Every few months developer Roberts Space Industries likes to open the airlock doors a little to let new players in. Space can be very cold, so it’s nice to see a developer allow folks a chance to get away and into the warmth of a spaceship. One of these events for Star Citizen has just begun and will run for a week, meaning if you’ve ever wanted to see what everyone’s been talking about for so long - this is a perfect time. Continue reading Controversial space MMO Star Citizen goes free to play for a week MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best simulation games, Best multiplayer games, Best space games

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And on the other side of the iPhone, there’s a Notes app. | Image: Moft Moft is launching a new MagSafe accessory that adds a literal notepad and pen to the back of your iPhone. The company’s new “Snap Flow” looks like a slim magnetic origami kickstand (like the one Moft is known for) but opens up like a book to reveal a paper pad and a really nifty ballpoint pen that magically folds into a prism shape. It’s hard to believe there’s a product in 2024 that lets you take handwritten notes while using a revolutionary pocket computing device as a clipboard. Sometimes, the phone and other apps are the hurdles to writing down a story idea in my Notes app before it’s gone forever, so it could be nice to jot down thoughts the old-fashioned way. The Snap Flow has refillable notepad paper, a clip so you can use a... Continue reading…

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge OpenAI is a leader in the race to develop AI as intelligent as a human. Yet, employees continue to show up in the press and on podcasts to voice their grave concerns about safety at the $80 billion nonprofit research lab. The latest comes from The Washington Post, where an anonymous source claimed OpenAI rushed through safety tests and celebrated their product before ensuring its safety. “They planned the launch after-party prior to knowing if it was safe to launch,” an anonymous employee told The Washington Post. “We basically failed at the process.” Safety issues loom large at OpenAI — and seem to just keep coming. Current and former employees at OpenAI recently signed an open letter demanding better safety and transparency practices... Continue reading…

Peter W Halligan et al./The Conversation Why did the experience of consciousness evolve from our underlying brain physiology? Despite being a vibrant area of neuroscience, current research on consciousness is characterised by disagreement and controversy – with several rival theories in contention. A recent scoping review of over 1,000 articles identified over 20 different theoretical accounts. Philosophers like David Chalmers argue that no single scientific theory can truly explain consciousness. We define consciousness as embodied subjective awareness, including self awareness. In a recent article published in Interalia (which is not peer reviewed), we argue that one reason for this predicament is the powerful role played by intuition. We are not alone. Social scientist Jacy Reese Anthis writes “much of the debate on the fundamental nature of consciousness takes the form of intuition jousting, in which the different parties each report their own strong intuitions and joust them against each other”. Read moreSection: NewsGeneralHuman OriginsScienceRead Later 

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