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Cast your mind back to 2019, when many people were captivated by the idea of terrorizing a quaint English village as a loud, annoying goose. Untitled Goose Game was an absolute delight, but it was fairly short and left me wanting more. In another universe, a TV adaptation would have happened already. While that didn't quite pan out here, we do have a funny proof-of-concept to enjoy. House House, the game's developer, released a "proof-of-concept for a hypothetical Untitled Goose Programme" on its YouTube channel on Friday. The studio created the short with Playdate maker and Untitled Goose Game publisher Panic and animation house Chromosphere Studio. It's a great four-minute clip that's well worth your time. It shows a goose bullying a journalist and groundskeeper during a TV interview. The art style is lovely, the Wallace and Gromit-esque humor is on point and the goose is just as much of a jerk as the one in the game. Sadly, House House says that the show didn't gain traction and those involved put the idea on the shelf. But at least we get this very amusing video out of it. If nothing else, it reminded me that I need to play the Panic-published Thank Goodness You're Here, which seems similarly silly.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/heres-what-a-tv-show-based-on-untitled-goose-game-could-have-been-like-165116660.html?src=rss
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You can save big today on the Elgato Stream Deck+ with $30 off the control panel on Amazon. Great for streamers or anyone who wants tactile shortcuts and dials for their workflow, the Stream Deck+ drops from its usual $200 to $170 with a discount and a clickable coupon. Although the Stream Deck+ sacrifices some buttons compared to the cheaper Stream Deck MK.2, this model makes up for it with four dials and a touch strip. Each dial is customizable and clickable, allowing you to layer different dial shortcuts with each press inward. You can twist them to adjust things like volume, smart lights and in-game settings. Its eight buttons are backlit and fully customizable. Streamers can use the Stream Deck desktop app to assign functions for things like muting mics, activating effects or triggering transitions. But you dont need to be a YouTuber or Twitch streamer for it to be helpful. For example, Im neither and use a Stream Deck daily to toggle preset macOS window arrangements through the third-party app Moom. Its also handy for text expansion shortcuts or emojis. The 4.2 x 0.5-inch touch strip displays labels and levels for each knob, giving you a clear visual cue about what youre controlling with each twist. The touch-sensitive bar also supports custom long presses and page swipes. Amazons sale covers both the black and white Stream Deck+ models. Make sure you click on the $10 coupon box on the product page to bring it down to $170. Follow @EngadgetDeals on Twitter for the latest tech deals and buying advice in the lead up to October Prime Day 2024.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/computing/accessories/elgatos-stream-deck-drops-to-a-record-low-of-170-in-this-early-prime-day-deal-163729012.html?src=rss
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Microsoft is in the midst of a deal that would bring the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear power plant back to life, according to reporting by The Washington Post. If the name sounds familiar, its because the Pennsylvania plant was home to a partial meltdown of one of its reactors back in 1979. The deal would make Microsoft the plants sole customer for 20 years, meaning itll hoover up 100 percent of the power all for itself. Why does the company need so much juice? You can guess. Its for AI, which is notoriously power hungry. Look, if it takes an entire nuclear power plant so we can ask Bing to whip up an image of Steve Urkel in space riding a skateboard, then we gotta do it. Its the future or whatever. Were restarting Three Mile Island Unit 1 as the new Crane Clean Energy Center! Through a 20-year agreement, Microsoft will use the energy from the renewed plant to help match the power its PJM data centers use with carbon-free electricity. More infohttps://t.co/NfKGdJgMA0 pic.twitter.com/z9ydxDXw1U Constellation (@ConstellationEG) September 20, 2024 Lets break it down further. If this deal is approved by regulators, Three Mile Island will provide Microsoft with enough energy to power 800,000 homes. Again, no homes will be getting that energy, but dont worry. Microsoft will be able to hold a live streaming event to show off some ghoulish new AI video generation tools or something. I know Im coming off as a real troglodyte here, but there is a silver lining. This could help Microsoft meet its pledge to power AI development with zero emissions electricity. Its not as if these companies would give up on AI if there wasnt a decommissioned nuclear power plant sitting around, so this move could help alleviate some of the strain thats already being placed on our power grid due to ye olde artificial intelligence. If approved, this would be a first-of-its-kind deal for a couple of reasons. A commercial power plant has never worked exclusively for one client before. Itll also be the very first time a decommissioned power plant has come back online. Its worth noting that the plant shut down five years ago for economic reasons, which has nothing to do with the partial meltdown from 1979. The current plan is for it to resume operations by 2028. The energy industry cannot be the reason China or Russia beats us in AI, said Joseph Dominguez, chief executive of Constellation, the company that owns the plant. Id take his jingoistic language with a grain of salt, however, as Constellation stands to make an absolute boatload of cash from this deal. Lets do some math. Yearly profits from a nuclear power plant averages $470 million. Microsoft will be the exclusive buyer of this energy for 20 years, which totals $9.4 billion. Constellation is spending $1.6 billion to get the plant going again, along with federal subsidies and tax breaks provided by the Inflation Recovery Act. This leaves $7.8 billion in sweet, sweet profit. Thats just a guesstimate, but you get the gist. The company does promise $1 million in "philanthropic giving to the region" over the next five years. That's $200,000 a year. To ensure that the local community fully participates in the economic benefits of restarting the facility, Constellation has committed an additional $1M in philanthropic giving to the region over the next five years to support workforce development and other community needs. Constellation (@ConstellationEG) September 20, 2024 This isnt a done deal. There are many regulatory hurdles that Constellation will have to jump over. This includes intensive safety inspections from the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which has never authorized a plant reopening. Theres also likely to be an inquiry into those aforementioned tax breaks, as all of the energy is going to one private company and not serving entire communities. But come on. Steve Urkel on a skateboard in space. On the plus side, Constellation will need around 600 employees to run the plant, according to the New York Times. Jobs are good. Also, the company says it wont be seeking any additional subsidies from Pennsylvania. The Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan is also looking to reopen for business, but it plans on servicing the local grid and not the gaping maw of AI. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/microsoft-plans-to-restart-the-three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-that-narrowly-avoided-disaster-161256442.html?src=rss
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