Asus Co-CEO: MacBook Neo Is a 'Shock' to the PC Industry
Windows PC makers typically haven't had to compete with Apple on the low end, but that changes with the Neo, says S.Y. Hsu. The memory shortage might complicate things, though.
Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea Announced - RPGamer
Natsume unveiled a new title in the Harvest Moon series. Farming sim Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea is in development for PC and consoles.
NVIDIA could enter the desktop CPU market with performance equal to AMD and Intel
Microarchitecture analysts have examined NVIDIA's GB10 'Superchip' and determined that its CPU cores are capable of going toe-to-toe with Intel and AMD.
Is the Memory Shortage Intentional?
A deep dive from Contrary Research.
Ubisoft Toronto the Latest Ubisoft Branch to get hit With Layoffs, Work on the Splinter Cell Remake Continues
The Ubisoft Toronto team, which is currently leading the Splinter Cell Remake project has just been hit with layoffs.
Fallout Game in Development at Xbox-Owned Studio Might Have Been Canceled; Bethesda Would Rather Staff Up Than Give It (or Elder Scrolls) t…
According to Jeff Gerstmann, a Fallout game was being developed by an Xbox-owned studio but will no longer see the light of day.
Datacenters are becoming a target in warfare for the first time
Iran is bombing Gulf datacenters to blow up symbols of alliance with the US – bringing the war directly into the lives of millions of people
Four Union Strategies to Fight on A.I.
A corporate artificial intelligence frenzy is sowing fear for workers on a massive scale. Seventy-one percent of people in the U.S., according to a Reuters poll on A.I., are concerned “too many people will lose jobs.” W…
Heaper, new tools to organize docs, photos [YouTube]
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Untitled John Wick Game - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games
Created in collaboration between Saber, Lionsgate, and franchise director Chad Stahelski, the new “Untitled John Wick Game” will feature an original script s...
US state laws push age checks into the operating system
: Bad legislation, but an especially big headache for FOSS
OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs refuse to hold hands at India AI summit
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Some Unknown Group Is Reportedly Using Claude Mythos Without Permission
What's been pitched as the most dangerous AI model in the world allegedly has a giant security hole.
Ageless Linux - Software for Humans of Indeterminate Age
Software for humans of indeterminate age. We don't know how old you are. We don't want to know. We are legally required to ask. We won't.
TIL that Japan incorporates more disaster planning into its buildings and public spaces than any other nation
In her latest book, MIT Professor Miho Mazereeuw examines successful examples of “anticipatory design” in Japan, where structures and spaces are built with dual uses, for daily living and for when natural disasters or o…
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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Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S. Surveillance State
Just a decade after a global backlash was triggered by Snowden reporting on mass domestic surveillance, the state-corporate dragnet is stronger and more invasive than ever.
COMPUTER WORLDS - A New Showcase Celebrating Strange & Distinctive Games
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Hardware Isolation for Data Security-PlugMate. Any Alternatives?
You use your phone and computer for everything: Work. Money. Messages. Identity. But the device you rely on most is also the one you control the least.
BYD Reveals the ‘World’s Longest-Range EV’ as American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace
The updated Denza Z9 GT can drive up to 1036 km (644 miles) on a single charge, the Chinese automaker says.
Tempus v4.12.0 android subsonic client release
What's Changed chore(i18n): Update Polish translation by @skajmer in #441 feat: radio logos support for AndroidAuto by @dmachard in #435 feat: Port remove song of playlist from tempus ng by @tvill...
Mewgenics becomes the most-played roguelite ever on Steam
The feline fighting game surpassed Hades 2's record
All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat
A whistleblower warns a mishandled cloud copy of Social Security data could put millions at lifelong risk and force SSNs to change.
‘Invasive’ AI-led mass surveillance in Africa violating freedoms, warn experts
Countries across the continent have spent more than $2bn on Chinese tracking technology that is not ânecessary or proportionateâ, new report finds
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
YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable
VRC Non-Skip ads are now generally available globally in Google Ads and Display & Video 360.
Kimwolf Botnet Swamps Anonymity Network I2P – Krebs on Security
For the past week, the massive "Internet of Things" (IoT) botnet known as Kimwolf has been disrupting the The Invisible Internet Project (I2P), a decentralized, encrypted communications network designed to anonymize and…
Peter Thiel the Billionaire, FBI Informant, Gay-Republican, Neo-Nazi Funder, Rape Apologist, Anti-Democratic Real Life Bond Villain
The Architect of the Tyrannical Surveillance State, Open Proponent of Dystopian Fascism who Allegedly Injects the Blood of Children to Stay Young
X’s Algorithm Pushes Users to Lean More Conservative
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared with those remaini…
GUN NOSE - Official Kickstarter Trailer
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When a Weather Forecaster Needs a Fruit to Prove It’s Him: Another Signal of Ambient Trust Collapse in Tech
Editorial: Cash-hungry Silicon Valley firms are scrambling for revenue. Regulate them now before the tech becomes too big to fail
SQLite prefixes its temp files with `etilqs_` - blag
Here’s some wild lore inside SQLite’s source code explaining why temp files start with etilqs_
Arc Raiders was accidentally recording Discord conversations into an unencrypted local game file
Thankfully, the issue has since been hotfixed by Arc Raiders, but the fault still lies with Discord
The Big Star Wars: Galactic Racer Interview — Why It's Not Open World, How Its Story Mode Works, and When It's Set
After last week's Star Wars: Galactic Racer gameplay trailer reveal, IGN sat down with the game's makers for an in-depth chat revealing its new systems and story mode, and a proper discussion on why this marks the trium…
CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements
An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar tools.
The world’s first transatlantic fiber-optic cable is being dismantled after almost 40 years
History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.
Dublin City Council suspends use of X as State agencies leave amid Grok controversy
Country’s largest local authority undertakes review of social media platform use as others sign out for good
Discord Distances Itself From Age Verification Firm After Ties To Palantir’s Peter Thiel Surface
The third-party company Discord could use for their ID collection is mired in surveillance concerns and links to Epstein via one of its investors
Major European Payment Processor Can't Send Email to Google Workspace Users
Viva.com, one of Europe's largest payment processors, sends verification emails without a Message-ID header — a requirement of RFC 5322 since 2008. Google Workspace rejects them outright. Their support team's response t…
Two Twilight Princess PC Ports in the making
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AI social platforms like Moltbook are potential accelerators of existential risk that should be regulated as critical infrastructure
AI social networks are where agents can compound their capabilities and coordinate at scale—and in which humans can lose control.
Users Find Their Real Names Are Being Googled in Israel After Using Verification Software "Au10tix"
A wide range of anonymous X (Twitter) users have reported that their real names are suddenly being Googled in Israel shortly after they began criticizing the country for its actions in Palestine. Some connected the phen…
Ubisoft Finally Confirms Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, the Remake We All Knew Was Coming
Ubisoft has just released the first piece of concept art for Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, finally confirming its long-awaited remake that has been rumored for years.
YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels are making you dumber, according to science
A study from scientists at Zhejiang University is going viral for showing a correlation between short-form content and lower impulse control.
AI tool OpenClaw wipes the inbox of Meta's AI Alignment director despite repeated commands to stop — executive had to manually terminate th…
It's almost like we could all see this one coming.
Debian decides not to decide on AI-generated contributions
Debian is the latest in an ever-growing list of projects to wrestle (again) with the question o [...]
New Frostrail video delivers more survival train horror shooting plus weird underground Tomb Raider temples
Here's an edited gameplay overview for Frostrail, the new wintry survival FPS from the creators of Barotrauma.
TIL drinking, smoking, games, etc are all "social lubricants" for making conversations easier.
A social lubricant is any food, beverage, drug, or activity that stimulates social interactions or helps people feel more comfortable in social occasions.[1] Different cultures use different social lubricants for this p…
Age verification for R-rated games and websites raises privacy concerns
New online safety codes requiring R-rated games and websites to verify their users' ages come into effect, prompting concerns about online privacy.