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Dark Souls 2 dataminer shows off massive prototype coliseum level from early development
Bigger than the ones in Elden Ring, for what it’s worth.
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What is the star button for on your Roku remote?
While the Roku remote doesn’t have confusing colors or weird symbols, the star button can confuse some folks at first.
Artificial Intelligence
Leaked AI safety bill from Anthropic only requires government intervention if 50+ injuries or $1 billion are at risk
Claude, finish drafting my single-use ray gun which can only vaporize $999 million worth of stuff and/or 49 people.
Mobile
AI coding agents made me a better programmer, but only after I stopped letting them write the code
Don’t let coding agents completely steer your ship.
Software
Here’s how the Slate truck gets software updates without built-in infotainment
Basically, it’s on you.
Hardware
A woman was arrested in Philly for blocking a delivery robot
Carolyn Marvin was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after blocking the path of an Uber delivery robot and refusing to get out of the way.
Artificial Intelligence
TinyFish Makes Search Free: What It Really Costs an AI Agent to Read the Web
An AI agent that reads the web pays 2 kinds of cost. The first is the retrieval charge: what a search or fetch API bills per request. The second is model processing: content passed from retrieved pages into an AI model consumes tokens, while reasoning and generated responses add further costs.
Mobile
OnePlus 16 is official with 9,000mAh battery, Week 42 in review
The OnePlus 16 is official, with a mammoth 9,000mAh battery. The power plant supports 100W wired and 50W wireless charging.
General Tech
Cop Fired for Letting Her ICE Agent Husband Use Her Flock Login
Georgia law appears to let Savannah police share their plate data with ICE, but the city never agreed to do that.
Hardware
Apple Expected to Release New Products on Next Four Fridays
Apple likely plans to release MacBook Pro models with OLED displays, 14-inch MacBook Pro and iMac models with M6 chips, and/or an iPad mini 8 with an OLED display on Friday, November 6, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
Gaming
36 Years Later, Robert De Niro’s Greatest Gangster Movie Quote Is Still One of a Kind
Robert De Niro’s iconic gangster quote from Goodfellas reveals the deadly truth about mob loyalty and betrayal.
Mobile
From the Royole FlexPai to the iPhone Duo: How the modern foldable phone has evolved
Apple’s iPhone Duo likely forecasts a shift in the market toward foldables becoming more common. But it took a while to get here.
Software
Apple Watch Series 12 is excellent, but I find myself missing this one software feature
Apple Watch Series 12 has been a marvel of an upgrade, at least for me. I’ve written about it WHOOP. That said, in my past month testing it, there’s one WHOOP feature I’ve found myself missing. more…
General Tech
Apple’s HomeViews Reportedly Collected Dust in Warehouses ‘For the Better Part of a Year’
The product pipeline was choked nearly to death by Siri delays.
Gaming
Battlefield 6 devs to fix “Secuty” skin typo, but five-pistol outfit was intentional
Battlefield Studios has responded after fans accused it of using AI to generate cosmetics after spotting a “Secuty” typo on a Battlefield 6 Season 5 skin.
Mobile
I stopped buying dedicated dash cams after realizing my old phone does it better
My old phone can replace a dash cam for free
Gaming
The Outlast Trials’ initial playtests went poorly: Designer says 6-year development took ‘a f**king long time’ and ‘a s**t-ton of prototypes’
Red Barrels co-founder Philippe Morin recently spoke on the trials The Outlast Trials outlasted.
Hardware
The PS6’s memory and storage alone reportedly cost more than $680
The PS6’s memory and storage reportedly cost more than $680 between them.
Cybersecurity
Fake VPN download site steals administrator credentials to give attackers direct access to corporate networks — but delivers official signed software so victims never suspect a thing
A fake WatchGuard VPN download website stole administrator credentials before delivering the genuine signed installer, potentially exposing corporate networks without deploying malware.
Mobile
My microwave knocked my Zigbee sensors offline every lunch, and one channel change fixed it
My router took the blame first, and it was innocent.
Gaming
8 Mass Effect Replay Ideas That Make the Trilogy Feel Brand-New
Swap your class, tank a choice on purpose, or finish with one gun: eight Mass Effect challenge runs that make the trilogy feel brand new.
Mobile
I stopped deleting bank alerts and OTP emails by hand after writing a tiny Gmail script
Gmail can’t delete mail by age, so a script does it for me
Software
How to remove banners, pop-ups, and other annoying elements from websites
Ads aren’t the only annoying things websites throw at you. Here’s how to remove annoying website clutter in Chrome, Opera, Firefox, and Edge:
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