Xbox’s bold plan for the future sounds nearly impossible
…You only need to look at the sorry state of the live-service space to see how poorly things can go when companies are simply chasing big numbers. The entire industry saw…
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GitHub faces a fight for its survival at Microsoft
…I’ve spoken to current and former GitHub employees who all paint a picture of a company that is struggling with a lack of leadership and pressure from competitors. A lot of…
Xbox is a disaster
…There are many reasons for this, but arguably the most damning was Microsoft’s extremely expensive push into subscription services. On paper it made some sense: Streaming services like Netflix were upending…
AI detectors are creating a new era of distrust
…For more news about how AI is changing our daily lives, follow Emma Roth. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it…
Showrunner wants to turn you into a happy little content prompter for the ‘Netflix of AI’
…In both tellings of the story, a young girl named Lucy lives in constant fear of the wolves living in the walls of her house, while her family insists that the creatures…
ICE are heavily armed killers. They’re also huge losers
…But the immigration crackdown it services has been, undoubtedly, cruel and deadly. In Texas just this Tuesday, an ICE officer shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a father of three who lived…
Xbox’s weirdest studio is on a roll
…Not everything should be a full-on live-service game, but a bit more variety would be welcome. Kiln is a solid game that manages to cram the highs and lows…
The Mui Board is a delightful, expensive way to control your smart home
…Well, this year it did (in limited quantities!), and I finally got to try one out in my living room. [Product: Mui Board | https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/muilabinc/mui…
We played The Duskbloods, the Switch 2’s wildest new exclusive
…The live-service space may be a disaster right now, but online multiplayer games still make up the bulk of time people spend playing games. And the combination of online play and…
The Pope isn’t AGI-pilled
…when it enters processes that affect people’s lives, it touches on rights, opportunities, status and freedom.” Alongside him was Anthropic cofounder and interpretability team lead Christopher Olah, representing a partnership between…