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AI trained to play Pokemon Red Version behaves strangely human A single software developer began a journey to train an AI to play Pokemon Red Version. 50,000 hours later and it’s making some all too human strides. Nearly a decade ago, Twitch PlaysPokemoncaptured the hearts, minds, and fingers of the internet. The legendary phenomenon has inspiredrecreations by Mizkifandrevivals on TikTok. Now the famed chaos of Twitch Plays Pokemon has inspired a new experiment revolving around the use of AI....

All Genshin Impact Baizhu ascension materials Baizhu, the Dendro healer is set to receive a rerun in the second half of Genshin Impact version 4.6. Here is a list of the ascension materials for the characters in case you are willing to pull him. Baizhu is one of the best healers in all ofGenshin Impact. His healing is on par with the likes of Kokomi and is an easy fit for almost any Dendro team in thegame....

OnePlus is set to launch three new devices later this month, including alite version of the OnePlus Nord CE 2, a pair of Nord-branded TWS earbuds, and a new flagship killer — the OnePlus 10R. Although theOnePlus 10R has been leakedonmultiple instancesin the recent past, an unwitting expose by Amazon gives us a clearer understanding of what the phone will actually look like. An image of the OnePlus 10R was spotted by Twitter user@rudransh116, who found Amazon India running Instagram ads with this image....

A new RDNA 2 GPU in 2023? While it sounds unlikely, it’s true. MSI has just introduced a few prebuilt gaming desktops equipped with various AMD processors and graphics cards, and one of them is the previously unreleased Radeon RX 6750 GRE, which stands for “Golden Rabbit Edition.” While it may not rival some of thebest GPUs, rumor has it that it’ll at least beat Nvidia’sRTX 4060 Tiwhile being just a little pricier than theRTX 4060....

It’s been a long time coming, but Hulu has just announced that it will be updating its support forAndroid TV devicesto put them on par with platforms like Roku and Apple TV. That means features such asHulu+Live TV, which had been absent from Android TV since launch, will now work. The rollout is happening in early August,according to the company’s blog postand will hit most of themajor Android TV devices, including Sony’s Android TVs, Nvidia Shield TV, Xiaomi Mi Box, and Hisense Android TVs....

As if you didn’t already need plenty of reasons tofinally upgrade to Windows 11, here’s yet another. The latest Windows 10 update, version KB5048239, isn’t just failing to install — it’s actually updating successfully over and over again. This is the update that Microsoft first released in November 2024 on 21H2 and 22H2. AsTechRadar reports, the software giant is rereleasing it again this month. This installation loop affects various users and is part of Microsoft’s patching for January 2025....

AT&T is switching things up a little. The companyhas announceda series of new unlimited plans that start at $65 for a single line, or $35 per line with four lines. There are actually three new unlimited plans on offer — including the Unlimited Starter plan, the Unlimited Extra plan, and the Unlimited Elite plan. AT&T isn’t the first provider to offer a range of unlimited plans —Verizon has done the same, offering unlimited data in each, but different perks depending on the plan you go for....

TheBeats Solo 3 Wireless are on sale for $170 off at Target right nowto celebrateCyber Monday, dropping the price of the popular wireless headphones down to just $130. That’s more than half-off, not to mention cheaper than rivals Best Buy and Walmart have them. You’ll need to hurry, though: Target has a limited amount of stock available for this particular offer, and will revert back to the usual $300 as soon as it has run dry....

Cricuthas smart cutting machines in millions of households worldwide, already, but they decided to come out with another machine. This one is aimed to entice the crafter with limited space. The new Cricut Joy is a compact cutting machine that works much like its larger predecessors, theCricut Makerand the Cricut Explore, but takes up around one-third of the space and is 75 percent lighter. “Cricut Joy was designed as a simple solution for people to discover their creative talents,” says Tom Crisp, Head of Design at Cricut....

Summary Colors of Evil: Redfeatures a Polish cast that includes up-and-comers as well as faces that may be familiar from some English-language projects. The crime thriller movie, which is a hit on Netflix, was directed byWerewolf’s Adrian Panek from a screenplay that Panek co-wrote withThe Getaway King’s Łukasz M. Maciejewski. While it bears elements reminiscent of true crime, it is based on the fictional 2019 novel of the same name (originally published in Polish asKolory Zła: Czerwień) by Małgorzata Oliwia Sobczak....

Cyberpunk 2077has seen a huge resurgence as of late, thanks largely to the success ofCyberpunk: Edgerunners, Netflix’s new and critically acclaimed anime adaptation of the sci-fi property. According to theglobal PR director at CD Projekt Red on Twitter, viewers watched 14,880,000 hours of the show in just the first week, putting it safely in Netflix’s top 10. This has been a great boon for the game, which launched in a poor, unfinished state at the end of 2020, and has been getting gradual updates ever since to make it playable, improve on features like skill trees, and add new ones like wardrobe transmogrification....

Deadlock cheating gets worse as players plead with Valve for a fix Following in the footsteps of every popular competitive game,Deadlockhas already attracted cheaters to its shores and players are hopeful Valve can stay on top of one of its worst offenders. Complaints relating to rage quitting,cheating, and general toxicity from participants in the ongoing Closed Alpha havebecome more commonplaceas more and more players get access. Adding to those woes is the emergence of a video on September 4 appearing to show the use of aimbot software....

Sylvester Stallone deepfake (replacing Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgement Day)Ctrl Shift Face/Youtube Of all the A.I. tools to have emerged in recent years, very few have generated as much concern as deepfakes. A combination of “deep learning” and “fake,” deepfake technology allows anyone to create images or videos in which photographic elements are convincingly superimposed onto other pictures. While some of the ways this tech has been showcased have been for entertainment (think superimposingSylvester Stallone’s face onto Arnie’s body inTerminator 2), other use-cases have been more alarming....