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Cyberpunk 2077's wall running scrapped due to design reasons
If you've followed Cyberpunk 2077's development you've most likely seen the extensive gameplay presentations of the game and in one of the gameplay sessions, namely the 48-minute session from August of 2018, a snippet was shown of a mantis blade-equipped V using the wall running mechanic to prop herself up on a wall above a group of enemies. After having played the game for four hours earlier this week (read our hands-on impressions here), we had a chat with Cyberpunk 2077 level designer Max Pears about the vertical traversal in the game.
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How to move your role-playing game nights online
When the dust cleared, the golem lay in pieces across the dungeon floor. Erik sighed deeply, and though his vision blurred, he could still see the rest of the party coming to his aid. Emmelina, the knight that had first welcomed him into the group, cradled him in her arms as he took his last breath. Our team had come this far only to lose its youngest member. Across five different states, there wasn't a dry eye among our team, but we recomposed ourselves and continued to play our tabletop adventure through the service we’ve used for half a decade now: Roll20.
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Reddit turns 15: The dramatic moments that shaped the internet's front page
On its best days, Reddit is an amazing place to be. On its worst days, oh boy.
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What The Internet Thinks About - Interactive Infographic
What if you saw the Internet's most-read stories all at once. This infographic shows what the internet thinks about based on the most popular media.
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Nextdoor pulls 'Forward to Police' feature amid concerns over racist abuse
Many companies are acutely aware of the potential misuse of their technology in light of protests against police violence and racism, and Nextdoor is no exception. The neighborhood-focused service has pulled the “Forward to Police” feature that let you send safety posts or urgent alerts to cops. This was both part of “anti-racism work” and an acknowledgment that only a “small percentage” of law enforcement used the tool, according to Nextdoor.
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Covid-19 makes it clearer than ever: access to the internet should be a universal right -- Tim Berners-Lee
The internet eased lockdown life for millions. But millions more still can’t get online, and that’s fundamentally unfair, says web inventor Tim Berners-Lee
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A Pandemic Won’t Kill the Open Office, but Slack Could
Taking down walls made modern offices cheaper, infuriating, and perfect vectors for viral spread. But as a recession looms, they still may not be going anywhere.
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How immunity for Facebook kills Americans
When you tell people they won't be held accountable for their actions, it almost always ends badly. That's what's happened with our police and our social media, two institutional pillars of personal and political society in America today. Removing those dual immunities could dramatically change—for the better—the lives of millions of Americans.
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Google faces $5 billion lawsuit for tracking users in Incognito mode
Google was sued on Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing the internet search company of illegally invading the privacy of millions of users by pervasively tracking their internet use through browsers set in a “private” mode. The lawsuit seeks at least $5 billion, accusing the Alphabet unit of surreptitiously collecting information about what people view online and where they browse, despite their using what Google calls Incognito mode.
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Hacktivist Group Anonymous Takes Down Minneapolis PD Website, Releases Video Threatening To Expose Corrupt Police Officers
International hacktivist group Anonymous, who are widely known to carry out cyberattacks against several government agencies/institutions, released a video Saturday night vowing to bring justice for George Floyd after he died at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
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Amazon sellers use 'collectible' label to dodge price gouging rules
Amazon’s measures to prevent price gouging have a relatively simple workaround. The Verge has learned that some third-party sellers are marking products as “collectible” to evade Amazon’s automated price controls. The internet retailer reportedly has price ceilings that normally kick in when a product is listed as “new,” but that ceiling apparently doesn’t kick in with collectible items. There also isn’t much transparency regarding those ceilings, either.
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‘Terrace House Tokyo’ Canceled After Hana Kimura Death
Japanese reality TV show “Terrace House Tokyo” has been canceled following the death on Saturday of cast member and pro-wrestler Hana Kimura. The cancellation of the 2019-20 season was announced Wednesday evening local time by the show’s Japanese broadcaster Fuji Television Network. There was no word on future iterations.
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10 online distractions you may not have discovered during social distancing
Tired of the news cycle? Got you depressed? Here's better things to capture your time.
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Four software lessons you can learn from HBO's Silicon Valley
HBO's Silicon Valley is actually a reasonable representation of the real thing. Here's how to get your master's degree in startups by binge watching it.
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Hackers are impersonating Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet for phishing scams
Hackers have registered domains posing as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet-related URLs, according to a new report from Check Point Research. As significantly more people are using these videoconferencing services during the COVID-19 pandemic, the domains could be used to pose as official links, potentially tricking people into downloading malware or accidentally giving a bad actor access to personal information.
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Checking Out Instacart’s Progress
The “last mile problem” has become an intensely urgent issue in the last few months. Learn how Instacart is responding.
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7 Tips for Engaging Art Lovers Through Social Media That We Learned From an Internet Cowboy and the Meme King of London
Museum social media managers share some of their best tips for other museums to improve their social media presence.
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WHO reverses stance on the harms of gaming during lockdowns
Game makers have united to advocate an initiative called #PlayApartTogether, which urges people to find fun in games while keeping safe from the COVID-19 virus through social distancing. Surprisingly, the initiative has gained the support of the World Health Organization (WHO), but how would it affect those who work from home in this pandemic?
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Verizon lost 84,000 pay TV subscribers in Q1
Verizon lost 84,000 Fios TV subscribers and 68,000 postpaid mobile phone subscribers during the first quarter of 2020 as the telecom company continued seeing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In its earnings report this morning, Verizon said it’s seeing an “ongoing shift from traditional linear video to over-the-top offerings.” That trend isn’t new, but widespread quarantines are only helping to push it along.
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Making Remote Work a Success in the times of COVID-19
The news these days is overwhelmingly loaded with something or the other about COVID-19 or the coronavirus. Aside from the continual updates on the spread of the disease and the mortalities, there is news about cities being shut down, panic buying of essentials and not-so-essentials, and overloaded treatment and quarantine centers, among others. Employers are preparing themselves for possible disruptions – such as labor shortages, transportation issues, reduced working hours and low consumer traffic – that could have long-term effects on business.
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