Epic Games Store will get a Linux version sometime "soon"
Epic Games recently did an AMA (Ask me anything) in the community Discord server, confirming that a Linux / SteamOS version of the Epic Games Store is coming.
Stop Killing Games has joined a lawsuit against Sony's move to digital-only sales: 'You won't have any choice at all'
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Netflix to shut down two game studios: Night School and Moonloot
Oxenfree Night School and Moonloot closing, as streaming giant continues to shrink internal game studio operation
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Saber CEO scorns writer who says she was fired in favor of AI with confusing, combative statement
"Apologies are simply in too short a supply these days to spurn one when it's offered."
Two years into the world's most complicated board game, masochist gamers "still don't understand what the camels do"
The ridiculously complex Campaign for North Africa boasts 1,500 hours and recommends you play with 10 people - these gamers aim to finish it with two.
TIL about the myth of Telegonus, a not so known son of Odysseus
In Greek mythology, Telegonus (/təˈlɛɡənəs/; Ancient Greek: Τηλέγονος, "born afar") was the son of Circe and Odysseus[1] and thus, brother to Agrius and Latinus[2] or Nausithous and Nausinous,[3] and Cassiphone.[4] In s…
Inside Swiff: An Interview with NaviVani on Bringing Flash Games Back to Android
From childhood memories to the RG Rotate, the developer behind Swiff explains why the lost games of the early web still matter.
More People Are Pre-ordering The $100 Edition Of GTA 6
In a new interview, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick said that more people are buying the $100 edition of Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6)
After 24 years, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is finally distributed uncut in Germany — game was censored due to strict laws regarding Nazi …
Germany's strict laws surrounding depictions of Nazis meant the game had to be altered, giving it an arguably more interesting story as a result.
Terraria's biggest mod, Calamity, is shutting down after 10 years over what the makers call a "troubled past" and "irrecoverably tainted re…
"Most of us want to simply move on…"
Dev at id Software says Microsoft 'burned a lot of bridges' in the industry: 'They fundamentally don't understand art, they don't understan…
"The way they align their spreadsheets for their financial reports—is not the way we used to do it."
Cancelled Quake 4 expansion gets surprise GitHub release after former XCOM 2 developer discovers it on an old hard drive: 'This essentially…
Quake 4: Awakening was in development at Ritual Entertainment before being scrapped.
Microsoft loses Brazilian court case after telling hacked Xbox user to re-purchase games
Though it sets no precedent outside Brazil.
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AI remains top reason for US job cuts for third straight month as employers axed 97,000 workers in May
AI was the leading reason cited for U.S. job cuts for the third consecutive month, with 97,006 layoffs announced in May, according to new data.
Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google
Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry.
[PDF] Signal attacks UK plan to scan devices for nude images as "mass surveillance"
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Meta Changed Its Speech Rules. Then Threats Against Politicians Skyrocketed
New research finds that in the six months after Meta relaxed rules in the name of free speech, violent threats against lawmakers—including President Donald Trump—surged on Facebook.
Christine Van Geyn: Privacy isn't a crime, but Bill C-22 acts like it is
Politicians reveal meme-level ignorance of constitutional guarantee of privacy in Canada
FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs
The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customers’ government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse survivors. “We never…
Best Online Food Ordering System for Restaurants in 2026
Launch your delivery platform with Enatega’s open-source, customizable, ready-to-use delivery app solution.
How Pokémon Go players unknowingly trained military drones: ‘I was just playing a game’
Spelers van de game Pokémon Go scanden jarenlang hun omgeving voor extra punten. Met behulp van die miljarden scans is nu een extreem nauwkeurig navigatiesysteem ontwikkeld voor onder meer militaire drones en robots.
Apple tried to blame the EU for its Siri AI mess, and the EU called them out publicly
Yesterday, Apple took the stage in Cupertino at WWDC to introduce us to iOS 27 and Siri AI. This is the much-improved Siri that we were promised two years
Palantir to sue Sadiq Khan over blocked Met police contract
Palantir is set to sue Sadiq Khan after the London Mayor blocked a £50m contract with the Metropolitan Police as he claimed the tech giant does not reflect the City's values.
Xbox Game Pass Lost "Millions Of Subscribers" After Last Year's 50% Price Hike
It turns out last year's Xbox Game Pass price hike really was unpopular, as it caused millions to unsubscribe.
Starlink charges $10 monthly hardware fee in move away from one-time purchases - Ars Technica
Starlink, SpaceX's top moneymaker, also raised service prices by $5 to $10.
Global Smartphone Production Fell 1.7% YoY in 1Q26; Memory Cost Pressures Expected to Drive a Sharper Decline in 2Q26, Says TrendForce
TrendForce’s latest figures reveal that global smartphone production reached around 284 million units in the first quarter of 2026, marking a 1.7% YoY decline. Despite a sharp rise in memory prices since the second half…
Most new U.S. AI data centers are being built in drought zones — two-thirds of 809 planned projects set for areas with water shortages
New water-demand analysis puts data center cooling at roughly 4% of AI's footprint, with fabs and power generation taking the rest.
US asks China to resume rare-earth exports to Japan
Washington set to discuss topic at next week's G7 summit
All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology
A WIRED timeline shows how dozens of governments, companies, and other organizations across Europe are moving, or planning to shift, away from US Big Tech.
Why this $10 spectrometer chip could bring real-time chemical sensing to wearables
Researchers from the University of Cambridge and GlitterinTech, a startup founded by the same research group, have unveiled a fundamentally new type of optical spectrometer that delivers laboratory-grade precision in a …
New privacy frontier: Europe eyes crackdown on smart glasses
Cameras in spectacles have lawmakers and regulators alarmed of surveillance risks.
The top 16 cars sold in China last May were EVs.
Car sales are down across the China - except for BEVs. The world's largest auto market is running away from anything with an engine in it.
You Can Now Get a Religious Exemption From Using AI at Work
In a strongly-worded rebuke last month, Pope Leo called for AI to be “disarmed.”
the latest Shai Hulud malware contains an LLM prompt to create biological weapons and nuclear weapons, with the purpose to trip LLM safety …
Attached: 1 image the cyberpunk present is weird as fuck: the latest Shai Hulud malware wave contains an LLM prompt to create biological weapons and nuclear weapons, with the purpose to trip LLM safety refusals so that …
New York Becomes First State to Ban Bots That Scrape News Sites
New York is set to become the first state to impose guardrails on “stealth crawlers,” or unauthorized software that trawls news sources to scrape content.
Porting the ThinkPad x61 to coreboot
An introduction to my IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad addiction Over 10 years ago I got my first ThinkPad x60. I got interested in free software by reading the about GNU …
Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac Will Soon Stop Letting You Edit Documents
Microsoft will prevent Office 2019 for Mac owners from editing their documents from July 13, a restriction the company is attributing to the productivity suite's expiring digital certificate. The Office 2019 apps affect…
Synology is removing your Active Insight complimentary licenses
Synology Knowledge Center offers comprehensive support, providing answers to frequently asked questions, troubleshooting steps, software tutorials, and all the technical documentation you may need.
Donut Lab's miracle battery found to be a fraud, investigation claims
An independent investigation has produced definitive proof that Donut Lab's solid-state battery is actually a standard lithium-ion cell.
Congress Is Trying to Permanently Integrate U.S. and Israeli Defense Tech
A controversial proposal to entwine U.S. and Israeli tech in AI and autonomous systems closely resembles a pro-Israel bill that died earlier this year.
Meta Furious Over Bombshell Smart Glasses Revelation
"Despite the billions of reasons not to, Meta seems to have created the capacity to turn their customers into a distributed surveillance machine."
Uncle Sam considers buying a seat on the Titanic
iBiz might not win the AI race, but analysts say it's focusing on features people may actually use
What a great excuse to have complete access to all your pictures
Britain will become the first country in the world where it is impossible for children to take, share or view naked pictures on their devices.
Nintendo will pay a $40 million fine for faulty Joy-Cons
French authorities have fined Nintendo around $40m over faulty Joy-Cons.
UK’s Starmer gives Apple, Google 3 months to stop children sending nude images
If firms do not act, the PM said, ‘we will change the law … when it comes to the safety of our children, standing by is not an option’.
TIL “The Front Fell Off” is from Australian comedy news duo Clarke and Dawe
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