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Release of the GNU Taler 0.10 payment system developed by the GNU project

After a year and a half of development, the GNU Project has released GNU Taler 0.10, a free electronic payment system that provides anonymity for buyers, but retains the ability to identify sellers for transparent tax reporting. The system does not allow tracking of information about where the user spends money, but provides tools for tracking the receipt of funds (the sender remains anonymous), which solves the inherent problems of BitCoin […]

Tesla Cybertruck owners complain about a sticky gas pedal; the company is slowing down delivery of pickup trucks to customers due to a defect

The Tesla Cybertruck electric pickup truck has not been on the market long enough to be subject to a recall campaign, but information distributed among a few owners indicates the presence of one dangerous defect: some cars accelerate randomly because the accelerator pedal is stuck in the maximum position. Image source: TeslaSource: 3dnews.ru

Mass layoffs at Tesla are associated with the decision to indefinitely postpone the release of a $25 electric car

Not long ago, Reuters reported on Elon Musk's decision to abandon the idea of ​​producing a mass-produced $25 electric car in favor of a robotic taxi, but he later called the first part of this statement a lie. And yet, the wording is important in this matter - the Electrek resource claims that the Tesla “people’s” electric car project has been frozen, and mass […]

Descent 3 open source

Kevin Bentley, one of the developers of the game Descent 3, got the management of Outrage Entertainment to open the source code of the project. Kevin, who has taken charge of the support of the new project, is recruiting a team of enthusiasts to revive and continue the development of the game. The code is written in C++ and is open under the MIT license. The release of the game Descent 3 was published in […]

Sony is indeed preparing a PlayStation 5 Pro - The Verge confirmed the specifications and revealed new details

Sources from The Verge portal have confirmed that Sony is preparing to release a more powerful version of the PlayStation 5 game console, which will likely be called the PlayStation 5 Pro. They also confirmed the main technical characteristics of the future console, which became known in mid-March from another source. At the same time, insiders provided additional details. Image source: Kerde […]

GPT-4 mastered Red Dead Redemption 2, but computer vision lets it down

A group of researchers from China and Singapore taught OpenAI GPT-4V-based AI to play Red Dead Redemption 2 (RDR2). In their article, they talked about the concept of General Computer Control (GCC) for AI, and about the multimodal CRADLE agent - an interface between GPT-4V and RDR2. In their opinion, the main problems with the game AI agent arose […]

OpenTTD 14.0 has been released

After 20 years of development, OpenTTD 14.0 was released. The main changes in the new version: The ability to slow down the calendar time in the game until it stops completely, without slowing down the movement of transport, which leads to a slowdown in the obsolescence of transport, opening up new gameplay for players. Significant improvement in ship pathfinding algorithms. No more lost ships, which opens up the possibility of playing using only naval […]