Photo Credit: Nothing CMF Phone 2 will feature a rear panel with a matte finish HighlightsCMF Phone 2 is expected to succeed last year's CMF Phone 1 modelThe handset is expected to feature a triple rear camera setupThe CMF Phone 2 could feature the Accessory Point systemAdvertisementCMF Phone 2 the anticipated successor to last year's novel CMF Phone 1 handset could be launched soon with some design changes. The Nothing subsidiary recently began teasing the arrival of its second generation handset, and it has now revealed what appears to be the rear panel of the CMF Phone 2. The handset could arrive with a new matte finish, according to the latest teaser. Previous reports suggest that the CMF Phone 2 will be equipped with a triple rear camera setup.CMF Phone 2 Design (Expected)In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, the smartphone brand revealed a portion of the rear panel on the purported CMF Phone 2. A brief video shows the handset with plastic edges and a screw that holds the redesigned rear panel in place. The movement of the handset reveals a glossy, rear panel with a matte finish.The post doesn't reveal the material of the rear panel, which could be made of plastic or aluminium. The current generation model is equipped with a polycarbonate rear panel (or vegan leather for the blue colourway). The teaser also shows the CMF by Nothing logo on the bottom left side that appears light or dark when held at different angles.A recent leak suggests that the CMF Phone 2 will be equipped with a triple rear camera setup, which could be a step up from the 50-megapixel primary and portrait sensor on the Phone 1. The image of the entire rear panel was revealed in the leaked image, and the left section appears to match the one on the phone seen on CMF's teaser.Another important feature seen on the CMF Phone 2 is the Accessory Point system, which enabled the use of accessories like a phone stand, a card case, or a lanyard. The leaked indicates that the CMF Phone 2 will also offer support for these accessories.The upcoming smartphone is expected to arrive with incremental hardware upgrades over the first generation CMF Phone 1. That handset sports a 6.7-inch AMOLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate and features a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 chip. It also packs a 5,000mAh battery with support for 33W charging.REVIEWKEY SPECSNEWSDesignDisplaySoftwarePerformanceBattery LifeCameraValue for MoneyGoodSwappable rear panelVibrant 120Hz AMOLED display Good performanceClean User InterfaceBadNo charger in the boxNo stereo speakers No dedicated wide-angle or telephoto lensRead detailed CMF by Nothing Phone 1 reviewDisplay 6.70-inchProcessor MediaTek Dimensity 7300Front Camera 16-megapixelRear Camera 50-megapixel + 2-megapixelRAM 6GB, 8GBStorage 128GBBattery Capacity 5000mAhOS Android 14Resolution 1080x2400 pixels For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube. Further reading: CMF Phone 2, CMF Phone 2 Design, CMF Phone 2 Specifications, Nothing David Delima As a writer on technology with Gadgets 360, David Delima is interested in open-source technology, cybersecurity, consumer privacy, and loves to read and write about how the Internet works. David can be contacted via email at DavidD@ndtv.com,on Twitter at @DxDavey, and Mastodon at mstdn.social/@delima. More Related Stories

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KillerMemberOct 27, 20172,816LinkyFor comparison, TLOU part 1 peaked at 36,496. Mattmo831Featuring Mattmo831 from the Apple v Epic caseMemberOct 26, 20206,292Seems to be well received unlike the part 1 port... i think lack of marketing + the psn bullshit even reversed making it not available in 100+ countries is having a tollSpeevyMemberOct 26, 201722,741Guess they're golfing now.dex3108MemberOct 26, 201724,444What else to expect from barely any marketing, region locking and overall very little care regarding PC release? It is years late port on top of that.wagonMemberJan 6, 2025204Guess that'll be the last of us for PC eh?texhnolyzeShinra EmployeeMemberOct 25, 201725,673IndonesiaI wanted to say wait until the weekend, but today was it and the peak dropped from the first day instead of raising. That said, the drop is actually good for a sequel. Lots of sequels saw a more significant drop from the first game than this.nsilviasMemberOct 25, 201729,334we all waiting for them 6 months of patches to get it to a good state like every sony pc port also huge price cut on a 5 year old game TGMemberDec 11, 20191,129I didn't even know it was out. It's been an attention sapping week.doemaaanMemberOct 27, 20172,662wagon said:Guess that'll be the last of us for PC eh?Click to expand...Click to shrink...Thinking about it there's nothing else they can do with it. Unless of course they showed up on Xbox and Switch 2 .TaySanSayTanMemberDec 10, 201836,012Tulsa, OklahomaI wouldn't even know this port was out the other day if it wasn't for Era. Very little marketing and not a great port apparently Duxxy3MemberOct 27, 201724,385USATaySan said:I wouldn't even know this port was out the other day if it wasn't for Era. Very little marketing and not a great port apparentlyClick to expand...Click to shrink...Could be they're waiting to market the PS and PC versions til the next season is on.Tasman1991MemberOct 22, 2024287Guy I think you have to realise that PC very good for Sony low prices to port meaning they don't have to get a lot of copies to get money it's also a um what's that word PC gaming the second priority to them then their consoles hell expect the ghost of yo tied to be a year later after console hell I don't expect them to go day and day for the big games until ps7 anyway I heard the port is is better than the first one and Spider-Man 2 port also I don't know why people expect massive marketing for a port of a game Hell they probably already made their money back and more with this release still see Sony should do a different approach with PC like get PC developers to make games for them on PC and then after a year Port them to consolehydruxo Legend MemberOct 25, 201722,323Tasman1991 said:Guy I think you have to realise that PC very good for Sony low prices to port meaning they don't have to get a lot of copies to get money it's also a um what's that word PC gaming the second priority to them then their consoles hell expect the ghost of yo tied to be a year later after console hell I don't expect them to go day and day for the big games until ps7 anyway I heard the port is is better than the first one and Spider-Man 2 port also I don't know why people expect massive marketing for a port of a game Hell they probably already made their money back and more with this release still see Sony should do a different approach with PC like get PC developers to make games for them on PC and then after a year Port them to consoleClick to expand...Click to shrink...Exactly. Doesn't take much for these PS PC ports to be profitable. Just the fact that these ports exist is good for PS because they have legs and they're evergreen sellers that people are consistently picking up over time.vivftpMemberOct 29, 201722,765This and the console variant will continue to draw in gamers over time with season 2, 3 and maybe possibly 4 of the HBO series based on this one game. All of this is just gravy to Sony and Naughty Dog, the game was already profitable after it's first weekend back in 2020Tasman1991MemberOct 22, 2024287hydruxo said:Exactly. Doesn't take much for these PS PC ports to be profitable. Just the fact that these ports exist is good for PS because they have legs and they're evergreen sellers that people are consistently picking up over time.Click to expand...Click to shrink...Yeah I think there's a certain group of PC gamers who think everything should be day and date but even PC games don't go day and date with other games I mean listen I'm just happy for the PC games that they got a good Port this time maybe Sony will realize that rushing a port is not a good idea that's why I still figured be a year oh year and a half for their big games to come over to PC and during that time they'll publish games on it that they don't own the rights to through I still think Sony should contact PC game developers and fund PC games say hey you don't have to worry about a console port until a year just get out on PCOozeManMemberFeb 21, 20181,174Isn't showing up in my Steam region. Does it require the mandatory the Sony account login?astroMemberOct 25, 201764,346OozeMan said:Isn't showing up in my Steam region. Does it require the mandatory the Sony account login?Click to expand...Click to shrink...That's the thing, no. You can sign in, but you don't need to. The region blacklisting really sucks.KillLaCamProphet of TruthMemberOct 25, 201715,700SeoulThese games are never gonna sell that well on PC when they release so much later and also have no marketingastroMemberOct 25, 201764,346I would assume these big first party Sony games sell well over time, but I have no idea.How have all the others done over time? Not CCU.XR.MemberNov 22, 20187,499The good thing about releasing this 40 billion years after the PS4 release is that I can wait another 40 billion years for the $15 sale. Seems like a great game! Snake2024MemberMay 15, 20241,248God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn and Spiderman had all higher CCU peaks than their sequels so it isn't suprising that it is lower than TLOU Part 1. Numbers will likely grow a bit more till sunday.SiriMemberNov 7, 20171,298It's a years late port of a sequel of a game that had a notoriously bad port on PC. Even as great a game as it probably is, the appeal is through the floor at this point.PoyunchThe FallenOct 25, 20172,956I wanted to play it but the Monster Hunter content dropped on the same day. I'm probs gonna start it this weekend.Anustart9 Million ScovillesAvengerNov 12, 20179,591You know Ellie, we really need those grandparents that have steam idling in the background to buy and boot The Last of Us 2KhanimusAvengerOct 25, 201745,165Greater VancouverWhat was it supposed to do?J75MemberSep 29, 20187,740I hope that port was cheap enough to make and they recouped their losses with those numbers, cuz jeez...WillinMemberOct 28, 20172,251It will get a significant boost when Season 2 of the TV show airs.NateoMemberOct 27, 20178,848J75 said:I hope that port was cheap enough to make and they recouped their losses with those numbers, cuz jeez...Click to expand...Click to shrink...It'll recoup it no problem over time. PC games like this have long legs. The other thing Sony needs to understand is the pricing for this stuff is shit.MacheteSquadSteveMemberJan 6, 2025154Old game, no marketing, and Sony's a bit shit on PC. I see very little reason to support them, and when I do I'll only buy cheap keys.RizificMemberOct 27, 20176,254This is something I'm %100 going to buy, but uhhh mh wilds and khazan are SO good right now. OreoleoAvengerOct 25, 20172,239OhioI learned my lesson getting the first game Day 1 on PC. Though Part 2 looks to be in a marginally better spot comparatively, I'm not exactly sprinting to part with $50 this time seeing what state the port is in. I can wait.Joe WhiteMemberOct 27, 20173,491Finlanddex3108 said:What else to expect from barely any marketing, region locking and overall very little care regarding PC release? It is years late port on top of that.Click to expand...Click to shrink...Better care and availability would have helped, and it did have some marketing. Not that it needs that, as the game is still latest title from ND, some 300+ Game of the Year awards winner, released next to upcoming season of HBO series, and consistently promoted as best ever by its fans in every opportunity for the past 5 years.dex3108MemberOct 26, 201724,444Joe White said:Better care and availability would have helped, and it did have some marketing. Not that it needs that, as the game is still latest title from ND, some 300+ Game of the Year awards winner, released next to upcoming season of HBO series, and consistently promoted as best ever by its fans in every opportunity for the past 5 years.Click to expand...Click to shrink...It wasn't promoted on PC, point is to capture audience outside PlayStation ecosystem, many of those have no idea what TLoU is (or any other PlayStation game released on PC).Joe WhiteMemberOct 27, 20173,491Finlanddex3108 said:It wasn't promoted on PC, point is to capture audience outside PlayStation ecosystem, many of those have no idea what TLoU is (or any other PlayStation game released on PC).Click to expand...Click to shrink...They did promoted PC release on Game Awards, and that is about biggest event they could do that. It might not be the best place to reach PC audience and they should have kept some buzz going up to release, but they did try doing some marketing.TechnicPuppetMemberOct 28, 201711,750Why is it always the marketing? How much marketing do certain games need? Are we saying certain games only ever found success because of marketing?GavalancheProphet of RegretMemberOct 21, 202125,037I dont think a game needs to be that promoted on Steam; people know what the Last of Us is. Its just expensive for an old game, its coming out at a busy time, and the first one was a terrible port. Thats it really, I dont think it is more complicated than that.astroMemberOct 25, 201764,346Gavalanche said:I dont think a game needs to be that promoted on Steam; people know what the Last of Us is. Its just expensive for an old game, its coming out at a busy time, and the first one was a terrible port. Thats it really, I dont think it is more complicated than that.Click to expand...Click to shrink...40 quid isn't that expensive, and you can get it for close to 30 on other sites. I'm sure people will be waiting, but I wouldn't call this expensive even for an older port.FliesenMemberOct 25, 201710,662Willin said:It will get a significant boost when Season 2 of the TV show airs.Click to expand...Click to shrink...this. Also it's a cheap-ish, decent-ish port. I don't think it's gonna take a lot to make this port profitable.bob1001 Legend MemberMay 7, 20202,045TechnicPuppet said:Why is it always the marketing? How much marketing do certain games need? Are we saying certain games only ever found success because of marketing?Click to expand...Click to shrink...I don't think anyone is expecting a massive marketing campaign but more than basically nothing would help.I don't want to turn this into a conversation about day 1 vs delayed but this is a remaster, the original game came out in 2020, they could have released this alongside the PS5 version and have it benefit from the marketing without it being indicative of a major strategy change.They're going to make a profit from this, but you'd think they want to maximise how much they make.Last edited: Today at 4:15 AMFF SeraphimMemberOct 26, 201716,197TokyoWait the port is out? Is it good? astroMemberOct 25, 201764,346FF Seraphim said:Wait the port is out? Is it good?Click to expand...Click to shrink...If you have a decent system, then yeh. It's pretty good it seems.Issues on lower ends systems though (see the DF video) for console equivelant settings, but if you have newer hardware it should run pretty well. I'm 7 hours in and it's very smooth (5700x / 4070).We have an OT if you want to see impressions, too: https://www.resetera.com/threads/th...remasterd-pc-ot-do-it-all-over-again.1151829/TerbinatorMemberOct 29, 201712,987FF Seraphim said:Wait the port is out? Is it good?Click to expand...Click to shrink...Depends on your expectations.astroMemberOct 25, 201764,346Terbinator said:Depends on your expectations.Click to expand...Click to shrink...I mean, people in the OT are saying it's running very well for them, it is for me too. I'd say it depends more on your hardware.Linus815MemberOct 29, 201723,462gonna be interesting to see how much of a boost the tv show provides, but it does seem that pc players have cooled a bit on these sony ports in general.MonthOLDpickleMemberOct 25, 20176,152TaiwanStill need to play the first one. I need money first, price in my region =(.rahjiMemberOct 25, 20174,229I mean it is a really old game and it runs really bad on older systems.SantarMemberOct 27, 20176,945NorwayOnce again it took too long. Should've been out at the same time as the ps5 version. They hype just dies down for the vast majority of of these years old ports. People have just moved on. Of course there are exceptions, but in general this seems to be the case.MeltedDreamsMemberOct 27, 20179,281These years old games will do well on sales when the price is 20-30 bucks. The hype for all games dies out after launch year and a lot of people on PC are not in hurry to buy them.FF SeraphimMemberOct 26, 201716,197Tokyoastro said:If you have a decent system, then yeh. It's pretty good it seems.Issues on lower ends systems though (see the DF video) for console equivelant settings, but if you have newer hardware it should run pretty well. I'm 7 hours in and it's very smooth (5700x / 4070).We have an OT if you want to see impressions, too: https://www.resetera.com/threads/th...remasterd-pc-ot-do-it-all-over-again.1151829/Click to expand...Click to shrink...Thanks! Will check out the thread!Magic MushroomMemberOct 25, 201713,142We know from the Insomniac leak that these PC ports don't need to sell much to be profitable. They will sell for years to come, especially with sales and what not. Almost all of these titles already sold gangbustera on PS, so it's gravy.

All the best Assassins Creed games are about family. The Ezio trilogy, long considered the peak of the series, is built on the tragic loss of Ezios family, and his fundamental loneliness. The games most iconic song the one whose motif is colloquially known as the Assassins Creed theme is titled Ezios Family. Assassins Creed Origins is the story of parents seeking vengeance after the death of their son. Likewise, the protagonist of Odyssey comes from a broken family: Alexios or Kassandra grows up orphaned after being literally dropped off a mountain by their father, who chooses loyalty to Sparta over protecting his children.The latest game in the series, Assassins Creed Shadows, also revolves around family. Early on it takes the player through a long sequence where we see young ninja Naoes family life before as always happens in this series her world is upended by violence.Im not far enough into the game to see where Naoes story will (presumably!) intersect with the games second protagonist, Yasuke. The two start the narrative on opposite sides of Lord Oda Nobunagas warpath through 16th-century Japan, and they share equal real estate in the games marketing materials. But starting Assassins Creed Shadows reminded me of the first time that Ubisoft anchored an Assassins Creed game with dual protagonists and how much I loved it.Assassins Creed Syndicate may have largely followed the franchise blueprint, but it did some things differently where it counted. Im happy to call it my favorite game in the series. Here at Polygon it reviewed well, and Metacritic agrees. But its success was never guaranteed, and looking back on it now, I still think its kind of miraculous.Assassins Creed Syndicate introduced the player to twin Assassins Jacob and Evie Frye. Theyre young and opinionated, ready to make the leap from the boonies to bustling Victorian London.It was the first time that Assassins Creed would have dual protagonists, and the first time a mainline Assassins Creed game would be co-headlined by a female character. Assassins Creed 3 and its spinoffs had toyed with both of these concepts in limited ways. Assassins Creed 3 featured a prologue where the player inhabited Haytham Kenway, before swapping to his son Connor for the rest of the game. And the spinoff Assassins Creed 3: Liberation is anchored by the slave-liberating Assassin Aveline de Grandpr a genuinely cool, bold move even if the game was destined for the low-selling PlayStation Vita. It was the right moment for Ubisoft to shake things up in a main series game, and also the worst. Syndicate came out in 2015, and it splash-landed right in the middle of a poisonous debate around playable female characters and the Gamergate harassment campaign.Image: Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft via PolygonAt the time, Ubisoft was still putting out an Assassins Creed game basically every year. Although Syndicate would have been in development for years, it directly followed the much-maligned Assassins Creed Unity. Unity had a rough launch from a technical perspective, but also got blowback when a developer told Polygon that a female character model was cut from the co-op mode, because of the additional work that creating it would entail.In short, a lot of people were mad in a lot of different directions, and the pressure on Syndicate to do better was high.Ubisoft also had to contend with a question that fewer and fewer people are asking these days: What about the lore? In previous games, the Animus that the Assassins use to relive history required a genetic link between the modern-day protagonist and their historical counterpart. By the time Unity rolled around, it was clear that this concept was holding the series back. Fortunately, it was pretty easy to ditch it: The tech gets better! Later versions of the Animus are advanced enough to simulate history just using the historical characters DNA. But in 2014 and 2015, players were still catching up with the new normal. The question of where and whether Arno Dorian, the protagonist of Unity, fit into Desmond Miles sprawling family tree was floated by fans on Reddit before that games release. The fact that Syndicates Jacob and Evie are twins seems to gesture at this concern, too. Dual protagonists were possible because their DNA was so similar. The lore could remain intact, and the historical timeline undisturbed. (Science-heads, dont bother trying to explain whether or not this justification actually makes sense it truly doesnt matter.) Obviously, later games would hand-wave even more of the science. In Assassins Creed Odyssey, the player can decide for themself whether Kassandra or Alexios is the mercenary that faces off against the Cult of Kosmos. Historical record be damned! But Syndicate had a smaller sandbox to play in. And in that sandbox, it made some magic.A tale of two twinsAssassins Creed Syndicate pioneered the model that Shadows now follows: two protagonists with different play styles and radically different personalities.The main trio of Syndicate scheme in their steam train. Image: Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft via PolygonJacob Frye is brash and bold the kind of Assassin who runs into the burning orphanage without thinking ahead. Hes a brawler, and brass knuckles are his weapon of choice. Evie is a planner, and like Naoe, she is stealth incarnate. Her footsteps are lighter, and she carries a cane sword.As in Shadows, Jacob and Evie are both introduced in gameplay missions upfront. But whereas Shadows then hides Yasuke behind hours of story progression, Syndicate immediately lets the player swap between Jacob and Evie in the open world of Victorian London.Each character has their own story missions, however, and its here that Syndicates narrower scope is really in its favor.The twins have very different priorities. Evie is working with fellow Assassin Henry Green to find a Piece of Eden, a valuable artifact that must be kept from the Templars. Meanwhile, Jacob finds it more productive to simply assassinate the powerful Templars controlling the city.The twins warring prerogatives bring them into conflict. In one mission, Jacob assassinates the governor of the Bank of England a Templar who also made a habit of robbing the Bank of England. For Jacob, the solution is simple! See Templar, kill Templar. Jacob Frye, causing problems. Image: Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft via PolygonUnfortunately this sends England spiraling toward a financial crisis.Its here that Evie has to step in, in a mission where the player recovers stolen currency printing plates. In this way, the two narratives are constantly counterbalancing each other. The player gets to wreak chaos as Jacob, but then see how his careless actions ripple out into the world, and make amends. It makes London feel like its really being shaped and driven by the twins (and the players) efforts.Evie is frustrated by Jacobs move fast and break things approach, and Jacob feels like Evie is wasting her time chasing McGuffins. They cross each other, clean up each others messes, and get on each others nerves as siblings do.And when inevitably Jacobs and Evies goals are unified, its all the more satisfying.All in the familyLike the rest of Assassins Creeds orphaned and tormented heroes, Jacob and Evie have parental baggage. Their story begins shortly after their father, the Assassin who trained them, dies. Its not a dramatic death and theres no one to blame, except maybe Victorian environmental standards: Ethan Frye dies of pleurisy, a painful lung disease. The game begins when these two young, ambitious Assassins are set loose on the world for the first time. Theyre discovering who they are without the guiding and often critical hand of their father.The twins relationship with Ethan underlines all of their conflicts. Evie has always been the golden child who excelled under Ethans tutelage and took his philosophy to heart. Jacob chafed at the restrictions and wants to do things his own way.But then, something very special happens. [Ed. note: This rest of this story contains spoilers for the ending of Assassins Creed Syndicate and the Jack the Ripper DLC.]Unlike so many Assassins Creed games that came before it, Syndicate is a happy story. Jacob and Evie grow through their differences and learn to work together. Evie and Henry Green fall in love. They all get knighted by Queen Victoria. And everybody lives! Instead of descending into maudlin tragedy, Syndicate is about learning to love and live with the family that you have even if you dont always agree with them.This is essentially their dynamic all the time. Image: Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft via PolygonIts sweet, funny, and refreshing. Shortly after Syndicate came out, Ubisoft released the Jack the Ripper DLC. In the weeks leading up to it, I remember existing in a vague miasma of anxiety. Jack the Ripper is a much darker story. It takes place decades after Syndicate, and the story primarily follows Evie Frye, who has returned to London because Jacob is missing and Jack the Ripper is going on his legendary killing spree. Before release, Ubisoft announced that in some sequences, the player would play as the Ripper himself.Knowing that the dual protagonists of the DLC were Evie and Jack, rather than Evie and Jacob, led some players to theorize that Jack was actually Jacob. It didnt seem all that likely, but even considering it made me sick. I couldnt stand the idea that Jacob Frye might be the historical butcherer of women. To me, it would have been the ultimate betrayal of the character, and the story that Syndicate had told.But I didnt need to worry.Jack the Ripper ends with the serial killer dead, and the twins reunited. Jacob is wounded both physically and psychologically by his experience. But as the siblings embrace, the DLC fulfills the promise that Syndicate made. This story is about family. Assassins Creed games always are, but Syndicate still did it the best. See More:

Microsoft was celebrating its 50th anniversary with some prominent leaders, including Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, Steve Balmer, and the CEO of Microsoft of AI, Mustafa Suleyman. The celebrations were interrupted by two employees who protested against the company's use of AI technologies and how they are playing a role in a global conflict. Microsoft's public stance on ethical Artificial Intelligence was challenged by the protesters who continue to highlight the growing concerns of employees and the tech community at large on being transparent about the AI tools deployed.As Microsoft celebrates its 50th anniversary, two employees interrupted the celebrations and voiced against the company's use of its AI toolsMicrosoft was celebrating its 50 years in the industry, and the event involved some key figures associated with the company, such as Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft; Steve Ballmer, the former CEO; Satya Nadella, the current CEO; and Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI. The celebration included the company's partners, employees, and collaborators. The event took an intense turn when two employees of the company stood up against its use of AI technology.It was initially Ibtihal Aboussad who made a bold protest against the company's use of AI technology to support war efforts, especially in areas that are affected by violence. She condemned the company for celebrating a milestone without weighing the moral outage of the company's use of innovation and technology. While stating her concerns and directing her disappointment at Microsoft's AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, Aboussad said:You are a war profiteer. Stop using AI for genocide. Stop using AI for genocide in our region. You have blood on your hands. All of Microsoft has blood on its hands. How dare you all celebrate when Microsoft is killing children. Shame on you all.While the employee was escorted out of the event, she sent an email to many of the Microsoft employees voicing the same concerns. Then, the celebration was interrupted by another protester, Vaniya Agrawal, who jumped in while all the prominent figures, past and current CEO's, were present on stage and called them out regarding their alleged involvement in military applications of AI. The present and past chief executives continued their discussion without addressing the incident.Microsoft's 50th-anniversary celebration was meant to highlight the company's latest innovation in Copilot and AI, but the protests caused a shift in the atmosphere, changing the focus away from the leaps in technology to deeper ethical concerns.Deal of the Day

Call of Duty Season 3 is live in Black Ops 6, bringing brand-new maps, more game modes, and more guns to unlock in the battle pass. Season 3 completely shakes up the weapon meta, so here we recommend the best weapon builds to try for your next match of multiplayer.Season 3 adds plenty of nostalgic weapons from Modern Warfare 2019, such as the Kilo 141, CR-56 AMAX, Grau 5.56, and the HDR. All of these weapons look and feel great to use, so there is no shortage of great choices for mid-to-long-range options in Black Ops 6.The Season 3 patch notes included nerfs for previously popular weapons like the Jackal PDW, and added buffs to make several less viable weapons more popular, including many semi-auto guns.Recommended weapon builds can be found below, but if you're looking for more details about the new season, make sure to check out all the highlights for Season 3 of Black Ops 6.We also have a guide for recommended Black Ops 6 weapon builds to use in Warzone for Season 3. Kilo 141Originally from Modern Warfare 2019, the fan-favorite Kilo 141 assault rifle returns with Season 3. Currently, this is one of the best guns in the game. It has a fast fire rate and very minimal recoil, making it powerful but also really easy to handle. Here's how you unlock the Kilo 141 in Season 3.Recommended Kilo 141 attachments:Optic: Kepler MicroflexMuzzle: SuppressorUnderbarrel: Ranger ForegripMagazine: Extended Mag IRear Grip: Ergonomic Grip Swat 5.56 (Grau conversion)The Swat 5.56 marksman rifle hasn't really been a popular choice for multiplayer, but Season 3's battle pass adds a Grau conversion kit attachment that transforms this underperforming marksman rifle into the fully-auto Grau 5.56 assault rifle from Modern Warfare 2019. With this conversion kit, the gun has a very fast time-to-kill and less recoil.You can add a suppressor and swap to the Infiltrator stock for a faster stealth build, but the Grau conversion will still have some of the Swat's kick. This build offers the most minimal recoil for optimal accuracy.Again, this build uses the Grau conversion kit, which is unlocked in the free tiers of the battle pass on page 5.Recommended Swat 5.56 attachments:Optic: Kepler MicroflexMuzzle: CompensatorUnderbarrel: Ranger ForegripStock: Heavy StockFire Mod: Grau Conversion CR-56 AMAXThe CR-56 AMAX assault rifle returns to Call of Duty, and just like the Modern Warfare 2019 version, this gun hits like a truck. It still has a slower fire rate and a bit more recoil than the Kilo 141, but it can be a very rewarding and powerful assault rifle to use. The recommended attachments will help reduce some of the weapon's kick and speed up the fire rate.This build uses the Monolithic Suppressor, which is unlocked in the free tiers of the battle pass on page 7. You can also use the standard suppressor on this build until you can unlock the Monolithic Suppressor in the pass.Recommended CR-56 AMAX attachments:Muzzle: Monolithic SuppressorBarrel: Long BarrelUnderbarrel: Ranger ForegripMagazine: Extended Mag IIRear Grip: Quickdraw GripIf you want to turn this into a Gunfight build, you can also add an optic, the Light stock, and Recoil Springs fire mod to get even more out of the CR-56 AMAX. AS-VALThe AS-VAL assault rifle is another great choice. This weapon got buffs in Season 3 to improve the gun's maximum range and increase the movement speeds. The recommended attachments will help reduce the gun's recoil and boost the ammo count.Recommended AS-Val attachments:Barrel: Suppressed Long BarrelUnderbarrel: Vertical ForegripMagazine: Extended Mag IIStock: Full StockFire Mod: Recoil Springs Cypher 091Season 2's Cypher 091 assault rifle is still a solid choice for multiplayer. The recommended attachments will help boost the gun's bullet velocity and damage range to help its performance in longer range engagements.Recommended Cypher 091 attachments:Optic: Kepler MicroflexMuzzle: CompensatorBarrel: Reinforced BarrelUnderbarrel: Vertical ForegripMagazine: Extended Mag II KSVThanks to Season 3's nerf to the Jackal PDW, the KSV submachine gun is now one of the best choices for close-range combat in Season 3. The recommended attachments will help with recoil control and mobility.Recommended KSV attachments:Muzzle: CompensatorBarrel: Long BarrelUnderbarrel: Ranger ForegripRear Grip: Ergonomic GripStock: Balanced Stock C9Another solid choice for close-range combat is the C9 submachine gun. The recommended attachments will help with recoil and improve the gun's damage range and bullet velocity. If you want extra ammo, you can always replace the stock with an Extended Mag attachment.Recommended C9 attachments:Barrel: Reinforced BarrelUnderbarrel: Vertical ForegripRear Grip: Ergonomic GripStock: Balanced StockFire Mod: Recoil Springs HDROriginally from Modern Warfare 2019, the HDR sniper rifle returns in Season 3. This is a heavy, one-shot sniper rifle, and the recommended attachments will help you improve mobility and provide a better optic choice for multiplayer.Recommended HDR attachments:Prismatech 4xBarrel: CHF BarrelMagazine: Extended Mag IStock: Combat StockLaser: Strelok LaserThis is a good choice for using the Gunfight Wildcard and loading this gun down with attachments. Precision Foregrip underbarrel, Quickdraw Grip rear grip, and Rapid Fire.

Right now, everything being discussed about Resident Evil 9 is merely a rumor until Capcom comes forth and finally makes something official. At this point, all that's really known for certain is that the game is in development. Resident Evil 9 has been anticipated for a while now, as the last entry in the series, Village, launched back in 2021. While four years isn't exactly a long stretch of time between games in this day and age, the rumors and leaks surrounding RE9 can make the wait a real challenge.

Netflixs gleeful horror-comedy Dead Talents Society wears a lot of its influences out in the open. Writer-director John Hsu talked with Polygon earlier this month about how YouTube streamers, 90s Taiwanese pop music, Satoshi Kons Perfect Blue and Tokyo Godfathers, and real Asian urban legends like the little girl in red helped inspire his manic movie about the capitalist grind of the afterlife. In Dead Talents Society, ghosts endlessly chase viral fame as haunting superstars, while one new ghost, The Rookie (Gingle Wang), deals with the humiliation of being an incompetent scarer.During that interview, Hsu also mentioned that hes an avid gamer, which has heavily influenced his career: He learned to script and edit while making World of Warcraft machinima videos and posting them on the AFK PL@YERS YouTube channel, and he went on to direct the 2019 film adaptation of the 2018 horror game Detention.Since Im such a huge gamer they realized it might be a good idea to have someone whos familiar with gaming culture make that film, he told Polygon. Its not that Im particularly interested in horror or history, but its because of the fact that Im a gamer that I got that job.With so many different references on the screen in Dead Talents Society, Polygon figured it was worth asking whether there were any game inspirations we missed in the movie. The answers were really unexpected.This interview has been edited for concision and clarity.Polygon: Did any particular games affect your planning on Dead Talents Society? Or are there games you think people who love this movie should play?John Hsu: There are so many of them. For example, Katamari Damacy.I would not have guessed that from this movies bloody, horror-driven humor.Its not a direct influence, but I really enjoy the wackiness of the game. Every time when Im nearing the end of the game, I get really emotional, because its like I can roll up something really big, and everything becomes one, to just one purpose. Its like Tokyo Godfathers or Little Miss Sunshine [movie characters] goals can be super stupid, but theyre doing it anyway.To me, Katamari Damacy is like, youre always rolling something and getting it bigger. It might not have any kind of meaning, but you do it again and again. You are making the ball bigger and bigger, but whats that for? And then you send it to the sky to become a star. Its kind of meaningless and also so meaningful at the same time.Youve compared the horror elements of this movie to Sisyphus being doomed to eternally roll a rock up a hill. This sounds similar.Yeah. We did a lot of research in terms of Albert Camus work. Everything is meaningless, so you should just enjoy the process. Thats the conclusion we have in the film.In terms of other games, a lot of inspiration we had with Dead Talents Society came from indie games. For example, The Beginners Guide. Its an indie game from the author of The Stanley Parable. And its about this game developer who made The Stanley Parable suffering from impostor syndrome. He found some kind of mystery another game developer whos been anonymous for quite some time. He would upload random games that dont even sound fun to play, but its like he was trying to say something, but its so anonymous, no one knows who it is. So the protagonist, who is the game developer of Stanley Parable, is trying to find this guy.And when the protagonist gets closer to that mysterious game developer, hes warned not to get even closer. Weird things happen, but at the end of the day, its about, Why are we making stuff? Why are we creating stuff? What are we trying to do? Are we trying to connect to other people? Are we trying to be understood? Are we trying to be seen?Theres a scene in the game when your game gets super famous there are a lot of people with cameras, taking photos of you, and their heads are blocked, saying Press. Its a scene to describe unwanted attention. Because if you are creating something, in the beginning, at least, you must be creative because you thought it was fun. But at a certain point, when its becoming your job, when you have an audience, when you have other people to satisfy, it gets more and more complicated.And the creative process can be toxic sometimes, because we have to satisfy a lot of people, which is also impossible. And that influences your self-value and identity in certain ways. And thats the core of what we want to talk about in Dead Talents Society. So that game had a lot of influence as well. Me and my co-writer Tsai Kun-Lin both played it.Theres another game called Before Your Eyes. Its also an indie game, where when you blink, time will pass. So the camera is your eyes, and how you proceed the story. You get to see this protagonists whole life. And sometimes you really dont want to miss the stuff youre seeing, but you do because you have to blink. Thats the point of that game time is fleeting. And what was actually the essence of your whole life after your death?The protagonist is so similar to our protagonist. He had a musician mother, always pushing him to become another musician. And he was so ill as a child, so he thought he wouldnt satisfy his mothers expectations. So its exactly like The Rookie in Dead Talents Society. When I played the game during the writing process, I was so surprised at how similar it was.Dead Talents Society is quite personal to me, in terms of the Rookie story arc. I was forced to play piano when I was 10 or something. One of the songs I really had trouble practicing is a song that the character in Before Your Eyes is playing. So its such a coincidence for me to realize that actually, there are a lot of people suffering from the same situation either confusion about your self-value or about your identity when youre taking too much account of other peoples opinions. It leads to impostor syndrome.It fascinates me that none of these are horror games, that you were more influenced by various games philosophical elements. Are there any horror games that have been meaningful for you?Oh yeah. Silent Hill 2. Definitely. I am a big fan of that series. I think the Silent Hill story is at its best in 2. When we were making Detention, we had a lot of influences and references from Silent Hill as well, because the game Detention also had a lot of influence from Silent Hill. I also quite enjoy Doki Doki Literature Club. I thought that was so clever its so meta. And using meta elements to scare people is the best.Dead Talents Society is streaming on Netflix now.

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Amazon has started testing another AI-powered feature called "Buy for Me," which allows the e-commerce company to make purchases for you from other websites. Specifically, from the actual website of a brand you're looking looking up. The experience is built into the Amazon app. When you search for an item from a particular brand, you may see a section of results labeled "Shop brand sites directly" separate from the results you'll get from Amazon and its third-party sellers.If you click on the "Buy for Me" button underneath an item in the separate results section, you'll be taken to a product detail page right inside the Amazon app. The company says the page will provide relevant product information similar to the product details in Amazon's own listings. Amazon will purchase the item for you from the brand's website if you decide to go through with the transaction. It uses agentic AI, a type of AI that doesn't need human intervention, to provide your name, address and payment details for the checkout process. Your details are encrypted, Amazon says, and it will not be able to see your previous and future orders from brands' websites. You'll receive a confirmation email from the brand store itself for your purchase, but you can track your order within the Amazon app through the new Buy for Me Orders tab in the Your Orders page.The company told us that it's not getting a commission from your purchases made through the experimental feature, but it didn't say if it was going to get a cut from sales in the future. For now, the feature is still in beta and will only be available to a subset of customers on the US on its iOS and Amazon apps. The test will also only feature a limited number of brand stores and products for now. Just a few days ago, Amazon also released an AI-powered feature called "Interests," which can process prompts in every day language related to your, well, interests. You can, for instance, type in "Brewing tools and gadgets for coffee lovers" to get relevant notifications for Amazon's deals and offerings.AmazonUpdate, April 05, 2025, 09:25 AM ET: Amazon told us it's not getting a commission from this experimental feature. This story has been updated to reflect that.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/amazons-buy-for-me-ai-will-purchase-stuff-from-third-party-websites-123036361.html?src=rss