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Fallout: London was ready for launch until Bethesda's buggy next-gen update broke it

Team FOLON slated Fallout: London to launch on St. George's Day (April 23, 2024). That very day, Project Lead Dean "Prilladog" Carter announced on Discord that the team had to delay the mod indefinitely. The reason: Bethesda scheduled its next-gen update to drop two days later on the 25th. Carter... Read Entire Article

Thu May 2, 2024 20:42
BASIC's 60th anniversary reminds us of the language that democratized programming, as AI threatens to automate coding

It's hard to overstate how revolutionary BASIC was in the early 1960s computing landscape. At that time, computers were highly specialized black boxes confined to corporate, government, and university facilities. Programming them required deep mathematical knowledge to translate instructions into pages of numerical code on punched cards. Read Entire...

Thu May 2, 2024 19:53
Nvidia ChatRTX gets more LLM support, AI voice recognition

Nvidia ChatRTX introduces support for additional LLMs, such as Google's Gemma and ChatGLM3. Other features include automatic speech recognition and better photo search capabilities. Read Entire Article

Thu May 2, 2024 19:33
Winamp's new music platform is coming this summer

Perhaps Winamp isn't the premier music player it once was, but the brand still retains some vitality. Llama Group, formerly known as Radionomy and the current owner of the brand, recently revealed that the new Winamp music platform is slated for an official launch on July 1, 2024. Read Entire Article

Thu May 2, 2024 18:54
Satellite giants SES and Intelsat to merge in $3.1 billion deal

The deal isn't just about bolstering the companies' GEO fleets. This merger, which is subject to regulatory approvals, is a bold play to take on the new space kids on the block - the increasingly disruptive low-earth orbit (LEO) constellations led by SpaceX's monster Starlink network. Read Entire Article

Thu May 2, 2024 18:34
Nvidia RTX 4090 can crack complex 8-character passwords in minutes

According to Hive Systems, hackers are finding it increasingly difficult to crack passwords, thanks to the widespread use of stronger hashing algorithms like bcrypt, which is replacing MD5 as the hashing technology of choice for most websites and online services. But as hardware gets more powerful, cracking simple passwords is... Read Entire Article...

Thu May 2, 2024 18:03

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