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The best Minecraft mods for glorious new worlds

Feed The Beast is another platform full of great modpacks and using its own launcher is the way to go if you're only ...
tom's Hardware on MSN

Minecraft tool lets you create scale replicas of real-world locations — Arnis uses geospatial data from OpenStreetMap to generate Minecraft maps

Today, Hacker News brought an interesting new Minecraft world-generation tool to our attention. Arnis uses free geospatial ...

Huge Project Zomboid mod adds over 100 new real-world weapons, so get shooting

Project Zomboid's ORGM Rechambered mod adds in over 100 realistic weapons, but don't count on it making this survival game a ...

Minecraft player tests the game's weirdest recipes to see if they work IRL

This Minecraft player is dedicated to testing the game's realism, as he tries some of its weird recipes in real life to see if they work.

TrainingPeaks Virtual Adds Real-World Routes with New GPXplore Feature

TrainingPeaks Virtual has launched World Routes, the first phase of its new GPXplore section, allowing riders to experience real-world.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Campaigners want world map to show Africa really bigger

DAKAR, Senegal — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their ...
Bloomberg L.P.

African Union Backs Campaign to Adopt More Realistic World Map

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the continent’s relative size than the one currently adorning most geography-class walls.
Hyperallergic

Africa Wants a More Accurate World Map

The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) Success! Your account was created and you’re signed in. Please visit My ...
Game Rant

Best Open-World Games Where The Map Lies To The Player

Maps in games like Miasmata, Pathologic 2, and Elden Ring are designed to mislead players, leading to confusion and challenges. These games treat maps like unreliable narrators, forcing players to ...
SpaceNews

Satellites face real-world threats — but we’re not ready

Major Gen. Paul Tedman has been the commander of United Kingdom Space Command since 2024. Recently, he made a stark observation: if war breaks out in Europe, it is “highly likely” that the first ...
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China: Seazen Group says it will explore real-world asset tokenization

Seazen Group is establishing a digital assets institute in Hong Kong to explore real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, potentially becoming the first major Chinese developer to raise funds through ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Federal plan targets real-world data for health research: Report

The federal government is looking to expand the use of real-world data in health research and regulation, according to a draft strategy report obtained by Politico. Here are six things to know about ...