Russian naval aggression prompts new defensive initiative with ‘beer-drinking nations’

L’Europe a besoin de Nvidia et il faudra plus qu’un scandale d’espionnage pour que ça change

The indie game community is in disarray over AI and Big Walk

Some Independent Games Festival (IGF) jurors published a statement yesterday saying they would not vote for games that use generative AI in "any capacity." Soon after, the developer of indie hit Big Walk has published a statement saying it "sparingly" used AI in the "final stretch" of the game's development to "help work through difficult technical challenges and bugs." According to the jurors' statement, while this year's IGF entries have been "incredible," there has been "a significant...

5 ways Spain’s conservatives plan to put the country on a new course

Spain’s conservative People’s Party launched its electoral manifesto in Madrid on Tuesday in the run-up to the Nov. 29 snap election, as almost all pollsters point to a looming coalition of the PP and far-right Vox. The PP already set out some of these measures in the ‘Contract with Spain’ — a list of commitments modeled on the 1994 Republicans’ ‘Contract with America’ — which PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo signed on Oct. 19. They also mirror those of the European People’s Party in the...

Sotomayor lets loose on conservative Supreme Court with revealing wish: 'Crazy things'

As Republicans reel from their bruising midterm election losses, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is hoping some of the court's biggest conservative rulings will eventually be overturned. The liberal justice singled out the court's landmark 2024 presidential immunity ruling, which shields presidents from criminal prosecution for actions taken within their core constitutional powers and provides presumptive protection for other official acts. Her colleagues, Justices Samuel Alito and...