct cryptocurrency exchange. Judge Lewis Kaplan tore into the 32-year-old MIT graduate for masquerading as a proponent of cryptocurrency regulation, […]
Want to know who is part of what is billed as “the leading international network researching the nexus between extremism and gaming?” The Extremism and Gaming Research Network no longer wants to tell you. Clicking on the members page that in the past displayed row after row of experts and government supporters, or at least […]
Few things are sadder to witness than the spectacle of an aging hippie making a fool of himself. The aging hippie in question this time is acclaimed singer-songwriter Neil Young, who, back in 2022, threw a tantrum when Spotify wouldn’t censor Joe Rogan for “COVID misinformation,” taking his ball to other streaming platforms. Now, it […]
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