Atari releases a new cartridge for the 2600 console
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Save Mary took decades to get to the shops

Game maker of the 1980s Atari has just released pre-orders for a game it started developing in the 1980s called Save Mary.

Man inspired by AI to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II sentenced
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Star Wars plot gets nine years

A man who admitted attempting a Star Wars style assassination of Queen Elizabeth II with a crossbow after discussing his plan with an AI chatbot has been sentenced to nine years for treason.

Lenovo puts Android on desktop
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Monday, 09 October 2023 11:06

Lenovo puts Android on desktop


Partners with Esper

Lenovo has teamed with an outfit named Esper to create an Android-based ThinkCentre M70a: a desktop all-in-one.

Lobbied US politicians want to abandon RISC-V
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We should push a US or nothing strategy

The White House is under pressure from “lobbied” politicians to restrict US companies from working on RISC-V.

Age of Empires shows boffins the secrets of Ant Warfare
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Unplug the jukebox and do us all a favour

Aussie boffins have discovered that one of the best ways to model Ant warfare is to use Microsoft's classic computer game Age of Empires.

AI users suffer from a placebo effect
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Monday, 09 October 2023 10:25

AI users suffer from a placebo effect


If we tell you it is good it will be wonderful

Humans will think an AI is good or bad depending on what a person in authority tells them about it.

Microsoft says it is a changed company since the Ballmer daze
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Still can’t get on with Google

Software King of the World Microsoft claims it is a reformed personality since the days of the shy and retiring CEO Steve [there’s a kind of hush] Ballmer.

AI Copilot does not play nice with AMD Adrenalin
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I am sorry Dave those settings are wrong I will correct them for you without permission

AMD Adrenalin users of are less than happy with Microsoft after it installed AI Copilot into Windows 11 a week ago.

US Army gives Microsoft a contract for advanced mixed-reality goggles
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Vole made them less likely to make soldiers throw up

The US Army is awarding Microsoft with another order of advanced mixed-reality goggles designed for combat situations.

Epic Games jacks up prices
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Friday, 06 October 2023 11:30

Epic Games jacks up prices


Making everyone miserable

A week after laying off almost 900 employees, Epic Games has said that it's increasing the price to use Unreal Engine and not for the game development community.