If you're trying to craft a compelling story, usually the character development of a formidable villain is just as important as that of the protagonist, and that is equally true within the medium of video games.

Perks are a defining feature of Call of Duty's multiplayer formula, granting various, often subtle, abilities that make gunfights more interesting.

As video games have become more mainstream, theyve had gradually more frequent brushes with the other facets of pop culture.

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You can customize Particle, but AI does most of the work. | Image: David Pierce / The Verge It is, you might say, a complicated moment for news online. There are the efforts to erode the First Amendment, the dominant platforms that aren’t sending traffic like they used to, the complexities of an ever-changing ad business, and on and on the list goes. Maybe most of all, there’s the rise of AI, and platforms that ingest an internet’s worth of news, abstract it away into a mush of semi-true information, and then serve it up to anyone who asks their chatbot what’s new. Into that fray comes Particle, a long-in-the-works new platform from a couple of former Twitter product leaders that is designed to help people find and make sense of the news a little more easily. With a lot of AI. Particle’s plan is to use AI to do two particularly... Continue reading…

Apple Intelligence is just doing the best it can. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge iPhones, iPads, and Macs with Apple Intelligence now have a unique AI feature that summarizes notifications for you. Starting with iOS / iPadOS 18.1 and macOS 15.1, when multiple notifications pile up for a given app, the tiny LLM that Apple has crammed into our stuff tries its hardest to algorithm up a brief overview for you. (Part of a group text with lots of people? It’ll try to tell you what they’re discussing.) This is sometimes good. It is very often funny. I like the way the summaries handle some of my Apple Home notifications — like when I read “Garage changed status multiple times; recently closed” in lieu of a stack of messages about my garage door. The wording changes, but without fail (so far), it’s been right about whether... Continue reading…

LG Display’s stretchable screens can now stretch up to 50 percent. | Image: LG Display LG Display has recently announced a new version of its unique stretchable display with improved elasticity and durability. The 12-inch prototype can now be stretched up to 18 inches without being destroyed in the process, opening up new possibilities for where screens can potentially be installed. The company first demonstrated a prototype of the display in 2022, but at the time it could only be stretched from 12 to 14 inches, or about 20 percent of its length. The latest prototype features a “new wiring design structure” and an improved silicon substrate — similar to the material used to make contact lenses — to expand the panel’s stretchability to up to 50 percent. Built using micro LEDs, the new prototype is capable of displaying full... Continue reading…

Democrat George Whitesides has defeated incumbent Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., in the 27th Congressional District race, Newsmax has projected

Special counsel Jack Smith reportedly has spent more than $50 million in his pursuit of prosecuting President-elect Donald Trump. Smith was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland on Nov. 18, 2022 to investigate and prosecute Trump's federal cases. The former president...