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PlayStation CEO Hideaki Nishino devoted a surprisingly long portion of his recent Sony earnings presentation remarks to making the case for AI and how it will benefit gaming and the company’s bottom line. He was not subtle, and he didn’t hedge, laying out an ambitious vision that sees AI tools incorporated everywhere from the PlayStation Store to the ways in which Naughty Dog and Guerrilla Games render characters’ hair. “We believe AI will unleash the creativity of our studios, power a more curated platform, and enhance the PlayStation experience for both players and creators,” he said. Nishino made the case…
“This is not COVID. This is not influenza. It spreads very, very differently,” Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s acting director for epidemic and pandemic management, emphasized in a press briefing Thursday. Given the nature of this virus and the precautions and monitoring already in place, “the risk of widespread transmission to the general public is extremely low,” Michael Marks, an infectious disease expert and professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said in a statement Thursday. The comments echo a reassuring risk assessment on Wednesday from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, which elaborated that even…
We all know the satisfaction of defeating the final boss in a game and rolling credits, but what then happens to your thwarted opponent? Demon Lord: Just a Block is a stunningly good turn-based action-roguelite in which you play as the defeated Demon Lord, trying to put his life back together after his epic defeat. It’s time to get revenge on those pesky heroes. Set in a grid-based world, Demon Lord: Just a Block is a fascinating combination of tactical battles and a towering pile of roguelite systems, with such an intricate selection of variables that each run can feel extraordinarily…
Anyone following the modern game industry knows that easy-to-use game engines and the accelerating shift to digital distribution have helped enable a massive increase in the quantity of commercial games released each year, both on console storefronts and especially on Steam. Now, Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Hideaki Nishino says we should expect the rate of new game releases to accelerate even faster as new AI development tools make it easier for developers big and small to pursue new projects efficiently. In a presentation to investors on Friday, Nishino noted that Sony “expect[s] to see a meaningful increase in…
Like any other manufactured chip, the wiring that connects the quantum dots is locked into place during the chip’s manufacture. Since different error correction schemes require different connections among the qubits, this forces us to commit to specific error-correction schemes during manufacturing. If a better scheme is developed after a chip is made, it’s probably not possible to switch to it. Less complex algorithms may benefit from simpler error-correction schemes that require less overhead, but we wouldn’t be able to switch schemes with these chips. So, quantum dots appear to typify the trade-offs that we’re facing with quantum computing: it’s…
Mortal Kombat II is in theaters now, and I’m gonna be real, I kinda forgot a lot of the finer details about its 2021 reboot predecessor. That’s probably on me for not doing a rewatch beforehand, but also the film’s release was delayed by a whole six months, giving my brain several additional months to overwrite my memories of watching the first movie in quarantine with something else. However, Mortal Kombat II did manage to remind me that one character was kind of a big deal in the first movie, which made it all the more surprising that the sequel…
The red-light therapy market shows no signs of slowing down. According to Fortune Business Insights, the industry is projected to grow from $1.21 billion in 2026 to $1.76 billion by 2034. Riding that wave is Hong Kong-based Megelin, which is currently running its largest Mother’s Day sale yet, offering major discounts on most of its LED devices and select electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) tools.I’ve been testing the Duo Lux Laser & LED Light Therapy Mask for the past two weeks as part of a six-week trial. While I’m still forming my final verdict, I already have some early thoughts (more…
After months of haters pointing to Steam charts to predict Marathon‘s impending doom, Sony has signaled to investors that it’s not giving up on Bungie’s new sci-fi shooter just yet. That ongoing faith in the underlying game is just the latest way Marathon continues to distinguish itself from Concord, Sony’s biggest gaming flop ever. “In our studio business, earnings from Bungie’s title portfolio did not reach our expectations,” Sony CFO Lin Tao said during Friday’s earnings call. “So we downwardly revised our business plan and impaired the full amount of the fixed assets related to Bungie except for goodwill.” That…
President Trump has signed off on a plan to fire Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, though insiders caution that the plan is not final and could change, according to several media reports. News of the planned axing comes from inside sources who spoke with The Wall Street Journal, which was then confirmed by reporting from Bloomberg, The Washington Post, and Politico. The Post reported that the administration has not decided who would serve as acting director upon Makary’s departure. The planned exit comes after a tumultuous year for Makary, in which the FDA plunged into turmoil and controversy…
Less than a day after the developers of Neverness to Everness announced they would be “reworking” the AI-generated images in their recently released open-world gacha game, a new patch for the game has dropped–and, apparently, a few of the “flagged assets” in question have indeed been replaced. However, some fans believe the game’s most notorious genAI image has been replaced with…a different genAI image. Roughly a week after Twitch VTuber Ironmouse stated that she was pulling out of her Neverness to Everness sponsored content deal due to the developers having reportedly “assured” her that the game wouldn’t contain genAI assets…