Monthly Archives: July 2023

ChatGPT’s new personalization feature could save users a lot of time

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a chatbot in front of library shelves. Benj Edwards / Stable Diffusion reader comments 18 with On Thursday, OpenAI announced a new beta feature for ChatGPT that allows users to provide custom instructions that the chatbot will consider with every submission. The goal is to prevent users from having… Read More »

Amy Schumer Shares Opinion on Barbie and Oppenheimer

Comedian Amy Schumer has shared her thoughts on Barbie and Oppenheimer. One of the most well-known events in pop culture recently was Barbenheimer, which saw the release of Barbie, Greta Gerwig’s fantasy comedy movie, and Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s historical thriller, occur on the same day. The event was known as Barbenheimer, and Schumer, who has… Read More »

AlmaLinux says Red Hat source changes won’t kill its RHEL-compatible distro

Enlarge / AlmaLinux lets you build applications that work with Red Hat Enterprise Linux but can’t promise the exact same bug environment. That’s different from how they started, but it’s also a chance to pick a new path forward. AlmaLinux OS reader comments 7 with I asked benny Vasquez, chair of the AlmaLinux OS Foundation,… Read More »

Starfield Fan Thinks They’ve Worked Out the Entire Skill Tree

One dedicated Starfield fan thinks they’ve uncovered the upcoming Bethesda RPG’s entire skill tree after spending 200 hours piecing together different gameplay clips, trailers, and other game snippets. As reported by GamesRadar, asd8dhd on Reddit has listed each individual skill that’s identifiable by different elements of gameplay or developer commentary and put them together to… Read More »

Amnesia Developer Frictional Games Cutting Back on Horror

Amnesia: The Bunker developer Frictional Games is looking to cut back on horror games “to give greater focus on other emotional qualities”. Speaking to 80.lv, Frictional creative director Thomas Grip echoed the sentiments of fellow horror studio Bloober Team, which also recently said it was stepping away from the games it was traditionally known for.… Read More »

The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives

Enlarge / A Z16 Mainframe. reader comments 8 with Mainframe computers are often seen as ancient machines—practically dinosaurs. But mainframes, which are purpose-built to process enormous amounts of data, are still extremely relevant today. If they’re dinosaurs, they’re T-Rexes, and desktops and server computers are puny mammals to be trodden underfoot. It’s estimated that there… Read More »