Digital people: Mourners use artificial intelligence (AI) to digitally resurrect the dead

Microsoft has confirmed that they are handing out Xbox account suspensions and bans to users whose auto-uploaded screenshots and video clips feature mature or explicit content. This most notably extends to Baldur’s Gate 3 where nudity can feature in a number of scenarios.

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Rare things are bound to happen in a game as large as These can range from random NPCs left in for the developer's amusement, to peculiar Stranger interactions that only occur at certain times and places, to hidden secrets players have hunted down or figured out. With so much to explore, it's understandable that a lot of these things go unnoticed by most.

Focusing on the key campaigns of the US air force during World War 2 was something executive producer Gary Goetzman and his partners, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, "had always talked about" in the wake of their hit shows Band of Brothers (2001) and The Pacific (2010).

India is increasingly and rapidly stepping up its game in space missions and discoveries. With a number of new upcoming missions planned by the space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India has also laid out its investment plans for a monetary contribution to the international astronomical collaboration project, which includes over 16 nations. The collaboration between the nations will be developing the world's largest radio telescope called the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), which will be responsible for studying galaxies present in the universe. Additionally, it aims to make available the data as to evolution of our galaxy. Know what the project is about and how and when it will be ready to conduct research.

Mickey Mouse may be known as an expressly family-friendly figure, but an upcoming horror game is taking a significantly darker route with the character. Subverting children's media as horror experiences isn't a new idea at this point, with recent years seeing a major trend of grim re-imaginings. In many cases, these fresh takes can ultimately loop back around to feeling childish in their cheap ploys for attention, but Mickey Mouse is one case where there's actually some potential to make something interesting out of the material.

In yet another blow to China as it attempts to maintain a path towards self-reliance, Dutch-based lithography systems manufacturer ASML has revoked shipments of some of its DUV machines thanks to a request brought forward by the Biden administration. The export ban for such equipment was supposed to come into effect after a few weeks, which would have given China a little breathing room to procure sufficient machinery to continue mass producing chips for various applications, but the U.S. had other plans.

Fallout: London has been in the works for five years now, culminating in a seriously impressive mod for Fallout 4 that’s essentially a brand new game set in a radiated England rather than North America. After missing its planned release window in 2023, it now has a full release date - and it’s only a few months away.

Chief Justice John Roberts on Sunday turned his focus to the promise, and shortcomings, of artificial intelligence in the federal courts, in an annual report that made no mention of Supreme Court ethics or legal controversies involving Donald Trump.

There is now finally a way to visit Mexico in without using glitches. Despite some key characters in the story having ties to the location, it was inaccessible in the 2018 title's main campaign, leaving many to wonder if Rockstar would add it in later story DLC, but unfortunately this never materialized.

 So what did we learn this year? Specifically, I am asking how the real-world events of the past 12 months should have caused us to update our social scientific views. In a year rich with news, which insights turned out to be more useful, or less? The first big lesson from 2023 is hopeful: Huge gains in technology can be made very quickly.

Every year, a new crop of copyrighted work and intellectual property becomes public domain, freeing it up to be used by anyone. But even more so than usual, this year’s entrants include some of the most famous characters in history, including none other than Mickey Mouse. With a little bit of Mickey coming into the public domain, Disney will lose just a little bit of its all-important image control, but it’s only the earliest version of its mousey mascot that’s becoming fair game.