Tag: software

Post-heist reports reveal the password for the Louvre’s video surveillance was ‘Louvre,’ and suddenly the dumpster-tier opsec of videogame NPCs seems a lot less absurd

Post-heist reports reveal the…

The air of criminal mystique has been dispelled somewhat in the weeks following the October 18 heist that saw…
Square Enix, Bandai, and other Japanese studios demand OpenAI stop using their content without permission, drop a not-too-subtle hint about legal trouble if it doesn’t

Square Enix, Bandai, and…

The Content Overseas Distribution Association, a Japanese industry group whose members include Square Enix, Bandai Namco, FromSoftware parent Kadokawa…
Five new Steam games you probably missed (November 3, 2025)

Five new Steam games…

Best of the best (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios) 2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games:…
EA exec says AI has helped drive ‘a real rise of creativity’ at its studios

EA exec says AI…

Electronic Arts’ president of enterprise development Laura Miele says the rise of artificial intelligence in game development can bring…
Genshin Impact creator miHoYo has released an AI companion on Steam, an eternal student cursed to never obtain her piano degree

Genshin Impact creator miHoYo…

As the creators behind the biggest gacha games of today—Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail, and Zenless Zone Zero, to…
Data analyst finds ‘AI stigma’ on Steam can reduce the number of reviews a game gets by around 53%—and the reviews it does get are more negative

Data analyst finds ‘AI…

Since the advent of generative AI and contemporary chatbots, there’s been endless debate about the ethics of using them…
Elon Musk suggested a novel use for ‘bored’ Tesla cars during a recent earnings call: combining their processing power to create a huge distributed 100 gigawatt AI inference fleet

Elon Musk suggested a…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk seems to have been thinking of new and interesting ways to use its products, as…
The US government announces strategic ‘prosperity deals’ with Japan and South Korea to ‘drive breakthroughs’ in AI, quantum computing, and more

The US government announces…

The US has made many steps to try and put itself at the forefront of whatever developments are to…
I spent an entire day with a fan-mod of North Korea’s homegrown operating system, and I’m sorry to say it’s not a Windows killer yet

I spent an entire…

Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits…
Former Dragon Age writer says AI could make gamedev ‘frustrating as hell’: ‘How are we going to train up the next generation of devs if we eliminate every entry-level task?’

Former Dragon Age writer…

Much has been said about the way generative AI is worming its way into game development pipelines, and David…