Author: Rich Stanton
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Triumphant OpenAI CEO spends a whole interview dodging questions about why he was fired like he’s in The Matrix, but does suggest the nonprofit board is in for some big changes
One of the year’s most breakneck technology stories was OpenAI’s CEO and co-founder Sam Altman being fired by the company’s board, then being reinstated after a few days of will-they-or-won’t-they back-and-forth. Over those days Altman was the subject of considerable professional backingfrom OpenAI investor Microsoft (which straight-up offered him a job) and OpenAI’s own staff,…
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Wannabe supervillain pulls AI ‘heist’ to steal competitor traffic, but really just shows how unchecked AI is going to ruin the internet
There’s a certain kind of scam, old as time, that revolves around selling people something that tells them to sell the same thing. That’s not how it’s presented, of course. The pitch is that if only you knew X (my secret knowledge) you would easily have Y (money, young lovers, cars). Perhaps the most egregious…
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Fallout TV series first look: it’s ‘dramatic and dark’ but with ‘a little bit of a wink,’ says Todd Howard
The upcoming Fallout TV series will launch on April 12, 2024, and backer Amazon Prime has now shared a first look behind-the-scenes with Vanity Fair. The game’s retro-futuristic post-apocalyptic aesthetic does seem like a natural fit for a TV show and the choice of creative leads couldn’t be better: the husband and wife team Jonathan…
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With Sam Bankman-Fried in the slammer, now the fugitive crypto ‘Lunatic’ behind 2022’s $40B crash is being extradited from his Montenegrin getaway
Do Kwon, former crypto darling and now fugitive, was arrested in Montenegro this March while attempting to flee to Dubai. The High Court in Podgorica, the Montenegrin capital, has now given approval for Do Kwon’s extradition, though whether he’ll be off to South Korea or the US, both of which have open arrest warrants for…
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Hideki Kamiya breaks out the tiny violin for the 9 Bayonetta games he once imagined: ‘I may have to take the full saga to the grave’
Hideki Kamiya, formerly of Capcom and PlatinumGames, is now out in the world as a civilian. The legendary director is responsible for some of the best action games ever made, in particular Bayonetta, but following his departure from Platinum earlier this year (a company he co-founded) it doesn’t seem like he’s going to be involved…
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OpenAI co-founder makes spectacular return mere days after ousting, with the board that fired him mostly swept away
OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman is to return as CEO of the company, mere days after his chaotic firing by a board that seems to have lost all support. A deal has been reached “in principle” for his return that will see new board members appointed, and the agreement comes shortly after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella…
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Another one bites the dust: Binance CEO quits as both he and the company plead guilty to money laundering charges and accept whopping $4.3 billion fine
Binance is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, and has been under investigation by US authorities for years over allegations of offshore money laundering. Now it has announced that CEO and founder Changpeng Zao is to step down from his role and plead guilty to violating US money-laundering regulations (via BBC), alongside Binance itself…
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Fortnite adding multiple career-spanning Eminem skins alongside a live event blowout that ‘marks a new beginning’
Fortnite is re-introducing its big live events on December 2, with a blowout called Big Bang headlined by Eminem. The rapper posted a short video to X with the line “calling all grandmas”, with the lyrics to his 2020 song Tone Deaf playing atop it: Bitch, I can make “orange” rhyme with “banana” (Yeah) Ornana…
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Elon Musk claims he was once one of the best Quake players around, everyone laughs, but wait: The actual best Quake player ever says Musk ‘wasn’t very good, but he’s still an OG’
Billionaire and omnipresent main character Elon Musk has declared he was once one of the best Quake players in the world, to the tune of winning money for his skills. This obviously sounds like the kind of thing your mate would say after their third pint, but the revelation came during an interview with podcaster…
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Pokimane called a viewer ‘broke boy’ for complaining about her overpriced snacks, and now the internet is mad about miniature cookies
Influencer Pokimane recently launched her own line of branded cookies: the Myna cookies (with added vitamin D!) are miniature cookies in bags, which are sold in batches of four bags for $28. If you’re thinking “that’s a lot of money to spend on biscuits” you’re not alone, though of course Pokimane is only one of…