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Is there such a thing as too much freedom in an open-world RPG? It may not seem like it’s possible, but it is. While open-world RPGs are quite literally defined by the freedom they offer—as the genre’s name even implies—sometimes, that freedom gets out of hand, and what was originally designed to be flexible for the player’s sake ends up being a spineless organism that ultimately moves against them instead. Those are the open-world games that some players never even finish due to how aimless they leave them feeling and the general lack of purpose their limitless freedom gives the…

Nvidia is doing everything it can to keep fueling the AI buildout that has underpinned its own good fortunes. On Friday, it announced a partnership with Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a company that lays the groundwork for data centers. Cloverleaf was founded in 2024 and raised $300 million that year. It acts as a kind of middleman between utility companies and data centers, providing power sources and other kinds of pivotal infrastructure for site development. While the companies didn’t disclose terms, the Wall Street Journal reports that Nvidia’s investment in Cloverleaf will likely add up to several hundred million dollars. Reuters reports…

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen expects Bitcoin to remain broadly around current levels through the end of the year despite its recent surge, citing interest rates and broader macroeconomic conditions as key factors shaping the cryptocurrency’s outlook.Speaking on Cointelegraph’s Trade Secrets podcast, Chen said predicting whether Bitcoin (BTC) will finish the year above or below $70,000 is difficult, pointing to the possibility of higher interest rates as one factor that could pressure prices.Cointelegraph host interviews Bitget CEO Gracy Chen. Source: Trade Secrets“If any of that happens, the price should go down, at least theoretically,” Chen said, adding that BTC has become…

Nvidia published some interesting new research on Friday suggesting it’s the harness, more than the underlying model, that is far more important when asking an AI to do long-horizon tasks. A harness is the software wrapper around an AI model — the tools, memory management, and rules that turn a raw model into something that can act on its own. The TL;DR: Simply by using a custom harness tweaked to handle memory well and including a “supervisor” boss-like component, researchers got Claude Opus 5 to achieve a 100% score on the interactive reasoning benchmark ARC-AGI-3 — a set of 2D…

A 7-year-old Labradoodle named Honey was shot and wounded while on a walk with her owner in Brooklyn, police said Friday. Honey, hit in the shoulder, was taken to an area animal clinic where she was treated and is expected to recover. It was not immediately clear if the gunman was aiming for the dog, her 62-year-old owner or someone else, police said. The gunman opened fire around 5:46 p.m. early Wednesday evening as the pup and her owner walked down 31st St. near Fifth Ave. in Greenwood Heights. A witness said he was walking his kids home from daycare…

Update (Aug. 21, 9:50 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include information about the criminal case against Edward Zimbardi.Former Alameda Research and FTX executives receive 5-year trading bansOn Tuesday, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) entered consent orders related to a 2022 enforcement action against former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and crypto exchange FTX co-founder Zixiao “Gary” Wang.The orders imposed by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) required that Ellison and Wang receive a five-year trading ban related to their roles in the crypto exchange’s collapse. The CFTC also ordered…

Bitcoin (BTC) consolidated above $77,000 after Friday’s Wall Street open as gold joined the crypto rally to hit 14-week highs.Key points:Bitcoin and gold both hit their highest levels since May 15 against the US dollar.Analysis ties the strong performance firmly to US government debt policy.Polymarket odds of Bitcoin reaching $90,000 before 2027 reach 48%.Analysis: Bitcoin and gold gains not “surprise”Data from TradingView showed BTC/USD cooling after reaching its highest levels since May 15, still up nearly 6% on the day.BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewGold echoed the move, reaching multi-month highs of $4,632 per ounce, up 2.2% on the day at…

Spoilers ahead for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Zombies’ Rex Infernus map. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Zombies’ final map has arrived, and while many players were looking forward to the final main quest hunt, its payoff has been completely spoiled. As players work to actually solve the main quest, Chinese players have seemingly gotten the solution via a cheat tool, sharing the final Black Ops 7 Zombies cutscene and boss fight online as a result. Cheaters ruining the last main quest that Call of Duty Zombies will have until late 2028 would be devastating enough on its…

Digital Asset, the creator of the Canton Network, and former US House Speaker Paul Ryan’s American Idea Foundation plan to pilot a blockchain-based system for distributing state-administered benefits across three US states using the Canton Network.The RISE program is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2027 and would combine multiple benefits into monthly or twice-monthly payments, with spending rules applied to categories including food, child care and cash.According to Friday’s announcement, the system would automatically adjust benefit levels as household income changes and allow participating agencies to track payments, balances, spending and compliance data through Canton. Digital Asset…

Check out some of the companies making the biggest moves midday: BJ’s Wholesale — Shares gained 4% after the wholesale retailer posted better-than-expected results for the second quarter. BJ’s earned $1.36 per share, excluding certain items, on revenue of $6.09 billion. Analysts polled by FactSet expected a profit of $1.17 per share on revenue of $5.97 billion. The company also increased its earnings per share guidance for the fiscal year to $4.60 and $4.80 from $4.40 to $4.60. Ross Stores — Shares were up over 4% after the retail company posted second-quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations. Ross Stores also issued…