Update: Google has now made a statement that aligns with what I found reported: you have not been automatically opted-in to letting its AI read your emails as those viral posts claimed (please do not use this as a reason to reply with everything else you hate about google)

"The researchers explained that formulating hostile prompts as poetry 'achieved an average jailbreak success rate of 62% for hand-crafted poems and approximately 43% for meta-prompt conversions (compared to non-poetic baselines).'" www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...

Excellent.

The new APWOT arrived yesterday and it's simply marvelous to hold and read. I may be a touch biased having worked on multiple issues, but @cazwis.bsky.social produces a wonderful product and you should totally check out the Kickstarter for the next issue: @apwot.bsky.social. Print ain't dead.

This is exquisite bullshit from Google because turning it off also disables inbox tabs, so every junk email you would automatically file away in Promotions or Updates now makes your phone buzz.

I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.

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Quite an unfortunate place to drift off into an ellipsis.

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So one thing I'v elearned today is that if you're going to take photos of a laptop with the Windows 11 news screen visible, it's important not to have the face of Ian Watkins staring back at you while you're doing it. Pro tip, there.

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

The blood pressure anecdote at the start of this piece by @jamesrball.com is almost identical to what I went through when I was 39. It's not something to be messed with and when I eventually got on GLP-1 it changed my life, though I challenge anyone to say I look like a weedy nerd.

IMPORTANT All freelancers, self-employed, creatives This is the first I've heard of this, but the Department for Business and Trade is running a consultation on the scourge of late payments, they want to introduce new legislation to tackle poor practices Deadline to respond is 23 October 1/2

I quite like immigration.

Made the mistake of logging into Facebook and found its chatbot asking the big questions.

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I love getting emails like this. Your mind immediately jumps to aliens but really it's a new rock.

The Guardian's automatic image overlay is having a nightmare, surely no one's looking at these before they're sent out.

Got a new phone, and what the HELL is going on with that WhatsApp icon?

Important news, everybody.

Spotted an Amazon van pulling into the cemetery, which raises questions about who was ordering what, and how.

LOL, journalists. (A small handful earn decent money. Everyone else is scratching along earning bugger all, especially if they're freelance.)

This is NOW in early HUMAN trials. • www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... • www.livescience.com/health/cance... The study has been published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED. • www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪🧵⬇️

Well it was the one my parents gave me.

I definitely had a Steam account before 2013 and this list makes me look a bit basic. But I am basic.

New PCG out now in glorious CMYK. In it, I speak to Derek Paxton from ‪@amplitudestudios.bsky.social‬ about the upcoming Endless Legend 2, preview some pretty awesome PC games, and finish my epic Vampire the Masquerade diary. And there's some other stuff too. Print ain't dead.

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the scenario we all feared

This must be some sort of new alphabetical order of which I was previously unaware.

The validation I need in life, courtesy of an air fryer.

Imagine if BlueSky's age verification thingy told us what age it estimated we were. I know I look 67 I don't need to hear it from KWS.

The grounds are full of ladybirds this afternoon.

Google Docs understands me.

1. Stupid name for a plant. 2. No it isn't.

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ON Volume 2 from @ongamesjournal.bsky.social is available now! Delighted to contribute again, this time stepping in for the mighty @mackeza.bsky.social to talk about rhythm and its inherent link to humans and games. Big shoes to fill, and a subject close to my heart, so I hope I did it justice!

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Incredible image of a double-detonation supernova remnant from the ESO's VLT. www.eso.org/public/news/...

Stanislav Petrov, the man who saved the world, died on this day in 2017. If you don’t know the story, just read this www.theguardian.com/world/2017/s...

Nice try, 'sailesforce'.

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Can anyone with a highly trained editorial eye spot the mistake on this front page ? 😂

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Couple of pics from Saturday's partial solar eclipse, taken from Bath. Excellent sunspot visible on the left.

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Had an email offering chocolate samples. Does anyone want me to review a Creme Egg?

I've been getting emails about this and have been trying desperately to find a way to cover it in PC Gamer.