Polestar Wants You to Know Where Its EV Battery Materials Come From

RPG fans have been eating good this year. Even setting aside monster releases like Baldur's Gate 3, Starfield, and the second coming of Johnny Silverhand, there are tons of great games on Steam vying for our leftover attention. But only one of them lets you play as a treasure chest.

The rise of electric cars is staggering.

AI-generated TV and movie productions are sparking concern; Humane's 'AI pin' debuts on the Paris runway; Elon Musk recommends an AI referee to ensure proper development; AI ignites first conflict in the US-China tech war in the Middle-East- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.

Harvard and BCG expose the dual nature of AI's influence in the workplace; Man imprisoned for generating numerous inappropriate children Images using AI; Strategists predict AI will ensure US economic supremacy over China - this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.

MSI has launched a limited edition Nvidia green themed graphics card, the RTX 4060 Gaming X NV Edition. Only 6,000 of the cards will be made, with stock limited to a handful of countries.

The US government is soon to begin awarding up to $52 billion in subsidies for domestic semiconductor manufacturing. The funding is a part of the CHIPS and Science Act that President Joe Biden signed into law in August 2022. But before the funds are given, the US Commerce Department is introducing rules to ensure beneficiaries of the funding don't spend it elsewhere, and it particularly doesn't want it feeding back to China.

After the closure of original developers Troika, a long-awaited sequel announcement, delays and layoffs at Hardsuit, a secret change of studio (which led to further layoffs at Hardsuit), preorder refunds and the belated reveal that a developer best known for (very good) non-combat narrative experiences would be taking the reins, the only thing I really want to hear about Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 is that it’s definitely, absolutely going to reach the finish line. There are actual vampires that come back from the dead less often. But I'm piqued nonetheless by Chinese Room studio design director Alex Skidmore’s thoughts on how this Seattle-set World of Darkness action-RPG adaptation will differentiate itself from other games in the genre, and especially, how it will put its vampiric premise to use.

The US Defense Department wants US businesses to help it develop space-based weaponry. 

Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 is an RPG game that I just cannot wait to play. I have so many fond memories of the original, and there are so few vampire-related games out there that don’t either disappoint in every way possible or just fall short of my expectations. Paradox Interactive recently revealed that The Chinese Room would be joining Bloodlines 2‘s development. The developer has taken over work on the upcoming game, releasing an update post showcasing some of the features we can expect to see.

The US Department of Defense is looking to improve America's battery technology expertise, and it's giving the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) $30 million to figure out how to do that.

AI Roundup: Google is integrating its generative AI chatbot, Google Bard, into its suite of apps including Gmail, YouTube, Docs, and Maps through Bard Extensions; China has been invited to the UK's Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit in November, as the country aims to become a global leader in AI regulations; the Consumer Affairs Ministry in India is leveraging AI to reduce pending cases in consumer courts.

You can really hear the exasperation in this terse statement from Konstantin Govorun, head of PR at War Thunder publisher Gaijin Entertainment: «Our moderators quickly nuked the post, deleted the files and banned the user. This is probably 12th time this happens.»