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At first glance, Crow Country is a nostalgia piece. It pulls on the horrific sprawl of Resident Evil, populating its theme-park setting with brain twisters and monsters contorting into human shapes. It borrows from the toy aesthetic of Final Fantasy VII, its characters rendered in blocky, plastic proportions like Playmobil. Yet, it’s more than just a throwback, it lays bear the haunted roots of nostalgia culture.Protagonist Mara Forest visited the titular theme park as a child, but it was not a happy experience. There, a strange man bit her and she gained some terminal illness, which is slowly killing her.…

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Vivo X200 Pro vs Vivo X100 Pro: Vivo has launched the new flagship X series smartphones in India with some eye-catching upgrades over its predecessor. While both new models are impressive, the Vivo X200 Pro has been gaining much popularity for its camera capabilities and its performance with the new MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chipset. But, is the new generation model really worth the hype over last year’s Vivo X100 Pro? Well, let’s check out the detailed comparison between Vivo X200 Pro and Vivo X100 Pro to know what’s new the company has introduced and if it’s worth upgrading or not. Also…

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Alphabet Inc.’s Google called a US Justice Department plan to force it to sell its web browser “extreme” and at odds with the law, urging a federal court judge to take caution lest he stifle innovation and future investment.In a court filing late Friday, Google responded to the DOJ’s request and proposed its own remedy. The company said the proposed Chrome sale doesn’t fit the company’s conduct that the judge found illegal — which involved exclusive contracts with browsers, smartphone manufacturers and telecom carriers.“Extreme remedies are discouraged” by courts, the company said in its filing. The remedies for anticompetitive conduct…

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Microsoft is rolling out the Vision feature for Copilot Plus subscribersVision lets the AI see what’s on the screen for Edge browser usersThe AI offers contextual advice for shopping, planning trips, and other activitiesMicrosoft’s slow tease of the Vision feature for the Copilot AI assistant has finally ended, at least if you subscribe to Copilot Pro. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman announced the rollout in a post on X (formerly Twitter). CoPilot Vision essentially lets the AI aide view your screen and is embedded in the Microsoft Edge browser.With your permission, Copilot Vision can analyze the website you are looking…

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I asked Amko Leenart, director of design for Ford Europe, about why Ford used VW’s woeful controls in both the Explorer and the Capri, and he told me Ford worked with a partner to better the response on the sliders (but wouldn’t tell me how), then admitted that “we tried to improve it a bit—and I think we did—but at the same time, it is what it is. VW is our supplier on certain parts, and at the time we had to make that choice.”It’s such a shame, because these decisions, made on balance sheets and in meeting rooms, can…

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Alphabet Inc.’s Google called a US Justice Department plan to force it to sell its web browser “extreme” and at odds with the law, urging a federal court judge to take caution lest he stifle innovation and future investment.In a court filing late Friday, Google responded to the DOJ’s request and proposed its own remedy. The company said the proposed Chrome sale doesn’t fit the company’s conduct that the judge found illegal — which involved exclusive contracts with browsers, smartphone manufacturers and telecom carriers.“Extreme remedies are discouraged” by courts, the company said in its filing. The remedies for anticompetitive conduct…

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Later this month on September 27th, NIS America will release FuRyu’s action RPG Reynatis for Switch, Steam, PS5, and PS4 in the West. Ahead of the launch, I had a chance to talk to Creative Producer TAKUMI, Scenario Writer Kazushige Nojima, and Composer Yoko Shimomura about the game, inspirations, collaborations, how the project came into being, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, coffee, a potential Xbox release, and much more. This interview was conducted in parts with TAKUMI’s portion being done on video call with Alan from NIS America translating and then it being transcribed and edited for brevity. The portion with…

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Are you looking to treat yourself to a new phone this Christmas? You’ll want to hurry if you want to snag the stunning Google Pixel 9 Pro XL for its lowest-ever price at Amazon today.This flagship unlocked Android device is available for just $849 (was $1,099) today at the retailer, which is a return to the previous record-low price from Black Friday. If you missed out on grabbing the device during that sale, then now’s your chance to get one of the best-unlocked cell phone deals of the entire year again.As an overview, the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL is…

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Microsoft is testing an artificial intelligence (AI) real-time Translation feature in Live Captions for Copilot+ PCs powered by AMD and Intel chipsets. Announced on Wednesday, the new feature is being previewed with the latest Windows 11 Insider preview build and is available via the Dev Channel. Additionally, the tech giant is also adding improvements to the real-time translation feature in Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs. Further, the company has also made some bug fixes to the Recall feature, which was released in preview earlier this year.Microsoft Testing Real-Time Translation in Live CaptionsIn a Windows blog post, the tech giant announced that the…

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