Baldur's Gate 3 restricts consoles to 100 mods per save because they "can only juggle so many files at once""Who plays with more than 100 mods in a single save? As it turns out, there's a handful of you."Image credit: Eurogamer / Larian News by Vikki Blake Contributor Published on Nov. 24, 2024 Introducing mod support for Baldur's Gate 3 has proved so successful, developer Larian Studios is restricting the number of mods console players can run at any one time.Given high mod usage is resulting in "slow loading times and game crashes" for some players, the studio is introducing a 100-mod limit for console players.Here's our Zoe with some console and Steam Deck tips for Baldur's Gate 3.Watch on YouTube"Now that there are more than 100 mods available to download on console, we need to have a serious chat. Who plays with more than 100 mods in a single save you might ask? Well, as it turns out, there's a handful of you," Larian confirmed in a post on the official website."Unlike PC, consoles can only juggle so many files at once. The more mods you have installed, the quicker this file limit is reached. Now that some of you have been trying to play with more than 100 mods, you've been letting us know that you're experiencing slow loading times or even game crashes."While we recommend only installing the mods you know you'll definitely continue playing with, to maximise stability, we're introducing a 100-mod limit for console platforms," the post concluded.This means that from here on in, if you're on console and running more than 100 mods, you'll get a message telling you that you won't be able to load your save "for the time being".If you move between PC and console via cross-save and have more than 100 mods, you'll need to disable the number of active mods from PC to load in and keeping playing on console.There's currently no workaround for games that already have more than 100 mods, but a "follow-up fix is planned to give you the means to restore these saves".For more, a very familiar voice is here to breakdown how Baldur's Gate 3 mods are curated for consoles.Back in October, Larian celebrated 50m mod downloads since it released Patch 7 (which introduced mod-support to the fantasy role playing game). At this same time, the developer said 10k of those mod downloads were players changing Baldur's Gate 3's mysterious Undead entity Withers' name to Bone Daddy.As for what's next? Larian previously confirmed Balder's Gate 4 was briefly toyed with before the studio decided to try something new instead. The developer is yet to formally reveal its next project, it has confirmed two games are currently in the works - both of which will be based on its own IPs and described as the studio's "best work ever".

Follow us today... Given the Cybertrucks radical design and all the attention it attracts, the general public is curious about the personality of the individual who chooses to daily drive the vehicle.Fortunately, a group of Cybertruck owners have shed light on the matter, giving us a peek into the thought process behind their purchase. The Cybertruck owners say the overwhelming attention associated with the vehicle isnt a drawback but rather the most desired feature.A dentist Tesla Cybertruck owner, Steven Shao, first shared this sentiment on Facebook, which several Cybertruck owners later echoed.Steven, writing about his Cybertruck ownership experience, saysYou worked hard, but your kids dont want to hang out with you, and your friends are too busy to visit. You are getting older every day, and your neck and back are complaining.You need a man cave, a Batmobile, and a powerhouse, and it would be nice to have something that makes people snap their necks and glare. You want an overpowered, overpriced, over-the-top giant fridge on wheels.They cant ignore you anymore.This is a rather sad reason to spend a hundred thousand dollars on a vehicle, and it says a lot about the state of the modern world.Continuing his post, Steven writesMaybe the attention isnt what you want, maybe its too radical for your neighbors but you dont careyou are old, tired, and cranky, and youve had it up to here with politics and the media.Sometimes, you just want to exit the parking lot by driving over the parking stops and on the sidewalk. You are over those brushes by the house but dont want to cut themdrive over them. Do you need 850hp in a 3-ton fridge? Who cares about what we need? We are animals driven by a passion for what we want.You deserve it. Life is tough; answer back tougher. The world is full of nonsense, so drive something that makes even less sense. Enough of people giving you headaches its time to give back.You WANT a Cybertruck because you deserve it.Below, Steven finishes his post by sharing a picture of his Cybertruck parked in a company-reserved space.This is Stevens entire post, and by the end, it starts to sound like some sort of bizarre ad for the Cybertruck, but overall, the message is, if youre not happy with the world, get a Cybertruck.Thats quite a surprising sentiment, especially given how expensive the Cybertruck is. However, what surprised me even more was the number of Cybertruck owners who agreed with Stevens reasoning for buying the truck.Another Cybertruck owner, Chadwick Robison, writes, The truth is spoken. I feel you. Sari Tyler simply agrees, writing, Yes. Schuyler Oliver responds, Yup!Joan McNamara writes, You nailed it. Rod MacQuarrie responds, Yup, that's me, alright. But you forgot bulletproof. Edwin C Liu writes, Well said! Thats why I got my Foundation Cyberbeast!Overall, other than a couple of dissenters, more than 40 Cybertruck owners agreed with Stevens reasons for buying a Cybertruck.Its hard for me to understand this mindset. However, please let me know what you think in the comments. Share your ideas by clicking the red Add new comment button below. Also, visit our site, torquenews.com/Tesla, regularly for the latest updates.Image: Courtesy of Tesla, inc.For more information, check out: Parking Garages in New York are Refusing to Park Tesla Cybertrucks, They Say, Insurance Companies Have Asked Them Not toTinsae Aregay has been following Tesla and the evolution of the EV space daily for several years. He covers everything about Tesla, from the cars to Elon Musk, the energy business, and autonomy. Follow Tinsae on Twitter at @TinsaeAregay for daily Tesla news.TeslaTesla CybertruckAdd new commentFollow us today... Comments

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is shaking off doomsday predictions about what AI means for humanityinstead laying out how he sees the technology vastly improving businesses and the work-life balance of their employees. Even Dimona fierce advocate of long-established career norms such as working hard, being prepared for anything and working in the officesays future generations of employees could work a day and a half less every week, thanks to AI.As well as the working week shrinking from five to three and a half days a week, Dimon also predicts that staff in the future could live to 100 years of age.Thousands of people at Americas biggest bank are already using the technology, Dimon told Bloomberg TV, adding that artificial intelligence is a living breathing thing that will shift over the course of history. The technology may be utilized by JPMorgan for a vast range of areaserrors, trading, research, and hedging to name a fewarguably illustrating fears that AI will take the jobs of human counterparts. Goldman Sachs predicts that approximately 300 million jobs will be lost to the technology, with around a quarter of the American workforce fearing in the future they will lose their roles to artificial intelligence.But the advance of technology is also something societies have grappled with before, Dimon pointed out, adding that with AI and large language models there are also huge opportunities to improve living standards. People have to take a deep breath, Dimon said. Technology has always replaced jobs. Your children are going to live to 100 and not have cancer because of technology, and literally theyll probably be working three and a half days a week.Employees could scale back on their working hours, thanks to the technology being used to automate some of their activities, McKinsey found in a report published last year.The report also found that generative AI and other emerging technologies have the potential to automate the tasks which take up 60% to 70% of employees time at the momentadding between $2.6 trillion to $4.4 trillion to the global economy every year.And while businesses are still grappling with how quickly AI will transform their sector, arguments are already being made to reduce the number of days in the current working week.A British study of 61 organizations, carried out by the University of Cambridge, saw a 65% reduction in sick days during a four-day working week, while 71% of employees said they had reduced levels of burnout. As a result, 92% of the companies on the program said theyd be keeping a three-day weekend.Dimon and McKinsey are not the first economics leaders to predict that technology will lead to a shorter workweek, however. In a 1930 essay titled Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren, the economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that his grandchildrens generation would be working 15-hour weeks because of increased productivity. The current average in Keyness U.K. is 36.4 hours.There are negativesLike many other thought leaders, Dimon is aware that the technology could prove to be a powerful weapon if it fell into the wrong hands. Echoing the concerns of individuals such as Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak and Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, Dimon said: Technology has done unbelievable things for mankind but, you know, planes crash, pharmaceuticals get misusedthere are negatives. This one, the biggest negative in my view, is AI being used by bad people to do bad things. Think of cyber warfare.Like Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, Dimon also says he hopes to see guardrails introduced to the sector, though acknowledged this may take some time to come to fruition because the technology is relatively new. The billionaire boss of the New Yorkbased bank also noted some employees lives will be disrupted by the technology displacing their roles. In JPMorgan Chases case at least, Dimon said he hopes to redeploy any staff who are pushed out of a job by AI. He drew comparisons with JPMorgans acquisition of First Republic in May 2023, when the latter bank fell victim to a wave of banking instability before agreeing to a $10 billion deal.At First Republic weve offered jobs to 90% of people. They accepted, but we also told them some of those jobs are transitory. But we hire 30,000 people a year, so we expect to be able to get them a job somewhere local in a different branch or a different function if we can do that, Dimon explained. Well be doing that with any dislocation that takes place as a result of AI.A version of this story originally published on Fortune.com on October 3, 2023.How many degrees of separation are you from the globe's most powerful business leaders? Explore who made our brand-new list of the 100 Most Powerful People in Business. Plus, learn about the metrics we used to make it.

It's TimeStill playing Steam games on Windows 7 or 8? You might want to consider upgrading your operating system soonAll things must die, even software.Image credit: Valve News by Oisin Kuhnke Contributor Published on Nov. 24, 2024 Those of you still using Windows 7 and 8 that avidly play Steam games might want to consider finally upgrading.When it comes to software these days, everything eventually comes to an end. That's doubly true for operating systems, as unsurprisingly companies like Microsoft and Apple don't want to have to continue supporting systems that most people don't use anymore. That too applies to developers of software that have been doing things for many years now, including Valve, who has been releasing games via Steam since the days of Windows XP. Back in January, Valve announced that official support for Windows 7 and 8 had officially ended, meaning Steam Support would not be able to offer any technical support for issues users might be facing on those operating systems.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Now (as spotted by PC Gamer), 11 months on, the first Steam update has arrived that users on Windows 7 and 8 will not be able to download. "This version of the Steam client will no longer run on Windows 7 or Windows 8," the update post reads. "Users on these OS versions will not automatically update to this new version of the Steam Client." There are obviously plenty of reasons someone might be using either Windows 7 or 8, computers are pretty expensive obviously and not everyone can afford to upgrade at all, but it is a decision that makes sense - October's Steam hardware survey found that only 0.29% of users are still on Windows 7.Interestingly, the report found that nobody at all uses Windows 8 anymore, but that's a good thing as Windows 8 was absolutely dreadful. It's surprising that Valve took this long to make the call to end support, particularly with more and more people shifting over to Windows 11, the most recent operating system from Microsoft, but hey ho, these things take time sometimes.

The Australian government has withdrawn a bill that would have fined online platforms up to 5 percent of their global revenue if they failed to stop the spread of misinformation.The bill, which was backed by the Labor government, would have allowed the Australian Communications and Media Authority to create enforceable rules around misinformation on digital platforms.In a statement, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said the bill would have ushered in an unprecedented level of transparency, holding big tech to account for their systems and processes to prevent and minimise the spread of harmful misinformation and disinformation online.However, she said based on public statements and engagements with Senators, it is clear that there is no pathway to legislate this proposal through the Senate.When a revised version of the bill was introduced in September, Elon Musk, the owner of X (formerly Twitter), criticized it in a one-word post: Fascists.Shadow Communications Minister David Coleman was a vocal opponent of the bill, arguing that it would prompt platforms to suppress free speech in order to avoid fines. With the bill now seemingly dead, Coleman posted that it was a shocking attack on free speech that betrayed our democracy and called on the prime minister to rule out any future version of this legislation.Rowlands statement, meanwhile, called for Parliament support on other proposals to strengthen democratic institutions and keep Australians safe online, including legislation targeting deep fakes, enforcement of truth in political advertising for elections, and AI regulation.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is also pursuing a plan to ban social media for children under 16.

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IT leaders should address their internal processes to minimise their organisations IT security risk exposure and attack surface. This becomes ever more complex as business IT environments evolve.Leaders not only need to consider which employees and job roles require access to which IT systems, but also non-human access controls where either an internal or external system is granted access to a given IT resource.However, asVarun Prasad, vice-president of ISACA San Francisco Chapter and an ISACA emerging trends working group member, points out, companies tend to overlook or rush through certain traditional access management processes due to the ever-increasing size and complexity of their IT landscape.It is important to periodically review access authorisations to all assets in the environment by appropriate management personnel, says Prasad, adding that this should not be a checkbox activity but should involve a thorough evaluation of access entitlements to detect privilege access creep.Prasad believes the accounts and authorisations included in the review should go beyond those that provide access to production systems. It should also include all non-human identities and where access to source code repositories, keystores, secret vaults and datastores is needed. Given that human error is often the main reason for cyber security incidents, Prasad recommends automating key processes such as account provisioning, deprovisioning and access reviews. Another good practice he recommends is interfacing the organisations centralised identity access management (IAM) platform with the corporate human resource management system, which offers a way to automate the offboarding of employees. It is important to periodically review access authorisations to all assets in the environment by appropriate management personnel Varun Prasad, ISACAThe access review process should also be automated at periodic intervals to ensure all access rights are commensurate with job responsibilities, he adds.While social engineering is a well-understood attack vector for stealing someones password, Prasad notes that analysis of recent cyber attack patterns shows that by using phishing and social engineering, cyber attackers are also able to steal the unique codes generated to access systems that use multifactor authentication (MFA).He urges organisations to implement phishing-resistant MFA techniques instead of using the traditional code-based MFA methods, as this removes the human element in the process. Popular phishing-resistant MFA techniques include web-based authentication (WebAuthn) and public key infrastructure (PKI)-based authentication.According to Forrester, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) that builds on proven machine learning and AI models heritage can help organisations identify new identity threats in on-premise applications, software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications and cloud infrastructure platforms.One IAM trend identified by Forrester is that some tools automatically generate identity and access policies to thwart these threats. Some IAM systems are also using GenAI to enable non-techies to run queries and reporting more easily.Citizen administrators and business users can ask questions such as, Which five applications are the riskiest from an identity entitlement perspective? and receive answers from IAM systems in natural language, note Forrester analysts in The top trends shaping identity and access management in 2024 report.Despite significant advances in the platforms, tools and utilities some of which offer the integrated AI and analytics Forrester refers to that are used to manage IAM, Prasad says access management is still a top priority for security practitioners as there is plenty of room for improvement.For instance, according to data from the Cloud Security Alliance, IAM-related risks are among the top two threats to cloud computing. Prasad also points to an Identity Defined Security Alliance poll of 500 large organisations, which found that 84% of those were impacted by an identity-related breach last year.The good news, at least from an IAM perspective, is that public cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure provide capabilities to implement phishing-resistant MFA to access their cloud environments. Prasad says the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) views these techniques as the gold standard for protection against phishing and mandates their use as a part of a zero-trust strategy.Beyond IAM technology, Prasad recommends companies establish a strong security-aware culture and practise basic IAM hygiene follow the principle of least privilege, track all identities, monitor usage and periodically review entitlements.Given the large number of IAM-related root causes behind data breaches and cyber incidents, he adds that it is critical to ensure a smooth and efficient operationalisation of IAM governance processes in the IT environment because a well-managed IAM landscape is the foundation for a strong cyber security posture. So, while IAM essentially provides a static defensive perimeter and should be at the heart of the defence against cyber phishing and ransomware attacks, Andrew Peel, cyber security expert, and Scott Swalling, data and cloud security expert, at PA Consulting, urge organisations to recognise that it will be breached. They suggest that IT security leaders use their wider security operations capability to proactively deliver threat detection and response, including approaches such as zero trust. Peel and Swalling recommend that organisations develop capabilities to detect and analyse signals that could be an indicator of attempted or existing compromise. For instance, trend analysis on usage and breaches can be used to identify and fix vulnerabilities. This is fundamentally a people challenge, not merely a technological one. By prioritising human factors in our security strategy, we can build a more effective and resilient posture towards cyber attacks, phishing and ransomware Mike Gillespie, Advent IM/CSCSSThreat detection tools such as security information and event management capturing IAM and privileged access management logs combined with established playbooks can reduce the impact of a successful phishing campaign by detecting and responding to anomalous activities such as seeking escalation of rights, they say. According to Peel and Swalling, a coherent identity-centric security approach needs to be a core part of an organisations defences if it is to successfully combat cyber, phishing and ransomware attacks. They point out that the use of high-quality identity data and technology services to control access to resources, combined with proactive threat detection and response capabilities, plus user education, is vital for a security posture designed to meet rapidly evolving cyber attacks.We cannot address a human problem with technology alone, saysMike Gillespie, managing director and co-founder of independent security consultancy Advent IM, and vice-president of the C3i Centre for Strategic Cyberspace and Security Science (CSCSS).Gillespie believes security must shift to a more people-centric approach since it is ultimately the individuals who require access, whose identities must be managed and who need to be authenticated and it is they who are currently enabling the failures, even when that is inadvertent.We must recognise that this is fundamentally a people challenge, not merely a technological one. By prioritising human factors in our security strategy, we can build a more effective and resilient posture towards cyber attacks, phishing and ransomware, Gillespie says.Last year, several IAM technology providers were targeted by cyber attackers. This has ramifications for how IT decision-makers select providers of IAM products and services.Analyst Forester reports that organisations are seeking reassurances from IAM providers about their internal operational processes and security practices, as well as the security underpinning cloud-based, SaaS IAM offerings.In The top trends shaping identity and access management in 2024 report, Forrester reports that customers now demand that their IAM providers comply with regulations and frameworks such as SOC 2, FedRAMP, ISO 27002 and PCI.Additionally, customers are looking for assurances that the IAM providers workforce has been vetted. The report recommends that IT security chiefs demand multifactor authentication for all workforce business and admin users, without exception, and prioritise IAM providers that embrace secure-by-design and secure-by-default principles.Overall, while technologies such as IAM play a supportive role in combating cyber attacks, they depend on individuals to make the right choices. To build an effective defence, Gillespie says organisations need to empower well-trained, security-conscious personnel who are backed by the right technology.Instead of having IT impose access restrictions arbitrarily, lets engage our teams in identifying their access needs, he adds.By prioritising collaboration and understanding, Gillespie says it is possible to create a security framework that truly protects both the people and the organisations they work for.Read more identity and access management storiesBeyondTrusts chief security strategist talks up the importance of identity and access management, and the role of cyber insurance in driving security improvements.JumpCloud: Challenging the traditional boundaries between IAM and UEM.

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How to solve today's Wordle.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesLooking for Sundays Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here:Its Monday but its a short week for a lot of people, with the Thanksgiving break giving kids and parents alike a couple extra days to rest and relax and stuff their faces while playing games or watching movies, football or whatever it is you please. Im ready for it!For now, we have a Wordle to solve.How To Solve Todays WordleThe Hint: Color.The Clue: This Wordle has far more consonants than vowels.Okay, spoilers below!...The Answer:Today's WordleCan you solve todays phrase?Play NowCredit: Erik KainWordle AnalysisEvery day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here. I got lucky pretty much from the outset, though my second guess wasnt great. CRATE left me with just 60 words, but SPOIL only slashed that to 11. Fortunately, my third guess (and I have a reason for choosing it, though its a bit hard to explain) was very lucky indeed. BROWN for the win!Competitive Wordle ScoreI get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying the Bot, who got lucky also.How To Play Competitive WordleGuessing in 1 is worth 3 points; guessing in 2 is worth 2 points; guessing in 3 is worth 1 point; guessing in 4 is worth 0 points; guessing in 5 is -1 points; guessing in 6 is -2 points and missing the Wordle is -3 points.If you beat your opponent you get 1 point. If you tie, you get 0 points. And if you lose to your opponent, you get -1 point. Add it up to get your score. Keep a daily running score or just play for a new score each day.Fridays are 2XP, meaning you double your pointspositive or negative.You can keep a running tally or just play day-by-day. Enjoy!Todays Wordle EtymologyThe word "brown" comes from Old English "brn", meaning dark or dusky, derived from Proto-Germanic "*brnaz". Its ultimate origin is Proto-Indo-European "*bher-", meaning bright or shining, which evolved to refer to darker hues like brown.Let me know how you fared with your Wordle today on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Also be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me here on this blog where I write about games, TV shows and movies when Im not writing puzzle guides. Sign up for my newsletter for more reviews and commentary on entertainment and culture.

Nature, Published online: 21 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03802-7Six years of observations show that play encourages group efforts and eases tension between adult chimpanzees.