Using skills and abilities in The First Descendant can consume a ton of MP. But if you want to cast skills more frequently, you'll have to optimize your Descendant's build with the right modules. One such module that is essential for recovering Mana Points is the MP Collector module.

Dungeons and Dragons spans its multiverse over countless editions, movies, novels, and more than one game, tapping into the abundance of lore available. These in-depth worlds are accompanied by enthralling stories propped up by an interesting cast of characters, both heroes and villains.

Lovelace is a data-driven platform designed to help game studios and publishers centralize and analyze player feedback. By gathering insights from various communication channelssuch as social media, forums, and in-game feedbackLovelace provides actionable data to improve gameplay, address critical bugs, and enhance the overall player experience.The platform also automates the prioritization of tasks by identifying the most urgent feedback and highlighting key trends,

Artificial intelligence and accelerated computing are being used to help solve the worlds greatest challenges.NVIDIA has reinvented the computing stack spanning GPUs, CPUs, DPUs, networking and software. Our platform drives the AI revolution, powering hundreds of millions of devices in every cloud and fueling 75% of the worlds TOP500 supercomputers.Put in the hands of entrepreneurs and enterprises, developers and scientists, that platform becomes a system for invention, and a force for good across industries and geographies.Here are five examples of how these technologies are being put to work from the past year:Supporting SurgeonsIllinois-based startup SimBioSys has created TumorSight Viz, a technology that converts MRI images into 3D models of breast tissue. This helps surgeons better treat breast cancers by providing detailed visualizations of tumors and surrounding tissue.Saving Lives and EnergyResearchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, a key player in the Human Genome Project, analyze tens of thousands of cancer genomes annually, providing insights into cancer formation and treatment effectiveness. NVIDIA accelerated computing and software drastically reduce the institutes analysis runtime and energy consumption per genome.Cleaning Up Our WatersClearbot, developed by University of Hong Kong grads, is an AI-driven sea-cleaning boat that autonomously collects trash from the water. Enabled by the NVIDIA Jetson platform, Clearbot is making a splash in Hong Kong and India, helping keep tourist regions clean.Greening Recycling PlantsGreyparrot, a UK-based startup, has developed the Greyparrot Analyzer, an AI-powered device that offers waste intelligence to recycling plants. Using embedded cameras and machine learning, the analyzer identifies and differentiates materials on conveyor belts, significantly improving recycling efficiency.Driving Technological Advancement in AfricaA new AI innovation hub has launched in Tunisia, part of NVIDIAs efforts to train 100,000 developers across Africa. Built in collaboration with the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute, the hub offers training, technologies and business networks to drive AI adoption across the continent.All of these initiatives whether equipping surgeons with new tools or making recycling plants greener rely on the ingenuity of human beings across the globe, humans increasingly supercharged by AI.Find more examples of how AI is helping people from across industries and the globe to make a difference and drive positive social impact.

The hardest mechanic of any tabletop game is finding people to play it with. The logistical difficulties of organizing a group, the influx of high-quality indie TTRPGs, and countless other factors have given rise to a renaissance of sorts for solo tabletop role-playing games specifically, solo rules for games that would otherwise be for a full group.To be clear, the solo tabletop phenomenon is not new. As Polygon contributor Tom Ana explains, it started in earnest with wargames in the 80s, slowly growing in prominence for the next few decades until the quarantine period of the ongoing COVID pandemic offered a perfect moment for board games and TTRPGs. Standalone TTRPGs like Tim Hutchings historical Thousand Year Old Vampire, Shawn Tompkins Ironsworn, Chris Bisettes The Wretched, and Alone Among the Stars by Takuma Okada laid the groundwork for solitary tabletop RPG experiences.In the five years since 2020, the demand has only grown. At PAX Unplugged last month, I heard a repeated refrain: people came looking for solo role-playing games. While so many great games have debuted in the last few years, tabletop gamers seem to have maxed out their shelves with games they may never find a group to play. To work with this, designers have begun incorporating solo play into their rules sets either by making a secondary supplement, making solo rules a stretch goal during their crowdfunding campaigns, or including them in the base game itself. The three games below represent the range of approaches designers have taken to including solo rules in their games.VaesenSwedish games studio Free League Publishing made solo rules for its Nordic Horror RPG Vaesen in 2023. Written by Per Holmstrm, the solo iteration of the game contains a step-by-step guide that shifts the base games pre-determined mystery to one you discover as you go. Using a deck of cards and the core books random tables, solo Vaesen has players uncover the mystery through rolling dice to determine their discoveries while using the color and value of the cards to determine the outcome of their actions.HUNT(er/ed)Based on the classic hook and ring game, HUNT(er/ed) by Meghan Cross and Dillin Apelyan has two players take opposing roles of hunter and monster. Players roll 2d6 each, competing to see who can roll doubles first to advance their token across the board. The winner then pulls a card with a corresponding prompt, pushing the story forward in the same tradition as games like For The Queen. The solo iteration of the game takes HUNTER(er/ed)s core experience of examining monstrosity and pushes the player to move along a scale of acceptance or denial. A stretch goal for HUNT(er/ed)s crowdfunding campaign, the solo rule set was written by Elliot Davis who has written his own solo game, Project Ecco, as well as solo editions of Soul Muppets Orbital Blues and Paint the Town Red.The ZoneA surreal play-to-lose horror game inspired by Jeff VanderMeers Annihilation, The Zone leaned fully into solo play from the jump. In a similar way to HUNT(er/ed), this game relies on card-based prompts to guide players through a quarantined, mutation-filled zone from which only one of them will make it out alive. Each action requires drawing a Not-So-Easy card, that has a yes, and or no, but result. Advertised as a game for 1-6 people (rather than 2-6 with a GM), solo rules were always baked into The Zone. The solo rules stay largely the same, except the sole player controls multiple characters.

Gallica is a pretty great companion in Metaphor: ReFantazio, gleefully providing tips on how to spend your time, whether its with people, or tackling objectives to save Euchronia. Polygons a great resource for tips, too, if I say so myself. However, if you want your own physical companion to the game, ones coming in the form of Future Press gigantic, hardcover strategy guide for the game, and its launching Feb. 28 for $54.99. Its available for pre-order at Amazon and from Future Press itself (49,99 Euros converts to about $60). If you purchase a copy at Amazon, and the asking price goes down at any point before it ships (its currently $5 off), youll be charged the lowest price on launch day.If youre trying to get the most out of a single playthrough, this strategy guide is a smart purchase. It promises to be exhaustive on all fronts, containing a bestiary for the games enemies, including their weaknesses, item drop rates, and more. It can also lead you to the locations of all the games most important items, and it reveals how to max out the amount of Wisdom you can get in a day. And, for the completionists out there who intend to play through the game multiple times, it can guide you to a 100% completion rate. Not only that, the guide also includes a fold-up map of Euchronia, so you can easily reference different areas as you glide around on your sword.For fans, Future Press guides are collectors items just as much as they are great resources for helping players get through games. The publisher typically tackles games that have a ton of depth in terms of content and complexity, with some previous examples being Bloodborne, Elden Ring, Horizon Forbidden West, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Lego has once again expanded its reach into the Mario universe, bringing us six new sets inspired by the Mario Kart franchise. The sets vary in size, but each one includes at least one racer driving their trademark Kart which is equipped with a launcher that can be loaded with a red or green shell to fire at unsuspecting motorists. The accessories and items included with each set are vivid recreations of what youd find on the in-game circuit. The Baby Peach & Grand Prix Set, for example, includes a trio of racers at the starting gate, complete with a floating Lakitu and item boxes. Or, you can practice your aim with the Baby Mario vs. Baby Luigi set by popping green and red balloons.Right now, the selection of available characters and karts is somewhat limited, but we can expect that to change in the near future. However, if youd like to start collecting this new set, weve outlined the current roster below along with where you can find them.While the Lego Mario Kart sets wont let you race around your living room like Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, each set does feature a number of interactive elements that can be activated by pairing them with a Lego Mario, Luigi, or Peach, which can be found in their corresponding starter sets for roughly $49.99 each. Placing the characters on different items will produce iconic sounds from the Mario Kart franchise, while placing them behind the wheel will bring a Kart to life with engine noises and burning rubber when you make hairpin turns.

If you use Apple devicesspecifically, Siri-enabled devicesyou might have some money coming your way. That's because Apple just agreed to a $95 million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit. The dispute? That Apple's infamous smart assistant, Siri, violated user privacy.Wait, what did Siri do?Back in 2019, we learned that Siri was inadvertently spying on many of us. It has to do with how Apple was training and improving its assistant. As you likely know, to trigger Siri, you say "Hey Siri," (these days, you can simply say "Siri") and the assistant wakes up and answers (or attempts to answer) your query or request. This is known as the "wake word." The problem is, sometimes the assistant mishears something said, and, believing it to be the wake word, turns on, resulting in those times you hear, "I'm sorry, I didn't get that" when you, in fact, never asked for Siri's help in the first place. In order to improve Siri, Apple would occasionally send snippets of audio recordings from Siri-enabled devices to third-party contractors, in part, to rate whether or not a Siri trigger was warranted in that specific case. Apple said it would send fewer than 1% of recordings to contractors, and that none of the recordings were tied to the Apple IDs of the users they came from, but that wasn't enough to preserve their privacy. As a result of this training policy, contractors were privy to, "private discussions between doctors and patients, business deals, seemingly criminal dealings, sexual encounters, and so on." And while the user's Apple ID might not have accompanied the recording, contractors did have access to the user's location, contact details, and app data.Apple created a situation where if your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, HomePod, iPod touch, or Apple TV thought you said "Hey Siri," there was a small chance whatever you were doing at that time would be shared with some third-party contractor somewhere in the world. Apple isn't unique here, however: Both Google and Amazon have been accused of the same, and Google is currently engaged in a similar lawsuit. Shortly after these reports, Apple made it possible to opt-out of sharing Siri recordings, and later stopped storing the recordings altogether. There might be a slice of $95 million waiting for you The lawsuit Apple just settled ranges between Sept. 17, 2014 and Dec. 31, 2024, the period of time "Hey Siri" has been an option on Apple devices. If you can attest that your Apple device accidentally triggered Siri during a private conversation, you qualify for a payout. That's $20 per Siri-enabled device, with a limit of five devices. In theory, you could walk away with $100 from this lawsuit, but if too many class members come forward, that initial $20 could drop.To be clear, Apple has denied wrongdoing in this case, though the company did apologize for the Siri debacle years ago. In addition, this settlement still needs approval from U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White. Until then, the payouts are not official.As Reuters points out, $95 million is roughly nine hours of profit for Apple. Justice.

Misinformation and scamsare an unfortunate reality of the internet in 2024. That "news" account might really be pushing falsehoods and lies, while that outreach from "Google" likely isn't from the company at all. You really need to be on guard at all times when processing the information that passes through your social feeds, which is why it helps when apps and platforms take action to protect users from untrustworthy sources.Telegram has a new verification systemThat seems to be the motivation behind recent updates from Telegram. The messaging platform has an existing verification system built into the service, where companies and public figures can register themselves with Telegram and receive a blue badge of honor. That way, when you see content from a notable person or an organization, you can rest assured those words being share are actually from that source. Many platforms (but not all) offer this type of service, of course. Even Google is thinking about rolling out badges for search.But Telegram has a new addition to how it conducts verification: Once an organization is verified, it can then apply to become a "third-party verifier," which lets them verify other accounts and chats it deems official, too. These verification badges will differ from the blue checkmarks, and will instead look like blue emojis or icons. Any account or chat verified in this way will have a banner in its profile that explains which third party verified it and why. I'm all for this type of verification process, and hope it catches on. It puts trust in accounts that already have proven their authority to Telegram, and, over time, will help users quickly parse which accounts and chats are legit, and which might be best to avoid. In the future, you might see a post from an account or chat, and since it doesn't have that badge, think twice about the message it's trying to get out.Other new Telegram features Credit: Telegram In addition to third-party verification, Telegram announced a series of other features and changes coming to the platform:Message search filters: When searching, you'll now see an option in the "Chats" tab to sort your messages by "All Chats," "Private Chats," "Group Chats," or "Channels," to help you find the messages you're looking for. Folder names gets custom emojis: If you subscribe to Premium, you can add custom emoji to the names of your chat folders. You can even replace the text that would normally appear here with whatever emoji you want.In-app QR code scanner: When using the in-app camera on either iOS or Android, you'll also be able to scan QR codes.Collectible gifts: Telegram "gifts" are small tokens of artwork you can share with friends and display on your profile. Now, you can upgrade a gift to make it a "collectible." This will add a new look made by a Telegram artist, as well as a unique background, icon, and number. You can share collectibles with other users, or, if you're so inclined, auction it as an NFT. Right now, 20 gifts can be upgraded to collectibles, with over 1,400 unique appearances. Service message reactions: Service messages are those alerts you get whenever someone joins a group, begins a video call, or sends you a gift. Telegram now lets you react to these alerts, which adds a fun layer to these previously informative-only messages.

We may earn a commission from links on this page.When you rent, the space is your home but it's not your home, you know? You obviously want to keep it tidy and organized, not only for your own benefit, but so you don't end up forfeiting a security deposit sometime down the line. The real trouble comes into play when deciding how to do that. In most cases, you can't remodel or make any permanent changes, but you're not without options: Here are the best (non destructive) organizational solutions for renters. Always opt for expanders or tension rodsPlenty of people screw shelving and rods into the walls of their rentals with the understanding that they can patch the holes before they leave, but it's still not ideal. On move-out day, you have enough going on, so you may not want to go full handyman at a time when you already have to relocate and unpack somewhere else. Expandable organizers are a much better option overall. Expandable drawer dividers (eight for $29.99) are excellent because they help you follow the rules of the Organizational Triangle. Specifically, they enable you to divide drawers and shelves so you have hyper-specific storage spaces for all your item categories. This is really important for keeping everything in order, but you can do it without permanently installing a thing. The same goes for these expandable tension racks ($24.95), which produce extra shelving space wherever you need it. Obviously, try to use standard tension rods wherever possible, from hanging curtains to creating a bar for extra clothing or handbag storage, but also consider tension-based shower caddies. If there's one place you really shouldn't be making permanent changes, it's anywhere with tile or ceramic, so these are your safest option for leaving the bathroom exactly as you found it. You can get a four-tiered caddy for less than 20 bucks. The best shelving for rentersIn my many years as a renter, I've tried all kinds of shelving units. My problem is I need a lot of storage space, so even though I really like squat ones that don't take up much room, they're just not that useful for me and always end up getting really cluttered. I need big onesbut they have to be just the right size. If they're too top heavy or too light, they need to be secured to the wall, and that's just not what I'm trying to do in a space that I don't own. I love this four-tiered shelving unit from Furinno ($32.99), which I've had for four years and have had no problems with. Other units I tried before were the wrong size and would collapse or fall over. These are just sturdy and stable enough to stand on their own without reinforcement. Not once in four years have they done anything to displease me or risk my security deposit. Furinno Turn-N-Tube 4-Tier Multipurpose Shelf Display Rack, Round Tubes, Pink/White $32.99 at Amazon $35.99 Save $3.00 Shop Now Shop Now $32.99 at Amazon $35.99 Save $3.00 I am also a huge proponent of cube storage. Square shelving provides smaller holes, so you have to be more specific and intentional about the categories you're storing, but the heft is evenly distributed and they're low enough to the ground that, again, they don't need any reinforcing. My top tip, as someone with too much experience, is to get the ones you do have to screw together, not the ones that slide into external holders. Those are too light and unstable. They will collapse. The ones you screw together, like these from Furinno ($29.99 for five units), are much more stable. Quality adhesive is the renter's friendI have all kinds of cool organizers around my home, attached to walls and under cabinets. They're attached by adhesive, meaning on the day I leave, I can just pull them right down. I've moved and rearranged them a lot and never noticed them pulling at any of the drywall. That's because I use quality adhesive. I prefer 3M over Command, which I've noticed tends to fall down more. You can get over 16 feet of the adhesive for $12.99.As for what I use it for, let me count the ways. I have an entire "organizational wall" that includes individual sunglasses holders, racks for belts and hats, and bottle storage for things like sunscreen and hairspray. I also use adhesive hooks all over the apartment, as well as adhesive towel and utensil organizers in the kitchen. All of these are inexpensive, coming in under $20, and give me hyper-specific organizational options for all of the things I need to store without doing any damage to the property. All that said, I don't recommend adhesive shelving. Any large shelf you have to stick to the wall runs the risk of crashing down. That's not worth it to me, so I stick to shelving units and smaller wall-based organizing tools.