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Not surprised this happened tbh.
Devs no longer need to disclose if they use Gen AI to assist in development e.g. coding tools. Only if they generate content for the game that the player consumes in-game, via marketing etc.
Devs no longer need to disclose if they use Gen AI to assist in development e.g. coding tools. Only if they generate content for the game that the player consumes in-game, via marketing etc.
Valve tweaks and clarifies AI disclosure rules for Steam
Valve tweaks and clarifies AI disclosure rules for Steam
Developers don't have to disclose 'AI powered tools,' for workflow efficiency but do need to disclose two other categories of gen-AI use if assets appear in-game or in marketing material.
www.gamedeveloper.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Not surprised this happened tbh.
Devs no longer need to disclose if they use Gen AI to assist in development e.g. coding tools. Only if they generate content for the game that the player consumes in-game, via marketing etc.
Devs no longer need to disclose if they use Gen AI to assist in development e.g. coding tools. Only if they generate content for the game that the player consumes in-game, via marketing etc.
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"New World: Aeternum will officially be taken offline from all platforms on January 31, 2027. On January 15, 2026, the title will be delisted and no longer available for purchase." www.newworld.com/en-us/news/a...
January 15, 2026 at 6:49 PM
"New World: Aeternum will officially be taken offline from all platforms on January 31, 2027. On January 15, 2026, the title will be delisted and no longer available for purchase." www.newworld.com/en-us/news/a...
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scoop: Microsoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptions. The physical and digital Microsoft Library is transitioning to an AI-powered "learning experience." All of this in my Notepad newsletter, live now for subscribers 👇 www.theverge.com/tech/862531/...
Microsoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptions
Employees are expected to use new AI tools instead
www.theverge.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
scoop: Microsoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptions. The physical and digital Microsoft Library is transitioning to an AI-powered "learning experience." All of this in my Notepad newsletter, live now for subscribers 👇 www.theverge.com/tech/862531/...
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it's fascinating how many gacha games have writers who are well read on literature, philosophy, history, science etc and want to use this in their work while the audience is actively hostile to anything that isn't babybrained key jingling enough. and yet the writers persist
January 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
it's fascinating how many gacha games have writers who are well read on literature, philosophy, history, science etc and want to use this in their work while the audience is actively hostile to anything that isn't babybrained key jingling enough. and yet the writers persist
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For all the grandstanding, Democrats have been nowhere to be seen on the ground in Minnesota. The work there is being done by leftist groups, immigrants rights orgs, and random citizens. Took Walz almost a week to visit Good's memorial. Democrats do not functionally exist in the conversation anymore
January 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
For all the grandstanding, Democrats have been nowhere to be seen on the ground in Minnesota. The work there is being done by leftist groups, immigrants rights orgs, and random citizens. Took Walz almost a week to visit Good's memorial. Democrats do not functionally exist in the conversation anymore
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The UK has long been a vassal of the US, but this is just pathetic.
Yes, against Russia & China. Sure.
'UK Defence Secretary John Healey says a British military officer is supporting a Danish "reconnaissance group" in Greenland ... to bolster security in the region against Russian "aggression" & "any Chinese activity". .' uk.news.yahoo.com/healey-uk-as...
'UK Defence Secretary John Healey says a British military officer is supporting a Danish "reconnaissance group" in Greenland ... to bolster security in the region against Russian "aggression" & "any Chinese activity". .' uk.news.yahoo.com/healey-uk-as...
Healey: UK assisting Danish military in Greenland
At a press conference alongside his Swedish counterpart, UK Defence Secretary John Healey says a British military officer is supporting a Danish "reconaissance group" in Greenland intended to bolster ...
uk.news.yahoo.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The UK has long been a vassal of the US, but this is just pathetic.
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U.S. billionaires got an astounding $1.5 TRILLION richer in the first year of Trump's second term.
Remember — this is happening as they get even more tax cuts in exchange for the social safety net being cut for everyone else.
"New Golden Age" for who?
Remember — this is happening as they get even more tax cuts in exchange for the social safety net being cut for everyone else.
"New Golden Age" for who?
January 14, 2026 at 10:15 PM
U.S. billionaires got an astounding $1.5 TRILLION richer in the first year of Trump's second term.
Remember — this is happening as they get even more tax cuts in exchange for the social safety net being cut for everyone else.
"New Golden Age" for who?
Remember — this is happening as they get even more tax cuts in exchange for the social safety net being cut for everyone else.
"New Golden Age" for who?
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San Diego Comic-Con will no longer allow AI 'art' to be displayed at their event
"Material created by AI either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show"
This follows backlash from artists after SDCC initially indicated AI-generated work would be permitted
"Material created by AI either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show"
This follows backlash from artists after SDCC initially indicated AI-generated work would be permitted
January 14, 2026 at 10:45 PM
San Diego Comic-Con will no longer allow AI 'art' to be displayed at their event
"Material created by AI either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show"
This follows backlash from artists after SDCC initially indicated AI-generated work would be permitted
"Material created by AI either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show"
This follows backlash from artists after SDCC initially indicated AI-generated work would be permitted
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New Donk City workers
February 27, 2024 at 1:59 PM
New Donk City workers
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I am so very tired. Here’s more on the debacle that tanked Adelaide Writers Week, and the staggering racism involved. sakr.substack.com/p/resignatio...
Resignations, Racism, and Resistance
Zionist Australia's cultural apartheid continues & according to Labor, it's good to be genocidal, bad to be Palestinian
sakr.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:24 AM
I am so very tired. Here’s more on the debacle that tanked Adelaide Writers Week, and the staggering racism involved. sakr.substack.com/p/resignatio...
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You do not hate Congress enough
"I asked a number of Senate Democrats if increasing ICE funding is a red line for them in the upcoming budget negotiations. Most of the lawmakers I spoke with refrained from describing it in that way"
www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-dem...
www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-dem...
Democrats Appear Ready to Duck a Key Fight on ICE
Top Senate Democrats are focused on other priorities in the government funding fight.
www.thebulwark.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:27 AM
You do not hate Congress enough
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This is partially in anticipation of potential price hikes, but also because Switch 2 holiday sales were lower than expected, despite outpacing Switch 1 in the launch period.
Tariffs were already squeezing margins last year, component costs are increasing rapidly, so a price hike may happen.
Tariffs were already squeezing margins last year, component costs are increasing rapidly, so a price hike may happen.
January 14, 2026 at 3:38 AM
This is partially in anticipation of potential price hikes, but also because Switch 2 holiday sales were lower than expected, despite outpacing Switch 1 in the launch period.
Tariffs were already squeezing margins last year, component costs are increasing rapidly, so a price hike may happen.
Tariffs were already squeezing margins last year, component costs are increasing rapidly, so a price hike may happen.
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Comic-con deciding to allow GenAi imagery in the art show —giving valuable space to GenAi users to show slop right NEXT to actual artists who worked their asses off to be there— is a disgrace!
A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!
A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!
Art Show - Comic-Con
2026 Comic-Con Art Show JULY 23 through JULY 26 The Comic-Con Art Show is open to the public—you do not need a badge to come in and enjoy or purchase artwork. However, everyone entering the Art Show i...
www.comic-con.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Comic-con deciding to allow GenAi imagery in the art show —giving valuable space to GenAi users to show slop right NEXT to actual artists who worked their asses off to be there— is a disgrace!
A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!
A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!
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A key way to help stop ICE is "providing people with concrete, outward-facing activities... while building an escalating national campaign that can culminate in larger coordinated days of nonviolent disruption..."
Learn more here:
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Learn more here:
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators.
ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.
www.thenation.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A key way to help stop ICE is "providing people with concrete, outward-facing activities... while building an escalating national campaign that can culminate in larger coordinated days of nonviolent disruption..."
Learn more here:
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Learn more here:
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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BREAKING: A UK judge has *denied* interim pay to the 31 employees fired by Rockstar Games last year, saying she "was unable to conclude that it appears likely that the tribunal will find that the principal reason for the claimants’ dismissal" was union organizing www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fired Rockstar Employees Denied Pay by UK Judge
The 31 staffers argued they were dismissed for unionizing. Rockstar said they were fired for leaking information in an online chat group.
www.bloomberg.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:49 PM
BREAKING: A UK judge has *denied* interim pay to the 31 employees fired by Rockstar Games last year, saying she "was unable to conclude that it appears likely that the tribunal will find that the principal reason for the claimants’ dismissal" was union organizing www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Clean air programs in the US were estimated to be preventing up to 200,000 premature deaths a year (MIT), if you want to understand just how important clean air is.
The EPA will no longer consider how many lives are saved when setting pollution limits, the New York Times reports. Instead, it will consider the cost to businesses of complying with clean air regulations.
January 12, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Clean air programs in the US were estimated to be preventing up to 200,000 premature deaths a year (MIT), if you want to understand just how important clean air is.
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From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
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what do you mean the stranger things documentary shows them writing the script on a computer with 3 chat gpt tabs open
January 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
what do you mean the stranger things documentary shows them writing the script on a computer with 3 chat gpt tabs open
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The first-ever Pokémon Lego sets have been revealed, and they look amazing. Start saving up now if you want to buy them all, though. gameinformer.com/2026/01/12/t...
January 12, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The first-ever Pokémon Lego sets have been revealed, and they look amazing. Start saving up now if you want to buy them all, though. gameinformer.com/2026/01/12/t...
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A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
January 12, 2026 at 1:42 AM
A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
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So how's the gaming industry? Ah.
January 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM
So how's the gaming industry? Ah.