Uh Oh, GenAI Was Used In The Development Of The Beautiful New Tomb Raider Remake
The Steam page for Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis includes a genAI disclosure
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This is me playing Alan Wake 2's native Arm build on an RTX Spark laptop, and I'm here for it
Remarkably, playing Pragmata and Indiana Jones via Prism's emulation wasn't really any different.
Social Security Administration fires 7,100 staffers in historic cuts, leaving ‘cases stuck in purgatory’
The cuts, which reduced the agency’s workforce by more than 13%, came alongside a rapid overhaul of SSA operations.
Tomb Raider Legacy of Atlantis uses gen-AI, Amazon Games defends the tech
GM of Amazon Games Jeff Gattis spoke to Polygon about why the company is “bullish” on AI.
Disney Moves Some Super Bowl Commercials at $8 Million Amid Advertiser Squabbles (EXCLUSIVE)
Disney has started to move Super Bowl commercial time in earnest, but only after a round of squawking that would have impressed Donald Duck. After pressing advertisers to pony up $10 million for a 30-second spot as well as a $10 million “match” for other inventory tied to its
Tierra Whack Announces New Mixtape (Whack’s Museum)
The relentlessly playful and inventive Philly rapper Tierra Whack emerged as a dizzy artistic force on her 15-minute musical/visual feast Whack World in 2018, though she didn't release her proper debut album World Wide Whack until 2024. I'd say she's quietly become an
Germany fails to gain seat on UN Security Council
In secret ballots cast by the General Assembly for the European seats, Portugal and Austria received 134 and 131 votes respectively, while Germany received 104.
God Of War Laufey May Answer One Of The Series’ Strangest Mysteries
Santa Monica Studio has never explained this odd scene in the 2018 God of War reboot
For the sixth year running, Dontnod honors Pride Month by giving away an award-winning adventure game
Tell Me Why is free on Steam and Xbox for the duration of June.
Spider webs capture hidden fungal diversity in Thai rice fields
A new study published in the open-access Biodiversity Data Journal suggests that spider webs—particularly those incorporating environmental debris—can serve as natural, non-destructive collectors of fungal material in agricultural ecosystems. The findings show that viable fungi
Studying impact flashes to detect missile and meteorite composition
Southwest Research Institute, or SwRI, is studying impact flashes generated by high-speed collisions. One application of understanding impact flashes is to remotely identify what materials are involved in the collisions. Advances in understanding optical impact flashes can be
‘Backrooms’ Crossing $100M to Become A24’s Highest Grossing Movie Domestically
Kane Parsons' hit passed the $96 million collected by 'Marty Supreme' in just five days.
TV Networks Hope Sports Catch Upfront Ad Dollars as Madison Avenue Cuts Budgets (EXCLUSIVE)
Big TV is putting it all out on the field. A number of top TV networks and streamers are making aggressive efforts to get advertisers to pay top dollar for sports even as Madison Avenue trims back the sizable sums it has given in the past to the usual fare, like dramas,
“As far as artist signatures go, Jan van...
“As far as artist signatures go, Jan van Kessel’s seventeenth-century painting in which he spells out his own name with caterpillars and snakes must be up there with the best of them.”
Platner memo cites polling, fundraising to argue sexting scandal won't slow him in Maine
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner in a new memo is seeking to reassure his supporters, pointing to his fundraising and high polls to argue he can win the Maine Senate race despite a new sexting scandal that has prompted negative headlines. Democrats are marshaling
Austria, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe elected to UN Security Council
June 3 (Reuters) - The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday elected Austria, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe to the 15-member U.N. Security Council for two-year terms starting on January1, 2027. A third round of voting was being heldto determine who would
EU is more popular post-Brexit, including in the UK, Pew survey finds
A decade after Brexit, a new survey suggests the vote that split Britain may have helped bring the rest of Europe closer together.
Trump indicates Blanche will be permanent attorney general
President Trump indicated Wednesday he plans to tap acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to take on the role more permanently, though he would not give a timeline for a nomination. "He's a very talented guy. Todd's doing a very good job at DOJ," Trump said during an appearance
Check Out 18 Of The Best Cosplayers At Switzerland’s Fantasy Basel
Terrific fits from Elden Ring , Helldivers and Masters of the Universe were captured by our photographers
Africa: African Integration Beyond Trade - When Africans Become Foreigners in Africa
[allAfrica] In my earlier piece in February, Beyond Preferences and Rhetoric: What Africa's 2025 Integration Moment Really Demanded I argued that Africa's long-term competitiveness would not be secured by waiting on external trade preferences, but by taking integration
Flo Rida Hasn’t Said a Word About Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 Concert. So We Asked His ‘FloGPT’
The rapper's own AI chatbot gave a shocking answer when queried about the "Low" rapper's participation in the Great American State Fair concert series
HETDEX opens massive Cosmic Noon dataset to scientists, novices and AI
The Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX)—which recently completed the largest survey ever taken of the early universe—has released all of its immense, information-rich database to the public. Built from more than half a petabyte of raw and processed data, it
Rico Nasty – “Rituals”
Kennyyyyyyy! Here’s a rhetorical question: When are we getting Kenny Beats back again? Ever since the producer started going by “Kenneth Blume,” his actual government name, he’s been thriving. He produced last year’s best album. He co-produced the new Weezer joint that just got
Target sabotages Pokémon card scalpers by selling open boxes
Some Target locations are tearing open Pokémon ETB and booster box seals before purchase, a practice that is upsetting scalpers but exciting fans
God of War Laufey and Wolverine return PlayStation to a bygone era
Sony tried to turn back the clock with its State of Play Summer Game Fest showcase, but some things can't be undone
UN calculates nation-sized environmental footprints for AI and data centers
The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world's largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and energy use and pollution will double in just four years as use of artificial intelligence grows.
‘American Horror Story’ Star Emma Roberts Signs With UTA
Actress and producer Emma Roberts, the “American Horror Story” who also recently produced the hit series “Tell Me Lies,” has signed with United Talent Agency for representation. Roberts’ production company, Belletrist, produced Hulu’s “Tell Me Lies,” which ran for three
Netflix Orders Big Box Store Animated Comedy Series ‘Dealies’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Netflix has greenlit the adult animated comedy series “Dealies,” Variety has learned exclusively. The official logline for the show states, “A savant salesman. A gentle gladiator. A quiet virtuoso. A summoner of the divine. And the poor soul who hired them. All part of the
How Ken Burns and David Schmidt’s ‘The American Revolution’ Documentary Lends a Voice to the Underrepresented and Took 10 Years to Make
It’s a total coincidence that Ken Burns and David Schmidt’s six-part documentary series “The American Revolution” was released by PBS in November 2025, less than a year ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary. “That wasn’t even on anyone’s horizon,” said Burns while
Authoritarians can be beaten — Hungary shows us how
Donald Trump's authoritarianism can be defeated by emphasizing shared destiny and unity, as demonstrated by Peter Magyar's victory over Viktor Orban in Hungary.
EU court partially sides with Meta in a blow to the European Commission
The EU's General Court has annulled Facebook Marketplace's gatekeeper designation under the Digital Markets Act — but the ruling is largely procedural, as the Commission had already stripped the platform of that status a year earlier.
Privacy hawks rail against Senate FISA proposal with 3-year CBDC ban
Privacy-minded conservatives in the House are pushing back against a Senate proposal to pair a temporary ban on the creation of central bank digital currency (CBDC) with a long-term extension of the federal government’s warrantless spying powers. Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.),
So long suckers! I am leaving to drink heavily and repair cheap cars in Poland
In the '90s, specifically.
Corsair announces solid wood front panels for its Frame 5000D PC cases, including a ripple one I'm not entirely sure about
It's a bit trippy.
PlayerUnknown's survival game is shutting down 6 months after launch: 'I have reached the limits of how far I can continue to fund this journey'
PlayerUnknown Productions, founded by Brendan Greene after he left Krafton in 2021, is also laying off staff.
Trump: Vance, Rubio team would be ‘hard to beat’ in 2028
President Trump suggested Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio should run together on a joint Republican ticket in the 2028 presidential election, though he stopped short of saying whom he’d prefer as his successor. In an episode of The New York Post’s “Pod