Dirk Eddelbuettel: tl 0.0.2 on CRAN: First Update
The still-very-new logging package tl was just updated for the first time at CRAN. The tl package wraps the (also very new) rspdlite package to offer...
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Anthropic launches Claude Science, an AI workbench for scientific research
On Tuesday, Anthropic launched Claude Science, a new application for scientists that can run locally on macOS and Linux or The post Anthropic launches Claude Science,...
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I attended a Tomb Raider and Horizon developer's boss design masterclass and came away both weary and enchanted
The following sparkling insights about boss battle design are from Marcin Matuszczyk, principal gameplay designer on Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, and a former developer of...
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Trump's plan to redesign every .gov website leads to AI-designed horrors
A year in, National Design Studio delays plan to update government web standards.
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GTA VI May Be Limited to 30 FPS on Current-Gen Consoles
With the launch of Grand Theft Auto VI rapidly approaching, rumors surrounding the game's launch have been circulating, with some of those predicting that the game's...
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AMD confirms low-power CPU cores in Linux kernel patch — Zen 6 chips could follow in Intel's footsteps with new core type for background tasks
AMD confirms plans to incorporate low-power CPU cores into next-generation heterogeneous CPUs to lower power consumption and improve energy efficiency.
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SkillOpt: Agent skills as trainable parameters
AI agents often fail because their instructions, or skills, are manually modified with no guarantee of improvement. Learn how SkillOpt turns skill editing into a training...
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Before his death in 2025, Half-Life 2 art director Viktor Antonov worked on one last game: A Wild West FPS soulslike that's 'coming soon' to Steam
Antonov's bold vision helped define games including Half-Life 2, Dishonored, Weird West, and soon, Guns of Eschaton.
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Microsoft's flagship Windows PC lineup will drop reportedly drop budget options — firm prunes Surface Go and Surface Laptop Go
Microsoft is further pruning its Surface line, with the Surface Laptop Go 3 and Surface Go 4 going out of stock without clear follow-ups.
Read moreBrendan Carr And The Trump FCC Hid Their Communications With Dodgy DOGE Bros
DOGE was always designed to provide flimsy pseudo-efficiency cover for wholesale corruption. It was designed to pretend that the government was “cutting waste and fraud” while...
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The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered's physical Switch 2 release has the full game on a cartridge, and we've finally got a release date, too
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered was one of 2025's biggest hits after a sudden shadow drop, especially in the United States, which is encouraging news...
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