Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights veterans are funding a new RPG that draws inspiration from Baldur's Gate 3 but ditches D&D for Pathfinder and has us control wholesome wee miniatures.That comes from PCGamer, who reports that indie RPG developer Ossian Stud... More »
Paramount Global has initiated the next phase of its plan to lay off 15% of its U.S. workforce, saying the cuts will be 90% complete after further cutbacks today.George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins conveyed the news to staffers in a memo this... More »
WP Engine’s lawyers have issued a cease and desist letter to Automattic after the latter's CEO criticized the company for profiting from the WordPress project without giving back.Speaking at the WordCamp US Summit, Matt Mullenweg described WP Engine as a “canc... More »
Portable monitors have been around for years, but their importance skyrocketed during the pandemic. And with the continuation of remote and hybrid work positions, they’re going to be staples for the foreseeable future. But picking one isn’t as simple as it see... More »
Phil Nickinson / Digital TrendsOne of the more simple — if important — new features of the Google TV Streamer is the addition of a tiny speaker in the new microphone that enables it to chirp if it becomes lost. Google is hardly the first to do this, b... More »
More than 125 Hollywood actors, directors, producers, music artists and entertainment industry leaders have added their names to a letter released Tuesday urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would require developers of advanced artificial intelligence... More »
Conventional high-voltage transmission lines lose a portion of the electric energy as heatLimbofu/Shutterstock The following is an extract from our climate newsletter Fix the Planet. Sign up to receive it for free in your inbox every month. Last year, research... More »
Apple wants you to believe that the iPhone 16 is the one true AI phone that will change your life in meaningful ways. After all, you don’t just slap a “Built for Apple Intelligence” marker on every page where the phones are waxing poetic about their private an... More »
HONG KONG — Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways has banned a couple for harassing a mainland Chinese woman who refused to put up her reclined seat.An altercation occurred during a flight from Hong Kong to London on September 17. The female passenger — who has n... More »
Greetings from the sports desk located somewhere below decks of the Good Pirate Ship RedState. Sammy the Shark and Karl the Kraken are their usual dynamic selves at the moment:AdvertisementGood help is so hard to find these days. Still, they know more abo... More »
A project at Stanford points to the need for institutional innovation, especially in government, to increase the odds that A.I. enhances democracy.In the late 1780s, shortly after the Industrial Revolution had begun, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John ... More »
ALISON BEARD: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I’m Alison Beard. In the political world, success often depends on being an inspirational public speaker, and we all know a good speech when we hear one. JOHN F KENNEDY: Two thousand years... More »