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Microbird Games newest arrival, Dungeons of Hinterberg, combines magic, monsters, and tourism in a unique blend of fantasy gameplay and real-world topics, but the studio made a point of steering away from heavy-handed political statements.

You only have to take a short stroll around in Baldur's Gate 3 to realize how much work and dedication the Larian title has packed into it. From complex characters to intricate designs and mechanics, the RPG Fantasy game is bursting at the seams with life.

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Illustrator’s new Generative Shape Fill tool allows users to fill a selected shape with scalable generated images. | Image: Adobe Adobe is introducing some new tools and generative AI features to its Illustrator and Photoshop design software that aim to help speed up creative workflows. The most notable updates are coming to Illustrator courtesy of Adobe’s latest Firefly Vector AI model, which is available in public beta starting today. Adobe’s latest Firefly Vector model powers new Illustrator features like Generative Shape Fill, which allows users to add detailed vectors to shapes via descriptive text prompts. The updated model also improves the Text to Pattern beta feature, which can be used to create scalable, customized vector patterns for things like wallpapers; and Style Reference, which generates outputs that mirror existing styles. I... Continue reading…

Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge Nearly a decade ago, Uber revealed that customers are more willing to pay surge prices when their phones are about to die. That data point sparked a pervasive belief that Uber and other ridehailing apps use algorithms to tailor each passenger’s price to their behavior and willingness to pay — a practice known as “surveillance pricing.” A related myth — that airlines use your search history to jack up prices for flights you’re interested in — is similarly ubiquitous even though it’s not true. Surveillance pricing may not be widespread yet, but experts say it’s on the horizon, and consultants are starting to offer surveillance pricing models to businesses across various industries. The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it’s... Continue reading…

Photo: Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg via Getty Images It all started with a configuration file. A seemingly routine update, the kind that happens hundreds of times a year to millions of computers around the world. But last week, that update crashed 8.5 million computers and wreaked havoc on banks, airlines, schools, and more. On this episode of The Vergecast, The Verge’s Tom Warren joins the show to talk about the story and legacy of the CrowdStrike crash. We talk about what exactly happened, how CrowdStrike and Microsoft scrambled to fix it, and whether we’re due for a reckoning over how much we rely on complex and fragile technology. (Don’t forget to subscribe to Notepad!) After that, we chat with The Verge’s Victoria Song along with Adrian Hon, a writer and game designer who spent many... Continue reading…