Several leaks are re-igniting hopes for a Half-Life 3 – Destructoid

Several leaks are re-igniting hopes for a Half-Life 3 – Destructoid

Valve dataminer Tyler McVicker has discovered hints that some Half-Life may be in active development at Valve. While we’re not quite at the “Half-Life 3 confirmed!” stage of proceedings, things are looking bright for a new non-VR game in the series, for the first time in a while. Back in 2021, we saw the release…

Chrome’s Manifest V3, and its changes for ad blocking, are coming real soon

Chrome’s Manifest V3, and its changes for ad blocking, are coming real soon

Ron Amadeo Google Chrome’s long, long project to implement a new browser extension platform is seemingly going to happen, for real, after six years of cautious movement. One of the first ways people are seeing this is if they use uBlock Origin, a popular ad-blocking extension, as noted by Bleeping Computer. Recently, Chrome users have…

Apple’s Safari kills annoying content overlays with ‘Distraction Control’

Apple’s Safari kills annoying content overlays with ‘Distraction Control’

Apple has introduced what might seem a controversial new Safari feature to make surfing the web a lot less annoying, as it removes those overlays that sometimes gets in the way of the experience. The new feature is called Distraction Control. What is Distraction Control in Safari? Coming this fall to Safari, Distraction Control lets…

OpenAI has tools to watermark ChatGPT text, but doesn’t use them

OpenAI has tools to watermark ChatGPT text, but doesn’t use them

OpenAI has for more than a year had a tool to watermark text generated by the company’s AI assistant ChatGPT, according to information provided to The Wall Street Journal via The Verge. (OpenAI itself has confirmed that it’s been working on such a tool in a blog post.) According to Journal, the watermarking should not affect the quality…

CrowdStrike claps back at Delta, says airline rejected offers for help

CrowdStrike claps back at Delta, says airline rejected offers for help

Enlarge / LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JULY 23: Travelers from France wait on their delayed flight on the check-in floor of the Delta Air Lines terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on July 23, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images) CrowdStrike has hit back at Delta Air Lines’ threat of litigation…