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Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 4 launch live: our coverage of the new season’s release now that Fortnite is in downtime

Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 4 is now just mere hours away, launching later today (August 7, 2025). It’s set to feature a Power Rangers collaboration and will have new points of interest for players to explore. It’s all now been fully revealed, so here’s all of the details on what to expect, and when it’s…

Hell is Us is getting a free demo for PC and console ahead of the game’s release

Hell is Us is getting a free demo for PC and console ahead of the game’s release

A free demo for Hell is Us is being released on August 12 for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S The demo arrives ahead of the game’s launch on September 4 The PC version will also run at 4K 60FPS A free demo for Rogue Factor’s upcoming supernatural third-person action game Hell…

South Park season 27 episode 2 has finally dropped after the sitcom’s controversial premiere, but its best satirizing of world events isn’t even featured – here’s what you missed

South Park season 27 episode 2 has finally dropped after the sitcom’s controversial premiere, but its best satirizing of world events isn’t even featured – here’s what you missed

If you watched the controversial premiere, you’ll know that South Park season 27 episode 2 has had a brief hiatus following an explosive return to our screens. We’re now back on track with South Park Elementary counselor Mr. Mackey being fired due to budget cuts, then getting a job with United States Immigration and Customs…

Crystal Methodology: Adapting Agile to Team Size and Project Type

If you think Agile is a one-size-fits-all solution, think again. Many teams adopt Scrum or Kanban without realizing that team size, criticality, and project complexity should influence how you work—not just blindly follow ceremonies. That’s where Crystal Methodology shines. Crystal is a lightweight, adaptive Agile framework that evolves based on your team’s context. It doesn’t…

High-Dimensional Recursive Filtering for Enhanced Signal Amplification in Acoustic Microscopy

High-Dimensional Recursive Filtering for Enhanced Signal Amplification in Acoustic Microscopy

This paper introduces a novel approach to signal amplification in acoustic microscopy, leveraging high-dimensional recursive filtering (HDRF) to overcome limitations of conventional signal processing techniques. HDRF recursively compresses and reconstructs acoustic signals within exponentially increasing dimensional spaces, enabling amplification of subtle features undetectable by existing methods. We project a 20% improvement in resolution and a…

Gemini AI can turn prompts into picture books, but I still prefer Paddington

Gemini AI can turn prompts into picture books, but I still prefer Paddington

Gemini’s Storybook feature lets you instantly generate 10-page illustrated storybooks You can pick art styles and themes The results can be cute but are far from the quality of beloved classics If you have a kid who loves to hear about themselves in a story, Google’s Gemini AI has a new trick that could keep…

Grok rolls out AI video creator for X with bonus “spicy” mode

Grok rolls out AI video creator for X with bonus “spicy” mode

X’s AI video maker Grok Imagine is live for SuperGrok and Premium+ subscribers Grok Imagine turns prompts into looping six-second clips The tool includes a controversial “spicy mode” for some NSFW content xAI is pushing out the Grok Imagine AI video maker to those willing to pay for a SuperGrok or Premium+ subscription. Assuming you’ve…

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Can you run OpenAI’s new gpt-oss AI models on your laptop or phone? Here’s what you’ll need and how to do it

As you may have seen, OpenAI has just released two new AI models – gpt‑oss‑20b and gpt‑oss-120b – which are the first open‑weight models from the firm since GPT‑2. These two models – one is more compact, and the other much larger – are defined by the fact that you can run them locally. They’ll…

Using MCP with Jupyter Notebooks: Agent‑Driven Workflow in Python

Using MCP with Jupyter Notebooks: Agent‑Driven Workflow in Python

Model Context Protocol (MCP) lets you connect an AI agent directly to Jupyter notebooks using Python frontends. Agents can insert cells, execute code, modify markdown, and query notebook metadata using plain language. With MCP-enabled notebooks, developers can automate experiments and exploration in JupyterLab or Notebook environments using tools like Claude Desktop or Cursor 12. Setting…