Shannon Liao, The Washington Post Crunch has become a common issue at game development studios, especially as high-profile titles near launch. The release date for Diablo IV isn’t until June, but people working on the Activision Blizzard game are already saying it will be difficult to meet the deadline even with employees working 12-hour days,… Continue reading Recommended Reading: The ‘Diablo IV’ crunch
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Uber files lawsuit to block NYC driver pay increase
Back in November, New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) voted to increase the pay rates of Uber and Lyft drivers to make up for the rise in inflation and and operational costs. The new rates were supposed to be implemented on December 19th, but now Uber has sued the commission to block the… Continue reading Uber files lawsuit to block NYC driver pay increase
Tesla Cybertruck body spotted ahead of production start
A Tesla Cybertruck body has been spotted being worked on ahead of the electric pickup truck’s upcoming start of production in Texas. There are about 1.5 million people interested in the Tesla Cybertruck and they have starved of information for a while. An update on the production version with final specs and pricing has been… Continue reading Tesla Cybertruck body spotted ahead of production start
Clean Technica: Tesla Will Suspend Model Y Production In Shanghai For One Week In December002439
A few days ago, CleanTechnica reported rumblings that claimed Tesla would cut production at its Gigafactory in Shanghai this month. A chorus of boo birds were quick to accuse us, and specifically me, of being a fake journalist who spits out clickbait stories that have no basis in fact. Regular reader Ian-ya couldn’t wait to… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Will Suspend Model Y Production In Shanghai For One Week In December002439
Clean Tecnica: Cheapest New Tesla Model Y Available In These Countries 002438
Tesla’s electric vehicles are now available throughout many world auto markets, but where can you buy Model Y SUV for the cheapest price? While Singapore, Israel, and Mexico represent the three countries where Tesla’s best-seller costs the most, the U.S. falls somewhere in the middle, and one country holds the crown for offering the cheapest… Continue reading Clean Tecnica: Cheapest New Tesla Model Y Available In These Countries 002438
Fired Twitter Janitor Says Elon Musk Crony Told Him He’d Be Replaced Robots
“Now we are afraid.” Mr. Roboto A longtime — and now former — janitor at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters claims he was told by a member of the new owner’s inner sanctum that soon robots would be taking over his job. In an interview with the BBC, fired janitor Julio Alvarado said that for the… Continue reading Fired Twitter Janitor Says Elon Musk Crony Told Him He’d Be Replaced Robots
Saboteur Iguana Causes Mass Power Outage, Then Dies
“The pictures are horrible every time this happens.” Sir Saboteur The war between Floridians and invasive iguanas continues. And unfortunately for the Floridians, their reptilian nemeses are willing to lay it all on the line — literally. As local newspaper Sun Sentinel reports, a rogue iguana became a martyr for its own cause when it… Continue reading Saboteur Iguana Causes Mass Power Outage, Then Dies
ChatGPT’s Recommendations for Airport Security Are Shockingly Racist
Yikes. Racist AI OpenAI’s loquacious new text-generating ChatGPT is taking the internet by storm. The algorithm’s capabilities are seriously impressive, churning out everything from source code to vaguely believable short stories. It even dabbles in (sometimes horrifying) poetry and can write approximately undergraduate-level essays. Despite its deftness at mimicking a human writer, though, ChatGPT remains far… Continue reading ChatGPT’s Recommendations for Airport Security Are Shockingly Racist
Evercade EXP Review: Vertical Scrolling, Sub-Par Build
While this latter cohort is mainly focused on the Mega Man series, right down to the famously awful “realistic” US cover art for the games being used to highlight them in the library view, arguably the best inclusion is the first Breath of Fire game, Capcom’s brilliant but long-overlooked fantasy RPG series. That’s dozens of… Continue reading Evercade EXP Review: Vertical Scrolling, Sub-Par Build
DeepMind created an AI tool that can help generate rough film and stage scripts
Have you ever thought up an idea for a movie or play that you just know will be a smash hit, but haven’t gotten around to writing the script? Alphabet’s DeepMind has built an AI tool that can help get you started. Dramatron is a so-called “co-writing” tool that can generate character descriptions, plot points,… Continue reading DeepMind created an AI tool that can help generate rough film and stage scripts