Database expert creates playable DOOM inside Firebird SQL database
A developer has demonstrated that the classic video game DOOM can be rendered and played entirely within a Firebird SQL database.
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The German military intelligence agency MAD has introduced a specially developed AI system for the first time to identify right-wing extremists among applicants for the Federal Armed Forces.
» readAmazon Prime Day Sale Offers Deals on Tech, Kindles, and More
Amazon’s fall Prime Day sale, called Big Deals Days, started Oct. 6 and runs through midnight tomorrow.
» readAnti-AI activists disrupt tech dinner in London as protest movement grows
A small group of activists from the anti-AI protest group Pull The Plug gathered in a London bar last week to plan a disruption of a tech industry dinner addressed by a senior Nvidia executive.
» readThe hidden cost of algorithm-approved language: Why saying what you mean matters
The article argues that the widespread use of euphemisms like "unalive" to avoid algorithmic censorship on digital platforms has become so ingrained that it now affects everyday speech, even outside of online spaces.
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