Apple’s insistence on taking a slice of subscription sales made on iOS from Patreon seems short-sighted, as it effectively takes money from the pockets of creatives who probably aren’t earning that much. Of course, from Apple’s point of view, its rules have to apply consistently and apparently it has not been consistently applying these against Patreon, which…
Enlarge / A still video capture of X user João Fiadeiro replacing his face with J.D. Vance in a test of Deep-Live-Cam. Over the past few days, a software package called Deep-Live-Cam has been going viral on social media because it can take the face of a person extracted from a single photo and apply…
Apple’s competitors are reeling on bad news, which makes this a perfect moment for Apple to exploit their weakness and seize market share. And it’s well prepared to do so. Just in the last few weeks, several big events have taken place Cupertino could and should exploit. Reasons to be cheerful Here’s the landscape Apple…
After the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), Austrian advocacy group NOYB has now filed a complaint against the social media platform X, accusing it of using personal data to train its AI systems without consent. In a statement, NOYB said it has lodged GDPR complaints with data protection authorities in nine countries to ensure the…
One of the biggest challenges CIOs face today is reconciling the constant pressure to deploy generative AI tools with the need to keep their organizations in compliance with regional, national, and often international regulations. The heart of the problem is a contradiction deeply embedded into the very nature of generative AI systems. Unlike the software…
Funko Fusion could possibly be the strangest crossover this year, and that includes a rabbit, a clown, and a superhero fighting in MultiVersus. To manage all the chaos this toy-inspired game brings, here are the Funko Fusion PC system requirements you’ll need. Funko Fusion PC system requirements – all minimum specs In order to play…
A new mod for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered is about to bring Modern Warfare 2’s iconic multiplayer experience back to life, taking you on a 2009-fueled nostalgia trip to the good ole days of CoD. If you were lucky enough to remember Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in its heyday, you probably…
The act of simply opening Counter-Strike 2 cases is pretty much an entire subculture surrounding the game at this point. There’s nothing quite like the thrill of opening a case and seeing all of the expensive items you could have had agonizingly scroll past, before eventually landing on something worth a couple of cents. If…
Enlarge / The Bambu Lab A1, complete with heated build platform. Bambu Lab A patent lawsuit filed by one of 3D printing’s most established firms against a consumer-focused upstart could have a big impact on the wider 3D-printing scene. In two complaints, (1, 2, PDF) filed in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, against…
Get those knives ready because there will be two new Halloween games based on John Carpenter’s terrifying universe. One of those Halloween titles will be developed in Unreal Engine 5 and helmed by Boss Team Games, a studio already familiar with the movie-to-horror-game pipeline after creating Evil Dead: The Game. According to an IGN exclusive…