Presenting another look at the latest instalment in the Kingdom Hearts series. Kingdom Hearts IV will launch simultaneously on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Epic Games Store and Steam! Stay tuned for more updates.

Google Chrome is quietly downloading a roughly 4 GB AI model to many users’ computers without clear upfront consent. The file, called weights.bin, is part of Google’s Gemini Nano on-device language model and lands in the browser’s user data folder under OptGuideOnDeviceModel. It powers built-in AI tools such as “Help me write,” smarter tab suggestions, on-device scam detection, and page summarization. The download triggers automatically for devices meeting minimum hardware requirements, and Chrome often replaces the files if deleted. While the model processes data locally, installation happens in the background with minimal notification. The scale is noteworthy. Hundreds of millions or billions of installations add up to thousands of tonnes of carbon emissions globally from data transfer, even though each is a one-time event. To prevent or remove it, go to chrome://flags, disable the entries for the optimization guide on-device model and Prompt API, restart the browser, and manually delete the folder.

An (unfortunate) thought: I know people really want racial housing and a shit ton more decor to represent their fav races. But then we'd run into today's storage limits and people would be big, big mad

The girlies are gonna love this one. (Probably another shop item though unfortunately)

Expedition 33's Ben Starr says video games don't need tv or movie adaptations "If it means more people can play video games the better, but I don't think video games need to justify their existence by being TV shows. They are great because they are games."