Illumi-nother One? Helldivers 2's upcoming battle for Super Earth might be part of another big update, alleged PlayStation leak suggests, but Arrowhead's CEO is keeping his lips sealed May 20 could be another seismic day in the Galactic War, if this apparent leak turns out to be accurate. Image credit: Arrowhead News by Mark Warren Senior Staff Writer Published on May 14, 2025 Yesterday was a big day in Helldivers 2, with Arrowhead finally pulling the trigger on the massive Illuminate invasion it'd spent days building to with teases. However, it looks like there's a chance yet another big update could be just around the corner, if an alleged PlayStation leak proves on the money. If you were living under a super rock on May 12, Arrowhead deployed this fresh Illuminate push towards Super Earth alongside a bunch of new enemies and mechanics like weapon customisation. There was also a whole patch full of weapon balancing, just in case you didn't already have enough change to be getting to grips with. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Naturally, this meant the social media accounts of both the studio and its backer PlayStation were pretty busy posting about all this stuff, and some players are claiming that they spotted one of them accidentally revealing that another update is set to drop on May 20. A player with the handle xTekshi has posted an alleged screenshot of PlayStation's official Threads account for the Czech Republic sharing the game's latest trailer with a caption that a big update dubbed "Heart of Democracy" will be dropping on May 20. We've checked the timeline of the Threads account in question, and if it existed, this post has seemingly been scrubbed - which to be fair doesn't mean much as you'd expect such a move to be taken if the update had been accidentally blabbed about. NEW MAJOR UPDATE LEAKED? by u/xTekshi in Helldivers To see this content please enable targeting cookies. We've also reached out to both PlayStation and Arrowhead for comment. Naturally, players have been quick to question Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani via the game's Discord server. "SHAMS JORJANI TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT THE NEXT UPDATE AND MY LIFE IS YOURS" one of the demanded of the exec, who stood firm and simply replied: "Never!" Image credit: VG247 On a slightly tangential note, Jorjani did reply to another player asking if there's any information about a "performance update" to the game by saying: "Blog post will come on this." Potentially lending some credence to the alleged update leak is the fact that, as xTekshi points out, Helldivers 2's current major order to defend Widow's Harbor, Pilen V, and New Haven is set to finish in six days time, which would be May 20. Plus, Arrowhead's briefing about it ended with the line "battle on Super Earth is inevitable". Meanwhile, Arrowhead has tweeted as I was writing this: "Attention, Citizens of Super Earth: Remain calm. Do not spread panic. The Illuminate, in their desperation, have launched their final assault. Rest assured, our brave Helldivers are fully prepared to neutralize this threat. Stay safe, stay vigilant, and await further updates. Victory and liberty are within our grasp." No confirmation, but an advisory to look out for more updates...hmmmm. Do you think May 20 will bring a fresh update as the battle for Super Earth kicks off? Let us know below! Source: https://www.vg247.com/helldivers-2-aleged-playstation-leak-next-big-update-super-earth #helldivers #2039s #upcoming #battle #for #super #earth #might #part #another #big #update #alleged #playstation #leak #suggests #but #arrowhead039s #ceo #keeping #his #lips #sealed

Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link cancelled, but Kingdom Hearts 4 still on the way Dream dropped. Image credit: Square Enix News by Ed Nightingale Deputy News Editor Published on May 14, 2025 Square Enix has cancelled development of mobile game Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link. In a statement on social media, the company stated it would be "difficult for us to offer a service that players would find satisfactory over a long period of time". However, it confirmed that Kingdom Hearts 4 - the long-awaited next mainline entry in the series - is still in development. Missing-Link would have been a GPS-based action-RPG similar to Pokémon Go but with Disney characters and combat against Heartless similar to the mainline console games. Gameplay was shown at the series' 20th anniversary celebration. Kingdom Hearts 20th anniversary announcement trailerWatch on YouTube "We wish to convey our heartfelt apologies to everyone who has been looking forward to the start of service," the statement reads. "Although we worked hard on developing and adjusting the game in the hope that it would be enjoyed by lots of players, we determined that it would be difficult for us to offer a service that players would find satisfactory over a long period of time, leading us to the decision to cancel development." The company thanked those who took part in multiple closed beta tests, before concluding: "The Kingdom Hearts series will continue. We are hard at work on Kingdom Hearts 4, and hope you'll continue to support the series as you keep an eye out for further updates." To see this content please enable targeting cookies. The series has received multiple spin-offs outside of its three main entries across mobile and handheld consoles, with each extending the overarching plot a little further. However, it's been six years since the release of Kingdom Hearts 3 on PS4 and Xbox One, the most recent series entry. Square Enix officially announced Kingdom Hearts 4 back in 2022 for the series' 20th anniversary celebration, but little has been heard about it since. Last year, series director Tetsuya Nomura stated the fourth game will be a reset of the story but will lead towards a series conclusion as he looks to retire. Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link is the latest mobile game to be cancelled by Square Enix. Back in February this year, the iOS version of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles was shut down due to an ongoing bug. This followed the likes of Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius, Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia, and Final Fantasy 7 battle royale The First Soldier, which were all shut down due to declining player numbers. Source: https://www.eurogamer.net/kingdom-hearts-missing-link-cancelled-but-kingdom-hearts-4-still-on-the-way #kingdom #hearts #missinglink #cancelled #but #still #the #way

World Premiere Wa-hoo! The sequel to the Super Mario Bros Movie gets a name, thanks to NBCUniversal prematurely pressing let’s a-go The name's since been scrubbed, likely after someone noticed and let out an ear-splitting Toad scream. Image credit: Nintendo/VG247 News by Mark Warren Senior Staff Writer Published on May 14, 2025 The upcoming sequel to 2023's Super Mario Bros. Movie looks to have accidentally had its name revealed early, thanks to NBCUniversal making a goof with a press release. The film will seemingly be going by Super Mario World, not to be confused with the classic 90s SNES game. We first learned that this sequel was coming in March last year, as Nintendo, Universal and co unsurprisingly decided to double down on the big hit. This year's Minecraft Movie has only further marked that call out as a no-brainer, as game adaptations continue to make huge bank at the box office. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Now, as spotted by Wario64, NBCUniversal has put out a press release citing Super Mario World among a list of upcoming films from Universal Pictures and Illumination that will eventually be released on its Peacock streaming service. The reference to Mario was quickly scrubbed, pointing to it having been an error of some kind to chuck it in alongside the likes of Shrek, Minions, and Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale - all films that cater to the exact same audience (ok, maybe not). That'd be Shrek 5 and Minions 3, by the way, potentially suggesting Super Mario World might not be this sequel's final title, if it turns out the company only meant the Mario movie IP as a whole. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. That said, as folks have pointed out, Super Mario World could make perfect sense as the title if the SNES game and the events of the first Mario movie's post-credits scene offer clues here. Warning: Spoilers for The Super Mario Movie lie ahead. That post-credits scene offered a quick look at a polka-dotted egg starting to hatch - likely teasing a Yoshi debut. Super Mario World on the SNES marked Yoshi’s game debut in the long-running series that he's gone on to become a staple of as we've hopped, leaped, and jumped from the 90s to 2025. Plus, it'd also fit nicely with the latest edition of Mario Kart set to drop with the Switch 2 this summer being dubbed Mario Kart World. Accidental corporate synergy maybe, but hey. Wait! Will this next Mario movie have cinema-goers demanding that prices be dropped? Given the kind of theatre shenanigans the Minecraft Movie's spawned, who knows. While you wait to see if Super Mario World is confirmed as the sequel's name, make sure to check out our review of the first film. Source: https://www.vg247.com/super-mario-bros-movie-sequel-name-nbcuniversal-prematurely-pressing-lets-a-go #wahoo #the #sequel #super #mario #bros #movie #gets #name #thanks #nbcuniversal #prematurely #pressing #lets #ago

May 14, 2025Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Vulnerability Microsoft on Tuesday shipped fixes to address a total of 78 security flaws across its software lineup, including a set of five zero-days that have come under active exploitation in the wild. Of the 78 flaws resolved by the tech giant, 11 are rated Critical, 66 are rated Important, and one is rated Low in severity. Twenty-eight of these vulnerabilities lead to remote code execution, 21 of them are privilege escalation bugs, and 16 others are classified as information disclosure flaws. The updates are in addition to eight more security defects patched by the company in its Chromium-based Edge browser since the release of last month's Patch Tuesday update. The five vulnerabilities that have come under active exploitation in the wild are listed below - CVE-2025-30397 (CVSS score: 7.5) - Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability CVE-2025-30400 (CVSS score: 7.8) - Microsoft Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2025-32701 (CVSS score: 7.8) - Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2025-32706 (CVSS score: 7.8) - Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2025-32709 (CVSS score: 7.8) - Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability While the first three flaws have been credited to Microsoft's own threat intelligence team, Benoit Sevens of Google Threat Intelligence Group and the CrowdStrike Advanced Research Team have been acknowledged for the discovery of CVE-2025-32706. An anonymous researcher has been credited with reporting CVE-2025-32709. "Another zero-day vulnerability has been identified in the Microsoft Scripting Engine, a key component used by Internet Explorer and Internet Explorer mode in Microsoft Edge," Alex Vovk, CEO and co-founder of Action1, said about CVE-2025-30397. "Attackers can exploit the flaw via a malicious web page or script that causes the scripting engine to misinterpret object types, resulting in memory corruption and arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative privileges, attackers could gain full system control – enabling data theft, malware installation, and lateral movement across networks." CVE-2025-30400 is the third privilege escalation flaw in DWM Core Library to be weaponized in the wild since 2023. In May 2024, Microsoft issued patches for CVE-2024-30051, which Kaspersky said was used in attacks distributing QakBot (aka Qwaking Mantis) malware. "Since 2022, Patch Tuesday has addressed 26 elevation of privilege vulnerabilities in DWM," Satnam Narang, senior staff research engineer at Tenable, said in a statement shared with The Hacker News. "In fact, the April 2025 release included fixes for five DWM Core Library elevation of privilege vulnerabilities. Prior to CVE-2025-30400, only two DWM elevation of privilege bugs were exploited as zero days – CVE-2024-30051 in 2024 and CVE-2023-36033 in 2023." CVE-2025-32701 and CVE-2025-32706 are the seventh and eighth privilege escalation flaws to be discovered in the CLFS component and have been exploited in real-world attacks since 2022. Last month, Microsoft revealed that CVE-2025-29824 was exploited in limited attacks to target companies in the U.S., Venezuela, Spain, and Saudi Arabia. CVE-2025-29824 is also said to have been exploited as a zero-day by threat actors linked to the Play ransomware family as part of an attack targeting an unnamed organization in the U.S., Broadcom-owned Symantec revealed earlier this month. CVE-2025-32709, likewise, is the third privilege escalation flaw in the Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock component to have come under abuse within a span of a year, after CVE-2024-38193 and CVE-2025-21418. It's worth noting that the exploitation of CVE-2024-38193 has been attributed to the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group. The development has prompted the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to add all five vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, requiring federal agencies to apply the fixes by June 3, 2025. Microsoft's Patch Tuesday update also addresses a privilege escalation bug in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Linux (CVE-2025-26684, CVSS score: 6.7) that could permit an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. Stratascale researcher Rich Mirch, who is one of the two researchers, acknowledged for reporting the vulnerability, said the issue is rooted in a Python helper script that includes a function ("grab_java_version()") to determine the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version. "The function determines the location of the Java binary on disk by checking the /proc/<PID>/exe symbolic link and then executes the java -version command," Mirch explained. "The problem is the Java binary could be running from an untrusted location. A malicious local unprivileged user can create a process with the name java or javaw, which will eventually be executed with root privileges to determine the version of the JRE." Another notable flaw is a spoofing vulnerability affecting Microsoft Defender for Identity (CVE-2025-26685, CVSS score: 6.5) that allows an attacker with LAN access to perform spoofing over an adjacent network. "The lateral movement path detection feature can itself potentially be exploited by an adversary to obtain an NTLM hash," Adam Barnett, lead software engineer at Rapid7, said in a statement. "The compromised credentials in this case would be those of the Directory Services account, and exploitation relies on achieving fallback from Kerberos to NTLM." The vulnerability with the maximum-severity is CVE-2025-29813 (CVSS score: 10.0), a privilege escalation flaw in Azure DevOps Server that allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network. Microsoft said the shortcoming has been already deployed in the cloud and there is no action required on the part of customers. Software Patches from Other Vendors In addition to Microsoft, security updates have also been released by other vendors over the past few weeks to rectify several vulnerabilities, including — Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter  and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post. SHARE     Source: https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/microsoft-fixes-78-flaws-5-zero-days.html #microsoft #fixes #flaws #zerodays #exploited #cvss #bug #impacts #azure #devops #server

Republicans want to stop states from regulating AI. On Sunday, a Republican-led House committee submitted a budget reconciliation bill that proposes blocking states from enforcing “any law or regulation” targeting an exceptionally broad range of automated computing systems for 10 years after the law is enacted — a move that would stall efforts to regulate everything from AI chatbots to online search results. Democrats are calling the new provision a “giant gift” to Big Tech, and organizations that promote AI oversight, like Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI), say it could have “catastrophic consequences” for the public. It’s a gift companies like OpenAI have recently been seeking in Washington, aiming to avoid a slew of pending and active state laws. The budget reconciliation process allows lawmakers to fast-track bills related to government spending by requiring only a majority in the Senate rather than 60 votes to pass. This bill, introduced by House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY), would prevent states from imposing “legal impediments” — or restrictions to design, performance, civil liability, and documentation — on AI models and “automated decision” systems. It defines the latter category as “any computational process derived from machine learning, statistical modeling, data analytics, or artificial intelligence that issues a simplified output, including a score, classification, or recommendation, to materially influence or replace human decision making.”That means the 10-year moratorium could extend well beyond AI. Travis Hall, the director for state engagement at the Center for Democracy & Technology, tells The Verge that the automated decision systems described in the bill “permeate digital services, from search results and mapping directions, to health diagnoses and risk analyses for sentencing decisions.”During the 2025 legislative session, states have proposed over 500 laws that Hall says this bill could “unequivocally block.” They focus on everything from chatbot safety for minors to deepfake restrictions and disclosures for the use of AI in political ads. If the bill passes, the handful of states that have successfully passed AI laws may also see their efforts go to waste. “The move to ban AI safeguards is a giveaway to Big Tech that will come back to bite us.”Last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law preventing companies from using a performer’s AI-generated likeness without permission. Tennessee also adopted legislation with similar protections, while Utah has enacted a rule requiring certain businesses to disclose when customers are interacting with AI. Colorado’s AI law, which goes into effect next year, will require companies developing “high-risk” AI systems to protect customers from “algorithmic discrimination.”California also came close to enacting the landmark AI safety law SB 1047, which would have imposed security restrictions and legal liability on AI companies based in the state, like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta. OpenAI opposed the bill, saying AI regulation should take place at the federal level instead of having a “patchwork” of state laws that could make it more difficult to comply. Gov. Newsom vetoed the bill last September, and OpenAI has made it clear it wants to avoid having state laws “bogging down innovation” in the future.With so little AI regulation at the federal level, it’s been left up to the states to decide how to deal with AI. Even before the rise of generative AI, state legislators were grappling with how to fight algorithmic discrimination — including machine learning-based systems that display race or gender bias — in areas like housing and criminal justice. Efforts to combat this, too, would likely be hampered by the Republicans’ proposal.Democrats have slammed the provision’s inclusion in the reconciliation bill, with Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) saying the 10-year ban will “allow AI companies to ignore consumer privacy protections, let deepfakes spread, and allow companies to profile and deceive consumers using AI.” In a statement published to X, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) said the proposal “will lead to a Dark Age for the environment, our children, and marginalized communities.”RelatedThe nonprofit organization Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) compared the potential ban to the government’s failure to properly regulate social media. “Lawmakers stalled on social media safeguards for a decade and we are still dealing with the fallout,” ARI president Brad Carson said in a statement. “Now apply those same harms to technology moving as fast as AI… Ultimately, the move to ban AI safeguards is a giveaway to Big Tech that will come back to bite us.”This provision could hit a roadblock in the Senate, as ARI notes that the Byrd rule says reconciliation bills can only focus on fiscal issues. Still, it’s troubling to see Republican lawmakers push to block oversight of a new technology that’s being integrated into almost everything.See More: Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/666288/republican-ai-state-regulation-ban-10-years #republicans #push #for #decadelong #ban #states #regulating

SanDisk has officially introduced the WD Black SN8100, its latest high-end PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD targeting PC enthusiasts, gamers, and professional users. With sequential read speeds of up to 14,900 MB/s and write speeds of 14,000 MB/s, the drive sets a new bar for consumer SSD performance, surpassing some of the best NVMe SSDs currently on the market, including the Crucial T705.  The SN8100 uses a standard M.2 2280 form factor and is available in capacities of 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, and 8TB. It’s worth noting that the 1TB model offers lower write speeds, up to 11,000 MB/s, compared to the higher-capacity versions, which reach up to 14,000 MB/s.  Recommended Videos According to SanDisk, the drive is designed for applications ranging from gaming and content creation to AI workflows, where rapid data access and transfer are critical. The SN8100 uses SanDisk’s BiCS8 TLC 3D CBA NAND, which is engineered for a smaller footprint thereby improving thermal performance. SanDisk also states that the Gen 5.0 model is twice as power efficient as its PCIe Gen 4.0 predecessor, averaging just 7W of power consumption. Comparing the new WD Black SN8100 with the Crucial T705, which is currently one of the fastest consumer NVMe SSDs, it has some clear advantages. It’s marginally faster in read speeds (14,900 MB/s vs. 14,500 MB/s) but noticeably faster in write speeds (14,000 MB/s vs. 12,700 MB/s). It also delivers much better random performance, with 2.3 million IOPS for both reads and writes, compared to 1.5 million on the T705. While these are just numbers, in the practical world such small differences shouldn’t matter for the average consumer. FeatureWD Black SN8100Crucial T705InterfacePCIe Gen 5.0PCIe Gen 5.0Sequential Read (MB/s)14,90014,500Sequential Write (MB/s)14,00012,700Random IOPS (Read/Write)2.3M / 2.3M1.5M / 1.5MPower Draw (Avg)7W~11WForm FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280Max Capacity8TB4TB More importantly, the SN8100 is more power efficient. As mentioned, the drive is listed to draw an average of just 7W of power draw, while the T705 uses around 11W. That should potentially mean less heat and better performance in tight spaces. The WD Black SN8100 is available now through SanDisk.com and major retailers, with U.S. MSRPs set at $179.99 for 1TB, $279.99 for 2TB, and $549.99 for 4TB. The top-tier 8TB version of the SN8100 is expected to release later in the year. Additionally, a heatsink-equipped variant is also expected to launch this fall for all current capacities, priced at a $20 premium. These models will feature a newly designed passive aluminum heatsink with a low-profile form factor and customizable RGB lighting.  Source: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/sandisks-latest-drive-sets-a-new-benchmark-for-consumer-nvme-ssds/ #sandisks #latest #drive #sets #new #benchmark #for #consumer #nvme #ssds

May 14, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security Fortinet has patched a critical security flaw that it said has been exploited as a zero-day in attacks targeting FortiVoice enterprise phone systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-32756, carries a CVSS score of 9.6 out of 10.0. "A stack-based overflow vulnerability [CWE-121] in FortiVoice, FortiMail, FortiNDR, FortiRecorder, and FortiCamera may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via crafted HTTP requests," the company said in an advisory. The company said it observed the flaw being exploited in the wild on FortiVoice systems, but did not disclose the scale of the attacks and the identity of the threat actors behind them. It further noted that the threat actor performed device network scans, erased system crash logs, and enabled fcgi debugging to log credentials from the system or SSH login attempts. The issue affects the following products and versions - FortiCamera 1.1, 2.0 (Migrate to a fixed release) FortiCamera 2.1.x (Upgrade to 2.1.4 or above) FortiMail 7.0.x (Upgrade to 7.0.9 or above) FortiMail 7.2.x (Upgrade to 7.2.8 or above) FortiMail 7.4.x (Upgrade to 7.4.5 or above) FortiMail 7.6.x (Upgrade to 7.6.3 or above) FortiNDR 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 7.1 (Migrate to a fixed release) FortiNDR 7.0.x (Upgrade to 7.0.7 or above) FortiNDR 7.2.x (Upgrade to 7.2.5 or above) FortiNDR 7.4.x (Upgrade to 7.4.8 or above) FortiNDR 7.6.x (Upgrade to 7.6.1 or above) FortiRecorder 6.4.x (Upgrade to 6.4.6 or above) FortiRecorder 7.0.x (Upgrade to 7.0.6 or above) FortiRecorder 7.2.x (Upgrade to 7.2.4 or above) FortiVoice 6.4.x (Upgrade to 6.4.11 or above) FortiVoice 7.0.x (Upgrade to 7.0.7 or above) FortiVoice 7.2.x (Upgrade to 7.2.1 or above) Fortinet said the vulnerability was discovered by its product security team based on the threat actor activity that originated from the below IP addresses - 198.105.127.124 43.228.217.173 43.228.217.82 156.236.76.90 218.187.69.244 218.187.69.59 Users of FortiVoice, FortiMail, FortiNDR, FortiRecorder and FortiCamera are recommended to apply the necessary fixes to secure their devices from active exploitation attempts. If immediate patching is not an option, it's advised to disable the HTTP/HTTPS administrative interface as a temporary workaround. Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter  and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post. SHARE     Source: https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/fortinet-patches-cve-2025-32756-zero.html #fortinet #patches #cve202532756 #zeroday #rce #flaw #exploited #fortivoice #systems

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's French-inspired setting was originally steampunk London Early trailer brought to light. Image credit: Sandfall Interactive News by Ed Nightingale Deputy News Editor Published on May 13, 2025 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has a distinctive French style from its Montpellier-based developer Sandfall Interactive, but originally it was very different. Fans have uncovered a trailer from an early version of the game posted on reddit by director Guillaume Broche in a bid to find voice actors. The post, from five years ago, describes the project as an "ambitious AA game" and "3D modern take on the JRPG genre with western style characters". It had a planned release on PC and "possibly" PS4 and Xbox One. The post includes a link to a draft trailer that's since been shared elsewhere. The game was originally called We Lost, and shows a steampunk town, fantastical boss battles, and even a sci-fi section. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Review: Outstanding Artwork And Glorious CombatWatch on YouTube It's likely much of the trailer is using placeholder assets, but it at least gives a glimpse into the development process. What's more, turn-based battles seem to have always been part of the project, as do the names of characters Lune and Maelle. Further, lead writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen has detailed how the game's setting was completely different in its early phases. "The gameplay would have been similar," she told The Gamer, "but the story was completely different. It was set in a steampunk Victorian England with zombies, aliens, and various things." A call with potential investors inspired Broche to "think bigger", Svedberg-Yen added, which prompted a complete re-think of the narrative. It was ultimately inspired by a painting Broche admired and a short story Svedberg-Yen was working on, which revolved around an artist entering her own canvases. Early draft trailer for the game byu/Palmoleum inexpedition33 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 certainly succeeds in part due to its French authenticity - from its fashion sense, to its jokey references to baguettes and mimes. Even French President Macron has taken note, calling the game a "shining example of French audacity". "Outside the core plot, there's a wonderful silliness - and self-deprecation - to Clair Obscur that, together with its outstanding art direction and unique battle mechanics, ensure the game is distinct," I wrote in Eurogamer's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 review. Source: https://www.eurogamer.net/clair-obscur-expedition-33s-french-inspired-setting-was-originally-steampunk-london #clair #obscur #expedition #33039s #frenchinspired #setting #was #originally #steampunk #london

The big picture: United is rolling out fast, free in-flight Wi-Fi through Starlink's satellite network, offering passengers seamless connectivity across its domestic fleet. This shift marks a significant upgrade in air travel, making uninterrupted internet access a new standard at 30,000 feet. United Airlines has started rolling out SpaceX's Starlink internet on its planes, marking a shift for in-flight Wi-Fi. Last week, the airline hosted a demo aboard an Embraer E-175 regional jet, offering a glimpse at a future without spotty signals or sky-high fees. The abbreviated test flight departed from and returned to the same gate at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, offering fast, gate-to-gate connectivity with speeds rivaling in-home broadband. Speedtest data showed Starlink averaged 128 Mbps downloads, peaking above 230 Mbps during taxi and takeoff, with uploads averaging around 24 Mbps. United will launch Starlink service on commercial routes starting May 15, initially covering short-haul flights between Chicago and Detroit. This rollout happens ahead of schedule, surpassing the airline's original target of late 2025. The airline plans to equip its fleet of 1,026 aircraft, beginning with two-cabin regional jets and eventually expanding to mainline aircraft. United customers can access wireless Starlink internet at no cost by signing up for the airline's free MileagePlus program. The connection supports seamless browsing, streaming, gaming, and even limited video conferencing. However, United is implementing common-sense usage guidelines. The rules prohibit voice and video calls – distinguishing them from video conferencing – while requiring passengers to wear headphones for audio. "Offensive content" is also banned, keeping the environment respectful. "We're bringing Wi-Fi from just like your living room to the skies," United Chief Customer Officer David Kinzelman told The Verge. During the trial, passengers streamed video, played games, and used multiple devices without noticeable slowdowns, thanks to Starlink's low Earth orbit satellite network, which has grown to over 7,000 satellites. Unlike traditional satellite internet systems that rely on geostationary satellites, Starlink's low-latency network reduces the signal's travel time, dramatically improving performance. // Related Stories This architecture has also paved the way for faster advertising technologies. United plans to implement real-time ad targeting, leveraging sub-100 millisecond latency – suggesting how the free service could eventually generate revenue. "What the Starlink connectivity allows us to do in real time, because of the latency and the low earth orbit satellite technology… means that we can make some real-time, less than 100 millisecond ad decisions to serve up in a hyper-personalized world," said United MileagePlus CEO Richard Nunn. United isn't the first airline to adopt Starlink. Although the airline announced its plans last year, Hawaiian Airlines and JSX had already integrated the service. However, United is now the largest airline to offer Starlink. As the technology rolls out across its domestic fleet, the airline has not yet confirmed when it will expand to international routes or how it will integrate into the Star Alliance network. Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/107906-united-becomes-largest-airline-deploy-fast-starlink-flight.html #united #becomes #largest #airline #deploy #fast #starlink #inflight #wifi