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Welcome to Jank

Jank is founded by Jon Hicks, Brendan Caldwell and me, Graham Smith. Between us, we have nearly 60 years experience writing about games, from running magazines like PC Gamer and Official Xbox Magazine to websites like Rock Paper Shotgun and Eurogamer.
jank.cool
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While it does look amazing and has great potential, Star Citizen really does need more time in the oven, which begs the question of whether the oven’s been on for the past 14 years at all.
Quotes | 6d
Let's see what dipshits like Tan think about subscription costs for AI slop when $20 is three hours' work. If that job hasn't been replaced with AI already.
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Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback

Twenty-four hours after artists called foul the AI-friendly policy, Comic-Con updated the language on its site. “Material created by Artificial Intelligence (AI) either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show,” it now says. AI is now banned at the art show.
404media.co
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Getting off US tech: a guide

The drawbacks of our dependence on US tech companies have become more obvious with every passing year, but now there can hardly be any denying that where we can pry ourselves away from them, we should make the effort to do so.
disconnect.blog
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Sweeney, like every other tantrum-throwing tech baby irreparably brain-poisoned by a mixture of obscene wealth and an app where people are sometimes a little mean to them, needs to log off.
Bookmarks | 2w

Google Gemini Partnership With Apple Will Go Beyond Siri Revamp

"Apple and Google have entered into a multi-year collaboration under which the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be based on Google's Gemini models and cloud technology," the companies said, in a statement. "These models will help power future Apple Intelligence features, including a more personalized Siri coming this year."
macrumors.com
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X has become the Everything App that Elon always wanted, if “everything” means all the tools you need to fuck up someone’s life, in one place.
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Splitgate 2 Developer Reacts To Failed Comeback

While it's true that Steam numbers don't tell the whole story and that other platforms are important to keep in mind, Arena Reloaded's low numbers do combine with the mixed reviews and controversies to paint a worrying picture for the game's future. Hope that silly hat was worth it.
thegamer.com
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Please Seek Help Immediately

This is a man drunk on repulsive levels of executive pay and global power, whose brain has been turned to mush by Linkedin and executive self-improvement podcast speak to the point where he writes shit like this down and, instead of recoiling in horror at the first re-read, hitting delete, looking at himself in the mirror and leaving it all behind to go live in the woods decides to publish it for the world to see.
aftermath.site
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Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?

We’ve been living with ChatGPT and its competitors for over three years now. There is no excuse for professional reporters to not understand the basic mechanics of what these systems are and aren’t. When a chatbot generates text, that is not a corporate statement. When you need a corporate statement, you contact the corporation. And when the corporation responds with “Legacy Media Lies,” that’s your story.
readtpa.com
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Epic’s Tim Sweeney says Apple’s ‘dishonesty’ and ‘gross disrespect’ to Japan is the reason Fortnite isn’t coming to iOS there

“Obviously, real competition won’t happen, and consumers won’t benefit, when Apple abuses its position between users and competitors to obstruct honest dealing between them. This is another sad day in the history of relationships between platform makers, developers, and consumers, and we will be raising our complaints with the Japanese Fair Trade Commission.”

Dude knows a thing or two about dishonesty.

videogameschronicle.com
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Mark Zuckerberg Is Never Right

My guy, everything you've said was the future over the last decade (remember the phone!) has turned out to be a useless piece of shit! Nobody in their right mind should believe you!
aftermath.site
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And Stay Out

Alan Dye may have left for a more lucrative offer from Meta, but this is absolutely a good thing for Apple, which also benefitted from “losing” Jony Ive.
lmnt.me
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Needy Programs

If you’ve been around, you might’ve noticed that our relationships with programs have changed.
tonsky.me
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StickerTop

Welcome to stickertop.art Discover a unique collection of laptops adorned with creative stickers from around the world. This project celebrates the art and culture of laptop personalization each laptop tells a story through its stickers and gives us a glimpse of the personality of the owners.
stickertop.art
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The legend of Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw the first pitch of the Dodgers’ 2025 season in Tokyo, Japan, and he threw the last pitch of the year in Game 7 of the World Series in Toronto, Canada.
truebluela.com
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Amazon is ending active development on New World

Amazon says that it has reached a point where "it is no longer sustainable to continue supporting the game with new content updates." This follows yesterday's news that Amazon is laying off 14,000 employees, including many game developers like those working on New World: Aeternum.
gamedeveloper.com
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