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X claims it found a Chinese bot farm posting anti-AI data center sentiments

X found a bot farm in its investigation of inauthentic Chinese accounts. Out of 200,000 bots, 200 allegedly focused on posting against AI data centers.

Judge rules that the Pentagon’s Anthropic ban was ‘illegal and baseless’

‘The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics.’

Bluesky has a new setting to help you avoid accidentally going viral

The setting will prevent your posts from being recommended in the algorithmic “discover” feed.

You won’t be able to hot-wire every car in GTA 6

Stealing cars in GTA 6 will require different approaches depending on their make and model.

The most popular Android phone brands rarely sold in the US

People in the US don’t have much choice beyond Apple, Google, and Samsung phones. But there are so many more choices that aren’t sold in the region.

GTA 6 ‘demo’ delivers malware directly to your PC

Despite what some scam sites may try to tell you, Rockstar has not made any of GTA 6 available to play in advance.

James Pond’s creator is not happy with the series’ allegedly AI-generated legacy collection

The developers don’t have “a scrap of respect” for the series, according to Chris Sorrell.

OpenAI, Google and dozens of other companies publish open letter calling for collective action on cyber defense

Dozens of companies came together to publish an open letter titled “A call for collective action on cyber defense.”

Guns, cars and chihuahuas: Breaking down the GTA 6 extended look

Let’s break down what Netflix viewers got to see ahead of the YouTube crowd in excruciating detail.

Ubisoft apologizes for accidentally selling Heroes of Might and Magic 3 without the actual game files

The Steam release was supposed to get fans excited for an upcoming remake.