activisionByZack ZwiezenPublished2 hours agoWe may earn a commission from links on this page.Screenshot: Epic / Lucasfilm / KotakuSAG-AFTRA, the massive actors and media union with over 160,000 members, has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against Epic Games over its inclusion of an AI-powered Darth Vader in a recent Fortnite update. Suggested ReadingNintendo Switch 2 Price Is Set at $450 for Now, But Could Go Higher Share SubtitlesOffEnglishSuggested ReadingNintendo Switch 2 Price Is Set at $450 for Now, But Could Go Higher Share SubtitlesOffEnglishNintendo Switch 2 Price Is Set at $450 for Now, But Could Go HigherYou might have heard about the AI-powered Darth Vader that was added to Epic’s popular battle royale game last week as part of an ongoing Star Wars-themed season. Players could talk to this AI-powered Vader and ask him questions. The AI character’s voice was designed to mimic that of the late James Earl Jones and was done with his and his estate’s permission. Pretty quickly after he was added to the game, players got him to say slurs, swears, and other questionable stuff. Epic patched him up and seems to have gotten the Sith Lord under control. But now the developer is in hot water with one of the largest media unions in the country because it included this AI-powered Vader without first communicating or bargaining with SAG-AFTRA.On May 19, as reported by Eurogamer, SAG-AFTRA announced that it had filed an unfair labor practice charge against Epic Games and its subsidiary, Llama Productions. “We celebrate the right of our members and their estates to control the use of their digital replicas and welcome the use of new technologies to allow new generations to share in the enjoyment of those legacies and renowned roles,” said SAG-AFTRA in a statement. “However, we must protect our right to bargain terms and conditions around uses of voice that replace the work of our members, including those who previously did the work of matching Darth Vader’s iconic rhythm and tone in video games.”SAG-AFTRA says that Epic and Llama Productions “chose to replace the work of human performers with A.I.” and did so without “providing any notice of their intent to do this” and without allowing the union to bargain over fair terms.SAG-AFTRA voice actors are currently on strike against large video game companies including EA and Activision over various issues. The strike started in 2024. One of the big ones is more protection against AI copies, like Darth Vader in Fortnite.   .

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Mercatorio season 4 kicks off on Friday May 16th. The season includes new resources, buildings, products and productions methods. This time it’s especially the forging and textile classes that are expanding. Posted by rune1 on May 14th, 2025 Mercatorio season 4 kicks off on Friday May 16th. The season includes new resources, buildings, products and productions methods. This time it’s especially the forging and textile classes that are expanding. The medieval trade and economy simulator with true markets is getting more products to produce and trade, new places to produce them, more ways to upgrade buildings and new, more intuitive, game mechanics. The Season 4 map Season 4 will take place on a new map, with most of the towns located on the two large landmasses in the south and east. Other than a new geography, the new map contains the new resources tin and silver. Buildings With new resources comes the need for new buildings to mine and process them. Along with some expansion of the production chains for existing products. Updates: Added mines for tin and silver The foundry splits of processing of ores into the new building the smeltery Added alloy smelter for production of bronze from copper and tin Added carding and fulling houses for processing wool and wool cloth Added tapestry weaver Added armoury for production of plate armour Added bell tower upgrades to religious prestige buildings Flax farm upgrade beehives removed (covered by apiary) Pasture fermentory removed (covered by dairy) Product updates Added fleece: wool as cut from the sheep, before carding Added raw cloth: cloth weaved from wool, before fulling Added tapestries: luxurious fabrics weaved from thread and dyed yarn, potentially incorporating silver and gold Added dyed yarn for use in tapestries Added tin ore and ingots Added silver ore Added bronze ingots Added bells Added plate armour Increased unit size for belts to bundles of 5, making storage and transportation easier Reduced premium of dyed cloth over cloth, both production and consumption increased accordingly Renamed light armor to light armour Production chain updates As usual there are many balancing adjustments and updates across all production chains, but as outlined above there are especially two areas that see major changes this time: Smelting and casting have many new production methods with the inclusion of tin, silver and bronze. The new smeltery deals with all ore processing (except iron), while the alloy forge alloys copper and tin into bronze. The foundry retains casting functions, including casting of the new bells. The textile production chain has been reworked by adding additional (optional) carding and fulling steps for wool, as well as reducing throughput of buildings lower in the chain while increasing garments production throughput Prestige and worker bonuses More tenants from prestige Less management points from prestige, making hiring and training apprentices a relatively more important source of management points Additional bonuses at high levels of prestige Specialist worker bonus reduced from 20% to 12% Game mechanics changes Season 4 will also see two significant changes to the game mechanics, relating to production at buildings and operation linked to a warehouse as well as how services and non-durable production function. Sequential operation The buildings and operations linked to a warehouse will now consume and produce products in the order they are listed, with outputs becoming immediately available to the operations coming after them. For durable goods this reduced the required buffer somewhat and gives quicker feedback when adjustments are made. Services are now truly intra-turn Services and non-durable / perishable products generally can’t be stored or transported, but due to the delayed operation of linked buildings previously, the labour from a farmstead would only become usable the turn after it was produced. This is now changing such that produced labour and other services becomes available for use immediately, allowing adjustments to production to take effect as you make them. In the case services are produced for sale, this means the production has to be finalized at the start of the turn instead of the end (remember production and consumption numbers are usually projections of what will take place at the end of the turn), in order to be available at the start-of-turn auction. This is the same concept that is already used for transports, which consume their inputs as they move, not at the end of the turn. How to start playing? Go to Mercatorio.io to play and join the discord server to meet other players, plan strategies and strike deals.

Author It’s not about designer numbers this timeIf I call QueryPerformanceCounter I have to use a large integer. After the call lets say the number that gets stored to that large integer is 68 trilionIf I convert that number to a float it becomes 6.8etc8e+13 does it mean that the precision is lost after conversion? 32 bit is 4 bilion maximum or ten digit number. The numbers that do not get displayed are replaced with 0 or what?Thank you for your time. I was having this discussion with JoeJ initially, I’m learning a lot from what he is posting

Menu Home News Hardware Gaming Mobile Finance Deals Reviews How To Wccftech Mobile Samsung Reportedly Upgrading Galaxy Z Fold 7 And Tri-Fold With Titanium Hinges For Enhanced Durability And Thinness, While Flip 7 Misses Out Ezza Ijaz • May 19, 2025 at 05:29pm EDT While Samsung has quite a lot of products and announcements in store this year, it seems to be that the South Korean tech giant is especially focused on its foldable this year and ensuring they are able to bring back its A-game and give tough competition to others in the foldable space. We have seen varied speculations about the upcoming foldable and what to expect from them, and as we near the unveiling, more leaks give away key information about the fold models. Now, a new report suggests we could see a titanium hinge on the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and the company's first tri-fold phone. Samsung would reportedly now be opting for a titanium hinge upgrade for its Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy G Fold Samsung seems to be gearing up for its Unpacked event, which will be held in July 2025 and mainly entail the launch of the company's much-anticipated foldable models,, with the focus being on the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7. We are expecting some major improvements this year, especially with the company promising some significant upgrades. We will also be getting to see more of the tech giant's first tri-fold phone, which could come out as the Galaxy G Fold later in Q4 of 2025. The rumor mill seems to be churning in full swing, and now, new speculation seems to be letting us into a major update. As per a report by The Elec, Samsung will feature a titanium hinge this year on the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and the Galaxy G Fold, but what is surprising is that the Galaxy Z Flip 7 will not be coming with the same upgrade. Samsung has been actively working on improving the form factor of its foldable models. By opting for a titanium hinge on the Galaxy Z Fold 7, the tech giant would be significantly reducing the device's thickness and even making it more durable. Similarly, a triple-display format coming with this upgrade could also help the company's tri-fold truly stand out. It could be that the company is leaving out the Galaxy Z Flip 7 intentionally in order to keep the costs lower for the model and also help differentiate between the company's premium offerings. Previously, Samsung has been opting for stainless steel hinges for its foldable models, but a titanium hinge was used in the Galaxy Z Fold SE last year, and if we see it being continued for the upcoming fold models this year, it could help the company not only improve the model's design but also be a stepping stone in achieving more durability. Subscribe to get an everyday digest of the latest technology news in your inbox Follow us on Topics Sections Company Some posts on wccftech.com may contain affiliate links. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com © 2025 WCCF TECH INC. 700 - 401 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

The Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament Full House 2025 finals ended in the most anticlimactic way Sunday — and it’s all because of an extremely rare glitch.The tourney featured a showdown between fourth-ranked Kurtis “Moky” Pratt and Cody Schwab, the second-ranked player in the Melee community.The two players both selected the Melee speed demon Fox McCloud and duked it out at Pokémon Stadium. When the stage transformed into its forest phase, both players were separated by a tree obstacle and began baiting each other to see who would make the first move.Naturally, biding time in Smash Bros. Melee looks like the combatants rapidly dashing in place, a term known in the fighting game community as wavedashing. What is usually seen as mundane baiting quickly evolved into something far more interesting: a rare glitch.Moky’s Fox was positioned in the splintered tree and idly wavedashed a little too much, triggering a glitch found on the Pokémon Stadium’s forest variant that, when the technique is done perfectly, will allow the player to phase through the stage. Unfortunately, the exploit led Moky to an untimely demise, giving the match to Cody and missing out on a $2,000 payday.Funny enough, guest commentator and Melee player, Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma, mentioned the glitch possibly happening moments before the incident came to pass. The anticlimactic results stunned everyone in attendance, with Hungrybox screaming at the result and Moky and Cody looking at each other in disbelief. Moky would later head to X (formerly known as Twitter) to vent about the hilarious mishap, posting, “there’s just no way LMAOOOOO.”Polygon reached out to both Moky and Cody for a comment on the 24-year-old glitch, but hasn’t received a response from the pro players.Super Smash Bros. Melee is still kicking after all these years, and regardless of how many more Smash games Nintendo gives us, some players feel that Melee perfected the formula. In the two decades that the game has existed, players have shared numerous reports of glitches; some exploits could cause a Black hole, while others could apparently cause you to potentially lose out on winning $2,000. See More: