That technology has now been identified as commercially available in the U.S., with some of the technology readily available online, officials told the Wall Street Journal. The gear found in the debris supported the government’s belief that the balloon was intended to spy on the U.S. and contradicted China’s claims…

The trouble with these kinds of laws is that they encourage a lack of parental oversight. We’ve seen the same thing with underage drinking laws: kids still drink, but now they hide it from adults because it’s illegal. And parents, who might otherwise be okay with it and willing to be present to ensure they’re doing so…

“Capture information from the ground” does not necessarily mean “capture information of the ground”—it could well mean “capture information and send it to a base station on the ground” which is pretty normal behavior for any scientific equipment. And that’s not to mention the fact that weather balloons carrying…

Sure but the presence of a transmitter doesn’t inherently point to spycraft over weather data gathering.

Can someone please help me understand how “the balloon contains commercially-available transmission technology” supports the government’s claim that it was used to spy on the U.S.? Wouldn’t a weather balloon also be capable of data transmission and be more likely to contain off-the-shelf components?

Given that Hailee Steinfeld is already a character in the MCU (Kate Bishop in the Hawkeye series and likely a future Young Avengers movie) that seems unlikely, even if they do portray live-action versions of the characters at some point.

Apple’s headset is not the first one to solve this problem. The exact same methods Apple uses have been used in plenty of other--far cheaper--headsets. Theirs is just shinier.

I hate all of this “better be careful or Skynet will get us” crap. All it is is a convenient excuse for AI companies to misdirect public attention from the actual issues their products can cause. As long as their AI doesn’t gain sentience and drop nukes on us, they can say they’ve done their jobs. But the real threats…

This problem is only going to get worse. Our society wasn’t prepared for the deluge of false information over the last few years; there’s no way we’re ready for anyone with an internet connection being able to generate convincing images, video, and audio of anything they want.

Not knowing the difference between factory and tech workers is worrying enough for any CEO, let alone one who owns both a car company and a social media company. That people still think he is the smartest man in the world is baffling.

I was always team Xbox, but honestly when my old Xbox One dies I’m probably going to get a PS5. There’s a distinct lack of Xbox exclusive titles that would make it worth the purchase, and any games that do come out also come out for PC. Overall it’s a benefit to gamers, I’d say (the fact that you need a PS5 to play…

I haven’t heard anyone say Life is Strange is bad. Certainly criticisms of specific aspects of it such as the awkward dialog, but it’s always in the form of “It doesn’t do X very well, but it’s still a great game.”

Real-world stuff is pretty much what the whole game is about. Players have been trying to make versions of themselves, their friends, their families, people they know, characters, etc. for as long as the game has been around. There’s always room for improvement, but don’t pit marginalized groups against each other. 

So far, the show’s main changes from the games seem to come from a really genuine attempt to bring more humanity to the story (and to better leverage a medium where it is less important to have the player interacting with everything that is going on). I’d say they’ve done a great job, and this episode is a testament…

Even better, get one of those big red buttons and assign it a macro

You don’t need to rely on harmful stereotypes to make something that is crass and violent. Creatives need to stop trying to hide behind the notion of intentional offensiveness towards marginalized groups. All it does is intentionally add to the socially-acceptable abuse those groups face and foster alienation towards…

This map reminds me a lot of Boarding Action, which was one of my favorite maps from Halo: CE. It had a similar layout, depicted as two ships parked next to each other with nothing but the crevasse of space between them. You could get from one side to the other, or up/down the ~5 floors on each level, via teleporters.

This is 100% either one of the devs or one of the aforementioned investors who are too deep to acknowledge they’re part of a failing scam. 😂

I can’t speak to other countries, but given the way wages and tipping work in the U.S., people should not be treating tipping as some optional thing you do based on how well you like or dislike the person serving you. It should be considered as much a part of the bill as the sales tax.

Nah, I’ve seen these before at a Walgreens near me and they’re just regular doors with screens in them. Don’t get me wrong, they are terrible, but they’re not so terrible as to prevent you from opening the door before an ad plays.