There are two UNIVAC 1219B computers that have survived since the 1960s and one of them is even operational. [Nathan Farlow] wanted to run a Minecraft server on it, so he did. After a lot of work, ...

The NCAA Tournament field for the men and women are set and millions of people are finalizing their 2026 March Madness brackets and agonizing over their picks. The first round of the men's tournament ...

Strauss Zelnick does think AI can help speed up some parts of game development, but is skeptical it can do much more than that AI GTA 6 Rockstar Games Strauss Zelnick Take Two AI-generation tools and ...

After selling his hit puzzle game Wordle to The New York Times in 2022 for an undisclosed price somewhere in the “low seven figures,” Josh Wardle is finally back with a new game. But while Wordle ...

The day Josh Wardle sold Wordle to the New York Times, in 2022, for more than a million dollars, should have been a moment of triumph. The game, which gives players six chances to guess a five-letter ...

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More than a century ago, a scratched-up slab of limestone was excavated in the modern-day Netherlands and later deemed an ancient Roman game board. Since then, the mysterious game has eluded ...

Advanced AI models appear willing to deploy nuclear weapons without the same reservations humans have when put into simulated geopolitical crises. Kenneth Payne at King’s College London set three ...

Project Genie is an underwhelming glimpse into what may come. Project Genie is an underwhelming glimpse into what may come. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The ...

As with all creative industries, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been infiltrating video games. Now, generative AI is being used to produce game assets and speed up development. This is ...

It took Android devicemakers a very long time to commit to long-term update support. Samsung and Google have only recently decided to offer seven years of updates for their flagship Android devices, ...

Last year, Google showed off Genie 3, an updated version of its AI world model with impressive long-term memory that allowed it to create interactive worlds from a simple text prompt. At the time, ...