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D&D might finally redeem my favorite ‘bad’ Forgotten Realms adventure
As a big Forgotten Realms fan, I’m pretty excited about the November release of the Heroes of Faerûn and Adventures in Faerûn books. I don’t expect either to eclipse my gold standard, 3e’s Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, however, one of the Forgotten Realms Ultimate Bundle’s digital expansions, Netheril’s Fall, has my complete attention. Teased as…
7 easy ways I fixed iOS 26’s bad battery life on my iPhone
Summary Apple’s iOS 26 operating system is available now in stable form, bringing with it the new Liquid Glass design language and several new features. Liquid Glass has been polarizing, but one thing is for sure: all the advanced reflectivity and refractive elements are tough on battery life. Here are the measures I’ve taken to…
LLMs easily exploited using run-on sentences, bad grammar, image scaling
A series of vulnerabilities recently revealed by several research labs indicate that, despite rigorous training, high benchmark scoring, and claims that artificial general intelligence (AGI) is right around the corner, large language models (LLMs) are still quite naïve and easily confused in situations where human common sense and healthy suspicion would typically prevail. For example,…
“What if I was the bad guy?” Oblivion Remastered’s best new faction quests so far exist because a modder was doing evil stuff, and they’re now teasing “a secret project”
If there’s one thing us folks who love a good RPG can never have enough of, it’s quests. Oblivion Remastered has plenty in its base form – The Elder Scrolls 4 not being short on stuff to do – but of course modders were always going to add to that. We’re still at a pretty…
The good, the bad and the unknown of AI: Q&A with Mária Bieliková
Artificial intelligence is on everybody’s lips these days, sparking excitement, fear and endless debates. Is it a force for good or bad – or a force we actually have yet to fully understand? We sat down with prominent computer scientist and AI researcher Mária Bieliková to discuss these and other pressing issues surrounding AI, its…
State-aligned APT groups are increasingly deploying ransomware – and that’s bad news for everyone
The blurring of lines between cybercrime and state-sponsored attacks underscores the increasingly fluid and multifaceted nature of today’s cyberthreats 07 Jan 2025 • , 5 min. read There was a time when the boundary between cybercrime and state-aligned threat activity was rather easy to discern. Cybercriminals were fuelled solely by the profit motive. And their…
How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click – Krebs on Security
Image: Shutterstock, iHaMoo. Adam Griffin is still in disbelief over how quickly he was robbed of nearly $500,000 in cryptocurrencies. A scammer called using a real Google phone number to warn his Gmail account was being hacked, sent email security alerts directly from google.com, and ultimately seized control over the account by convincing him to…