Some members of the international games development community are staying away from the Game Developers Conference (GDC), set to take place in March, because of the political climate in the U.S. @Aftermath's Luke Plunkett spoke to nine past attendees about exactly why they've decided to give it a miss: Concerns for their personal safety, as well as a desire not to support anything taking place in the U.S.

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Some members of the international games development community are staying away from the Game Developers Conference (GDC), set to take place in March, because of the political climate in the U.S. @Aftermath's Luke Plunkett spoke to nine past attendees about exactly why they've decided to give it a miss: Concerns for their personal safety, as well as a desire not to support anything taking place in the U.S.

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This is probably fine, right? @ProPublica reports on how Trump's transportation department plans to use Google Gemini to draft regulations. The agency's remit includes practically all transportation safety. "We don’t need the perfect rule on XYZ. We don’t even need a very good rule on XYZ," said Department of Transportation general counsel Gregory Zerzan in a meeting. "We want good enough."

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Germany and Italy are the latest countries to reject Donald Trump's invitation to his "Board of Peace," citing their nations' constitutions as the reason. Spain, France, the U.K., Sweden and Norway had already declined the offer, while Trump withdrew his invitation to Canada on his Truth Social platform yesterday. Here's more from @POLITICOEurope. At the second link, find NBC's breakdown of who's in, who's out, and who's on the fence.

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Germany and Italy are the latest countries to reject Donald Trump's invitation to his "Board of Peace," citing their nations' constitutions as the reason. Spain, France, the U.K., Sweden and Norway had already declined the offer, while Trump withdrew his invitation to Canada on his Truth Social platform yesterday. Here's more from @POLITICOEurope. At the second link, find NBC's breakdown of who's in, who's out, and who's on the fence.

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