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CultureOne Country Is Already Trying To Outlaw People From Falling In Love With AI Chatbots
Preferring productive bots to flirtatious ones, and stemming AI psychosis disasters, China is instructing companies to remove the more intimate behavior from their models
By Zack Kotzer Published July 18, 2026 -
CultureTechHardwareValve Says Retail Memory Prices Are ‘Lagging’ And Are About To Become Even More Expensive: ‘It’s Still Getting Worse’
Valve's top Steam Machine engineers think we have 'three to six months' before memory prices somehow become even more extortionate
By Lewis Parker Published July 18, 2026 -
CultureNewsModder Behind Unofficial PC Port Of Donkey Kong 64 Dunks On Rival: ‘We Have A Competitor Who Is Vibe Coding Their Way Through, And Doing A Very Poor Job Of It’
Some of the same people behind Donkey Kong 64's popular randomizer are working on the upcoming N64 recompile
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 29, 2026 -
CultureNewsClass Action Lawsuit Accuses The Three Largest RAM Manufacturers Of Colluding To Drive Up Prices
Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology are being sued by seventeen plaintiffs in the California Northern District Court, who allege that the three tech manufacturers are colluding to artificially increase the price of RAM
By Lewis Parker Published June 29, 2026 -
CultureStudy Uses Age Of Empires Scenario Editor To Illustrate Why It’s Farcical To Treat AI As Cognizant
OpenAI and the like are using our fantasies about technology to bilk investors, if we want to protect the public we need to establish the difference consciousness and something mimicking it
By Zack Kotzer Published June 28, 2026 -
EntertainmentA24’s Bad Excuse For Its Controversial Google AI Partnership Isn’t Impressing Fans: ‘We’d Rather Have A Seat At The Table’
Backrooms director Kane Parsons also isn't impressed with A24's Google DeepMind partnership, and stated that he's "making it very clear those resources are not to be spent on Backrooms”
By Lewis Parker Published June 27, 2026 -
AnimeJapanese Anime, Manga And Gaming Publishers Are Reportedly Being Paid $70 Million To ‘Encourage’ AI-Generated Translations
According to the new report, Crunchyroll, Bandai Namco, Square Enix and Shueisha will likely be offered the METI's government subsidies
By Lewis Parker Published June 25, 2026