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Kathy could have sworn she called Qatar Airways to change her flight last spring. Looking through her call records now, she clearly didn’t. Instead, she wound up talking to a third-party booker called Infinity Travels. She has paid Infinity thousands of dollars she may never get back, even after spending countless hours trying. Her labyrinth of a saga is hard to keep straight. In November 2022, she realized she would need to fly back home to Canada early from a trip to visit her husband in the Middle East scheduled…

Image: Wizards of the Coast | Dungeon Masters GuildDungeon Masters Guild, a subsidiary of OneBookShelf and the largest digital third-party Dungeons & Dragons marketplace, officially announced a policy change that would restrict the sale of “standalone” AI-generated products. Additionally, it is enacting a “Creation Method Filter” which requires sellers to indicate if any part of their “game, rulebook, or adventure contains AI-generated content.”Gillian Jacobs Reacting to Her D&D Character Sheet From Community |…

7 of the top companies in the artificial intelligence space will meet with the Biden administration on Friday. Leaders from Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI will meet with President Biden to agree to certain commitments that will manage possible risks from the rapidly growing technology, The Verge reports. There are two topics that will be at the forefront of this meeting: third-party testing and watermarking. Companies are expected to commit to conducting third-party testing…

Our favorite third-party PS5 pro-style controller, the PDP Victrix Pro BFG Wireless, is getting a new limited-edition variant based on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.While its features are identical to the standard Victrix Pro BFG, the Call of Duty model features an exclusive gold and black color scheme and costs $200 (versus the $180 standard edition). The Call of Duty Victrix Pro BFG will release on July 24, but you should hurry and preorder the controller at Amazon before it sells out.…

Just how much old-school content do you want, or need, from the comfort of your couch? With all the talk about game streaming nowadays, Xbox Series X and Series S players suddenly have a new option for streaming access to more than a thousand games from the classic era. Arcade streaming service Antstream is promising quite a lot through its subscription service, but its success will come down to whether more publishers feel like getting on board.Thanks, Last of Us. Thanks a Lot. | The Last of Us Episode 7 ReviewOn Friday,…

Let’s end the week with a bit of good news for our future as a species on this floating ball of dirt. Brimstone, a major player in the industrial decarbonization field, has passed a crucial third-party strength test, bringing the dream of net-zero construction one step closer to reality. The company’s proprietary portland cement met the American Society for Testing and Materials' (ASTM) indicating that it can do everything traditionally-made portland cement can do with regard to construction projects. This is a big…

Apple's latest macOS Sonoma beta has fixed an issue that has plagued users of third-party web browsers for years. With that beta installed, they can finally access their usernames and passwords from within Chrome, Edge, and similar non-Apple browsers.The move makes iCloud Keychain a much more viable option for those who use third-party web browsers but also want to be able to save their passwords in a secure place and then easily access them in the future.However, as popular as this new feature will be, it isn't without…

8BitDo Lots of awesome tech and games are on sale this Amazon Prime Day. That includes the 8BitDo Ultimate Controller, one of the best third-party game controller options for you to pick if you’re looking for an alternate controller for your Nintendo Switch or Steam Deck. Normally priced at $70, the 8BitDo Ultimate Bluetooth Controller with Charging Dock is discounted by 20% to $56 as part of a Day 2 Lighting Deal. This place it under the standard asking price of most traditional gaming…

Reddit has blocked access to mature content on the platform via third-party apps. The company's CEO Steve Huffman announced last month that access to mature…

On July 1, a number of third-party Reddit apps, including one of the most popular clients, Apollo, went dark as the new API rules came into effect.Following a month of community outrage, protests, and unrest, Reddit went ahead with the increased API pricing, forcing developers to shut down their third-party clients. While some went towards the subscription model to make up for the increased costs. Before shutting down Apollo, the developer Christian Selig expressed his gratitude towards its users and criticised Reddit for…