Quiz
How long has a Japanese player recently made it through the game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom ?
Answer
As incredible as it may seem, the player known as Zdi managed to go from the opening to the credits of this very dense game, on which ordinary mortals can spend hundreds of hours, in 59 minutes and 22 seconds. A world record, for the moment. His feat is broadcast on YouTube.
Survive with Nicolas Cage
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Free on Steam in beta for one week until Monday, the ability to play as Nicolas Cage as a survivor in Dead By Daylight will be integrated into the general public game on July 25th.
Players scrambling to escape the deadly claws, axes and projectiles of killers in the Quebec game Dead By Daylight will have an unprecedented company: the enigmatic actor Nicolas Cage. Offered free on Steam in beta version for one week until Monday, the possibility of embodying this actor will be integrated into the general public game on July 25th. This is the first time, we say at Behaviour, “that a public figure has joined the game by embodying a fictional version of herself”.
The used jungle
PHOTO OLIVIER JEAN, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Do not include your phone number in your Kijiji or Marketplace ad. A fraud sent by text message earned us four solicitations in 36 hours.
Do not include your phone number in your Kijiji or Marketplace ad. A post last week lured us four fraudulent offers in 36 hours, directly by text, which bypasses the platforms’ secure messaging. The New York, Los Angeles and Chicago area codes were obviously suspect. Their method: pay for their purchase by emailing a check in PDF, which can be cashed in mobile deposit. We obviously refused. The fraudster then asks for a refund, claiming to have changed his mind. The check, initially, was NSF.
Inside Leonardo’s head
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By using generative intelligence, one can additionally create new surreal da Vinci sketches, for example by combining a cat and a bow or a lion and a flying machine.
With more than 1,300 pages of notebooks full of sketches and observations, Leonardo da Vinci was treated to the most important online retrospective of his work, the result of the collaboration of Google and 28 museum institutions. “In the mind of a genius” animates improbable machines and describes his vision of the universe. By using generative intelligence, one can additionally create new surreal da Vinci sketches, for example by combining a cat and a bow or a lion and a flying machine.
Escaping Ransomware
PHOTO DAMIEN MEYER, AGENCY FRANCE-PRESSE
Akira ransomware, which claimed its first victims in March 2023 by indiscriminately hitting financial institutions, daycare centers and factories, can now be thwarted by a free “decryptor” developed by Avast.
Antivirus company Avast has good news for those infected with Akira ransomware. The virus, which claimed its first victims in March 2023 by indiscriminately hitting financial institutions, daycare centers and factories, can now be thwarted by a free “decryptor” developed by Avast. The operation is not simple, requiring in particular that one juxtaposes an infected file and its original version, but it is carefully explained step by step and does not require a thorough knowledge of data processing.