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Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser signed an executive order Thursday that outlined how she plans to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into local government agencies. “We are going to make sure DC is at the forefront of the work to use AI to deliver city services that are responsive, efficient, and proactive,” Bowser said in a statement. “With these guiding values, we will make sure that when we use AI, we are responsible and we use it in a way that aligns with our DC values.” The mayor’s…

In April 2023, a 54-year-old programmer named Gary Bowser was released from prison having served 14 months of a 40-month sentence. Good behaviour reduced his time behind bars, but now his options are limited. For a while he was crashing on a friend’s couch in Toronto. The weekly physical therapy sessions, which he needs to ease chronic pain, were costing hundreds of dollars every week, and he didn’t have a job. And soon, he would need to start sending cheques to Nintendo. Bowser owes the makers of Super Mario $14.5m…

Gary Bowser loves video games, but Nintendo turned him into a villain. No, not just because he shares a name with Bowser, the actual villain of the Mario franchise. The human Bowser helped mod Nintendo’s gaming consoles so people could play free, pirated versions of its video games. Then one day, he woke up with three rifles pointed at his head and $14.5 million in debt to Nintendo.What Was Your First Experience with Super Mario Bros? | io9 InterviewBowser was the subject of a Department of Justice sting operation and…

Gary Bowser, a hacker who was sentenced to 40 months in jail for his involvement with a Nintendo piracy group, has said his punishment is a “warning” to others. Bowser was charged in 2021 for his involvement with hacker group Team-Xecuter, who created devices allowing users to play pirated copies of games on the Nintendo Switch and 3DS. He was sentenced to 40 months in jail and also plead guilt in a civil suit filed by Nintendo. Between the two cases, Bowser was ordered to pay back £11.45million even though he claimed he…

For the first time since his release from prison, Nintendo pirate Gary Bowser has gone into detail about his experience and his ongoing struggles to pay fines to the company.In an interview with The Guardian, Bowser spoke to his life before, during, and after prison. Bowser first got involved with piracy in the late 2000s, when he began to work with Team Xecuter on bypassing anti-piracy measures. He was something of a "middleman" between the programmers breaking code and the testers who would troubleshoot…

Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser has denied involvement with a newly revealed Nintendo Switch flash cart. Bowser was released from prison last year after receiving sentencing for being part of a group known as Team-Xecuter that was creating devices that allowed users to play illegally obtained ROMs on consoles such as Nintendo Switch and 3DS. He still has to pay £8million ($10million) in court-ordered damages to Nintendo, however. The flashcart, named MIG-Switch, was announced last month and is claimed to allow owners to play…

2023 was a particularly big year for Jack Black, as he voiced Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. In addition to the Illumination feature becoming one of the most successful movies on the 2023 release calendar and playing a key role in last year being one of the best years for video game movies and TV shows ever, it also provided the platform for Black to belt out the viral hit “Peaches,” though he was initially apprehensive about singing it. Now word’s come in that the actor who crushed voicing Mario’s arch-nemesis…

Super Mario RPG is a fairly easy game overall, but it does sport a few challenging spots throughout. As your journey nears its conclusion, you’ll come to Bowser’s Keep where you’ll eventually stumble upon six doors that contain difficult courses behind them. If you’re feeling a bit stuck at this location, here’s everything you need to know about how to complete each of the six door challenges in Bowser’s Keep. How to complete all six door challenges in Bowser’s Keep Note that the challenge you receive behind each…

Super Mario RPG MSRP $60.00 “Super Mario RPG isn't necessarily an improvement over the 1996 version, but it's at least a more approachable experience for kids.” Pros Same great base game Delightful new cinematics Excellent music More approachable combat Cons Lack of new voices…

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest toy news! This week Lego goes back to the Koopa Kingdom for new Super Mario sets, Star Trek’s Spot the Cat gets the 1:6 scale Data accessory he deserves, and the Suicide Squad goes... Little People. Check it out!This Week's Toys Are Straight From a Multiverse of Marketing MadnessImage: LegoLego Super Mario Larry’s and Morton’s Airships Expansion SetIt’s been a good few years for Nintendo with the success of the Switch and games like Animal Crossing and The…