AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases
Amazon Change Means Wishlists Might Expose Your Address
Amazon is allowing gift senders to choose items from third-party sellers, which could open recipients up to new privacy risks.
Attorney General James Sues Game Developer for Promoting Illegal Gambling Through Video Games
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today sued Valve Corporation (Valve), a video game developer, for illegally promoting gambling through video
FBI Got Grok to Hand Over Prompts Used to Create Nonconsensual Porn
The FBI obtained prompts used to make more than 200 sexual videos of a woman in a harassment case.
New accounts on HN 10x more likely to use EM-dashes
I’ve had this sense that HN has gotten absolutely innundated with bots last few months. First most obvious giveaway is the frequency with which you see accounts posting brilliant insights like 13 60 well and t6ctctfuvuh…
Invincible VS | Powerplex Gameplay Trailer
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Marvel MaXimum Collection | Reveal Trailer
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AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations— Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear wea…
Today’s leading AI models engage in sophisticated behaviour when placed in strategic competition. They spontaneously attempt deception, signaling intentions they do not intend to follow; they demonstrate rich theory of …
New Zealanders' biometric information and other sensitive data may be handed over to the United States government under a new border securi…
Officials are in talks with the US about a new travel deal.
Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 beta - Users who don’t verify their age may not be able to download or purchase apps.
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Firefox 148 introduces the promised AI kill switch for people who aren't into LLMs
Firefox is in a really weird position right now. Given how browsers are rapidly adopting AI, people who'd rather not use those tools are being left in the dark. Their only savior was Firefox; that is, until the new CEO …
Bcachefs creator claims his custom LLM is 'fully conscious'
: It's not chatbot psychosis, it's 'math and engineering and neuroscience'
Gucci criticised for 'AI slop' images ahead of major fashion show
Users of social media - where the marketing campaign has been launched - say it is out of keeping with Gucci's reputation for luxury.
DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media
As streaming continues to dominate the film and TV industry, many Gen Z movie watchers are opting out and choosing physical formats instead.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance director Daniel Vávra is stepping away from game development
The writer and designer will instead helm efforts to produce a Kingdom Come movie…
Moltbook was peak AI theater
The viral social network for bots reveals more about our own current mania for AI as it does about the future of agents.
When Capcom brought in a professional screenwriter for the original Resident Evil 2, it was his idea to fully embrace the series' goofy puz…
In an alternate timeline, Resident Evil could've become a lot more serious.
Meta Employee Deleted 9TB of Torrented Files, Adult Film Producers Claim
The lawsuit between Strike 3 Holdings and tech giant Meta over the alleged downloads of copyright-infringing videos is heating up.
Stop Killing Games Press Conference
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TIL about the day of rage after Bloody Sunday that saw the British embassy burn down!
Fifty years ago: ‘The biggest demonstration the Republic had seen in a generation’
TIL You can leagally drop your baby off at the fire station in all 50 states
Safe-haven laws (colloquially known in some states as "Baby Moses laws", a reference to a figure from Abrahamic scriptures) are statutes in the United States that decriminalize the leaving of unharmed infants with statu…
Day 5 of posting an indie game I found that I think looks cool - Demon Tides
Race across open oceans and uncover a kingdom’s dark secrets. Expressively platform your way across dozens of locales, upgrading your gear and modifying your move-set every step of the way!
PUBG publisher Krafton creates new Chief AI Officer executive role as it continues its ‘AI First’ strategy
Krafton’s head of AI has been promoted to the new role and to “further enhance its game AI R&D framework”…
New sodium ion battery stores twice the energy and desalinates seawater
A surprising breakthrough could help sodium-ion batteries rival lithium—and even turn seawater into drinking water. Scientists discovered that keeping water inside a key battery material, instead of removing it as tradi…
Hegseth threatens to blacklist Anthropic over 'woke AI' concerns
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Facebook researchers previously proposed studying whether features were ‘addictive,’ documents show
Meta executives took the stand in a Los Angeles courtroom earlier this month and testified that while use of the companyâs platforms could become problematic, it couldnât be considered addiction.
LibreOffice Online, a self-hostable libre office environment, is coming back!
LibreOffice is a desktop application, but we get many requests for a web-based version of the suite that users can deploy on their own infrastructure. Several years ago, project members started to develop LibreOffice On…
TIL: Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Was An Anti-Communist CIA Operative who Kept Feminism From Discussing Class
Declassified Cold War Ties Show How U.S. Intelligence Shaped Feminism’s Focus On Gender Over Class.
Floating turbine towers above — the S1500 hovers to harvest wind at 131 feet
China's S1500 floating turbine hovers at a 4,921 feet to harvest high-altitude winds, generating 1MW power equivalent to 328-foot ground turbines.
UK fines Reddit $19 million for using children’s data unlawfully
Our investigation found Reddit, Inc. (Reddit) used children’s personal information unlawfully.
An Open Letter to Google regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Android App Distribution
Open Letter to Google Regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Third-Party App Distribution
Tesla registrations crash 17% in Europe as BEV market surges 14%
Tesla's EU+EFTA+UK registrations fell 17% in January 2026 — down from already weak 2025 numbers. Without Tesla, BEV registrations would be up 16%.
TIL: Romans and Greeks routinely used folded sheets of lead or pewter to inscribe curses
A curse tablet (Latin: tabella defixionis, defixio; Greek: κατάδεσμος, romanized: katadesmos) is a small tablet with a curse written on it from the Greco-Roman world. Its name originated from the Greek and Latin words f…
TIL that Radon is a radioactive substance which can cause cancer. Colorado is full of radon. The average level of radon in Colorado homes i…
Only 50% of Colorado homes have been tested for radon.
News - Diablo 2: Resurrected, A Remaster Of A 26-Year-Old Game, Currently Has More Players Than Diablo 4
Diablo 2 has truly been resurrected.
0 A.D. R28: Boiorix has been released
Wildfire Games, an international group of volunteer game developers, proudly announces the release of 0 A.D. Release 28: “Boiorix”, the twenty-eighth version of 0 A.D., a free, open-source real-ti...
Former Diablo devs release demo for their Diablo 2-style action-RPG Darkhaven, but warn of "rough edges"
Moon Beast have release a pre-alpha demo of their action-RPG Darkhaven - a promising but very unfinished blend of Diablo and Minecraft.
Smiling Friends in Silent Hill 2
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Day 3 of posting an indie game I found that I think looks cool - Super Battle Golf
An online 1-8 player golf game where everyone plays at the same time. Swing, shoot, sabotage, and finish first by any means necessary in a free-for-all rush to the hole.
Day 4 of posting an indie game I found that I think looks cool - Dobbel Dungeon
Gather your party, roll your dice and battle across the islands to put an end to a powerful curse once and for all in this roguelike turn-based tactical RPG!
"I pray they are cursed to never play the game again" Resident Evil 2 director Hideki Kamiya goes off on Resident Evil Requiem leakers
Original RE2 director Hideki Kamiya has gone online to blast those who are sharing Resident Evil Requiem spoilers before its release.
Overwatch Rush - Official Gameplay Preview Video (OW Mobile Game)
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South of Midnight won Best Character Animation at the 53rd Annie Awards
Honored to share that our game took home Best Character Animation at the 53rd Annie Awards, and Most Innovative VFX at the 2025 Real-Time VFX Awards. Through handcrafted detail and visual magic, every movement carries s…
Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform
Seamus Blackley was one of the renegades who got the Xbox started. We asked him what he thinks of the big executive changes at Xbox.
Simpsons Hit & Run and Prototype studio Radical Entertainment is back as New Radical Games
The studio has a new website and appears to be looking for work…
Marvel's Wolverine releases September 15, 2026
Who's ready for September 15, 2026? Wishlist Marvel's Wolverine now: play.st/4qPLzOn
"Game preservation only works if people care" As GOG doubles down on its commitment to saving old games, it's asking players "who give a s*…
Digital game distribution and preservation platform GOG is asking players for support going into the future as it expands its efforts.
The accidental hacker: how one man gained control of 7,000 robots
When Sammy Azdoufal found he had access to data from robot vacuum cleaners around the world, he told a tech publication. But the implications could be mind-boggling
Gig workers in Africa have been helping the US military. They had no idea
Appen hires workers around the world to do obscure tasks with little explanation. It has also held $17m in military contracts