New Vegas mod cleans up the Strip, taking it back to ‘its original concept’

New Vegas mod cleans up the Strip, taking it back to ‘its original concept’

Image via Qolore7/Nexus Mods Without compromising performance or atmosphere, it seems. | Published: Mar 22, 2025 09:36 am Okay, it’s confession time. Who else felt a little underwhelmed when they first entered the Strip in Fallout: New Vegas? The game is magnificent in pretty much every way – and we are playing a post-apocalyptic game…

Cloudflare turns AI against itself with endless maze of irrelevant facts

Cloudflare turns AI against itself with endless maze of irrelevant facts

On Wednesday, web infrastructure provider Cloudflare announced a new feature called “AI Labyrinth” that aims to combat unauthorized AI data scraping by serving fake AI-generated content to bots. The tool will attempt to thwart AI companies that crawl websites without permission to collect training data for large language models that power AI assistants like ChatGPT….

Italy demands Google poison DNS under strict Piracy Shield law

Italy demands Google poison DNS under strict Piracy Shield law

Spotted by TorrentFreak, AGCOM Commissioner Massimiliano Capitanio took to LinkedIn to celebrate the ruling, as well as the existence of the Italian Piracy Shield. “The Judge confirmed the value of AGCOM’s investigations, once again giving legitimacy to a system for the protection of copyright that is unique in the world,” said Capitanio. Capitanio went on…

Anthropic’s new AI search feature digs through the web for answers

Anthropic’s new AI search feature digs through the web for answers

On Thursday, Anthropic introduced web search capabilities for its AI assistant Claude, enabling the assistant to access current information online. Previously, the latest AI model that powers Claude could only rely on data absorbed during its neural network training process, having a “knowledge cutoff” of October 2024. Claude’s web search is currently available in feature…

Steam’s highest-rated new game does early access right, launches with 97% positive reviews – Destructoid

Steam’s highest-rated new game does early access right, launches with 97% positive reviews – Destructoid

Screenshot by Destructoid Will it see an Euro Truck Simulator effect? | Published: Mar 21, 2025 12:56 pm A niche game on Steam seems to have figured out exactly how to do early access right, and players are loving it. In an era when many games linger in early access for years, often using it…

New AI weather forecasting system called a huge step forward

New AI weather forecasting system called a huge step forward

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, together with the Alan Turing Institute, Microsoft Research, and the European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, have developed a new AI-based weather forecasting system — Aardvark Weather — that could revolutionize the field of meteorology. Aardvark Weather can apparently provide weather forecasts that are tens of times more…

CEO of AI ad-tech firm pledging “world free of fraud” sentenced for fraud

CEO of AI ad-tech firm pledging “world free of fraud” sentenced for fraud

A page from Kubient’s July 2020 prospectus for its initial public offering (IPO), making a few bold claims about the firm’s technology that would later factor into federal prosecutors’ charges. Credit: SEC A page from Kubient’s July 2020 prospectus for its initial public offering (IPO), making a few bold claims about the firm’s technology that…

All rare endemic life locations and how to display them in Monster Hunter Wilds – Destructoid

All rare endemic life locations and how to display them in Monster Hunter Wilds – Destructoid

As each new find plays a big role in helping the expedition understand the new land, capturing a good amount of rare endemic life forms can be just as important as hunting apex predators in Monster Hunter Wilds. But although a few of them can be easy to spot, many others can make you wish…