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Cards Against Humanity alum launches new ISIS dating sim on Kickstarter

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by on July 24, 2018 at 11:27 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


A Kickstarter campaign for a satirical visual novel takes the expression “Fuck ISIS” to a whole new level. The visual novel, titled The Super Patriotic Dating Simulator, stars Elodie, a beautiful American teenager who’s also a CIA super spy. She’s been tasked with infiltrating ISIS and killing high-ranking male members, and uses it as an opportunity to explore her sexuality vis a vis her targets — like you do. The male harem includes the leader of ISIS, simply called The Caliph, the organization’s brand manager, and a suicide bomber with the strap of his vest hanging coquettishly off one shoulder. If…

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Over 2,500 scientists (so far) say Trump’s wall will wreak havoc on the environment

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by on July 24, 2018 at 11:05 pm
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Hang on to your socks because this shocking news might knock them right off your feet: building a giant wall along thousands of miles of ecologically diverse land is bad for mother nature. At least, that’s what a team of more than 2,500 scientists from 43 different countries concluded in a recently released white paper. The border wall between the US and Mexico, as proposed by the Trump administration, would span six different eco-regions ranging from desert to marshlands. It’s construction – whether as an actual wall or in the form of a fence – is almost certain to disrupt…

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Apple apologizes, issues fix for MacBook Pro throttling ‘bug’

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by on July 24, 2018 at 10:03 pm
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Apple continues to be a thorn in my side. After years of critical coverage — despite my affinity for the company — I was enamored with its recent updates to the MacBook Pro line. I said as much in a take that ran contradictory to that of my colleague, Callum. Whereas he looked at it as a minor “spec bump,” I saw a new commitment to Pro-level users. For years, we — as Apple fans — made excuses for the company. They weren’t false, but “it just works” was becoming a truism that was just as true about other modern…

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Microsoft developed an AI to catch Xbox Live cheaters

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by on July 24, 2018 at 7:58 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


Microsoft recently filed for a patent for an AI that detects Xbox cheaters by combing through their gaming history for suspicious ranks or achievements. The patent application was published by the US Patent and Trademark Office last month. Unlike other efforts by the likes of Valve, this AI wouldn’t just look for cheaters within active games. Instead, it would snoop through the interactions between game and platform, such as “notifications of achievements, game scores reported to the platform, and/or a player rank achieved on the platform based upon game activities.” Inspecting things like achievements and rank might give a more blunt-force approach…

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Microsoft developed an AI to catch Xbox Live cheaters

Jul24
by on July 24, 2018 at 7:58 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


Microsoft recently filed for a patent for an AI that detects Xbox cheaters by combing through their gaming history for suspicious ranks or achievements. The patent application was published by the US Patent and Trademark Office last month. Unlike other efforts by the likes of Valve, this AI wouldn’t just look for cheaters within active games. Instead, it would snoop through the interactions between game and platform, such as “notifications of achievements, game scores reported to the platform, and/or a player rank achieved on the platform based upon game activities.” Inspecting things like achievements and rank might give a more blunt-force approach…

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